A profile of Moxie Marlinspike: the seagoing anarchist cryptographer who brought private messaging to millions
by Cory Doctorow from on (#1P5G4)
Andy Greenberg's colorful and nuanced profile of Moxie Marlinspike offers some insight into the young, talented cryptographer whose tool, Signal, is now part of both Whatsapp and (shortly) Allo -- an anarchist who walked away from $1M in Twitter payouts after a near-death experience and decided, instead, to build free and open tools to give the entire world the power to keep secrets from the police. (more")