Claudio Agosti is a self-taught hacker who since the late 90ties has gradually become a techno-political activist as technology has begun to interfere with society and human rights. In the last decades, he worked on whistleblower protection with GlobaLeaks, advocated against corporate surveillance, and founded "facebook tracking exposed." He is a research associate in UvA, DATACTIVE team, vice president of the Hermes Center for Digital Human Rights.