diff --git a/slides/index.md b/slides/index.md index ba83f4b..2655db5 100644 --- a/slides/index.md +++ b/slides/index.md @@ -3,17 +3,19 @@ marp: true theme: custom-theme paginate: true backgroundColor: #fff +header: "Digital Independence Day - Reclaiming Our Digital Autonomy" +footer: "Michał Czechowski" title: Digital Independence Day - Reclaiming Our Digital Autonomy --- # Digital Independence Day ## Reclaiming Our Digital Autonomy -**Michał Czechowski** -University Lecturer & Open Source Enthusiast +**Michał Czechowski** +University Lecturer & Open Source Enthusiast Stuttgart, Germany -*Science in the City Malta • September 17, 2025* +*Science in the City Festival Malta • September 17, 2025* --- @@ -30,6 +32,29 @@ Stuttgart, Germany --- + + +![bg left](oracle-lawsuit.png) + +- **2014**: Oracle aquires a marketing tech start-up based in Cupertino, California, for around **$400 million**. + +- **2016**: Oracle bragged about profiling 5 billion people worldwide, creating detailed cohorts from **sensitive web browsing activity, names, home addresses, email addresses, and cross-device tracking data** + +- **$42.4 billion annual revenue** from their BlueKai data brokerage operations, selling personal profiles to advertisers and third parties without consent + +- **2024**: Oracle forced to pay $115 million settlement after class action lawsuit led by privacy researchers Michael Katz-Lacabe (USA), Jennifer Golbeck (USA), and Johnny Ryan (Ireland) + + + +--- + # What is Digital Independence? --- @@ -85,7 +110,7 @@ The **infosphere** - our combined digital and physical reality - means: **Recent Systemic Failures:** - Hospital ransomware attacks → patients die from delayed care -- Social media manipulation → electoral interference, democratic erosion +- Social media manipulation → electoral interference, democratic erosion - Supply chain attacks → economic disruption, infrastructure breakdown - Platform censorship → suppression of legitimate discourse - Algorithmic bias → systemic discrimination at scale @@ -176,25 +201,26 @@ The **infosphere** - our combined digital and physical reality - means: # Your Liberation Toolkit - - -| Category | Proprietary Tool | Primary Risk | FOSS Alternative | Implementation Notes | -|----------|------------------|--------------|------------------|----------------------| -| **Communication** | WhatsApp | Meta surveillance | Signal | End-to-end encrypted, normie-friendly | -| | WhatsApp | Meta surveillance | Element (Matrix) | Decentralized protocol, tech-savvy users | -| | Twitter/X | Manipulation, censorship | Mastodon | ActivityPub federation, choose instance wisely | -| | Discord | Gaming surveillance | Element/Matrix | Bridges available for Discord migration | -| **Web Browsing** | Chrome | Complete web tracking | Firefox | Mozilla Foundation, privacy-focused | -| | Chrome | Complete web tracking | LibreWolf | Firefox without telemetry, hardened | -| **Productivity** | Microsoft Office | Subscription bondage | LibreOffice | Full office suite, document compatibility | -| | Notion | Productivity surveillance | Logseq | Local-first knowledge graphs | -| | Slack | Workplace monitoring | Mattermost | Self-hosted team communication | +| Category | Proprietary Tool | FOSS Alternative | Implementation Notes | +|----------|------------------|------------------|----------------------| +| **Communication** | WhatsApp | Signal | End-to-end encrypted, normie-friendly | +| | | Element (Matrix) | Decentralized protocol, tech-savvy users | +| | Twitter/X | Mastodon | ActivityPub federation, choose instance wisely | +| | Discord | Element/Matrix | Bridges available for Discord migration | +| **Web Browsing** | Chrome/Chromium | Firefox | Mozilla Foundation, privacy-focused | +| | | LibreWolf | Firefox without telemetry, hardened | +| | | Ladybird | Complete rebuild browser from scratch (summer 2026) | +| | Plugins | Block Origin, Privacy Badger etc. | Useful firefox/chromium extension for increased security | +| **Productivity** | Microsoft Office | LibreOffice | Full office suite, document compatibility | +| | Notion | Logseq | Local-first knowledge graphs | +| | Slack | Mattermost | Self-hosted team communication | +| **Video Conferencing** | MS Teams, Zoom | Jitsi Meet | Self-hostable, browser-based meetings | --- @@ -202,20 +228,23 @@ table { -| Category | Proprietary Tool | Primary Risk | FOSS Alternative | Implementation Notes | -|----------|------------------|--------------|------------------|----------------------| -| **Cloud & Storage** | Google Drive | Document surveillance | Nextcloud | Complete cloud replacement | -| | Google Photos | Face recognition mining | Immich | Self-hosted photo management | -| | Dropbox | File access tracking | Syncthing | P2P file synchronization | -| **Media** | YouTube | Algorithm addiction | PeerTube | Federated video hosting | -| | YouTube | Algorithm addiction | Invidious | Privacy-focused YouTube frontend | -| **Email** | Gmail | Email content scanning | Proton Mail | Swiss privacy laws protection | -| **Mobile OS** | Android (Google) | Life surveillance | GrapheneOS | Pixel devices only, maximum security | -| | iOS | Apple ecosystem lock-in | LineageOS | Wider device support | +| Category | Proprietary Tool | FOSS Alternative | Implementation Notes | +|----------|------------------|------------------|----------------------| +| **Cloud & Storage** | Google Drive | Nextcloud | Complete cloud replacement | +| | Google Photos | Immich | Self-hosted photo management | +| | Dropbox | Syncthing | P2P file synchronization | +| **Media** | YouTube | PeerTube | Federated video hosting | +| | | NewPipe | Android app, no Google Services needed | +| **Email** | Gmail | Proton Mail | Swiss privacy laws protection | +| **Mobile OS** | Android (Google) | GrapheneOS | Pixel devices only, maximum security | +| | | LineageOS | Wider device support | +| **Desktop OS** | MS Windows | GNU/Linux | Hundreds of different distributions like Ubuntu, Arch etc. | +| | macOS | Asahi Linux | Apple Silicon Macs, experimental support | + @@ -224,15 +253,15 @@ table { # Implementation Strategy **Phase 1 - Low Risk:** -Browser, Search, Email migration +Communication tools, Browser, Search, Office suite **Phase 2 - Productivity:** -Office suite, Cloud storage, Communication tools +Operating system, Cloud storage, Email communication -**Phase 3 - Infrastructure:** -Operating system, Self-hosting, Complete sovereignty +**Phase 3 - Infrastructure (our goal today):** +Cloud storage, Self-hosting, Complete sovereignty -*Detailed migration paths available in workshop materials* +*For Phase 1 and 2 are hundreds of tutorials out there; I believe in you ❤️* --- @@ -240,7 +269,7 @@ Operating system, Self-hosting, Complete sovereignty **Today's Focus:** - GNU/Linux hands-on exploration -- Installing essential FOSS alternatives +- First terminal commands - Building your personal migration roadmap **Take Home:** @@ -266,12 +295,76 @@ In Floridi's infosphere, our digital choices are political choices. --- + + +# References (1/3) + +**Core Theory:** +- Floridi, L. (2014). *The Fourth Revolution: How the infosphere is reshaping human reality*. Oxford University Press. ISBN: 9780199606726 + +**Digital Attacks & Surveillance:** +- Cadwalladr, C. & Graham-Harrison, E. (2018, March 17). Revealed: 50 million Facebook profiles harvested for Cambridge Analytica in major data breach. *The Guardian*. https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/mar/17/cambridge-analytica-facebook-influence-us-election + +- Wells, G., Horwitz, J., & Seetharaman, D. (2021, September 14). Facebook knows Instagram is toxic for teen girls, company documents show. *The Wall Street Journal*. https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-knows-instagram-is-toxic-for-teen-girls-company-documents-show-11631620739 + + + +- Frenkel, S., Bergman, R. & Saad, H. (2024, September 18). How Israel Built a Modern-Day Trojan Horse: Exploding Pagers. *The New York Times*. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/18/world/middleeast/israel-exploding-pagers-hezbollah.html + + + +--- + + + +# References (2/3) + +**Government FOSS Success Stories:** +- The Document Foundation (2024, April 4). German state moving 30,000 PCs to LibreOffice. https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2024/04/04/german-state-moving-30000-pcs-to-libreoffice/ + +- Gascó, M. (2003). New technologies and institutional change in public administration. *Social Science Computer Review*, 21(1), 6-14. [Extremadura case study] + +- Camara, G. & Fonseca, F. (2007). Information policies and open source software in developing countries. *Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology*, 58(1), 121-132. [Brazil open standards] + +**Digital Democracy Platforms:** +- Aragón, P., et al. (2017). Deliberative Platform Design: The Case Study of the Online Discussions in Decidim Barcelona. *Social Science Computer Review*, 39(6), 1139-1162. https://decidim.barcelona/ + +- vTaiwan Project Documentation. (2023). Digital Minister of Taiwan. https://vtaiwan.tw/ + +--- + + + +# References (3/3) + +**Infrastructure & Surveillance Systems:** +- Kotka, T., Vargas, C.A. & Korjus, K. (2015). Estonia's blockchain-based e-Residency program. *Computer*, 48(9), 106-108. [X-Road infrastructure] + +- Greenwald, G. (2014). *No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State*. Metropolitan Books. [PRISM program] + +- Liang, F., et al. (2018). Constructing a data‐driven society: China's social credit system as a state surveillance infrastructure. *Policy & Internet*, 10(4), 415-453. + +--- + # Questions & Discussion -**Resources:** -- Event: malta-digital-independence.org -- FOSS Alternatives: ossmalta.eu -- Contact: michal@czechowski.de +**Additional Resources:** +- Open Source Alternative Directory: https://www.opensourcealternative.to/ +- OSS Malta Community: https://ossmalta.eu/ +- Presentation Materials: https://dailysh.it/malta +- Contact: malta@dailysh.it *"The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now."* *- Chinese Proverb* diff --git a/slides/oracle-lawsuit.png b/slides/oracle-lawsuit.png new file mode 100644 index 0000000..9595e8d Binary files /dev/null and b/slides/oracle-lawsuit.png differ