Peter Eckersley, tech activist and founder of Let's Encrypt, dies at 43

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A sad loss: Peter Eckersley was only 43 years old, and he contributed to the creation of important technology ventures like certificate authority Let's Encrypt, Certbot, and HTTPS Everywhere. A computer scientist from Australia, Eckersley actively promoted discussion and research about highly debated topics like net neutrality and artificial intelligence.

One of Eckersley's most important contributions to the industry originated from his time at the EFF, when he co-founded the nonprofit service known as Let's Encrypt. Today, Let's Encrypt is a certificate authority run by the Internet Security Research Group, a web infrastructure trusted by all major browser and Internet companies including Mozilla, Google, Meta, IBM, Amazon and many others.

Working as Chief Computer Scientist at the EFF from 2006 to 2018, Peter Eckersley was also an open advocate for net neutrality and started other important projects like the open-source browser extensions Privacy Badger and HTTPS Everywhere, the anti-tracking browser test Panopticlick and more.

Peter Eckersley, tech activist and founder of Let's Encrypt, dies at 43

Peter Eckersley is not one of the most well-known names in the computer industry, but his contribution to modern internet and technology are notable. A computer scientist...

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