Peter Eckersley, who worked at EFF for 12 years, including as its chief computer scientist, and founded the Let's Encrypt certificate authority, has died at 43 (Cindy Cohn/Electronic Frontier Foundation)

Cindy Cohn / Electronic Frontier Foundation: Peter Eckersley, who worked at EFF for 12 years, including as its chief computer scientist, and founded the Let's Encrypt certificate authority, has died at 43  —  With deep sadness, EFF mourns the loss of our friend, the technologist, activist, and cybersecurity expert Peter Eckersley.

Peter Eckersley, who worked at EFF for 12 years, including as its chief computer scientist, and founded the Let's Encrypt certificate authority, has died at 43 (Cindy Cohn/Electronic Frontier Foundation)

Cindy Cohn / Electronic Frontier Foundation:
Peter Eckersley, who worked at EFF for 12 years, including as its chief computer scientist, and founded the Let's Encrypt certificate authority, has died at 43  —  With deep sadness, EFF mourns the loss of our friend, the technologist, activist, and cybersecurity expert Peter Eckersley.