FITS 2025
Feminist IT
2 the Sky!

Feminist IT 2 the Sky!

hack & learn day ☆ 27^th September 2025 ☆ TU Wien

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👋 Welcome 👋

after party

• closing discussion until 18:00
• relaxed socialising here until 19:00
• moving to Marea Alta afterwards ^{(Gumpendorferstrasse 28)}
  • queer feminist bar with quite some history
  • mostly for drinks, they only have toast and Mannerschnitten

housekeeping

• 🔖 Name tags: at the welcome desk, be creative ^{(if you like)}
• 🌐 WiFi: individuall access code - grab yourself one
• 🚽 Toilets: on this floor and in basement
• 🍪 Snacks and drinks 🥤:
  • In the back of this room
  • Thanks to you, mostly!
  • Please reuse cups & plates
  • Use your own bottles if you have some
  • Use kitchen to clean stuff
• 📷 Photos: respect the red dots! ^{(🔴 meaning: no photos please)}
  • Actually: respect the people around you!
  • Ask before taking pictures and posting them

Ground rules

• Code of Conduct (CoC)
  • on our web page & at the welcome desk
  • not just the standard "be excellent to each other"
  • e.g. no editor/OS/* shamig
• Social Framework
  • also on web page & at welcome desk
  • extends the CoC to provide guidance
  • e.g. don't just assume, better just ask
  • e.g. don't x-splain, give time, don't take over others keyboard
• Awareness team
  • try to be here for you ^{(until 18:00)}
  • if you feel overwhelmed
  • or just can't deal with some crap

Shoutouts!

✨ to all our supporters ✨

✨🫵 and Y'ALL - everyone contributed in one way or another! 🫵✨

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keynote

by Fiona, jackie, Lara, and Laura

norms & standards

vs.

being exceptional

do we want that? should we be?

(when) is this useful?

finding out together how to

hack technologies around us

reconfigure IT

GenAI = stochastic word adding machines & stochastic pixel assemblers

diversity is not just granted

what is needed? and how significant is it?

start by being more specific: we are not tech, we are maybe IT

is hacking woke?

shift the imaginable!

Coding & Software Development 👩‍💻

here in this room

• community, learning and exploring in a safe environment 💖
• 2 tasks, depending on you XP:
  • design challenge: how to connect FLINTA* in STEM 🦄
  • creating a hangman game 🎮
• please let yourself fail!
• create to explore, not just to finish! ✨

Linux & Open Source 🐧

• FOSS = free and open source software 💻
• created by communities 🙂🤝👾
• resonates with feminist values 💓
• alternatives to "big tech" 🛠️

Linux & Open Source 🐧

in room 10B ^{(on 10th floor)}

• 10:00 - 10:40 Talk: Open Source 💡
• 10:45 - 11:15 Talk: Linux Mint Basic Intro 🌱
• 11:15 - 11:30 Short break ☕
• 11:30 - 13:00 (parallel) Beginner: Hands-on: Linux Mint 🌿
• 11:30 - 13:00 (parallel) Advanced: Talk: KVM and Docker 🐳
• 13:00 - 14:00 Lunch break 😋
• 14:00 - 15:00 Talk: Audio Editing & Radio Production 🎙️🎧📻
• 15:05 - 16:30 Exchange: Show & Tell & Try 🧑‍💻

Ethical Hacking 🕵️‍♀️

in room 8A ^{(on 8th floor)}

• Theory:
  • Intro ethical hacking
  • Security basics
  • Intro web app sec
• Hands-on hacking:
  • XSS
  • SQLi
  • Command injection
  • File upload and file inclusion
• Disclaimer:
  there is only so much you can do in <6h
  but we could start a regular feminist hacking circle

have fun &

Hack the patriarchy!