Marco Calamari

Marco Calamari: ingegnere, classe 1955, talvolta noto come "Cassandra", a 18 anni dovette decidere se comprarsi un'auto usata od un pc. Scelse il pc e da allora non si è ancora completamente ripreso.
E' consulente in ambito privacy e Computer Forensics, e specializzato come Application Architect ed archeologo di software legacy.
Nella vita vera è appassionato di privacy e crittografia in Rete, dove collabora a progetti di software libero come Freenet, Mixmaster, Mixminion, Tor & GlobaLaks.
E' il fondatore del Progetto Winston Smith e dal 2002 organizza il convegno "e-privacy" (http://e-privacy.winstonsmith.org/), dedicato alla privacy in Rete e fuori.
E' editorialista su diverse testate telematiche dove pubblica la rubrica settimanale "Cassandra Crossing" (https://www.cassandracrossing.org/).


Marco Calamari: born 1955, sometimes know as "Cassandra", at age 18 needed to decide if buy an used car or a pc; his choice was the pc and since then has not yet fully recovered.
Graduated cum laude at Pisa University Ph. D. in nuclear engineering,
He is a Computer Forensics consultant and Application Architect & legacy code archeologist, but is passionate about privacy & cryptography on Internet, where does advocacy & contributions on FOSS software projects like Freenet, Mixmaster, Mixminion, Tor & GlobaLaks.
He is founder of PWS - Progetto Winston Smith; since 2002 he organize yearly in Florence and other Italian cities the "e-privacy" (http://e-privacy.winstonsmith.org/) congress about privacy & transparency issues in digital age.
Writes about Matrix issues both in ICT and generalist newspapers and magazines; he is columnist at "Punto Informatico" where from 2008 writes the "Cassandra Crossing" weekly column (https://www.cassandracrossing.org/).