2012 EFF Pioneer Award Winners Revealed

An anonymous reader writes "In 2012, EFF Pioneer Award winners are Hardware Hacker Andrew (bunnie) Huang, Anti-ACTA Activist and La Quadrature du Net cofounder Jérémie Zimmermann, and Groundbreaking Anonymity Group Tor. '"Every year, our Pioneer Awards celebrate those who have made a difference for digital freedom. We are extraordinarily proud of this year's winners and their unflagging dedication to protecting the rights of technology users around the world," said EFF Executive Director Shari Steele. "Whether it's your right to reverse engineer a game console, or to avoid the interference of overbroad IP enforcement, or to block websites or governments from tracking your every online move, these winners are working hard to protect our online freedom."' The 21st edition of the annual EFF Pioneer Awards ceremony will take place September 20 in San Francisco."

I hope you like walking

[schwit1]

All winners have been automatically added to our complimentary no-fly and terrorists watch lists.

- TSA

Re:I hope you like walking

[GameboyRMH]

You joke but a lot of developers of cryptography/anonymity software are given a hard time at every TSA checkpoint - most famously, Moxie Marlinspike who had all his electronics confiscated.

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[GameboyRMH]

I remember it was on arrival so it likely was the CBP rather than the TSA in that case.

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[GameboyRMH]

How curious, I wonder why the cryptographers empowering the public get hassled and the ones working for The Man don't...

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[Pav]

You're just jealous you aren't getting your manfeel. ;) Don't worry... you will if/when you have something worthwhile to say.

Security, encryption etc... requires a special kind of braindamage - it's like the rest of I.T except worse. I'm glad ANYONE with some knowledge can maintain eye contact let alone communicate semi-effectively with the public.

And Mr a/c... as far as being a "blowhard" - you'd better hope people don't write you off as one if you're pulled aside by the TSA and they get excited about

No paywall here

[sl4shd0rk]

http://www.nature.com/news/robots-hunt-neurons-to-record-brain-activity-1.11289 [nature.com]

http://medimoon.com/2012/08/robots-could-record-brain-activity-by-hunting-neurons/ [medimoon.com]

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[GameboyRMH]

That's great but you posted it under the wrong article.

Misplaced acronyms

[TDyl]

So "Groundbreaking Anonymity Group Tor" menas Tor is actually a 'gag' - so much for freedom of speech.

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[GameboyRMH]

At least it wasn't the Mainstream Anonymity System Totally Untraceable Routing Backers Association TOR

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[TDyl]

and the missing "E" would be?

Congrats Bunnie!

[ptorrone]

Bunnie is a hero to hardware hackers, this is great!

LQDN / Zimmerman

[Anonymous Coward]

Well-deserved for La Quadrature and Jérémie Zimmermann - they have indeed been instrumental in the defeat of ACTA by (1) providing full and up-to-date information and (2) all their efforts to 'rally the troops'.