% FreedomBox and Edge - Privacy in the European Parliament
% Jonas Smedegaard
% Brussels, Belgium, November 7th, 2012

# Overview

  * State of the net
  * State of EP information handling
  * State of FreedomBox
  * Where and how to go from here

# State of the net

![](spiderweb2.jpg)

# Once was free flowing communication

![](water-56735.jpg)

# More efficient structures emerge

![](canal.jpg)

# Simple efficiency is all eggs in one basket

![](connect-direct-central.png)

# FreedomBox can change the game

![](morning.jpg)

# FreedomBox keep data closer to you

![](connect-central-fb.png)

# Communication in the EP

![](flag.jpg)

# Efficient structures

![](waterbottles-19659_640.jpg)

# FreedomBox can make a change

![](glassbottle.jpg)

# State of FreedomBox

![](naut-chest.jpg)

# Made by geeks...

![](chest.jpg)

# Made for non-geek users

![](umuligbox.jpg)

# Made for *serious* non-geek users

![](present.jpg)

# A cheap, ugly, eco-friendly box

![Photo: [Martin Michlmayr](http://www.cyrius.com/debian/kirkwood/sheevaplug/index.html)](sheevaplug.jpg)

# Possibly less ugly at the end

![Photo: [Radek Polak](http://lists.goldelico.com/pipermail/gta04-owner/2011-October/000586.html)](gta04-wood.jpg)

# What does FreedomBox do?

 >* Boooring server stuff!

# What does FreedomBox do?

Examples:

  * "Hello"
  * "Wauw"

# What does FreedomBox do?

Examples:

  * "Hello" → like phone, but intelligent
  * "Wauw" → like twitter, but intelligence is yours

# Hedgehog

![](msmail.jpg)

# Hedgehog needs FreedomBox

![](hedgehog.jpg)

# FreedomBox as aid for Hedgehog

![](fboxmail.jpg)

# Hedgehog and FreedomBox needs us

![](freebeer.jpg)

# We need hackers

![Photo: Biella Coleman](jonas_pyrate.jpg)

# We need early adopters

![](rowing.jpg)

# We need promotors

![](lighthouse.jpg)

# Let's try coordinate our efforts

![](shoal.jpg)

# Where to best do which types of hacking

![](developmentstream.jpg)

# Same vision, but maybe multiple goals

![](delta.jpg)

# Even if project fails, efforts live on

![](ripple-20044.jpg)

# Milestone: workshop summer 2013

![](wave-3688.jpg)

# More info

 * FreedomBox: http://wiki.debian.org/FreedomBox
 * EPFSUG: http://epfsug.eu/

# Use the source, Luke

 * Me: <dr@jones.dk>
 * This talk: <http://dr.jones.dk/fb/epfsug2>