Felix von Leitner, nicknamed Fefe, is a German IT security expert living in

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. He is the main author of the

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, a

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. His personal blog posts have received larger media coverage in Germany.

Biography

In 2006, he analysed disadvantages of the planned "Gesundheitskarte" (health card). Following a debate on the notability of his blog in the

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, a controversial debate on

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was started. He played a crucial role in distributing videos of a case of abusive policing on the 2009 Freiheit statt Angst ("Freedom instead of fear") demonstration, that in the end led to the obligation of the Berlin police to wear identification badges. In 2011, prior to the publication of

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, he accused

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of doing too little for its security. Felix von Leitner was a long term member of the

Chaos Computer Club The Chaos Computer Club (CCC) is Europe's largest association of hackers with 7,700 registered members. Founded in 1981, the association is incorporated as an ''eingetragener Verein'' in Germany, with local chapters (called ''Erfa-Kreise'') in ...

Berlin (CCC).

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External links

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Official blog

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