Moxie Marlinspike

Moxie Marlinspike
Marlinspike in 2022
BornEarly 1980s[1]
Georgia, U.S.
Other namesMatthew Rosenfeld[2]
Known for
Scientific career
Fields
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Matthew Rosenfeld, better known by the pseudonym Moxie Marlinspike, is an American entrepreneur, cryptographer, and computer security researcher.[1][3] Marlinspike is the creator of Signal, co-founder of the Signal Technology Foundation, and served as the first CEO of Signal Messenger LLC. He is also a co-author of the Signal Protocol encryption used by Signal, WhatsApp,[4] Google Messages,[5] Facebook Messenger,[6] and Skype.[7]

Marlinspike is a former head of the security team at Twitter[8] and the author of a proposed SSL authentication system replacement called Convergence.[9] He previously maintained a cloud-based WPA cracking service[10] and a targeted anonymity service called GoogleSharing.[11]

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  3. ^ Rosenblum, Andrew (April 26, 2016). "Moxie Marlinspike Makes Encryption for Everyone". Popular Science. Bonnier Corporation. Retrieved July 9, 2016.
  4. ^ Greenberg, Andy (July 31, 2016). "Meet Moxie Marlinspike, the Anarchist Bringing Encryption to All of Us". Wired. Condé Nast. Archived from the original on January 25, 2021. Retrieved July 31, 2016.
  5. ^ Amadeo, Ron (June 16, 2021). "Google enables end-to-end encryption for Android's default SMS/RCS app". Ars Technica. Retrieved March 3, 2022.
  6. ^ Greenberg, Andy (October 4, 2016). "You can finally encrypt Facebook Messenger, so do it". Wired.
  7. ^ Newman, Lily Hay (January 11, 2018). "Skype Finally Starts Rolling Out End-to-End Encryption". Wired.
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  9. ^ Messmer, Ellen (October 12, 2011). "The SSL certificate industry can and should be replaced". Network World. IDG. Archived from the original on March 1, 2014. Retrieved September 25, 2016.
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