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Co-founder of Let's Encrypt, Peter Eckersley passed away on 2 Sep 22

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Peter Daniel Eckersley (15 June 1979 โ€“ 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. In 2018 he left the EFF to become director of research at the Partnership on AI, a position he held until 2020. In 2021 he co-founded the AI Objectives Institute.

While at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Eckersley started projects including Let's Encrypt, Privacy Badger, Certbot, HTTPS Everywhere, SSL Observatory, and Panopticlick. Eckersley was an outspoken advocate on topics including internet privacy, net neutrality, and the ethics of artificial intelligence.

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