Ian Goldberg, the Cypherpunk Who Hacked Netscape for Fun

This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/ian-goldberg-the-cypherpunk-who-hacked-netscape-for-fun . Ian Goldberg has been one of the cypherpunks who have appeared on the TV news —and no, not in a massive legal issue like Julian Assange. Let's learn about him! Check more stories related to web3 at: https://hackernoon.com/c/web3 . You can also check exclusive content about #cypherpunks-write-code , #ian-goldberg , #netscape-web-browser , #cypherpunk-rebellion , #privacy-tools , #online-censorship , #obyte , #good-company , and more. This story was written by: @obyte . Learn more about this writer by checking @obyte's about page, and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com . Ian Goldberg is a Canadian computer scientist and privacy advocate. He broke Netscape's security in 1995, in a few hours. His most important work is the Off-the-record (OTR) messaging protocol.