FreedomBox is a consumer device that aims to facilitate free communicationamong people, safely and securely, in a world where our fundamental rights areunder grave threat. FreedomBox will put in people's own hands and under theirown control encrypted voice and text communication, anonymous publishing,social networking, media sharing, and (micro)blogging. It is built on top ofDebian and is currently available for several single board computers. This talk is aimed at introducing FreedomBox, its goals, current status andfuture plans. It is also a call for help. Decentralization of the Internet Basic human communication is getting more and more online. Many of us probablyalready communicate more on the Internet than offline. The communication mediaare often controlled by few corporate entities who hold immense power. Thispower that they continue to accumulate is often abused to the determent oftheir users. Instead of building and relying such centralized entities, weneed to build an Internet that is more decentralized and controlled by thepeople using it. FreedomBox Most people often believe that there is no alternative to using centralizedservices like Gmail and Facebook. A global network of volunteers are buildingsoftware that will put back control of communications back into people'shands. In many areas, such software exists but is not easy to use. FreedomBoxproject aims to build a consumer device that brings these decentralizedtechnologies together for easy usage and maintenance by typical users. Ruben Lubbes has been working with and participating in the project for years,mainly working on translations, product development and persona's.