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Peter Daniel Eckersley (1978 or 1979 – 2 September 2022) was an Australian computer scientist, computer security researcher and activist. From 2006 to 2018, he worked at the Electronic Frontier Foundation , including as chief computer scientist and head of AI policy.
Sep 5, 2022 · 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.
Sep 4, 2022 · Peter Eckersley was a cybersecurity innovator who helped found and build Let's Encrypt, a free and easy certificate authority for web encryption. He also founded the AI Objectives Institute to ensure ethical and safe use of artificial intelligence.
Peter Eckersley was EFF's Chief Computer Scientist and a pioneer of online privacy and security tools. He worked on projects such as Let's Encrypt, HTTPS Everywhere, and AI Objectives Institute, and passed away in 2022.
Sep 6, 2022 · Eckersley founded Let's Encrypt, an organization that enabled the web's shift to HTTPS, and worked on online privacy and AI issues. He was a technologist with the Electronic Frontier Foundation and a net neutrality advocate.
Sep 5, 2022 · The Australian computer scientist fought for privacy, net neutrality and ethics for artificial intelligence. He co-founded Let's Encrypt, a certificate authority that provides TLS certificates to millions of websites, and other projects like Privacy Badger and HTTPS Everywhere.
Mar 5, 2023 · About a week before the privacy and technology luminary Peter Eckersley unexpectedly died last September, he reached out to artificial intelligence entrepreneur Deger Turan.
