Internet Security & Encryption Pioneer Peter Eckersley Passes at 43

The founder of Lets Encrypt and an EFF technologist, Eckersley devoted his lifes work to making the Internet safer and more secure.

Peter Eckersley, beloved technologist with the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), was a groundbreaking cybersecurity force for online privacy and fairness; he passed Sept. 2 following a brief illness.
Notably, Eckersley founded Lets Encrypt, an organization responsible for the internets shift from insecure HTTP connections to HTTPS to protect users from threats at the network level. The EFF estimates about 90% of total webpage visits currently use HTTPS.
Eckersleys contributions to the field also include building a tool called Switzerland, which alerts users when their ISP is interfering with Web traffic; net neutrality advocacy; and much more, the
EFF announcement
explained.
Most recently, he founded a firm called AI Objectives Institute to monitor the
malicious use of artificial intelligence
(AI) and machine learning (ML).
The impact of Peters work on encrypting the web cannot be understated, the EFF announcement said. Peters vision, audacity, and commitment made the web, and the world, a better place. We will miss him.

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