From 656cabf2d64e56cee584257ffb0ff27fd8feb1b0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bob Mottram Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2015 21:30:23 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Preamble --- doc/index.org | 4 +++- website/index.html | 8 ++++++-- 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/index.org b/doc/index.org index 3e083cd1..bcc6884c 100644 --- a/doc/index.org +++ b/doc/index.org @@ -13,11 +13,13 @@ | [[./variants.html][Variants]] | [[./installation.html][Installation]] | [[./usage.html][How to use it]] | [[file:backups.html][Backups]] | [[./code.html][Code]] | [[./related.html][Related Projects]] | [[file:faq.html][FAQ]] | [[file:support.html][Support]] | [[https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0-standalone.html][License]] | #+END_CENTER +Freedombone is a home server configuration which can be installed onto any computer capable of running Debian Jessie. If you have an old laptop or netbook which you can leave turned on then you can use Freedombone to provide your own internet services, such as blogging, wiki, email, chat and social networking and have independence from the well known internet companies. + Today everyone is concerned about privacy on the internet. At the same time there's a problem with the companies who have traditionally provided most of the web services. The people running those companies may be well-intentioned - as in the famous motto "/don't be evil/" - but the advertising based business model which currently dominates, combined with an increasing level of political pressure to insert backdoors means that it is usually impossible for companies operating within both their own business models and the framework of national laws to provide you with services which don't intentionally leak your private communications to advertisers, insurers or governments. Another problem is the precariousness of the terms of service. Except in rare cases such terms are not easy to read, so many people end up clicking through terms which if explained more clearly they would never agree to. Over the past decade many internet users have had the unpleasant experience of having their blogs, videos or other web content inexplicably removed, typically due to some ill-defined terms of service violation or a false accusation of copyright infringement. -You can bypass all of these dilemmas and take back ownership of your internet content with Freedombone. Based upon the Beaglebone Black, Freedombone is a small and cheap home server which enables you to use email, have your own web site and do social networking without any built-in spying and without having to agree to any legal terms of service other than those of your ISP. It provides independence and security in an era where those things are in short supply. +You can bypass all of these dilemmas and take back ownership of your internet content with Freedombone. Originally based upon the Beaglebone Black, Freedombone is a small and cheap home server which enables you to use email, have your own web site and do social networking without any built-in spying and without having to agree to any legal terms of service other than those of your ISP. It provides independence and security in an era where those things are in short supply. #+BEGIN_CENTER [[file:images/surveillance.png]] diff --git a/website/index.html b/website/index.html index b1f1c953..d1f5420f 100644 --- a/website/index.html +++ b/website/index.html @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ - + @@ -195,6 +195,10 @@ for the JavaScript code in this tag. +

+Freedombone is a home server configuration which can be installed onto any computer capable of running Debian Jessie. If you have an old laptop or netbook which you can leave turned on then you can use Freedombone to provide your own internet services, such as blogging, wiki, email, chat and social networking and have independence from the well known internet companies. +

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Today everyone is concerned about privacy on the internet. At the same time there's a problem with the companies who have traditionally provided most of the web services. The people running those companies may be well-intentioned - as in the famous motto "don't be evil" - but the advertising based business model which currently dominates, combined with an increasing level of political pressure to insert backdoors means that it is usually impossible for companies operating within both their own business models and the framework of national laws to provide you with services which don't intentionally leak your private communications to advertisers, insurers or governments.

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-You can bypass all of these dilemmas and take back ownership of your internet content with Freedombone. Based upon the Beaglebone Black, Freedombone is a small and cheap home server which enables you to use email, have your own web site and do social networking without any built-in spying and without having to agree to any legal terms of service other than those of your ISP. It provides independence and security in an era where those things are in short supply. +You can bypass all of these dilemmas and take back ownership of your internet content with Freedombone. Originally based upon the Beaglebone Black, Freedombone is a small and cheap home server which enables you to use email, have your own web site and do social networking without any built-in spying and without having to agree to any legal terms of service other than those of your ISP. It provides independence and security in an era where those things are in short supply.