Felix von Leitner

Felix von Leitner, nicknamed Fefe is a German IT security expert. He is the main author of the dietlibc, a C standard library. His personal blog posts have received huge media coverage in Germany.

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Biography

In 2006, he has analysed disadvantages of the planned "Gesundheitskarte" (health card).[1] Following a debate on the notability of his blog in the German Wikipedia, a controversial debate on notability in Wikipedia was started.[2] He played a crucial role in investigating a case of police misuse on the 2009 Freiheit statt Angst ("Freedom instead of anxiety") demonstration, that in the end led to the obligation of the Berlin police to wear identification badges.[3][4] [...] In 2011, prior to the publification of Mac OS X Lion, he accused Apple of doing too little for its security.[5]

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Notability

see the many items on Google News

References

  1. ^ heise online (German)
  2. ^ orf.at (German)
  3. ^ Demo gegen Überwachung: Faustschlag ins Gesicht (German)
  4. ^ Morgenpost
  5. ^ http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/Security-experts-take-a-close-look-at-Lion-1199009.html

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