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Fix Fixin ing g th the e in intern ternet et with ith a fe fede dera rate ted cl d cloud ud Frank Karlitschek Nextcloud Frank Karlitschek - Born in Reutlingen, Germany - Studied Computer Science in Tbingen - Unit Manager

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Fix Fixin ing g th the e in intern ternet et with ith a fe fede dera rate ted cl d cloud ud

Frank Karlitschek Nextcloud

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Frank Karlitschek

  • Born in Reutlingen, Germany
  • Studied Computer Science in Tübingen
  • Unit Manager and VP Engineering in different Internet companies
  • Founded several startups
  • Involved in open source and social networks for 20 years
  • Developed openDesktop.org and a distributed social networking

API 15 years ago

  • W3C invited expert
  • Founded ownCloud
  • Founded Nextcloud
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  • The problem with centralized services
  • The challenges to implement decentralization services
  • Some Nextcloud real world examples
  • Questions

Agenda

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The Internet started decentralized

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The Internet started decentralized

“The Internet is the global system of interconnected computer networks”

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What is decentralized?

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  • No central instance
  • Multiple provider
  • Multiple server software
  • Multiple client software
  • Open Source / Free Software

What is decentralized?

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Decentralized Internet Services:

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  • Mail
  • Usenet (News)
  • IRC
  • Web
  • XMPP

Decentralized Internet Services:

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Centralized Internet Services:

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  • File sync and share
  • Social Networking
  • Video / Voice
  • Messenger
  • IoT
  • Cloud Computing
  • AI / Personal Assistant

Centralized Internet Services:

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  • Proprietary software
  • Cost
  • Speed
  • Legal issues
  • Backdoors ? / espionage
  • No ownership over own data

Why is this a problem?

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What can we do?

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Fixing Step 1 - Free Software

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  • AjaXplorer
  • ownCloud
  • Cozy
  • Seafile

Fixing Step 1 - Free Software

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Fixing Step 2 - Federation

  • ownCloud
  • Nextcloud
  • Pydio
  • …
  • > Open Standard
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Fixing Step 2 - Federation

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Victory !!

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Really ????

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Diaspora vs. Facebook

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XMPP vs. WhatsApp

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identi.ca vs. Twitter

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Ekiga vs. Skype

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Cloud Federation vs. Dropbox, Google, …

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Why didn’t this work?

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What do we need to do differently?

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  • Making self hosting super easy
  • Finding people
  • Collaboration between projects
  • Thinking out of the box
  • Innovate
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Nextcloud real world example

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Public directory

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Public directory

Global User directory

  • Network of Lookup-Servers
  • Master-Master-Master replication
  • Similar to GPG Key Servers

Future:

  • Distributed Hash Table
  • W3C standard
  • Integration of proprietary services
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Please help to fix the internet

Every user, company, country should be able to host it Distribute and federated Great UI / UX Open protocols and standards Fully open source and free software Change the rules of the game

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Questions ?