Honoring Peter Eckersley, Who Made the Internet a Safer Place for Everyone

With deep sadness, EFF mourns the loss of our friend, the technologist, activist, and cybersecurity expert Peter Eckersley. Peter worked at EFF for a dozen years and was EFF’s Chief Computer Scientist for many of those. Peter was a tremendous force in making the internet a safer place. He was recently diagnosed with colon cancer and passed away suddenly on Friday. 

The impact of Peter’s work on encrypting the web cannot be understated. The fact that transport layer encryption on …

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