FreedomBox/Introduction

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FreedomBox: take your online privacy back

!FreedomBox is a ready made personal server, designed with privacy and data ownership in mind. It is a subset of the [universal operating system] and includes free software only. You can run it on a small, inexpensive and power-efficient computer box in your home that is dedicated for that use. It can also be installed on any computer running Debian or in a virtual machine.<
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In order to replace third-party communication services that are data mining your entire life, you will be able to host services yourself and use them at home or over the Internet through a browser or specialized apps. These services include chat and voice calls, webmail, file sharing and calendar, address book and news feed synchronization. For example, to start using a private chat service, activate the service from the administration interface and add your friends as authorized users of the service. They will be able to connect to the service hosted on your !FreedomBox, using XMPP chat clients such as Conversations on Android, Pidgin on Windows and Linux, or Messages on Mac OS, for encrypted communications.<
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!FreedomBox can also host a Wi-Fi access point, ad blocking proxy and VPN. More advanced users can replace their router with a !FreedomBox. <
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To set up !FreedomBox at home on a specific hardware or on your computer running Debian may require a bit of technical expertise or help from the community. Once installed the interface is easy to use, similar to a smart phone. <
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Related documentation:

* FreedomBox applications
* Machines that support FreedomBox
* Download and Install
* Manual
* Live Help from the community

Typical usage: Private Cloud

!FreedomBox provides services to the computers and mobile devices in your home, and to your friends. This includes secure instant messaging and low-bandwidth, high-quality voice conference calling. !FreedomBox lets you publish your content in a blog and wiki to collaborate with the rest of the world. On the roadmap are a personal email server and federated social networking using GNU Social and Diaspora, to provide privacy-respecting alternatives to Gmail and Facebook.

Advanced usage: Smart Home Router

!FreedomBox runs in a physical computer and can route your traffic. It can sit between various devices at home such as mobiles, laptops and TVs and the Internet, replacing a home wireless router. By routing traffic, !FreedomBox can remove tracking advertisements and malicious web bugs before they ever reach your devices. !FreedomBox can cloak your location and protect your anonymity by "onion routing" your traffic over Tor. !FreedomBox provides a VPN server that you can use while you are away from home to keep your traffic secret on untrusted public wireless networks and to securely access various devices at home.

It can also be carried along with your laptop and used to connect to public networks at work, school or office to avail its services.

It could be used in a village to make available digital communications throughout the village. In the future, !FreedomBox intends to deliver support for alternative ways of connecting to the Internet such as Mesh networking.

FreedomBox Interface

Screencast introduction

(36 MB, 13 Min.)

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See the features page for a full list of applications and download !FreedomBox.

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