Kyle Rankin is the President of Purism and was a Tech Editor and columnist at Linux Journal.

He is the author of Linux Hardening in Hostile Networks, DevOps Troubleshooting, The Official Ubuntu Server Book, Knoppix Hacks, Knoppix Pocket Reference, Linux Multimedia Hacks and Ubuntu Hacks, and also a contributor to a number of other O’Reilly books.

Rankin speaks frequently on security and open-source software including at FOSDEM, BsidesLV, O’Reilly Security Conference, OSCON, SCALE, CactusCon, Linux World Expo and Penguicon. You can follow him at @kyle and @kylerankin.

Kyle Rankin presents 5 Events:

• Freedom, Security and Privacy at LinuxFest Northwest 2019

• Sex, Secret and God: A Brief History of Bad Passwords at LinuxFest Northwest 2019

• Q&A: Past, Present & Future at LinuxFest Northwest 2019

• Designing Security That Empowers Users at LinuxFest Northwest 22

• Snitching on Apps That Snitch On You at LinuxFest Northwest 22