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DESCRIPTION:iCloud\, Google Drive\, Maps\, Email\, Photos\, Find My Phone\,
  Smart Home\, Calendars\, Contacts\, Notes\, Password Managers\, Push Noti
 fications - we tell cloud service providers _everything_ about our lives\,
  and hope they don't close our accounts with no recourse to our accumulate
 d information. It is possible to run all of these services yourself\, ofte
 n with comparable or better utility than the major providers offer\, and a
 lways lower fees - in fact\, just the cost of a computer\, and the electri
 city to run it. Wonderful people write brilliant open source\, free licenc
 ed software. Claim your digital independence.
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LOCATION:Cotton Theatre - Freedom Stage
SUMMARY:Rain - when the cloud lands on your roof (Digital independence) - O
 scar Pacey
URL:https://pretalx.bitfest.uk/bitfest-2026/talk/J799XA/
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DESCRIPTION:**"Making Time our Money?"** After 30 years on the frontlines o
 f the international system\, Nils Melzer has been working on a manifesto f
 or global governance reform\, and has ended up with a time-based monetary 
 system as its center piece.\n\nThis will be a **fire-starter discussion** 
 in the Socratic style\, bringing together a number of thinkers in the free
 dom space to stress-test the idea for feasibility\, utility\, and scalabil
 ity.
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LOCATION:Edgerton - Freedom Fest Workshops
SUMMARY:Socratic Seminar: A manifesto for global governance reform - Nils M
 elzer\, Ben Arc\, Ben de Waal\, Avi Burra\, Christian Moss\, Constant\, Os
 car Pacey\, Nicholas Anthony
URL:https://pretalx.bitfest.uk/bitfest-2026/talk/9E8WMV/
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