Am 20.02.2011 um 00:31 schrieb David Barrett:

I think the Freedom Box should take a similar approach. It should arrive pre-configured with the wifi network name and network printed on a (removable) sticker on the side. The first browser to connect to it should get a happy webpage explaining how it works and ask the fewest possible configuration steps. In fact, maybe the first time any new MAC address connects to it, show a nice welcome page.

Yes i think the technologie is developed allready, imagine " zeroconf" for the hassle free configuration and publishing of services http://www.dns-sd.org/ and http://pdos.csail.mit.edu/uia/ All things just need to put together like eben said. :) or a commercial solution AllJoynb" is a peer-to-peer technology that enables ad hoc, proximity- based, device-to-device communication without the use of an intermediary server. https://www.alljoyn.org/ greetings Marc

Then have a big "reset" button on the side that wipes the brick and restores it to factory settings. The wipe should be so thorough as to make it literally impossible to know if anybody has ever used it. This is good for security, as well as for just fixing it when something goes wrong.

-david

On 02/19/2011 03:18 PM, Mats Henricson wrote:

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Well, a lot of people are willing to take a hit when it comes to ease of use to get more privacy. We're even willing to pay for one of these plugs.

Mats

On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 11:12 PM, Chris Palmer mailto:chris@noncombatant.org> wrote:

Eugen Leitl writes:

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Tor, Tahoe-LAFS, i2p, tinc, some kind of opportunistic encryption are obvious candidates, but what else?

The purpose of Freedom Box is to compete with cloud services, which are notable for their ease of use. That is much less true of these technologies. I don't see how Freedom Box can succeed without taking the usability problem head-on.

-- http://noncombatant.org/

"These days, though, you have to be pretty technical before you can even aspire to crudeness." --- William Gibson

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