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name="Burung Hantu"
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bio="I founded PrivacyTools in 2015 to share resources and tools, allowing users to avoid international mass-surveillance programs."
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name="Jonah Aragon"
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bio="I run the website and services for PrivacyTools. My goal is to spread the word about data privacy as widely as possible."
email="jonah@privacytools.io"
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name="blacklight447"
bio="I research new privacy recommendations and moderate our communities. My expertise is endpoint security and networking."
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mastodon="https://social.privacytools.io/@blacklight447"
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name="Dan Arel"
role="ThinkPrivacy Editor"
bio="I'm an author, columnist, and privacy advocate whose work has appeared in Time, Huff Post, OpenSource, and more. I am editing ThinkPrivacy, a PrivacyTools resource for everyday users."
website="https://www.danarel.com"
twitter="danarel"
mastodon="https://mastodon.technology/@danarel"
blog="danarel"
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name="Dawid Potocki"
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name="Andreas Basurto"
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role="Developer"
bio="I'm a privacy advocate and software developer. I write web extensions, help research, and make updates to the site."
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blog="nitrohorse"
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name="trai_dep"
role="Subreddit Mod"
bio="I'm a privacy advocate and moderator of Reddit's r/Privacy and r/privacytoolsIO communities."
website="https://www.reddit.com/user/trai_dep"
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        <p class="card-text">Of course, we couldn't do any of this without our very generous <a href="https://opencollective.com/privacytoolsio/">financial contributors</a>, <a href="https://github.com/privacytoolsIO/privacytools.io/graphs/contributors">website contributors</a>, and the countless community members that help share new ideas and spread the word! Thank you.</p>
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