Bio
Daniel Kahn Gillmor is a Senior Staff Technologist for ACLU’s Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project, focused on the way our technical infrastructure shapes society and impacts civil liberties.
As a free software developer and member of the Debian project, he contributes to fundamental tools that shape the possibilities of our information-rich environment. As a participant in the IETF he fosters the creation of new generations of networking and cryptographic protocols designed and optimized for privacy and security. He is an anti-surveillance advocate for privacy, justice, free speech, and data sovereignty. Daniel is a graduate of Brown University’s computer science program.
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Featured work
Feb 15, 2023
New Mobile Phone Service Shows We Can Have Both Privacy and Nice Things
Aug 24, 2021
Apple’s New ‘Child Safety’ Plan for iPhones Isn’t So Safe
Dec 18, 2019
A Little-Known Privacy Battle Is Being Waged Over Encrypting the Nuts and Bolts of the Internet
Jan 31, 2019
Spies Want to Make the FaceTime Eavesdropping Bug Into a Feature
Apr 5, 2018
Facebook Is Tracking Me Even Though I’m Not on Facebook
Jun 5, 2017
US Government Malware Policy Puts Everyone At Risk
Apr 12, 2017
What Individuals Should Do Now That Congress Has Obliterated the FCC’s Privacy Protections
Jun 7, 2016
A Few Easy Steps Everyone Should Take to Protect Their Digital Privacy
