Jérémie Zimmermann (born 1978) is a French

computer science Computer science is the study of computation, information, and automation. Computer science spans Theoretical computer science, theoretical disciplines (such as algorithms, theory of computation, and information theory) to Applied science, ...

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and co-founder of the Paris-based

La Quadrature du Net La Quadrature du Net ('' Squaring the Net'' in French) is a French advocacy group that promotes digital rights and freedoms for its citizens. It advocates for French and European legislation to respect the founding principles of the Internet, m ...

, a citizen advocacy group defending fundamental freedoms online as well as a co-founder of Hacking With Care, a "collective composed of hackers-activists, caregivers, artists, sociologist, growing quite literally by contact and affinity".

Life

He appeared with

Julian Assange Julian Paul Assange ( ; Hawkins; born 3 July 1971) is an Australian editor, publisher, and activist who founded WikiLeaks in 2006. He came to international attention in 2010 after WikiLeaks published a series of News leak, leaks from Chels ...

on Episode 8 and Episode 9 of '' The World Tomorrow'', "Cypherpunks: 1/2". He is a contributor to Julian Assange's 2012 book '' Cypherpunks: Freedom and the Future of the Internet'' along with

Jacob Appelbaum Jacob Appelbaum (born April 1, 1983) is an American independent journalist, computer security researcher, artist, Hacking (innovation), hacker and teacher. Appelbaum, who earned his PhD from the Eindhoven University of Technology, first became not ...

and Andy Müller-Maguhn (

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, ).

Awards

He was awarded the 2012

EFF Pioneer Award The EFF Award, formerly EFF Pioneer Award, is an annual prize by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) for people who have made significant contributions to the empowerment of individuals in using computers. Venue Until 1998 it was presented ...

, together with other persons and groups.

References

External links

* ; on the

Fediverse The Fediverse (commonly shortened to fedi) is a collection of social networking services that can communicate with each other (formally known as Federation (information technology), federation) using a common protocol. Users of different websites ...

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Hacking With Care

Wiki of Hacking With Care

Talk about Hacking with Care – "Tactical and ethical care for all"
at

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

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