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Beating PRISM with Hemlis

11 Jul 2013 | Reading time: 0 min

Via TNW:

Peter Sunde, one of the founders of Pirate Bay, has launched a crowdsourced funding program to release Heml.is, a messaging service that seeks to evade government monitoring programs by using end-to-end encryption[.]

It’ll be free and and open-source when it comes out, with paid add-ons for extra functionality. And before anyone says it’s form over function: it needs to be beautiful if there’s going to be significant uptake, which is exactly what encrypted communications needs. I’ve donated.

Currently CTO at Mast. Formerly engineering at Thought Machine, Pivotal. Makers Academy alumnus.

I've pledged to give 10% of my income to highly effective charities working to improve animal welfare. If my startup is successful, I hope to give away much more.

Also founded EA Work Club, a job board for effective altruists, and Let's Fund, a crowdfunding site for high-risk, high-reward social impact projects.

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