Micah Lee
The Intercept SecureDrop developer
USA
Micah Lee is a technologist with a focus on operational security, source protection, privacy, and cryptography. He is a founder and board member of
Freedom of the Press Foundation and the author of the “
Encryption Works” handbook.An avid GNU/Linux user, he has been writing code in a variety of languages for a variety of platforms for over a decade. He develops open source security tools including
OnionShare,
SecureDrop, and
Tor Browser Launcher. Prior to joining The Intercept, Micah worked as a staff technologist at the
Electronic Frontier Foundation.