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\documentclass[11pt]{article}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{geometry}
\title{}
\date{}
\newcommand{\statement}[1]{\textbf{#1} \medskip}
\begin{document}
\thispagestyle{empty}
\pagestyle{empty}
\begin{figure}[t]
\centering
\includegraphics[scale=0.4]{thefnf-logo.png}
\end{figure}
% Make commands for the quotes
\newcommand*{\openquote}
{\fontfamily{\familydefault}\fontseries{m}\fontshape{it}\fontsize{12}{14}\selectfont``}
\newcommand*{\closequote}
{\fontfamily{\familydefault}\fontseries{m}\fontshape{it}\fontsize{12}{14}\selectfont''}
% wrap everything in its own environment
\newenvironment{shadequote}%
{\begin{quote}\openquote}
{\hfill\closequote\end{quote}}
\noindent
\textbf{Our Vision}
\begin{shadequote}
We envision a world where communities build, maintain, and own their own share
of the global computer network.
\end{shadequote}
\textbf{\\ Our Mission}
\begin{shadequote}
Americns For A Better Network is a nonprofit organization that provides operators
around the world with essential infrastructure for the realization and support
of free networks. We engineer tools and develop educational resources to
facilitate the deployment of resilient, responsive, and accessible networks.
\end{shadequote}
\textbf{\\ Our Values}
\begin{itemize}
\item We are an organization committed to the tenets of free information, free culture, and free society.
\item We hold that advances in information technology provide humanity with
the ability to effectively face global challenges.
\item We contend that our very ability to mobilize, organize, and bring
about change depends on our ability to communicate.
\item We see that our ability to communicate is purchased from a handful of
powerful entities.
\item We know that we cannot depend on these entities to support movement
away from a status quo from which they are the beneficiaries.
\item We believe that access to a free network is a human right, and a
necessary tool for environmental and social justice.
\end{itemize}
\end{document}
\documentclass[11pt]{article}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{geometry}
\title{}
\date{}
\newcommand{\statement}[1]{\textbf{#1} \medskip}
\begin{document}
\thispagestyle{empty}
\pagestyle{empty}
\begin{figure}[t]
\centering
\includegraphics[scale=0.4]{thefnf-logo.png}
\end{figure}
% Make commands for the quotes
\newcommand*{\openquote}
{\fontfamily{\familydefault}\fontseries{m}\fontshape{it}\fontsize{12}{14}\selectfont``}
\newcommand*{\closequote}
{\fontfamily{\familydefault}\fontseries{m}\fontshape{it}\fontsize{12}{14}\selectfont''}
% wrap everything in its own environment
\newenvironment{shadequote}%
{\begin{quote}\openquote}
{\hfill\closequote\end{quote}}
\noindent
\textbf{Our Vision}
\begin{shadequote}
We envision a world where communities build, maintain, and own their own share
of the global computer network.
\end{shadequote}
\textbf{\\ Our Mission}
\begin{shadequote}
Americns For A Better Network is a nonprofit organization that provides operators
around the world with essential infrastructure for the realization and support
of free networks. We engineer tools and develop educational resources to
facilitate the deployment of resilient, responsive, and accessible networks.
\end{shadequote}
\textbf{\\ Our Values}
\begin{itemize}
\item We are an organization committed to the tenets of free information, free culture, and free society.
\item We hold that advances in information technology provide humanity with
the ability to effectively face global challenges.
\item We contend that our very ability to mobilize, organize, and bring
about change depends on our ability to communicate.
\item We see that our ability to communicate is purchased from a handful of
powerful entities.
\item We know that we cannot depend on these entities to support movement
away from a status quo from which they are the beneficiaries.
\item We believe that access to a free network is a human right, and a
necessary tool for environmental and social justice.
\end{itemize}
\end{document}

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---
---
![image](thefnf-logo.png)
**Our Vision**
> " We envision a world where communities build, maintain, and own their
> own share of the global computer network. "
**\
Our Mission**
> " Americns For A Better Network is a nonprofit organization that
> provides operators around the world with essential infrastructure for
> the realization and support of free networks. We engineer tools and
> develop educational resources to facilitate the deployment of
> resilient, responsive, and accessible networks. "
**\
Our Values**
- We are an organization committed to the tenets of free information,
free culture, and free society.
- We hold that advances in information technology provide humanity
with the ability to effectively face global challenges.
- We contend that our very ability to mobilize, organize, and bring
about change depends on our ability to communicate.
- We see that our ability to communicate is purchased from a handful
of powerful entities.
- We know that we cannot depend on these entities to support movement
away from a status quo from which they are the beneficiaries.
- We believe that access to a free network is a human right, and a
necessary tool for environmental and social justice.
---
---
![image](thefnf-logo.png)
**Our Vision**
> " We envision a world where communities build, maintain, and own their
> own share of the global computer network. "
**\
Our Mission**
> " Americns For A Better Network is a nonprofit organization that
> provides operators around the world with essential infrastructure for
> the realization and support of free networks. We engineer tools and
> develop educational resources to facilitate the deployment of
> resilient, responsive, and accessible networks. "
**\
Our Values**
- We are an organization committed to the tenets of free information,
free culture, and free society.
- We hold that advances in information technology provide humanity
with the ability to effectively face global challenges.
- We contend that our very ability to mobilize, organize, and bring
about change depends on our ability to communicate.
- We see that our ability to communicate is purchased from a handful
of powerful entities.
- We know that we cannot depend on these entities to support movement
away from a status quo from which they are the beneficiaries.
- We believe that access to a free network is a human right, and a
necessary tool for environmental and social justice.

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\documentclass[11pt]{article}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{geometry}
\title{\huge \bf Grow Your Own Network}
\date{}
\newcommand{\statement}[1]{\textbf{#1} \medskip}
\begin{document}
\begin{figure}[t]
\centering
\includegraphics[scale=0.4]{thefnf-logo.png}
\end{figure}
\maketitle
\thispagestyle{empty}
\pagestyle{empty}
\statement{We envision a world where communities build, maintain, and own their
own share of the global computer network. Free networks, when properly
engineered, offer their users both a greater say in the governance of their
network, and more privacy in their communications. Being your own service
provider is the only way to make sure that your service provider treats you
right. We call this the principle of digital self-determination, and have
designed, prototyped and test deployed a suite of network appliances that
will facilitate the realization of this principle.}
\\
\\
The free software community has developed a wide variety of software components
to address various network related challenges. Americans For A Better Network,
working with members of the community, is looking to take those components and
deliver a turnkey, self-administered networking solution that will allow for
cascading self-governance on local, regional and global scales.
\\
\\
Paired with a cooperative network management suite and integrated cryptosystem,
our tools will allow for the rapid, simple construction of cooperative
autonomous systems, with end-to-end encryption enabled by default.
\\
\\
The entire suite is designed to be deployed using the principle of emergence —
meaning that it can be organized in a way that is bottom-up, top-down or
middle-out. We call the network appliances FreedomNode, FreedomTower, and
FreedomLink. The management suite is called AutoNOC, and the transparent
cryptosystem is AutoTunnel.
\\
\\
In addition to radically increasing network resilience, reducing the price of
connectivity, and making networks more responsive to the needs of their
participants, free network architectures will allow for groundbreaking
localized applications of network technology. The uses of this technology are
myriad, and the need is ubiquitous – anywhere in the world, the capacity for
self-reliance and self-determination would be enhanced by the emergence of a
free network. Inverting the power structure of our networks is bound to take a
while, and we are still in the very beginning, but no idea holds greater
liberating potential than this: computer networks should be funded, built, and
maintained by those that use them.
\end{document}
\documentclass[11pt]{article}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{geometry}
\title{\huge \bf Grow Your Own Network}
\date{}
\newcommand{\statement}[1]{\textbf{#1} \medskip}
\begin{document}
\begin{figure}[t]
\centering
\includegraphics[scale=0.4]{thefnf-logo.png}
\end{figure}
\maketitle
\thispagestyle{empty}
\pagestyle{empty}
\statement{We envision a world where communities build, maintain, and own their
own share of the global computer network. Free networks, when properly
engineered, offer their users both a greater say in the governance of their
network, and more privacy in their communications. Being your own service
provider is the only way to make sure that your service provider treats you
right. We call this the principle of digital self-determination, and have
designed, prototyped and test deployed a suite of network appliances that
will facilitate the realization of this principle.}
\\
\\
The free software community has developed a wide variety of software components
to address various network related challenges. Americans For A Better Network,
working with members of the community, is looking to take those components and
deliver a turnkey, self-administered networking solution that will allow for
cascading self-governance on local, regional and global scales.
\\
\\
Paired with a cooperative network management suite and integrated cryptosystem,
our tools will allow for the rapid, simple construction of cooperative
autonomous systems, with end-to-end encryption enabled by default.
\\
\\
The entire suite is designed to be deployed using the principle of emergence —
meaning that it can be organized in a way that is bottom-up, top-down or
middle-out. We call the network appliances FreedomNode, FreedomTower, and
FreedomLink. The management suite is called AutoNOC, and the transparent
cryptosystem is AutoTunnel.
\\
\\
In addition to radically increasing network resilience, reducing the price of
connectivity, and making networks more responsive to the needs of their
participants, free network architectures will allow for groundbreaking
localized applications of network technology. The uses of this technology are
myriad, and the need is ubiquitous – anywhere in the world, the capacity for
self-reliance and self-determination would be enhanced by the emergence of a
free network. Inverting the power structure of our networks is bound to take a
while, and we are still in the very beginning, but no idea holds greater
liberating potential than this: computer networks should be funded, built, and
maintained by those that use them.
\end{document}

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---
title: '**Grow Your Own Network**'
---
![image](thefnf-logo.png)
**We envision a world where communities build, maintain, and own their
own share of the global computer network. Free networks, when properly
engineered, offer their users both a greater say in the governance of
their network, and more privacy in their communications. Being your own
service provider is the only way to make sure that your service provider
treats you right. We call this the principle of digital
self-determination, and have designed, prototyped and test deployed a
suite of network appliances that will facilitate the realization of this
principle.**\
\
The free software community has developed a wide variety of software
components to address various network related challenges. Americans For
A Better Network, working with members of the community, is looking to
take those components and deliver a turnkey, self-administered
networking solution that will allow for cascading self-governance on
local, regional and global scales.\
\
Paired with a cooperative network management suite and integrated
cryptosystem, our tools will allow for the rapid, simple construction of
cooperative autonomous systems, with end-to-end encryption enabled by
default.\
\
The entire suite is designed to be deployed using the principle of
emergence --- meaning that it can be organized in a way that is
bottom-up, top-down or middle-out. We call the network appliances
FreedomNode, FreedomTower, and FreedomLink. The management suite is
called AutoNOC, and the transparent cryptosystem is AutoTunnel.\
\
In addition to radically increasing network resilience, reducing the
price of connectivity, and making networks more responsive to the needs
of their participants, free network architectures will allow for
groundbreaking localized applications of network technology. The uses of
this technology are myriad, and the need is ubiquitous -- anywhere in
the world, the capacity for self-reliance and self-determination would
be enhanced by the emergence of a free network. Inverting the power
structure of our networks is bound to take a while, and we are still in
the very beginning, but no idea holds greater liberating potential than
this: computer networks should be funded, built, and maintained by those
that use them.
---
title: '**Grow Your Own Network**'
---
![image](thefnf-logo.png)
**We envision a world where communities build, maintain, and own their
own share of the global computer network. Free networks, when properly
engineered, offer their users both a greater say in the governance of
their network, and more privacy in their communications. Being your own
service provider is the only way to make sure that your service provider
treats you right. We call this the principle of digital
self-determination, and have designed, prototyped and test deployed a
suite of network appliances that will facilitate the realization of this
principle.**\
\
The free software community has developed a wide variety of software
components to address various network related challenges. Americans For
A Better Network, working with members of the community, is looking to
take those components and deliver a turnkey, self-administered
networking solution that will allow for cascading self-governance on
local, regional and global scales.\
\
Paired with a cooperative network management suite and integrated
cryptosystem, our tools will allow for the rapid, simple construction of
cooperative autonomous systems, with end-to-end encryption enabled by
default.\
\
The entire suite is designed to be deployed using the principle of
emergence --- meaning that it can be organized in a way that is
bottom-up, top-down or middle-out. We call the network appliances
FreedomNode, FreedomTower, and FreedomLink. The management suite is
called AutoNOC, and the transparent cryptosystem is AutoTunnel.\
\
In addition to radically increasing network resilience, reducing the
price of connectivity, and making networks more responsive to the needs
of their participants, free network architectures will allow for
groundbreaking localized applications of network technology. The uses of
this technology are myriad, and the need is ubiquitous -- anywhere in
the world, the capacity for self-reliance and self-determination would
be enhanced by the emergence of a free network. Inverting the power
structure of our networks is bound to take a while, and we are still in
the very beginning, but no idea holds greater liberating potential than
this: computer networks should be funded, built, and maintained by those
that use them.

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\documentclass[11pt]{article}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{geometry}
\title{\huge \bf Free Network Definition}
\date{}
\newcommand{\statement}[1]{\textbf{#1} \medskip}
\begin{document}
\begin{figure}[t]
\centering
\includegraphics[scale=0.4]{thefnf-logo.png}
\end{figure}
\maketitle
\thispagestyle{empty}
\pagestyle{empty}
\statement{The fundamental dialectic of our struggle is this: will we be
enslaved by our technology, or liberated by it? It was in cognizance of this
notion, and in service to our collective freedom that the Free Software
Movement was born. It is in this spirit that we aim here to define exactly
what it means to say that a network is free. We hope that the existence of
this definition will help illuminate the path to a more just world.}
\\
\\
Our intention is to build communications systems that are owned by the people
that use them, that allow participants to own their own data, and that use
end-to-end encryption and cryptographic trust mechanisms to assure privacy. We
call such systems `free networks' and they are characterized by the following
five freedoms:
\begin{itemize}
\item \textbf{Freedom 0) \\
The freedom to participate in the network.}
Freedom 0 regards your right to organize cooperative networks. Conventional
networks are characterized by a distinction between provider and user. This
mode of organization encourages network operation in the service of
self-interest. The provider builds and owns the infrastructure, and the user
pays for access. In a free network, however, nodes connect to one another,
rather than to a single, monolithic provider. By nature of its design, a free
network is owned by those that make use of it. Participants act as providers
and users as the same time, and growth is auto-distributed by treating any
profits as investment. In this way, those that join the network are able to
become owners. This mode of organization encourages network operation in the
service of the common good.
\newpage
\item \textbf{Freedom 1) \\
The freedom to determine where one's bits are stored.}
Freedom 1 regards your right to own the material stores of your data.
Conventional networks encourage (if not force) their participants to store
their data in machines which are under the administrative auspices of an
external service provider or host. Most folks are not able to serve data from
their homes. Participants ought to be free to store their own data (so that
it is under their care) without sacrificing their ability to publish it.
\item \textbf{Freedom 2) \\
The freedom to determine the parties with whom one's bits are shared.}
Freedom 2 regards your right to control access to your data. Data mining and
the monetization of sharing has become common practice. Participants should
be free to choose those with whom they would like to share a given piece of
information. Only someone who owns their own data can fully exercise this
freedom, but it is an issue regardless of where the relevant bits are stored.
\item \textbf{Freedom 3) \\
The freedom to transmit bits to one's peers without the prospect of
interference, interception or censorship.}
Freedom 3 regards the right to speak freely with your peers. Information
flows in conventional networks are routinely and intentionally intercepted,
obstructed, and censored. This is done at the behest of corporate and state
actors around the world. In a free network, private communications should
remain unexamined from the time they enter the network until the time they
reach their destination.
\item \textbf{Freedom 4) \\
The freedom to maintain anonymity, or to present a unique, trusted
identity.}
Freedom 4 regards your right to construct your own identity There is
increasing pressure to forbid anonymity, and yet trustworthy communications
remain rare. While it is essential to liberty that individuals be able to
remain anonymous in the online public sphere, it is also essential that they
be able to construct and maintain persistent, verifiable identities. Such
identities might bear a legal name, a common name, or an avatar that masks
one's corporeal self -- individuals could have many such identities, and
switch between them at will. Clear delineation between anonymous,
pseudonymous, and onymous actors would enable all of us to better asses the
trustworthiness of others on the network.
\end{itemize}
\end{document}
\documentclass[11pt]{article}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{geometry}
\title{\huge \bf Free Network Definition}
\date{}
\newcommand{\statement}[1]{\textbf{#1} \medskip}
\begin{document}
\begin{figure}[t]
\centering
\includegraphics[scale=0.4]{thefnf-logo.png}
\end{figure}
\maketitle
\thispagestyle{empty}
\pagestyle{empty}
\statement{The fundamental dialectic of our struggle is this: will we be
enslaved by our technology, or liberated by it? It was in cognizance of this
notion, and in service to our collective freedom that the Free Software
Movement was born. It is in this spirit that we aim here to define exactly
what it means to say that a network is free. We hope that the existence of
this definition will help illuminate the path to a more just world.}
\\
\\
Our intention is to build communications systems that are owned by the people
that use them, that allow participants to own their own data, and that use
end-to-end encryption and cryptographic trust mechanisms to assure privacy. We
call such systems `free networks' and they are characterized by the following
five freedoms:
\begin{itemize}
\item \textbf{Freedom 0) \\
The freedom to participate in the network.}
Freedom 0 regards your right to organize cooperative networks. Conventional
networks are characterized by a distinction between provider and user. This
mode of organization encourages network operation in the service of
self-interest. The provider builds and owns the infrastructure, and the user
pays for access. In a free network, however, nodes connect to one another,
rather than to a single, monolithic provider. By nature of its design, a free
network is owned by those that make use of it. Participants act as providers
and users as the same time, and growth is auto-distributed by treating any
profits as investment. In this way, those that join the network are able to
become owners. This mode of organization encourages network operation in the
service of the common good.
\newpage
\item \textbf{Freedom 1) \\
The freedom to determine where one's bits are stored.}
Freedom 1 regards your right to own the material stores of your data.
Conventional networks encourage (if not force) their participants to store
their data in machines which are under the administrative auspices of an
external service provider or host. Most folks are not able to serve data from
their homes. Participants ought to be free to store their own data (so that
it is under their care) without sacrificing their ability to publish it.
\item \textbf{Freedom 2) \\
The freedom to determine the parties with whom one's bits are shared.}
Freedom 2 regards your right to control access to your data. Data mining and
the monetization of sharing has become common practice. Participants should
be free to choose those with whom they would like to share a given piece of
information. Only someone who owns their own data can fully exercise this
freedom, but it is an issue regardless of where the relevant bits are stored.
\item \textbf{Freedom 3) \\
The freedom to transmit bits to one's peers without the prospect of
interference, interception or censorship.}
Freedom 3 regards the right to speak freely with your peers. Information
flows in conventional networks are routinely and intentionally intercepted,
obstructed, and censored. This is done at the behest of corporate and state
actors around the world. In a free network, private communications should
remain unexamined from the time they enter the network until the time they
reach their destination.
\item \textbf{Freedom 4) \\
The freedom to maintain anonymity, or to present a unique, trusted
identity.}
Freedom 4 regards your right to construct your own identity There is
increasing pressure to forbid anonymity, and yet trustworthy communications
remain rare. While it is essential to liberty that individuals be able to
remain anonymous in the online public sphere, it is also essential that they
be able to construct and maintain persistent, verifiable identities. Such
identities might bear a legal name, a common name, or an avatar that masks
one's corporeal self -- individuals could have many such identities, and
switch between them at will. Clear delineation between anonymous,
pseudonymous, and onymous actors would enable all of us to better asses the
trustworthiness of others on the network.
\end{itemize}
\end{document}

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---
title: '**Free Network Definition**'
---
**The fundamental dialectic of our struggle is this: will we be enslaved
by our technology, or liberated by it?
It was in cognizance of this
notion, and in service to our collective freedom that the Free Software
Movement was born. It is in this spirit that we aim here to define
exactly what it means to say that a network is free. We hope that the
existence of this definition will help illuminate the path to a more
just world.
Our intention is to build communications systems that are owned by the
people that use them, that allow participants to own their own data, and
that use end-to-end encryption and cryptographic trust mechanisms to
assure privacy. We call such systems 'free networks' and they are
characterized by the following five freedoms:
- Freedom 0: The freedom to participate in the network.
Freedom 0 regards your right to organize cooperative networks.
Conventional networks are characterized by a distinction between
provider and user. This mode of organization encourages network
operation in the service of self-interest. The provider builds and
owns the infrastructure, and the user pays for access. In a free
network, however, nodes connect to one another, rather than to a
single, monolithic provider. By nature of its design, a free network
is owned by those that make use of it. Participants act as providers
and users as the same time, and growth is auto-distributed by
treating any profits as investment. In this way, those that join the
network are able to become owners. This mode of organization
encourages network operation in the service of the common good.
- Freedom 1: The freedom to determine where one's data is stored.
Freedom 1 regards your right to own the material stores of your
data. Conventional networks encourage (if not force) their
participants to store their data in machines which are under the
administrative auspices of an external service provider or host.
Most folks are not able to serve data from their homes. Participants
ought to be free to store their own data (so that it is under their
care) without sacrificing their ability to publish it.
- Freedom 2: The freedom to determine the parties with whom one's data is shared.
Freedom 2 regards your right to control access to your data. Data
mining and the monetization of sharing has become common practice.
Participants should be free to choose those with whom they would
like to share a given piece of information. Only someone who owns
their own data can fully exercise this freedom, but it is an issue
regardless of where the relevant bits are stored.
- Freedom 3: The freedom to transmit data to one's peers without the prospect of
interference, interception or censorship.**
Freedom 3 regards the right to speak freely with your peers.
Information flows in conventional networks are routinely and
intentionally intercepted, obstructed, and censored. This is done at
the behest of corporate and state actors around the world. In a free
network, private communications should remain unexamined from the
time they enter the network until the time they reach their
destination.
- Freedom 4: The freedom to maintain anonymity, or to present a unique, trusted identity.
Freedom 4 regards your right to construct your own identity There is
increasing pressure to forbid anonymity, and yet trustworthy
communications remain rare. While it is essential to liberty that
individuals be able to remain anonymous in the online public sphere,
it is also essential that they be able to construct and maintain
persistent, verifiable identities. Such identities might bear a
legal name, a common name, or an avatar that masks one's corporeal
self -- individuals could have many such identities, and switch
between them at will. Clear delineation between anonymous,
pseudonymous, and onymous actors would enable all of us to better
asses the trustworthiness of others on the network.
---
title: '**Free Network Definition**'
---
**The fundamental dialectic of our struggle is this: will we be enslaved
by our technology, or liberated by it?
It was in cognizance of this
notion, and in service to our collective freedom that the Free Software
Movement was born. It is in this spirit that we aim here to define
exactly what it means to say that a network is free. We hope that the
existence of this definition will help illuminate the path to a more
just world.
Our intention is to build communications systems that are owned by the
people that use them, that allow participants to own their own data, and
that use end-to-end encryption and cryptographic trust mechanisms to
assure privacy. We call such systems 'free networks' and they are
characterized by the following five freedoms:
- Freedom 0: The freedom to participate in the network.
Freedom 0 regards your right to organize cooperative networks.
Conventional networks are characterized by a distinction between
provider and user. This mode of organization encourages network
operation in the service of self-interest. The provider builds and
owns the infrastructure, and the user pays for access. In a free
network, however, nodes connect to one another, rather than to a
single, monolithic provider. By nature of its design, a free network
is owned by those that make use of it. Participants act as providers
and users as the same time, and growth is auto-distributed by
treating any profits as investment. In this way, those that join the
network are able to become owners. This mode of organization
encourages network operation in the service of the common good.
- Freedom 1: The freedom to determine where one's data is stored.
Freedom 1 regards your right to own the material stores of your
data. Conventional networks encourage (if not force) their
participants to store their data in machines which are under the
administrative auspices of an external service provider or host.
Most folks are not able to serve data from their homes. Participants
ought to be free to store their own data (so that it is under their
care) without sacrificing their ability to publish it.
- Freedom 2: The freedom to determine the parties with whom one's data is shared.
Freedom 2 regards your right to control access to your data. Data
mining and the monetization of sharing has become common practice.
Participants should be free to choose those with whom they would
like to share a given piece of information. Only someone who owns
their own data can fully exercise this freedom, but it is an issue
regardless of where the relevant bits are stored.
- Freedom 3: The freedom to transmit data to one's peers without the prospect of
interference, interception or censorship.**
Freedom 3 regards the right to speak freely with your peers.
Information flows in conventional networks are routinely and
intentionally intercepted, obstructed, and censored. This is done at
the behest of corporate and state actors around the world. In a free
network, private communications should remain unexamined from the
time they enter the network until the time they reach their
destination.
- Freedom 4: The freedom to maintain anonymity, or to present a unique, trusted identity.
Freedom 4 regards your right to construct your own identity There is
increasing pressure to forbid anonymity, and yet trustworthy
communications remain rare. While it is essential to liberty that
individuals be able to remain anonymous in the online public sphere,
it is also essential that they be able to construct and maintain
persistent, verifiable identities. Such identities might bear a
legal name, a common name, or an avatar that masks one's corporeal
self -- individuals could have many such identities, and switch
between them at will. Clear delineation between anonymous,
pseudonymous, and onymous actors would enable all of us to better
asses the trustworthiness of others on the network.