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diff --git a/fb/talk/epfsug2.mkd b/fb/talk/epfsug2.mkd new file mode 100644 index 0000000..19a0166 --- /dev/null +++ b/fb/talk/epfsug2.mkd @@ -0,0 +1,65 @@ +% FreedomBox and Edge - Privacy in the European Parliament +% Jonas Smedegaard +% Brussels, Belgium, November 7th, 2012 + +# Overview + + * State of the net + * FreedomBox can change the game + * Edge-in-a-box is FreedomBox? + * Where to go from here - and how... + +# Background: Big business stole our birth right + + * Internet was designed for equal peers + * Microsoft applied client-server logic on top + * Big corporates now control your data + +# Background alternate: Privacy getting out of fashion + + * Equality → society makes "privacy" as human right + * Individuality at least cost → mass customization + +# Problem: selling your sole and being a snitch + +There is no such thing as a free lunch: **You** are the product! + + * Phone calls, friendships, photos + * Opinions, interests, activities + +# Bigger problem: data mining becomes minefields + + * big data → knowledge → power + * Power corrupts! + +# Solution: FreedomBox - your personal agent + + * spies on yourself (to improve user experience) + * masquerades as you towards central services (to limit exposure) + * obeys only you (or else simply unplug and reset) + +# FreedomBox developers: hackers in different fields + +# FreedomBox concept: a small cheap simple-to-use box + +# FreedomBox use: a boring server + + * machine operated by other machines + +# Edge in the European Parliament + + * machine operated by its human owner (and other machines) + +# FreedomBox in the European Parliament + + * safety box for backups and exchange of private data + * translator for odd data resources (e.g. email and calendaring) + * host for publishing own data + * --escape route for censored chinese and syrians-- + +# European Parliament: FreedomBox meets Edge + +# Use the source, Luke + + * Me: <dr@jones.dk> + * This talk: <http://dr.jones.dk/fb/talk/epfsug2> |