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Tom Cross | |
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 Tom Cross at the Emperor (Happy Valley) Hotel in Hong Kong in 2001 | |
| Born | 1976 (age 48–49) |
| Alma mater | Georgia Institute of Technology |
| Known for | MemeStreams |
Tom Cross (born 1976), also known asDecius, is an Americancomputer security expert andhacker.
Cross was born in 1976 inToronto, Ontario,Canada, and grew up inTennessee. His father worked intelecommunications policy and his mother was aRegistered Nurse's Assistant. He attendedBrentwood High School inBrentwood, Tennessee, before attendingGeorgia Tech inAtlanta, receiving abachelor's degree incomputer engineering.[1][2]
He co-founded theEFGA (Electronic Frontiers Georgia) in 1995. In 1996, he co-founded Computer Sentry Software, known for their award-winning "CyberAngel" software, a laptop anti-theft program. From 1999 to 2000, he was Chief Engineer at Dataway, a computer security firm inSan Francisco. From 2000 to 2001 he worked atiAsiaWorks, as the Director of Global Security Engineering. In 2001, he foundedIndustrial Memetics, which developed the popular collaborative blogging communityMemeStreams.[3]
Cross has been a speaker at several technology conferences, includingPhreakNIC;Summercon; "The First International Hackers' Conference in Seoul Korea" (IS2K); "InternetWorld" inSingapore; andAPRICOT, the Asia-Pacific Regional Internet Conference on Operational Technologies.[4] He was also among the attendees at the first everDef Con. He is known for extensive "rant" essays and speeches on technology and policy.[5][6] He has also been a co-host on episodes of "Binary Revolution", as acryptography expert.[7][8]
