Bio
Daniel Kahn Gillmor is a Senior Staff Technologist for ACLU's Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project, focused on the way our technical infrastructure shapes society and impacts civil liberties.
As a free software developer and member of the Debian project, he contributes to fundamental tools that shape the possibilities of our information-rich environment. As a participant in the IETF he fosters the creation of new generations of networking and cryptographic protocols designed and optimized for privacy and security. He is an anti-surveillance advocate for privacy, justice, free speech, and data sovereignty. Daniel is a graduate of Brown University’s computer science program.
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Featured work
Nov 30, 2023
Some Steps to Defend Against Online Doxxing and Harassment
![A lock and key on top of a computer keyboard.](https://assets-dev.aclu.org/dev/uploads/2023/11/digital-defense-blog-400x400.jpg)
Feb 15, 2023
New Mobile Phone Service Shows We Can Have Both Privacy and Nice Things
![Phone screen with keyhole on a digital shield.](https://assets-dev.aclu.org/dev/uploads/2023/10/phone-with-digital-shield-b-400x400.jpg)
Aug 24, 2021
Apple’s New ‘Child Safety’ Plan for iPhones Isn’t So Safe
![Person holding iPhone with Apple logo on screen](https://assets-dev.aclu.org/dev/uploads/2021/08/Apple-Danger-Header-Image-400x400.jpg)
Dec 18, 2019
A Little-Known Privacy Battle Is Being Waged Over Encrypting the Nuts and Bolts of the Internet
![Servers in a data center](https://assets-dev.aclu.org/dev/uploads/2019/12/WEB19-Network-Server-Shallow-Depth-BlogImage-WordPress-1110x740-400x400.jpg)
Jan 31, 2019
Spies Want to Make the FaceTime Eavesdropping Bug Into a Feature
![Back of iPhone with pair of Airpods](https://assets-dev.aclu.org/dev/uploads/2019/09/web19-iphoneairpods-1160x768-400x400.jpg)
Apr 5, 2018
Facebook Is Tracking Me Even Though I’m Not on Facebook
![Cell phone with Facebook on it in front of blue data](https://assets-dev.aclu.org/dev/uploads/2019/09/web18-facebook-1160x768-400x400.jpg)
Jun 5, 2017
US Government Malware Policy Puts Everyone At Risk
![Hazardous material symbol made up of data](https://assets-dev.aclu.org/dev/uploads/2019/09/virus_matrix_by_robbert_van_der_steeg_credit-400x400.jpg)