Felix von Leitner
Encyclopedia
Felix von Leitner, nicknamed Fefe is a German IT security expert. He is the main author of the dietlibc
, a C standard library
. His personal blog posts have received huge media coverage in Germany.
Following a debate on the notability of his blog in the German Wikipedia
, a controversial debate on notability in Wikipedia
was started.
He played a crucial role in investigating a case of police misuse on the 2009 Freiheit statt Angst
("Freedom instead of anxiety") demonstration, that in the end led to the obligation of the Berlin
police to wear identification badges. [...]
In 2011, prior to the publification of Mac OS X Lion
, he accused Apple of doing too little for its security.
Dietlibc
dietlibc is a C standard library released under the GNU General Public License Version 2. It was developed by Felix von Leitner with the goal to compile and link programs to the smallest possible size. dietlibc was developed from scratch and thus only implements the most important and commonly used...
, a C standard library
C standard library
The C Standard Library is the standard library for the programming language C, as specified in the ANSI C standard.. It was developed at the same time as the C POSIX library, which is basically a superset of it...
. His personal blog posts have received huge media coverage in Germany.
Biography
In 2006, he has analysed disadvantages of the planned "Gesundheitskarte" (health card).Following a debate on the notability of his blog in the German Wikipedia
German Wikipedia
The German Wikipedia is the German-language edition of Wikipedia, a free and mostly publicly editable online encyclopedia.Founded in March 2001, it is the second-oldest and, with over articles, the second-largest edition of Wikipedia, behind the English Wikipedia...
, a controversial debate on notability in Wikipedia
Notability in Wikipedia
Notability is a term used within the English version of the online encyclopedia Wikipedia. It is as an editorial metric used to determine topics meriting a dedicated encyclopedia article...
was started.
He played a crucial role in investigating a case of police misuse on the 2009 Freiheit statt Angst
Freiheit statt Angst
Freiheit statt Angst is a political protest march, repeatedly taking place in Germany since 2006. The main issue is citizens' data privacy....
("Freedom instead of anxiety") demonstration, that in the end led to the obligation of the Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
police to wear identification badges. [...]
In 2011, prior to the publification of Mac OS X Lion
Mac OS X Lion
Mac OS X Lion is the eighth and current major release of Mac OS X, Apple's desktop and server operating system for Macintosh computers....
, he accused Apple of doing too little for its security.