Micah Lee

Micah Lee is an analyst of information technology and activist who for the Freedom of the Press Foundation operates and for the Electronic Frontier Foundation worked (EFF). As a blogger he writes about information security , for example about the Tor network , the encryption of data, for example with Pretty Good Privacy or hackers in general. Lee left his job for the EFF in early 2014 in favor of The Intercept . There he is also involved in the protection of information or operational safety when handling material from, for example, Edward Snowden .

Encryption Works

Lee is the author of the freely available ( CC-by- licensed) text " Encryption Works - How to Protect Your Privacy in the Age of NSA Surveillance ", published in July 2013 shortly after the start of the global surveillance and espionage affair by the Freedom of the Press Foundation was published. It describes central points for your own data protection - in the context of the monitoring of the Internet by the Five Eyes and their partners.

"Defending yourself against the NSA, or any other government intelligence agency, is not simple, and it's not something that can be solved just by downloading an app. But thanks to the dedicated work of civilian cryptographers and the free and open source software community, It's still possible to have privacy on the Internet, and the software to do it is freely available to everyone. This is especially important for journalists communicating with sources online. "

“It is not easy to protect yourself from the NSA or any other government intelligence agency, and it is not something that can be solved by downloading an app . However, thanks to the work of dedicated civil cryptographers and the free and open software community, it is still possible to have privacy on the Internet. The software for this is freely available to everyone. This is particularly important for journalists who communicate with their sources online. "

See also

• Global surveillance and espionage affair
• WikiLeaks

Web links

• Encryption Works! - pressfreedomfoundation.org
• private website and blog
• Micah Lee on Twitter
• Micah Lee on GitHub

Individual evidence

1. ^ The Intercept: Micah Lee, Author at The Intercept ( English ) In: FirstLook.org/theintercept . The Intercept. February 10, 2014. Archived from the original on February 28, 2014. Retrieved on February 10, 2014.