Tom is one of the co-founders of Digital Rights Watch.
He has had a 25-year career in software consultancy, where he helped commercial and not-for-profit organisations develop and deploy software that is proven reliable, secure, and delightful.
He is now Head of Policy at DRW, where he brings technical realism and social justice to digital policy aims.
No-one should ever have to make a decision at 4:45am. But I picked up my phone and cancelled my taxi to the airport, just as it was pulling up outside.
How well does your city know you? You’ll be surprised by how much of your life can be pieced together from your metadata footprint – the traces you leave when you use everyday technology.
We at Digital Rights Watch wish to pay our respects to the late John Perry Barlow, and share our sympathies with his family, friends, colleagues, and fellow activists.