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Phoenix666 [soylentnews.org] writes:

Caspar Bowden, a leading British privacy advocate most well known for foreshadowing the revelations made by Edward Snowden, died of a fast-spreading skin cancer [wsj.com] on Thursday in southern France, where he lived, his wife Sandi announced on Twitter. He was 53.

Bowden was an outspoken figure who worked for Microsoft and advised the British government and the European Union. He was traveling the world to speak about privacy at conferences.

At a hacker festival in France in May 2013, Bowden warned that European phone calls, emails and any kind of data could be watched by U.S. authorities without a warrant. A few weeks later, former NSA contractor Edward Snowden revealed the existence of a massive surveillance program.

I have seen Walls of Honor for famous statesmen, baseball players, civil rights leaders, scientists, and even computing pioneers, but not yet for pioneers of digital liberty. This guy should be on it.

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