Thanks, Jon, for posting the obit of Dan Kam. What a terrible loss to the Internet Community in general, and the Security & Privacy Community in particular! He lived a terrific, albeit short life. May his soul RIP. -Ramesh "...the greatest dissents do become court opinions and gradually over time their views become the dominant view. So that's the dissenter's hope: that they are writing not for today, but for tomorrow." - Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg --------------------------------------------------------------------- Ramesh Subramanian, Ph.D. Gabriel Ferrucci Professor of Information Systems Quinnipiac University Hamden, CT 06511, USA Email: ramesh.subramanian@qu.edu Web: https://www.qu.edu/faculty-and-staff/ramesh-subramanian & Fellow, Information Society Project, Yale Law School New Haven, CT 06511, USA Email: ramesh.subramanian@yale.edu Web: https://www.law.yale.edu/ramesh-subramanian ________________________________ From: Members <members-bounces@lists.sigcis.org> on behalf of Jonathan Coopersmith <j-coopersmith@tamu.edu> Sent: Saturday, May 1, 2021 10:44 AM To: SIGCIS <members@sigcis.org> Subject: [SIGCIS-Members] Daniel Kaminsky obit Both an important person and a delightfully written obit of someone who died tragically young https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/27/technology/daniel-kaminsky-dead.html<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2021%2F04%2F27%2Ftechnology%2Fdaniel-kaminsky-dead.html&data=04%7C01%7Cramesh.subramanian%40quinnipiac.edu%7Cdbb2793199f64ef9921308d90cb6aef4%7C0940985869fb4de9987990db22b52eaf%7C0%7C1%7C637554801451526835%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=43yqgFlIx8ie2MVc83%2BknvtsyuBL8UeURuq28jGqAIc%3D&reserved=0> Stay sane, keep washing those hands, and practice social solidarity as well as physical distancing, Jonathan Jonathan Coopersmith Professor Department of History Texas A&M University College Station, TX 77843-4236 979.739.4708 (cell) 979.862.4314 (fax) Preserving space archives: https://www.toboldlypreserve.space/<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.toboldlypreserve.space%2F&data=04%7C01%7Cramesh.subramanian%40quinnipiac.edu%7Cdbb2793199f64ef9921308d90cb6aef4%7C0940985869fb4de9987990db22b52eaf%7C0%7C1%7C637554801451536826%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=EXeoY1k0609JyaT0pA8274KCD%2FzbREj%2B0AvpfMEdViI%3D&reserved=0> International standards battles: https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/geek-life/history/lets-thwart-this-terrible-idea-for-standards-setting<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Furldefense.com%2Fv3%2F__https%3A%2F%2Fspectrum.ieee.org%2Ftech-talk%2Fgeek-life%2Fhistory%2Flets-thwart-this-terrible-idea-for-standards-setting__%3B!!KwNVnqRv!R4dbJx9DOnSkoiNAwXjHq9sp5vMvdGEVtOMlWJUc6AH7iQiRA7bw1VEUYeo6i2St9sgf%24&data=04%7C01%7Cramesh.subramanian%40quinnipiac.edu%7Cdbb2793199f64ef9921308d90cb6aef4%7C0940985869fb4de9987990db22b52eaf%7C0%7C1%7C637554801451536826%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=t%2FuQ492ucUadgiImgNKPPsJemvqwdROI0F7sQavWfVc%3D&reserved=0> FAXED. The Rise and Fall of the Fax Machine (Johns Hopkins University Press)