“Freedom in the digital world”! We want it, we fight for it! That’s an ongoing battle against governments and corporations.

The digital world is a new world, in this new world, freedom must be reinvented, reencouraged and reprotected.

“Freedom in the digital world” is a collaborative and polymorphic project: this page, a series of talks and a book. This rings a bell? Send me an email or drop me a comment at the end of the page! –Martin

Chapter “Why Digital Freedom”

The Internet Desillusion:

Why Privacy is Important:

“The price of freedom”: Freedom is not free, there is a price to pay. When corporations give you great services for free, you pay it differently.

Chapter “Software Design for Digital Freedom”

Talks about this chapter:

  • Talk at “Privacy-Aware Decisions” Spring 2019, Uppsala where I have discussed the fundamental tension between the softness of software and the super rigid walls of the digital world. I conjecture that there must be software design principles that encourage freedom in the digital world.

Chapter “Resistance”

Chapter “Action!”

Resist by using different software

  • FreedomBox is a project to promote personal servers running free software for distributed social networking, email and audio/video communications
  • Freedom in the cloud with Nextcloud
  • Mobile freedom on your smartphone (LineageOS, etc)

Resist by configuring software

Resist by modifying software

Resist by creating software

Resist by exercising your rights

Resist by enacting laws

Defense:

Chapter “Freedom and Interoperability”

Material:

Chapter “Freedom in Digital Sweden”

Material:

Chapter “Free speech and independence in the digital world”

Material:

Chaper “Despair”