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Dear friends and colleagues,

I am very happy to invite you to a presentation of FreedomBox, a new 
generation of software-powered devices to enable freedom of expression 
and private communications for citizens around the world, as well as a 
hands on session for learning how to protect our privacy with free 
software both on our personal computers and office laptops.

*Time:* 	10h00-12h00 Wednesday 7 September 2011 (download to your agenda 
<http://www.erikjosefsson.eu/sites/default/files/epfsug-freedombox-event-20110907.ics>) 

*Location:* 	Room PHS 4 B001 (Building Paul-Henri Spaak, 4th floor, room 
B001)
*Regi-
stration:* 	If you don't have a badge, please mail that you are coming 
to epfsug@epfsug.eu 
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(open registration), otherwise no registration necessary.

There is an interesting link between these presentations and the movie 
"Disco and Atomic War 
<http://www.tarand.ee/2010/11/%E2%80%9Cdisco-and-atomic-war%E2%80%9D/?lang=en>" 
which was screened in the EP last year. While its title and poster could 
lead your thoughts elsewhere, the key theme in the film is actually 
about technology - the film shows how access to information transformed 
Estonia and Estonians, contributing to the collapse of the Soviet Union. 
Back then we had to hack the antennas to receive Finnish TV signals, 
today we see new technologies being hacked, and sometimes with the same 
aim as then, to get access to information enabling change.

It is therefore a pleasure to invite you to the next meeting of EPFSUG 
to reach through history and see the link between my old friends the 
Estonian antenna hackers and the hackers who make new technology 
available with the FreedomBox.

You are warmly welcome.

Best regards,

Indrek Tarand


Agenda for EPFSUG meeting 7 September 2011

WELCOME 	by EPFSUG Patron MEP Indrek Tarand 	
*About EPFSUG*

The European Parliament Free Software User Group is an open community of 
staff, assistants and Members of the European Parliament, and of 
supporters from the free software community. Its goals are to:

   * Assist people interested in using free software in the European
     Parliament
   * Drive adoption of free software in the European Parliament's
     information infrastructure
   * Push for use of open standards, to ensure equal access for
     citizens using free software
   * Work in cooperation with like-minded groups in Europe and around
     the world

A BOX OF FREEDOM 	*A FreedomBox in every home*
Jonas Smedegaard
The FreedomBox <http://www.freedomboxfoundation.org/learn/> is a project 
to help you to stay in control of your own privacy on the internet. Why 
is this needed? Because you often loose or have to give up privacy 
rights in whole or in part when you participate in centralised social 
network platforms. Privacy concerned computer enthusiasts have practised 
protection of personal digital freedoms for quite some time now, using a 
range of well known technical tools. FreedomBox is a tiny low-power box 
containing these same reliable tools, improved to be dead-easy to use 
also by ordinary citizens. Jonas will explain, explore and expose what 
is fundamentally at stake and show how each of you can turn the internet 
around to serve yourself and thereby all of us.
EXPLO-
RING THE OFFICE LAPTOP 	*Ubuntu and boot option three*
Johannes Woelfing
Legend has it that MEP offices may acquire a laptop from LSUMEP with 
Ubuntu <http://www.ubuntu-be.org> as one (of three) boot options. 
Johannes will give a short field report on what it's like to get your 
hands on the office laptop and try out Evolution, LibreOffice and 
Firefox in the EP environment. We'll also get a report on tmail and how 
it works with EP servers in general and with the Exchange servers in 
particular. Bring your own office laptop and compare!
PRIVACY
POWER
TO THE
PEOPLE! 	*You can never get too much privacy can you?*
Joris Vanhove
By summing up why securing your email communications and spoof-proofing 
your identity is essential, Joris will walk us through the basics of 
email privacy, and tutor signing, verifying and encrypting in three 
quick steps. It's easy and fun! Bring your laptop and try it out! 	
/Become a supporter!/ <http://epfsug.eu/become-a-member-or-a-supporter>


/Can't wait to learn more about free software?/ 
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