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# Join me at LibrePlanet 2016 for my talk "Restore Online Freedom!"
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I will be [speaking at LibrePlanet this year][lp2016] (2016) about freedom
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on the Web. Here's the session description:
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[lp2016]: https://www.libreplanet.org/2016/program/
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> Imagine a world where surveillance is the default and users must opt-in to
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> privacy. Imagine that your every action is logged and analyzed to learn
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> how you behave, what your interests are, and what you might do next.
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> Imagine that, even on your fully free operating system, proprietary
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> software is automatically downloaded and run not only without your
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> consent, but often without your knowledge. In this world, even free
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> software cannot be easily modified, shared, or replaced. In many cases,
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> you might not even be in control of your own computing -- your actions and
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> your data might be in control by a remote entity, and only they decide
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> what you are and are not allowed to do.
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>
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> This may sound dystopian, but this is the world you're living in right
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> now. The Web today is an increasingly hostile, freedom-denying place that
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> propagates to nearly every aspect of the average users' lives -- from
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> their PCs to their phones, to their TVs and beyond. But before we can
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> stand up and demand back our freedoms, we must understand what we're being
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> robbed of, how it's being done, and what can (or can't) be done to stop
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> it.
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There are a number of other [great sessions][lp2016] this year from a
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[number of speakers][lp2016s], many well-known. We also have an opening
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keynote from Edward Snowden!
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All [FSF associate members get free entry][fsfmember]. If you can't join
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us, the conference will be streamed live. You can also see [videos of past
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talks][lpvideos] on the FSF's self-hosted [GNU MediaGoblin][goblin]
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instance.
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Special thanks to the FSF for covering a large portion of my travel
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expenses; I otherwise might not have been able to attend. Thank you to all
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who donated to the conference scholarship fund.
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[lp2016s]: https://www.libreplanet.org/2016/program/speakers.html
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[fsfmember]: https://crm.fsf.org/join
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[lpvideos]: https://media.libreplanet.org/
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[goblin]: http://mediagoblin.org/
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