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Eben Moglen - Freedom in The Cloud

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What it is

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.

Why Hacker News recommends it

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

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 2 strong recommendations
  • first 2011, last 2018

What HN commenters said

  1. “Stop listening to Bob Marley. Listen to Eben Molgen.”

    Moglen talk on freedom in the cloud.

    vikingux, 2011-05 · Strong recommendation · in “G8 agenda calls for "civilized Internet": monitored, governed, controlled, taxed”

  2. “It's worth the watch/listen to get the idea in full.”

    Explains the idea behind FreedomBox: own your own logs.

    bootload, 2012-02 · Strong recommendation · in “Facebook Is Using You”

  3. “Eben Moglen gave a great speech on what we're giving up by using centralized services.”

    Speech on what centralized services cost us.

    logn, 2014-06 · Recommendation · in “YunoHost: Aiming to make hosting accessible”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: freedombox, privacy, cloud, free software, eben moglen

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