Gadi Amit's studio New Deal Design has collaborated with tech start-up Helm to create a home server to save people from "being caught up in the next massive online breach".
The Helm personal server takes key internet services ? primarily email ? out of the cloud, from where people commonly access the likes of Google's Gmail, and stores this data in encrypted form within the device.
"Using cloud-based email services means signing away your rights and allowing third-parties access to the information being stored on them," said Helm.
"Helm allows you to take control of your online life and communicate with confidence ? free from worries of surveillance, corporate oversight, or being caught up in the next massive online breach."
Helm is designed to make data security ? a hot topic in the wake of this year's Facebook and Cambridge Analytica scandal ? virtually plug-and-play. Set-up is promised to take only a few minutes, with users being guided through the process of setting up their own custom domain (or integrating their existing one).
The personal server sits within the home, but its email and other services like calendars and contacts are still accessible from anywhere in the world.
To develop the server, Helm worked with New Deal Design, the San Francisco-based studio known for designing the Fitbit.

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