I think the idea is more to bring back privacy to the "server" not so much to the "client" side.
Think of the FreedomBox as your personal cloud. Your box will be accessible from the Internet (via dynamic dns) and could handle your email and social shit, but all with the guarantee of not-being-the-product privacy.
I am really happy to see progress on this project. We (as a society) can finally start the //real// conversation about privacy in social media only once we have alternatives to fb and big G.
Until now, the "privacy in social media" debate has been phrased with this threat model in mind:
Think of the FreedomBox as your personal cloud. Your box will be accessible from the Internet (via dynamic dns) and could handle your email and social shit, but all with the guarantee of not-being-the-product privacy.
I am really happy to see progress on this project. We (as a society) can finally start the //real// conversation about privacy in social media only once we have alternatives to fb and big G.
Until now, the "privacy in social media" debate has been phrased with this threat model in mind:
F-that! The real threat model is: So yeah, this is what the FreedomBox is about...