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Werner Koch
German free software developer (born 1961) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Werner Koch (born July 11, 1961) is a German free software developer.[1] He is best known as the principal author of the GNU Privacy Guard (GnuPG or GPG).[2] He was also Head of Office and German Vice-Chancellor of the Free Software Foundation Europe. He is the winner of Award for the Advancement of Free Software in 2015 for founding GnuPG.[3]
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Born | (1961-07-11) July 11, 1961 (age 63) Düsseldorf, Germany |
Occupation | Software developer |
Known for | GNU Privacy Guard |
Website | werner |
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Journalists and security professionals rely on GnuPG, and Edward Snowden used it to evade monitoring whilst he leaked classified information from the U.S. National Security Agency.[4]