Presented at
May Contain Hackers (MCH2022),
July 24, 2022, 10 a.m.
(90 minutes).
Candle is an open source smart home system that asks the question: do we really have to choose between privacy and ease of use? This collaborative research project created beautiful and privacy focussed alternatives for common smart home products, such as a thermostat, smart lock, and all kind of sensors. All data stays in your own home, and it even offers 100% local voice control.
In this beginner friendly workshop - no coding or soldering required - you can create your own electronic devices.
Also, join us if:
- If you've already created Candle, or want to learn more about the project.
- If you work with Webthings, MySensors, or other open source software that Candle builds on.
- If you're interested in value sensitive design / privacy design.
Candle is an open source smart home system that asks the question: do we really have to choose between privacy and ease of use? This collaborative research project created beautiful and privacy focussed alternatives for common smart home products, such as a thermostat, smart lock, and all kind of sensors. All data stays in your own home, and it even offers 100% local voice control.
In this beginner friendly workshop - no coding or soldering required - you can create your own electronic devices. Materials will be provided. If you'd like to take your creations home, then a reimbursement for the cost of those materials is required.
Please bring your own laptop or smart phone.
Also, join us if:
- If you've already created Candle, or want to learn more about the project.
- If you work with Webthings, MySensors, or other open source software that Candle builds on.
- If you're interested in value sensitive design / privacy design.
Presenters:
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Tijmen Schep
Tijmen Schep is a technology critic, privacy designer and public speaker focussing ethical innovation. As a critic, his goal is to help a wider audience develop nuanced understanding of technological questions that face society. He coined the term “Social Cooling” to describe the data-driven chilling effects that can occur as we move from an information society to a “reputation economy”.
As a designer he helps develop privacy enhancing technologies. His book “Design my Privacy” is used by universities of applied design across the Netherlands and Germany. His work on Candle, a privacy friendly smart home prototype, won him a Dutch Privacy Award.
He currently works as an artist for the EU Sherpa project, which explores what issues around AI society should deal with by 2025.
Photo by Giorgos Gripeos, CC-BY
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