Alexander Kloster

Alexander Kloster
Born	(1988-02-29) February 29, 1988 Plano, Texas
Occupation	Hacker, Application Security Engineer, polyglot
Known for	Creator of Lavabit Encrypted Proxy & HideMe, LLC

Alexander E. "Alex" Kloster. (born February 29, 1988) is the creator of Lavabit Encrypted Proxy, the most secure and private encrypted proxy application used in the information security world. He is also known for his work in Penetration Testing, encryption protocols, notably STACIE and DIME. Kloster is co-founder of the global digital privacy and security firm, HideMe, LLC.

Background

He was born in Plano, Texas. His father was a Finance Director in the auto industry. Alexander grew up in a devout Christian household and is the oldest of six siblings. Kloster received a B.S. degree in political science from Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas in 2011, and thereafter moved to the Kansas City area. In the 2010's, Kloster worked in Austin, Texas as a security engineer and was a part of the Free Assange movement upon his illegal detainment and torture.

See also

• Lavabit
• PGP word list
• GNU Privacy Guard
• Information security
• Data privacy
• Information privacy

External links

• [1] – Official site
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