Putting You In Charge of Your Data
summary
Claim: phones form a local peer web that syncs data and identities without cloud or cellular, intended to protect people in offline or surveilled settings. Implementation uses Node on phones via JXcore, PouchDB for automatic sync, public‑key identities with a coin‑flip commitment and Bluetooth/Wi‑Fi‑Direct discovery, and the Thali project tooling. Demo shows a postcard app syncing between a Nexus 6 and Nexus 9 over Bluetooth. No usage metrics given, but working prototypes and GitHub repos are available.
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chapters (11)
- 0:00Welcome
- 1:08Personal data control
- 2:55The Internet of Things and democratizing access
- 4:45Peer web dreams
- 7:17Peer web building blocks
- 8:46Security and identity
- 12:36Node.js on every device
- 14:51Mesh networking
- 16:38Thali project
- 18:49Post card app demo
- 20:04Future of Node.js
