FreedomBox @freedomboxfndn@mastodon.social
#FreedomBox is a private server system built with #FreeSoftware to defend your privacy & freedom. We protect your #UserRights & #DecentralizeTheNet. For free.
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Two artists are working on a project commissioned by Mozilla to investigate how internet companies track and monitor people. They're collecting stories about creepy ads and will share findings in 2018.
Learn more here: https://neworgans.net/
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...How to stop omniscient ad brokers is not a mystery. And it's easy.
Here's how to do it using #FreedomBox:
1. Host an ad-blocking proxy (Privoxy) on your #FreedomBox
2. Configure your devices to connect to the net through your proxy
3. Browse the net without being tracked
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"Digital ads are starting to feel psychic," says one writer. Everyone has a story about an in-app ad that coincided w/ a real purchase even though there was no way for the app to know about the real purchase.
How this happens is a mystery. But...
All it costs to fulfill the average person's needs for digital services is a $5 per month VPS instance. It's even cheaper if you buy a single board computer and host your services at home.
We've been letting companies steal our personal data and sell it to the highest bidder and destroying democracy in the process all to save what? A coffee a month?
This is one of the worst deals in history.
Are you interested in #SelfHosting or #CommunityHosting to help you and your friends/family regain control of your data?
There are many projects trying to make it easier and cheaper to store data on low-cost low-power computers such as the #RaspberryPi or #BeagleBoneBlack :
@freedomboxfndn
https://www.freedombox.org/
@yunohost
https://yunohost.org
and also a good thread about this topic:
#Censorship is enabled by proprietary software, repressive states, & complicit tech companies.
How can we fix this?
Three steps:
1. Host a chat app on your #FreedomBox
2. Install clients on your & your friends' devices
3. Chat privately device-to-device through your #FreedomBox
What happens when users rely on proprietary software platforms that are run by corporations at the mercy of governments?
This happens: iPhones with China-specific configurations crashed when users typed the word "Taiwan."
Let's regain control. #FreedomBox
At @sflc's 2015 Fall Conference, our lead developer Sunil Mohan Adapa presented a demo of an earlier version of #FreedomBox. We've progressed so much since then! #FOSS #AlwaysImproving
Watch Sunil & Eben Moglen discuss #FreedomBox here:
https://youtu.be/BOtfr3Rf_CU
REMINDER: #FreedomBox progress call tomorrow! ☎️
WHEN: Saturday, July 14th at 14:00 UTC
WHERE: We are using Mumble voice over IP (VoIP). Connect to server <http://fbx.freedomboxfoundation.org> on port: 64738
Learn how to connect to calls here: https://wiki.debian.org/FreedomBox/ProgressCalls
All are welcome!
You: Why should users insist on using fully free and open source software on their devices?
Us: If you can't see the code, you can't trust the device.
You: Prove it.
Us: Chinese phone cameras self-activate with certain apps (e.g. browsers & chat apps).
"China is reversing the commonly held vision of technology as a great democratizer, bringing people more freedom and connecting them to the world. In China, it has brought control."
Technology: tool of freedom or control? This is why we need #FreedomBox.
🚨SOFTWARE UPDATE🚨
The #FreedomBox web interface (plinth) v0.33.1 has been released and uploaded to Debian unstable!
Main changes include:
-Updated translations for 8 languages
-Updated UI for firewall & apps
13 people contributed to this release!
Facebook and Twitter announced new #Ad disclosure efforts.
...but what if we all used a platform that had no ads? What if our platforms were fully free and open source and enabled users to inspect them?
We have the technology to do this: #FreedomBox.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/28/technology/facebook-twitter-political-ads.html
Did you know...🤔
...that you can make a private server running 100% #Free and #OpenSource software for ~$60?💸
...and that we made a video that teaches you what you need to know in only 5⃣ minutes?⏳
Full video at the bottom of this page: https://freedombox.org/
REMINDER: ☎️ #FreedomBox community call happening in ONE HOUR ☎️
WHEN: Sunday, June 24th at 17:00 UTC
WHERE: We are using Mumble/Plumble, voice over IP (VoIP) applications. Please connect to server <http://fbx.freedomboxfoundation.org> on port: 64738
All are welcome! See you there!
We designed #FreedomBox to solve one problem: plenty of good #privacy tools exist, but people have trouble finding and using them.
So we collected some of the best #FreeSoftware, packaged it in one system, and made it easy to use.
Here's a peek at some of our apps & services. #debian #linux
🚨SOFTWARE UPDATE🚨
The #FreedomBox web interface (plinth) v0.32.0 has been released to unstable!
Some of the changes:
-New card based design
-Mediawiki: Enable image uploads
-Updated translations for 10 languages
19 people contributed to this release!
Us: Did you know that you can contribute to #FreedomBox starting today?
You: How? 🤔
Us: Where to begin...[pulls out two lists]
You: 🤯
Links:
1. FreedomBox Wiki https://wiki.debian.org/FreedomBox
3. Code repositories https://salsa.debian.org/freedombox-team/
🚨SOFTWARE UPDATE🚨
The #FreedomBox web interface (plinth) v0.31.0 has been released to unstable! Check it out here: https://freedombox.org/download/
13 people contributed to the git repository for this release. And we updated translations for 8 languages!
