Jérémie Zimmermann

Jérémie Zimmermann (born 1978) is a French computer science engineer co-founder of the Paris-based La Quadrature du Net, a citizen advocacy group defending fundamental freedoms online[1] and co-founder of Hacking With Care, a "collective composed of hackers-activists, caregivers, artists, sociologist, growing quite literally by contact and affinity".[2]

Zimmermann in 2013

Life


He appeared with Julian Assange on Episode 8 and Episode 9 of The World Tomorrow, "Cypherpunks: 1/2".[3][4]

He is a contributor to Julian Assange's 2012 book Cypherpunks: Freedom and the Future of the Internet along with Jacob Appelbaum and Andy Müller-Maguhn (OR Books, ISBN 978-1-939293-00-8).[5]

Awards

He was awarded the 2012 EFF Pioneer Award, together with other persons and groups.[6]

gollark: Because of potatOS's new compression algorithm!
gollark: I do not have a copy of that, I just read it enough to patch it.
gollark: Pastebin of what?
gollark: `setfenv` `set`s a `f`unction `env`ironment.
gollark: I had to break into his secure end facility to get the description of that...

References
  1. "Jérémie Zimmermann". personaldemocracy. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
  2. https://hackingwithcare.in/about-2/
  3. "Assange 'The World Tomorrow' — Ep 8: Cypherpunks Part 1". Digitaljournal.com. 5 June 2012.
  4. O'Brien, Kevin J. (6 June 2012). "Europe and Consumer Groups at Odds Over Restricted Net Access". The New York Times.
  5. "OR Books Catalog". Orbooks.com.
  6. "Hardware Hacker, Anti-ACTA Activist, and Groundbreaking Anonymity Group Win EFF Pioneer Awards | Electronic Frontier Foundation". Eff.org. 27 August 2012.

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