% 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

# Me

![](norge_0016.jpg)

# Me

 * [Debian](http://www.debian.org/) developer [since 2001][].
   * Maintain [Sugar][] (i.e. desktop used in [One Laptop Per Child][]).
   * Maintain Perl RDF modules (i.e. Semantic Web libraries).
   * Maintain some Jabber, CalDAV and mail tools.
   * Maintain [a lot more][] (too many, really!) packages...
 * Involved with [Skolelinux][]
   * Helped [german team][] with large deployment in [Rheinland-Pfalz][].
 * Independent consultant and system administrator
   for [the Kaospilot University][] and a few other places.

[since 2001]: https://nm.debian.org/public/person/js
[Sugar]: http://www.sugarlabs.org/
[One Laptop Per Child]: http://one.laptop.org/
[a lot more]: http://qa.debian.org/developer.php?login=dr@jones.dk&comaint=yes
[Skolelinux]: http://www.slx.no/
[german team]: http://www.skolelinux.de/
[Rheinland-Pfalz]: http://rp.skolelinux.de/
[the Kaospilot University]: http://www.kaospilot.dk/

# 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>