https://news.hitb.org/ en https://news.hitb.org/content/internet-lobs-s-dev-crucial-gpg-tool-after-he-runs-short-cash <article data-history-node-id="50432" role="article" class="node article teaser clearfix UTF-8"> <header> <h2 class="title text-center"><a href="/content/internet-lobs-s-dev-crucial-gpg-tool-after-he-runs-short-cash" rel="bookmark"><span>Internet lobs $$$s at dev of crucial GPG tool after he runs short of cash</span> </a></h2> <div class="meta submit clearfix"> <div class="date text-right"> <span class="lowercase">posted on</span>February 6, 2015 </div> <div class="author"> <span class="lowercase">by</span> <span><span>l33tdawg</span></span> </div> </div> </header> <div class="image-default"> <div> <a href="/content/internet-lobs-s-dev-crucial-gpg-tool-after-he-runs-short-cash" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/field/image/Screen%20Shot%202015-02-06%20at%209.26.42%20AM.png?itok=v9ttcegv" width="220" height="147" alt="http://www.propublica.org/article/the-worlds-email-encryption-software-relies-on-one-guy-who-is-going-broke" title="Credit: The Register" /> </a> </div> <div class="image-credit"> <strong>Credit:</strong> <a href="http://www.propublica.org/article/the-worlds-email-encryption-software-relies-on-one-guy-who-is-going-broke" target="_blank">http://www.propublica.org/article/the-worlds-email-encryption-software-relies-on-one-guy-who-is-going-broke</a> </div> </div> <div class="content"> <div><p>Werner Koch is looking at a big payday after pulling in over $150,000 to fund the continuing development of his crucial open-source GNU Privacy Guard encryption tools.</p> <p>Koch, 53, is a leading light in the free software movement: in 1999, he released GPG, which uses the OpenPGP standard to safeguard the communications of millions of people around the world from eavesdroppers and other miscreants. It also provides protection for much of the multibillion-dollar technology industry.</p></div> </div> <div class="meta link clearfix"> <div class="comment"> <span class="lowercase">no</span>comment </div> <div class="share text-center show-for-medium"> <span class="a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_16 addtoany_list" data-a2a-url="https://news.hitb.org/content/internet-lobs-s-dev-crucial-gpg-tool-after-he-runs-short-cash" data-a2a-title="Internet lobs $$$s at dev of crucial GPG tool after he runs short of cash"><a class="a2a_button_facebook"><span class="fa fa-facebook"></span></a><a class="a2a_button_twitter"><span class="fa fa-twitter"></span></a><a class="a2a_button_linkedin"><span class="fa fa-linkedin"></span></a><a class="a2a_button_email"><span class="fa fa-envelope"></span></a></span> </div> <div class="read-more"><a href="/content/internet-lobs-s-dev-crucial-gpg-tool-after-he-runs-short-cash"><span class="lowercase">&#8594;</span>READ MORE</a></div> </div> </article> Fri, 06 Feb 2015 01:23:50 +0000 l33tdawg 50432 at https://news.hitb.org