The FreedomBox

Publishing

Replacement for...

Facebook

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

Email

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?