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+disconnecting from the proprietary network:
+how to lose friends and scare your family through
+a radical open source lifestyle.
+
+what would happen if you took back everything form the cloud?
+this presentation covers a one year experiment in recapturing
+my digital life.
+
+the inspiration:
+Snowden papers, Richard Stallman, and prism-break.org
+
+the premise:
+no cloud services
+no cellular services
+all networks considered HARMFUL.
+
+the solution:
+host and deploy every digtal service I use from
+a Ramnode VPS.
+
+------
+
+Step one: No cellular phone? are you crazy?
+- a little bit.
+-- but ive got a point maybe.
+-- average cellular carrier charges from 600usd to 1200usd/yr for full network access.
+-- thats without a phone contract
+-- thats before weird taxes and fees.
+-- arbitrary data snooping and caps.
+
+------
+1.1: becoming my own phone carrier.
+Ramnode VPS + Asterisk VoIP + Anveo = ~250/yr.
+-- SMS inbound and outbound 
+-- $45 for 1 year of service covering phone number, e911, gateway to real phones. 
+-- challenge: SMS over SIP is poorly documented.
+-- challenge: outbound SMS requires scripting.
+-- challenge: VoIP on the internet is like sending a toddler to somalia.  fail2ban.
+-- SMS is now Email...more or less.  
+-- any meaningful comms take place over Signal.
+-- "adding a line" isnt something you pay for anymore.
+
+------
+1.2: selecting the phone
+-- commercial phones are straight out of 1984.
+-- buy refurb/used phone and use lineageOS
+-- SIP client is BUILT INTO the android dialer.
+-- major benefits include rooted phone for cheap.
+-- firewall hosts using fdroid adaway
+-- challenge: HTC M9 is sometimes a bear to deploy to
+-- challenge: Google maps is now andOTP
+------
+1.3: performance results:
+-- generally great! sip service works well over wifi
+-- SIP over TLS also works well 
+-- whisper systems secure call also works well.
+-- challenge: SMS over email has no tie to a real username...
+-- challenge: getting people to understand your connectivity depends on your freedom first.
+-- 911 access guaranteed in emergency over any cellular network, free.
+-- battery life of rooted phone is MUCH superior to proprietary  
+------
+2: Extending the value of a VPS 
+-- email through postfix/dovecot.
+-- web presence to absorb other services i might want/need
+-- example: gitea imports github things i want 
+-- VPN with wireguard
+-- secure file sharing
+-- $250/3 services or more? sure.
+
+------
+3: The network is always evil.
+-- net neutrality is dead.  we are all carriers now.
+-- proprietary routers are easily replaced
+-- pihole is a thing
+-- openwrt is a thing
+-- wireguard as necessary.
+-- its YOUR traffic.  YOU pay for it.  YOU should control it.
+------
+Conclusion:
+-- this is a very provocative and controversial idea
+-- many assumptions made about quality/ubiquity of wifi networks.
+-- many people will take personal your decision to do any of this.
+-- I am a professional system administrator/fool.  YMMV.  
+