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Eben Moglen - Freedom in The Cloud

Punkcast · 48.8K views · 2010-02-09 · 57:10

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Overview

Eben Moglen speaks at NYU in 2010 about freedom in the cloud, arguing that centralized services and handing over personal data and server logs erode privacy and freedom. The talk lays out the motivation for FreedomBox, a personal server for your own data.

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HN recommends it as the foundational talk behind FreedomBox and the case against centralized web services.

Recommended by 3 HN people across 3 months · HN mentions 2011–2018

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bootload · 2012-02 · Strong recommendation

"... I follow a few high profile tech news source, but I never heard of Freedombox. ..." That's why it's important to read HN. Eben Moglen is one of the few lawyers I bother to listen too. It helps he has a CS background. Moglen did a talk at New York Technology Council & Internet Society, Friday, February 5, 2010 that outlined the idea behind the freedom box. I remember watching & listening to the recording just after the speech. It's worth the watch/listen to get the idea in full. The idea in short, "Own your own logs" . Third parties can't infer what they don't have. The talk is located here - [LINK] - [VIDEO] or here for alternative AV formats ~ [LINK]

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vikingux · 2011-05 · Strong recommendation

Stop listening to Bob Marley. Listen to Eben Molgen. Youtube: "Eben Moglen - Freedom in The Cloud": [VIDEO] Stop going to Starbucks. Send money to The Freedom Box Foundation. [LINK] Otherwise they may prove Richard Stallman correct.

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logn · 2014-06 · Recommendation

Eben Moglen gave a great speech on what we're giving up by using centralized services. His call to action was to basically build what YunoHost now is. This video of the speech is an hour long but a good one: [VIDEO]

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