The FreedomBox
Publishing
Replacement for...
Twiter (microblogging)
Gmail (email)
YouTube (video)
Flickr (photos)
Blogger
Just a data store
Twitter, Blogs, Newspaper = public text
Trustworthiness enhanced by endorsements from others
Email = directed text
Notebook = private text
Subtopic
Flickr, Youtube, Slideshare = directed or public file (image, video)
directed version of this is an email attachment
private version of this is a backup tape
The box
Freedom as a gift
Portable server
Its performance
Not enough for I2P
How many needed
Boxes can't host thousands of accounts
Communication through internet blockages
Mesh Wifi
Won't the routing table become unusably large?
What lessons can be learnt from 'normal' networking (BGP, ASs, routing tables)
Pidgeon post, sneakernet
No logs
Secure deletion
Free software
Packaging
problems
Debian uber alles
Secure messaging
VoIP
DM/IM/messages
Identity
Global identity
Like OpenID or facebook name
DNS as identity
Can we just use DNS?
How about if we create new root zone
Private key as identity
Still global if you just have one, or if one box = one key
How to assign nicknames
Storage
DHTs
TahoeLAFS not a package yet
What if the storage nodes become malicious
Backup plans
Administrator has to manually edit trust
Won't everyone just upload terabytes of pirated video?