"Definition of Cypherpunk": Technologist, Privacy Activist Kevin Gallagher Passes Away - UNICORN RIOT

San Francisco, CA – In a shock sweeping the Internet freedom community, technologist, security expert and organizer Kevin Michael Gallagher was discovered deceased in his San Francisco apartment on June 10. Early word from the local coroner is that he passed away June 5, his birthday. Gallagher was 35. Foul play is not suspected.

Gallagher’s professional resume and LinkedIn profile outlined his sweeping activities in both professional and activist circles on both coasts, where he was known as a digital security specialist and committed to curtailing abuses of government power (his website domain ‘cointel.pro’ references the infamous FBI surveillance and infiltration program). He was a certified Linux systems administrator who aided many projects like the Library Freedom Project, the Calyx Institute, and Transparency Toolkit as well as Bay Area companies like Cloudflare and Pandora.

The Courage Foundation posted that Gallagher “was a great friend to whistleblowers and dissidents and truthtellers, and a great person. We will miss him.” In 2016 he testified in defense of Lauri Love, a UK-based hacker who once faced extradition to the United States.

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