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About
Mike Gerwitz is a free (as in freedom) software hacker and activist with a focus on user privacy and security. While much of his earlier experience focused on web development, most of his free time is now spent researching cryptography; compilers; mathematics; security and privacy; and various other fields. He also closely follows the work of the Free Software Foundation, Electronic Frontier Foundation, and other entities devoted to free information and free society.
Mike is the author of GNU ease.js; a member of the GNU evaluation team; holds an administrative role in GNU; and is a volunteer for various other aspects of the GNU Project and the Free Software Foundation.
Mike is a hacker, not a cracker---the latter breaks the security of systems, while the former expresses playful creativity in their work.
Outside of his field, Mike enjoys time with his family---including his wife and two sons---who keep him very busy and help to keep him sane. Mike also has a fascination with a wide range of sciences that he wishes he had the time to devote to researching.
A great deal of information regarding Mike's opinions on various topics can be found throughout this website. Much of this site is devoted to his thoughts and ramblings on various matters and so will contain material that is subject to strong bias; the reader is encouraged to construct his or her own opinions. Formal papers contain no such influence without rationale and references.
Mike may be contacted at mtg at gnu dot org; he does not make use of "social media" websites, though he may (or may not) respond to queries on websites that he is a member of, and he does host his own GNU Social instance.
(Note: This website itself is free/libre---the source code is available via the commit hash links in the footer of various pages and the content is licensed for free distribution and, in most cases, modification.)
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