[Freedombox-discuss] Freedombox and decentralized search

2017-04-28 Thread Melvin Carvalho
Hi All Going back to Eben Moglen's "Freedom in the cloud" talk, he spoke about the importance of having search engines that dont track you. I recently came across this awesome decentralized search engine that respects privacy, searx http://stats.searx.oe5tpo.com/ It is possible to run your own

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] Social networking component?

2017-04-07 Thread Melvin Carvalho
On 7 April 2017 at 07:29, Sandy Harris wrote: > Web description sounds good. I have not tested. > https://staltz.com/an-off-grid-social-network.html I've used this before and I like it, but it's quite resource intensive. I'd suggest building something off Solid, for a

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] owncloud

2016-04-25 Thread Melvin Carvalho
On 25 April 2016 at 11:03, franc...@avalenn.eu <franc...@avalenn.eu> wrote: > After various consideration about Owncloud, syncthings, seafile and > others, > On Sun, Apr 24, 2016 at 11:26:18PM +0200, Melvin Carvalho wrote: > > Perhaps it would be interesting to consider the e

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] owncloud

2016-04-24 Thread Melvin Carvalho
On 21 April 2016 at 10:27, Bob Mottram wrote: > On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 07:40:16PM +0200, Dietmar wrote: > >> I realized, owncloud is still in SID, there is just a dependency which >> is >> unresolved. A bug has already been reported. owncloud was removed from >>

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] Dynamic DNS app : some suggestions

2016-03-13 Thread Melvin Carvalho
On 13 March 2016 at 09:32, Daniel Steglich wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA256 > > Maybe also some kind of automated account creation process would be nice > . > If the user doesn't have a Dynamic DNS account yet, he may be asked on > the plinth

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] Sunday HackFest

2015-05-10 Thread Melvin Carvalho
On 20 February 2011 at 19:59, Michiel de Jong mich...@unhosted.org wrote: Hi all, trying to hack together an experimental version of the freedombox in a virtual server image, with whoever wants to join in. The starting point will be this: http://pagekite.net/community/DebianFB/ [...] and

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] Quick report from GETD

2015-04-05 Thread Melvin Carvalho
On 5 April 2015 at 15:58, Markus Sabadello mar...@projectdanube.org wrote: Am 4/5/2015 um 2:36 AM schrieb Melvin Carvalho: On 5 April 2015 at 05:28, Markus Sabadello mar...@projectdanube.org wrote: We used Henry's server: https://github.com/read-write-web/rww-play It seems a bit

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] Quick report from GETD

2015-04-05 Thread Melvin Carvalho
for freedombox is how to connect my storage to the web e.g. using dynamic dns over https. If anyone has a solution to this, or any ideas, I'd be interested to hear. Markus Am 4/4/2015 um 6:05 PM schrieb Melvin Carvalho: On 4 April 2015 at 20:17, Markus Sabadello mar...@projectdanube.org

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] Quick report from GETD

2015-04-04 Thread Melvin Carvalho
On 4 April 2015 at 20:17, Markus Sabadello mar...@projectdanube.org wrote: Hello, We concluded the GETD event this week: http://get-d.net/get-decentralized-san-francisco-bay-area-spring-2015/ I brought several of my CubieTruck-based FreedomBox prototypes. It turned out to be not so much a

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] Intel Compute Stick

2015-01-13 Thread Melvin Carvalho
Slot Bluetooth 4.0 Wi-Fi http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2015/01/intel-compute-stick-specs-ubuntu-version On 13 January 2015 at 10:57, Melvin Carvalho melvincarva...@gmail.com wrote: I was wondering if this could be a candidate for a freedom box device? http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en

[Freedombox-discuss] Intel Compute Stick

2015-01-13 Thread Melvin Carvalho
I was wondering if this could be a candidate for a freedom box device? http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/compute-stick/intel-compute-stick.html Rumoured to be around $150 Pre-installed with Windows 8.1* or Linux*, get a complete experience on an ultra-small, power-efficient device that is

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] Intel Compute Stick

2015-01-13 Thread Melvin Carvalho
On 13 January 2015 at 14:46, Jonas Smedegaard d...@jones.dk wrote: Hi Melvin, Quoting Melvin Carvalho (2015-01-13 10:57:04) I was wondering if this could be a candidate for a freedom box device? http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/compute-stick/intel-compute-stick.html Rumoured

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] some thoughts on URI namespaces

2014-12-29 Thread Melvin Carvalho
On 29 December 2014 at 08:18, Markus Sabadello mar...@projectdanube.org wrote: On 12/28/2014 11:51 PM, Melvin Carvalho wrote: On 28 December 2014 at 22:45, Markus Sabadello mar...@projectdanube.org wrote: On today's call we talked about whether Plinth or jwchat should be the start page

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] some thoughts on URI namespaces

2014-12-28 Thread Melvin Carvalho
On 28 December 2014 at 22:45, Markus Sabadello mar...@projectdanube.org wrote: On today's call we talked about whether Plinth or jwchat should be the start page. And we currently have Owncloud at the path /owncloud. I think this question of URI namespace layout will become more important as

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] some thoughts on URI namespaces

2014-12-28 Thread Melvin Carvalho
On 28 December 2014 at 22:45, Markus Sabadello mar...@projectdanube.org wrote: On today's call we talked about whether Plinth or jwchat should be the start page. And we currently have Owncloud at the path /owncloud. I think this question of URI namespace layout will become more important as

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] some thoughts on URI namespaces

2014-12-28 Thread Melvin Carvalho
On 29 December 2014 at 07:26, Markus Sabadello mar...@projectdanube.org wrote: Another thing Sunil and I talked about yesterday is https://letsencrypt.org/ If we add that to fbx, all our SSL problems should go away, right? Let's hope so! No matter if we use subdomains or not.. You

[Freedombox-discuss] dyndns ends free service

2014-04-09 Thread Melvin Carvalho
I used this extensively for my freedombox http://linktracking.dyn.com/?xm=Yk12KE0kmS00AO0jm2tbXFth Anyone know of an alternative, or is it time to switch to pagekite? ___ Freedombox-discuss mailing list Freedombox-discuss@lists.alioth.debian.org

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] Cozy, a personal cloud you can host, hack and delete

2013-10-23 Thread Melvin Carvalho
On 23 October 2013 17:36, Frank Rousseau frank.rouss...@cozycloud.ccwrote: Hello all, I would like to introduce you to Cozy, a project that fit well with the Freedombox spirit. We started Cozy because we were annoyed by the fact that our personal data were spread among major cloud company

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] Cloudfleet - project with similar goal

2013-09-13 Thread Melvin Carvalho
On 13 September 2013 18:23, Petter Reinholdtsen p...@hungry.com wrote: Via twitter I discovered URL: https://cloudfleet.io/ , which is a project with similar goal as Freedombox. It is based on Ubuntu. Perhaps a good project to cooperate with? BTW: Happy to report that withsqlite just landed

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] Indie web

2013-08-15 Thread Melvin Carvalho
On 16 August 2013 03:18, Dean Hall dwhall...@gmail.com wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 I've been looking for projects comparable to freedombox for about 4 weeks now and just today wired magazine wrote [1] about indie web [2] which seems to have goals comparable to

[Freedombox-discuss] Google Fibre to Ban Freedombox [according to wired]

2013-07-30 Thread Melvin Carvalho
The Free Software Foundation is working on a “Freedom Box” — an open-source appliance you plug into your router that gives you ways to surf the net safely and anonymously; to help dissidents publish to the world; and to create open, distributed alternatives to Twitter and Facebook. That too, by

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] Fwd: CrossCloud: A project to get your data out of silos - Knight Foundation

2013-07-20 Thread Melvin Carvalho
On 20 July 2013 15:22, Sandy Harris sandyinch...@gmail.com wrote: How would FreedomBox fit into this? Looks promising, we'll have to wait to see the first prototypes. It will be (hopefully) one of the first personal clouds to implement modern data standards, imho. Two other solutions that I

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] Why plug servers and not smart phones?

2013-07-13 Thread Melvin Carvalho
On 13 July 2013 09:40, macbroadcast m...@let.de wrote: Am 13.07.2013 09:31, schrieb JOSEFSSON Erik: On 07/13/2013 08:40 AM, Dan Ballance wrote: Hi guys, Can anyone explain to me why the Freedombox project is targeting plug servers on home networks instead of smart devices in our

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] #NSA #prism safe communication ?

2013-07-04 Thread Melvin Carvalho
On 2 July 2013 00:24, Melvin Carvalho melvincarva...@gmail.com wrote: On 1 July 2013 20:22, macbroadcast m...@let.de wrote: hello cybercitizens :D due to recent wiretapping scandal http://www.washingtonpost.com/**wp-srv/special/politics/prism-** collection-documents/?hpid=z1http

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] #NSA #prism safe communication ?

2013-07-01 Thread Melvin Carvalho
On 1 July 2013 20:22, macbroadcast m...@let.de wrote: hello cybercitizens :D due to recent wiretapping scandal http://www.washingtonpost.com/**wp-srv/special/politics/prism-**

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] #NSA #prism safe communication ?

2013-07-01 Thread Melvin Carvalho
On 1 July 2013 20:22, macbroadcast m...@let.de wrote: hello cybercitizens :D due to recent wiretapping scandal http://www.washingtonpost.com/**wp-srv/special/politics/prism-**

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] A related project?

2013-06-18 Thread Melvin Carvalho
On 18 June 2013 20:10, Sandy Harris sandyinch...@gmail.com wrote: Plan to put Linux servers in apartment building basements all over Brazil, use cheap thin client machines in apartments provide much employment for system admins.

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] A Massive Surveillance State: Glenn Greenwald Exposes Covert NSA Program Collecting Calls, Emails

2013-06-08 Thread Melvin Carvalho
On 8 June 2013 13:55, Rick graham.r...@gmail.com wrote: Yesterday. They have this email. http://www.democracynow.org/2013/6/7/a_massive_surveillance_state_glenn_greenwald I hoped never to see this day. Eben Moglen has been proved correct.

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] A Massive Surveillance State: Glenn Greenwald Exposes Covert NSA Program Collecting Calls, Emails

2013-06-08 Thread Melvin Carvalho
On 8 June 2013 13:55, Rick graham.r...@gmail.com wrote: Yesterday. They have this email. http://www.democracynow.org/2013/6/7/a_massive_surveillance_state_glenn_greenwald Someone at mozilla directed me to this.

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] BitMessage

2013-05-26 Thread Melvin Carvalho
Nice video on bitmessage https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_dTotavJZ8 On 1 April 2013 10:22, Philip Hands p...@hands.com wrote: Hi, I note that there's been no mention of BitMessage, so I thought I'd mention it: https://bitmessage.org/ https://bitmessage.org/wiki/FAQ it's doing

[Freedombox-discuss] Klondike - 16 chip ASIC Open Source Board - Preliminary

2013-05-05 Thread Melvin Carvalho
Could be neat to build some of these into a freedombox so that the hardware essentially pays for itself in a short period of time ... https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=190731.0;topicseen ___ Freedombox-discuss mailing list

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] startup 'Nebula' releases personal cloud device

2013-04-03 Thread Melvin Carvalho
On 3 April 2013 10:43, Eugen Leitl eu...@leitl.org wrote: On Tue, Apr 02, 2013 at 09:03:19PM +0200, Melvin Carvalho wrote: mining one bitcoin and the freedombox hardware is free :) You've not been keeping up to date: GPGPU clients are below energy costs and even ASIC mining rigs are iffy

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] startup 'Nebula' releases personal cloud device

2013-04-03 Thread Melvin Carvalho
On 3 April 2013 15:25, Nick M. Daly nick.m.d...@gmail.com wrote: Melvin Carvalho writes: On 2 April 2013 20:59, Nick Daly wrote: could each FreedomBox offer a small part (10%?) of its unused resources for other systems? It'd essentially make them a sort of a SETI@home distributed

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] startup 'Nebula' releases personal cloud device

2013-04-03 Thread Melvin Carvalho
On 3 April 2013 19:38, Jonathan Wilkes jancs...@yahoo.com wrote: From: Melvin Carvalho melvincarva...@gmail.com To: Eugen Leitl eu...@leitl.org Cc: freedombox-discuss freedombox-discuss@lists.alioth.debian.org Sent: Wednesday, April 3, 2013 6:07 AM

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] startup 'Nebula' releases personal cloud device

2013-04-02 Thread Melvin Carvalho
On 2 April 2013 20:59, Nick Daly nick.m.d...@gmail.com wrote: 2013/4/2 Vikram Kamath vikram.k...@gmail.com: https://www.nebula.com/ Thanks for finding that! It's really neat, but I think it's a bit out of the FreedomBox price range: - 1600 Cores - 9600GB Memory - 2400TB Combined

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] Software as Data, Transformation as a Service

2013-01-08 Thread Melvin Carvalho
On 8 January 2013 14:43, Nick M. Daly nick.m.d...@gmail.com wrote: Spinning up a way-overdue discussion again. Sorry for the gravedigging, but this is good stuff. Melvin Carvalho writes: On 1 November 2012 18:44, Nick M. Daly nick.m.d...@gmail.com wrote: Melvin Carvalho melvincarva

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] Building a personal software stack

2013-01-05 Thread Melvin Carvalho
On 5 January 2013 14:22, Jonas Smedegaard d...@jones.dk wrote: Quoting Melvin Carvalho (2013-01-05 02:43:28) On 29 December 2012 18:30, Petar Petrović [1]pe...@petrovic.io wrote: I think that we don't HAVE to integrate everything, at least not during the initial development. I think we

[Freedombox-discuss] chat over websockets

2013-01-04 Thread Melvin Carvalho
I came across this nice tutorial that shows you how to run chat over websockets http://martinsikora.com/nodejs-and-websocket-simple-chat-tutorial I added this to my freedombox in about 30 minutes including installing nodejs, opening ports, adding WebID integration Presently, it's one big chat

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] chat over websockets

2013-01-04 Thread Melvin Carvalho
On 4 January 2013 17:48, Jonas Smedegaard d...@jones.dk wrote: Quoting Melvin Carvalho (2013-01-04 16:32:12) I came across this nice tutorial that shows you how to run chat over websockets [1]http://martinsikora.com/nodejs-and-websocket-simple-chat-tutorial I added this to my

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] WebID, was: chat over websockets

2013-01-04 Thread Melvin Carvalho
free to code up. It's very useful to me already, but If i get some time free, I'll try and improve it! Henry On 4 Jan 2013, at 16:32, Melvin Carvalho melvincarva...@gmail.com wrote: I came across this nice tutorial that shows you how to run chat over websockets http://martinsikora.com

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] Building a personal software stack

2013-01-04 Thread Melvin Carvalho
over time... On Sat, Dec 29, 2012 at 4:56 PM, Melvin Carvalho melvincarva...@gmail.com wrote: On 29 December 2012 01:52, Petar Petrović pe...@petrovic.io wrote: I've been following this project for a while now, and I must say that I love the idea a lot. I've been doing something

[Freedombox-discuss] Which mail server do people use with FBX?

2012-12-16 Thread Melvin Carvalho
Sorry if this has come up before, but I'm interested in which mail server solution people are using with their FBX. I'm experimenting with postfix, any newbie guides or pointers would be greatly appreciated! ___ Freedombox-discuss mailing list

[Freedombox-discuss] What do you use your FBX for?

2012-12-09 Thread Melvin Carvalho
Im just wondering if people are actually running freedomboxes for useful things right now? What I use my freedombox for = - I store personal data on my FBX - My personal TODO list - I occasionally stream music from it - I use my FBX all the time as a virtual wallet This

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] What do you use your FBX for?

2012-12-09 Thread Melvin Carvalho
On 9 December 2012 15:16, Bob Mottram b...@sluggish.dyndns.org wrote: On 09.12.2012 14:03, Melvin Carvalho wrote: Im just wondering if people are actually running freedomboxes for useful things right now? I've been running a Sheevaplug for about two years. I use it for: - Email

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] Software as Data, Transformation as a Service

2012-11-06 Thread Melvin Carvalho
On 1 November 2012 18:44, Nick M. Daly nick.m.d...@gmail.com wrote: Melvin Carvalho melvincarva...@gmail.com writes: I think in the case of freedombox it would be desireable to have not only a web identity but to tie it to GPG, which is something I've already done some work on. Would

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] Software as Data, Transformation as a Service

2012-11-01 Thread Melvin Carvalho
list/organisation that for just for us though - perhaps the RWW group as Melvin Carvalho suggested, would be a good place to start? The WebBox history aligns with this quite well, as we did start WebBox in TimBL's office at W3C/CSAIL. Sorry for the wall of text! I'll keep an eye on this list

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] Initial comment on UI

2012-10-26 Thread Melvin Carvalho
On 25 October 2012 08:56, Jonathan Wilkes jancs...@yahoo.com wrote: Now that I've gotten the basic FBX set up right (thanks Nick), I'd like to make a quick comment on a UI metaphor: Whether or not it's reflected in the actual design, I think the most important metaphor for the UI is a

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] Another parallel effort?

2012-10-18 Thread Melvin Carvalho
On 18 October 2012 23:11, freedombox-discuss.neophyte_...@ordinaryamerican.net wrote: http://myprofile-project.org/ MyProfile intends to provide a solution for managing the numerous accounts and profiles that users have on the Internet. Its main purpose is to provide a unified user account,

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] Privacy Prices

2012-10-14 Thread Melvin Carvalho
On 14 October 2012 19:07, Nick M. Daly nick.m.d...@gmail.com wrote: Jonathan Wilkes writes: From: Nick Daly one of the most annoying parts about all this is how poorly Facebook monetizes data. My privacy is worth more than ~$15/year I think that's missing the point; even if Facebook

[Freedombox-discuss] Moving Closer to a Freedombox with a nettop

2012-10-02 Thread Melvin Carvalho
So yesterday I decided to dump my desktop and bought myself a nettop computer. Not quite a plug computer, but weighing it at 500 grams is the kind of machine, it packs a punch, and I can keep running non stop The specs are here, I picked it up for 299 euro at a store in town:

[Freedombox-discuss] is there a guide to setting up freedbombox on ubuntu

2012-09-27 Thread Melvin Carvalho
Although the target of freedombox is a plug server, I understand it can also run on a laptop, desktop or virtual machine. Just wondering if there's a (maybe unofficial) guide someplace, to setting up freedombox on ubuntu? ___ Freedombox-discuss mailing

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] is there a guide to setting up freedbombox on ubuntu

2012-09-27 Thread Melvin Carvalho
On 27 September 2012 17:34, Nick Daly nick.m.d...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 10:10 AM, Melvin Carvalho melvincarva...@gmail.com wrote: Just wondering if there's a (maybe unofficial) guide someplace, to setting up freedombox on ubuntu? None that I know of, at the moment

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] FreedomBox VoIP/IM/Comms (SIP and Jabber), Jingle Nodes, SIP RELOAD

2012-09-19 Thread Melvin Carvalho
On 19 September 2012 16:22, Daniel Pocock dan...@pocock.com.au wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 19/09/12 14:32, Ramana Kumar wrote: This page might be mildly relevant: http://libreplanet.org/wiki/Group:Skype_Replacement I heard about FSF Europe running a

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] Friendica Red

2012-09-18 Thread Melvin Carvalho
On 18 September 2012 17:09, Nick Daly nick.m.d...@gmail.com wrote: http://friendica.com/node/51 My name is Mike Macgirvin. I am a software developer. I'll get to the point. Help us save the web. I like his attitude. :) Friendica is a really awesome project particularly because it worked

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] Software as Data, Transformation as a Service

2012-09-06 Thread Melvin Carvalho
list/organisation that for just for us though - perhaps the RWW group as Melvin Carvalho suggested, would be a good place to start? The WebBox history aligns with this quite well, as we did start WebBox in TimBL's office at W3C/CSAIL. You're very welcome to use the RWW list to help develop

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] Diaspora becoming a community project

2012-08-29 Thread Melvin Carvalho
On 29 August 2012 09:40, Yosem Companys compa...@stanford.edu wrote: Yeah but tent is about protocols only, right? On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 12:15 AM, Ramana Kumar ram...@member.fsf.orgwrote: Tent is also worth a look. http://tent.io/ They say it is actually decentralised as opposed to just

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] Software as Data, Transformation as a Service

2012-08-15 Thread Melvin Carvalho
On 14 August 2012 17:35, Nick M. Daly nick.m.d...@gmail.com wrote: In short: we have several groups of folks working on problems of standardized, distributed, and data-centric applications. Why aren't we cooperating, or at least communicating, about our problems and observations?

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] Wozniak on cloud/web data/privacy problems

2012-08-07 Thread Melvin Carvalho
On 7 August 2012 09:09, Alberto Fuentes alberto.fuen...@qindel.com wrote: On 08/07/2012 03:22 AM, Sandy Harris wrote: http://www.google.com/**hostednews/afp/article/** ALeqM5h1p0LVc4iFZxbWlflFGgcHhb**RNCQ?docId=CNG.**

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] Who's interested in project management collaboration tools? And...

2012-08-04 Thread Melvin Carvalho
On 5 August 2012 03:25, Miles Fidelman mfidel...@meetinghouse.net wrote: where are they and how do I get their attention? Hi Folks, A lot of folks here are involved in using/developing technology to support various forms of networked collaboration, with particular leanings toward

[Freedombox-discuss] [Infographic] Survey: Consumers Are Concerned About Privacy, Tracking, Advertising

2012-07-17 Thread Melvin Carvalho
*Ninety-four percent of respondants said that privacy was an important issue *, and 58% said they ‘do not like’ online behavioral advertising. Consumers are realizing that the first line of protection when it comes to privacy online is the individual. Services, websites and applications are

[Freedombox-discuss] Raspberry Pi production grows, $35 Linux computer now available in bulk

2012-07-17 Thread Melvin Carvalho
http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/07/raspberry-pi-production-grows-35-linux-computer-now-available-in-bulk/ ___ Freedombox-discuss mailing list Freedombox-discuss@lists.alioth.debian.org

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] PHP Alternatives?

2012-07-15 Thread Melvin Carvalho
On 15 July 2012 03:08, Nick M. Daly nick.m.d...@gmail.com wrote: So, since there is a lot of concern about including PHP on the What's are the issues with PHP? FreedomBox, what are our solutions? CryptoCat (secure chat): CryptoCat Version 2 (???, in development) Diaspora /

[Freedombox-discuss] What do people think of horde?

2012-07-14 Thread Melvin Carvalho
Was wondering if many people here have much experience of horde as a webmail client. Horde seems quite nice in that it has a calender, contact manager, notes and file manager. ( demo: http://demo.horde.org/login.php ) Could it be a good match for freedombox? AFIAK squirrel and roundcube are

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] FreedomBox/Unhosted/PageKite for Access Innovation Prize 2012

2012-07-10 Thread Melvin Carvalho
On 10 July 2012 13:44, Michiel de Jong mich...@unhosted.org wrote: i appreciate that we as power users can use those things, but our goal with freedombox is to make something for 'normal' people. If you visit https://g10code.com/steed.html using for instance Chrome, you get a big page saying

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] FreedomBox/Unhosted/PageKite for Access Innovation Prize 2012

2012-07-06 Thread Melvin Carvalho
at 8:27 PM, Melvin Carvalho melvincarva...@gmail.com wrote: On 1 July 2012 19:44, Markus Sabadello markus.sabade...@gmail.com wrote: Yes, having your own data on the FreedomBox via remoteStorage is exactly the core of the proposal. That, plus potentially integration

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] FreedomBox/Unhosted/PageKite for Access Innovation Prize 2012

2012-07-01 Thread Melvin Carvalho
for the response. A couple of questions about the proposal: Is the idea here to save your own data (ie remote storage) on your freedom box? Would a minimal viable product, to demo FreedomBox, need to contain some kind of social network? Markus On Sat, Jun 30, 2012 at 1:49 PM, Melvin Carvalho

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] FreedomBox/Unhosted/PageKite for Access Innovation Prize 2012

2012-07-01 Thread Melvin Carvalho
. But as far as I know I'm one of the only people that does that. Im curious as to what solutions you might suggest for the data storage, and what features are avaiable? ( personally I use data.fm ) Markus On Sun, Jul 1, 2012 at 6:57 PM, Melvin Carvalho melvincarva...@gmail.comwrote

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] FreedomBox/Unhosted/PageKite for Access Innovation Prize 2012

2012-07-01 Thread Melvin Carvalho
On 1 July 2012 23:03, Markus Sabadello markus.sabade...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Jul 1, 2012 at 8:27 PM, Melvin Carvalho melvincarva...@gmail.comwrote: On 1 July 2012 19:44, Markus Sabadello markus.sabade...@gmail.comwrote: Yes, having your own data on the FreedomBox via remoteStorage

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] FreedomBox/Unhosted/PageKite for Access Innovation Prize 2012

2012-07-01 Thread Melvin Carvalho
tend to say it would be nice to have both Makes sense, and any features the data store doesnt have, that people want, we can just patch It's much easier to roll out new features to freedombox, for example, than CouchDB Markus On Sun, Jul 1, 2012 at 11:23 PM, Melvin Carvalho melvincarva

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] FreedomBox/Unhosted/PageKite for Access Innovation Prize 2012

2012-06-30 Thread Melvin Carvalho
On 30 June 2012 13:03, Markus Sabadello mar...@projectdanube.org wrote: Heya, So back in May, when I did a FreedomBox-related demohttp://blog.projectdanube.org/2012/05/freedombox-at-the-internet-identity-workshop/at the Internet Identity Workshop, I was made aware of the Access movement,

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] Fwd: unlike-us Good News For Spies and Dictators: 'FreedomBox' Is in Danger of an Early Death | Threat Level | Wired.com

2012-06-29 Thread Melvin Carvalho
On 29 June 2012 21:03, Nick Daly nick.m.d...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 4:08 AM, Markus Sabadello markus.sabade...@gmail.com wrote: Hmm :) Of course that's not true :) Well, it says something that I woke up, this morning, with this song going through my head, after

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] Identity UI

2012-06-24 Thread Melvin Carvalho
On 24 June 2012 02:33, Nick M. Daly nick.m.d...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, 23 Jun 2012 10:27:26 +0200, Michiel de Jong mich...@unhosted.org wrote: On Sat, Jun 23, 2012 at 7:23 AM, Nick M. Daly nick.m.d...@gmail.com wrote: So, identity is pretty fundamental to this project. Without

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] Identity UI

2012-06-23 Thread Melvin Carvalho
On 23 June 2012 07:23, Nick M. Daly nick.m.d...@gmail.com wrote: So, identity is pretty fundamental to this project. Without identity, privacy is a meaningless concept. The FreedomBox identifies a person or group of people through their keys. People and their keys should be linked, and we

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] Some advice on moving Plinth forward?

2012-02-11 Thread Melvin Carvalho
On 11 February 2012 15:34, James Vasile vas...@freedomboxfoundation.org wrote: On Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:47:46 +1100, Daniel Bryan danbr...@gmail.com wrote: Hi everyone, Not sure whether I've actually posted to the list before but I've been closely following FreedomBox since late 2010. I got a

[Freedombox-discuss] Freedombox For Cloud Services

2012-02-05 Thread Melvin Carvalho
I wonder if some freedomboxes could offer a secure cloud hosting service for a small charge. You could host someone's files up to a disk/bandwidth limit Since FBX is normally always on, it could be a nice way to have uptime. Maybe this way they can generate some micro income. Perhaps this

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] Best way to get involved?

2012-02-05 Thread Melvin Carvalho
On 5 February 2012 19:35, James Vasile vas...@freedomboxfoundation.org wrote: Every once in a while I post a list of tasks to this list.  I should put them on a web page.  Here are some current todos.  If you are interested in any of these, please contact me for more information. Replacing

[Freedombox-discuss] Fwd: [SocialSwarm-D] New Retroshare Release: V0.5.3a

2012-02-05 Thread Melvin Carvalho
FYI Retroshare now has GPG based secure 'chat lobbies'. I've tested them out and they seem pretty cool. Quite similar to IRC, but all traffic is encrypted. I know that Nick, Alex, Michiel are already on the network. Is it worth setting up a secure freedombox chat lobby? -- Forwarded

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] Bitcoin Conference - David Birch - Next Generation Money

2011-12-28 Thread Melvin Carvalho
On 28 December 2011 11:34, Marc Manthey (macbroadcast ) m...@let.de wrote: Just stumbled over this intersting talk, sound isnt very good but gets a bit better later.. http://youtu.be/PhPZv8nOq5o Very interesting, thanks for sharing. I actually was at this conference but missed this talk

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] Wiki Engine for a DreamPlug?

2011-12-27 Thread Melvin Carvalho
On 26 December 2011 23:17, Nick Daly nick.m.d...@gmail.com wrote: Hi folks, I know you're all pleasantly opinionated, so please, chime in!  I'm wondering what you'd recommend for a wiki engine on the DreamPlug?  Is MediaWiki too big?  Is there another you'd recommend? If it's simple to set up

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] keyserver spam

2011-12-20 Thread Melvin Carvalho
On 16 December 2011 18:50, Daniel Kahn Gillmor d...@fifthhorseman.net wrote: On 12/16/2011 10:51 AM, gn...@lists.grepular.com wrote: I understand that once you've uploaded something to the keyservers, it can't be removed. Eg, if I sign someone elses key and upload that, it will be attached to

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] Web of Trust Questions

2011-12-14 Thread Melvin Carvalho
On 14 December 2011 12:55, Daniel Kahn Gillmor d...@fifthhorseman.net wrote: On 12/13/2011 06:16 AM, Melvin Carvalho wrote: bitcoin otc WOT, which also combines with GPG, ,and thinking about scaling it to the whole web : http://bitcoin-otc.com/viewratings.php Someone into bitcoin-otc brought

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] Web of Trust Questions

2011-12-13 Thread Melvin Carvalho
On 13 December 2011 09:27, John Walsh fiftyf...@waldevin.com wrote: Hi Everybody, In the web of trust (WOT), I can create my own identity/key as opposed to a Certificate Authority managing my identity/key. I could bring my key to a key signing party with proof of identity. Let's say Fred was 

[Freedombox-discuss] The impending revolution of low-power quantum computers

2011-12-05 Thread Melvin Carvalho
By 2017, quantum physics will help reduce the energy consumption of our computers and cellular phones by up to a factor of 100. For research and industry, the power consumption of transistors is a key issue. The next revolution will likely come from tunnel-FET, a technology that takes advantage of

[Freedombox-discuss] World's smallest computer

2011-11-19 Thread Melvin Carvalho
http://blog.laptopmag.com/usb-stick-contains-dual-core-computer-turns-any-screen-into-an-android-station ___ Freedombox-discuss mailing list Freedombox-discuss@lists.alioth.debian.org

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] Connecting People (Zot and a link dump)

2011-11-16 Thread Melvin Carvalho
On 1 November 2011 05:17, Nick Daly nick.m.d...@gmail.com wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I've been wondering what a decentralized social network would look like for the last couple days, and come up with a few kooky (if potentially functional) ideas, like customized and

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] An offer to the Freedombox community

2011-11-13 Thread Melvin Carvalho
On 13 November 2011 16:25, Joshua Spodek joshuaspo...@yahoo.com wrote: As posted here: http://joshuaspodek.com/an-offer-freedombox-community My post on how Freedombox’s pursuit of perfection is undermining its goals -- http://joshuaspodek.com/freedomboxs-pursuit-perfection-undermines-goals

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] Connecting People (Zot and a link dump)

2011-11-01 Thread Melvin Carvalho
On 1 November 2011 05:17, Nick Daly nick.m.d...@gmail.com wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I've been wondering what a decentralized social network would look like for the last couple days, and come up with a few kooky (if potentially functional) ideas, like customized and

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] Connecting People (Zot and a link dump)

2011-11-01 Thread Melvin Carvalho
On 1 November 2011 22:16, Stephen Michael Kellat skel...@fastmail.net wrote: On Tuesday, November 01, 2011 9:57 PM, Melvin Carvalho melvincarva...@gmail.com wrote: On 1 November 2011 05:17, Nick Daly nick.m.d...@gmail.com wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I've been

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] Diaspora

2011-10-16 Thread Melvin Carvalho
On 16 October 2011 02:28, Yosem Companys compa...@stanford.edu wrote: Hi All, My name is Yosem, and I'm a member of this list, though I generally don't say much.  I'm a PhD student at Stanford but also work running the Diaspora* Foundation. If you'd like invites, please let me know, and I'll

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] Diaspora

2011-10-16 Thread Melvin Carvalho
On 16 October 2011 09:15, Melvin Carvalho melvincarva...@gmail.com wrote: On 16 October 2011 02:28, Yosem Companys compa...@stanford.edu wrote: Hi All, My name is Yosem, and I'm a member of this list, though I generally don't say much.  I'm a PhD student at Stanford but also work running

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] Diaspora

2011-10-16 Thread Melvin Carvalho
of the Federation Community Group, which is a good start. Wish you the best of luck with your goals, keep up the great work spreading the message that the social web, needs to be secure, decentral and free! Best, Yosem On Sun, Oct 16, 2011 at 12:15 AM, Melvin Carvalho melvincarva

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] Diaspora

2011-10-15 Thread Melvin Carvalho
On 14 October 2011 09:25, Brandon Invergo b.inve...@gmail.com wrote: Wish them the best of luck, but diaspora is one of at least a dozen projects of its kind.  Diaspora just has the best promotion. Like it or not, that's exactly what a social network project needs: promotion. Since it's only

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] Diaspora

2011-10-14 Thread Melvin Carvalho
On 14 October 2011 09:25, Brandon Invergo b.inve...@gmail.com wrote: Wish them the best of luck, but diaspora is one of at least a dozen projects of its kind.  Diaspora just has the best promotion. Like it or not, that's exactly what a social network project needs: promotion. Since it's only

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] Diaspora

2011-10-13 Thread Melvin Carvalho
On 13 October 2011 03:10, Bo Fussing b...@cantosoft.com wrote: The team behind Diaspora seem to have spent all their initial funding and are now appealing for more. Given how slow the project has progressed I truly wonder if they will get any more and be around to realise their vision:

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] Tap-to-share PGP key exchange

2011-10-06 Thread Melvin Carvalho
On 29 September 2011 16:38, Timur Mehrvarz timur.mehrv...@googlemail.com wrote: Hello, I just released v1.0 of Anymime for Android. This app provides ad-hoc 2-way file transfer over Bluetooth. If NFC is supported, connectivity can be established by tapping two devices, which practically

[Freedombox-discuss] The Freedombox Economy

2011-09-25 Thread Melvin Carvalho
Just a crazy thought: Why not create a bitcoin derivative and put it on the freedombox (perhaps also with opentransactions as glue) Now every Freedombox should come pre installed with a balance of 100 freedom coins Initially the monetary value of each coin would be zero. However, just like

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] The Freedombox Economy

2011-09-25 Thread Melvin Carvalho
On 25 September 2011 15:58, Eugen Leitl eu...@leitl.org wrote: On Sun, Sep 25, 2011 at 11:07:35AM +0200, Melvin Carvalho wrote: Just a crazy thought: Why not create a bitcoin derivative and put it on the freedombox (perhaps also with opentransactions as glue) There is no reason to not allow

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] fully-decentralised forums

2011-09-16 Thread Melvin Carvalho
! Best, Thomas Thomas Ruddy, Switzerland, http://www.thomasruddy.org/ Wiki on Privacy in E-Governance http://www.thomasruddy.eu -- Message: 2 Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2011 13:49:11 +0200 From: Melvin Carvalho melvincarva...@gmail.com To: freedombox-discuss

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] fully-decentralised forums

2011-09-15 Thread Melvin Carvalho
don't think that - if we need to see FSW now, we have needed it yesterday -- the Lots of very smart people in that group isn't succeeded or working productively in the right direction. Not at all. @Melvin Carvalho So - what should i do? (i just mean that, maybe you could advice :) what have i

Re: [Freedombox-discuss] fully-decentralised forums

2011-09-14 Thread Melvin Carvalho
On 14 September 2011 11:14, Thomas Ruddy tho...@thomasruddy.org wrote: Someone below known as DrBob or Mark, You asked: Which other systems provide fully-decentralised forums? Decentralised can imply distributed or federated. A list of applications that have support, or plan to implement

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