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I'm Alan Fairless

I'm a hacker, software engineer, and repeat-offender entrepreneur known for building security focused software systems.

I recently founded Transportant which helps K12 school systems keep students safe by making their school buses smarter (hardware & software.)

Previously I cofounded SpiderOak in 2006. The approach to "No Knowledge" end-to-end encrypted products and effective information security was endorsed by famous hacker Kevin Mitnick, NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, and featured in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, Wired, and many others. Our products have been used by millions of people, various governments and large corporations around the world.

You can reach me via yc at alanfairless dot com.

  1. Slack's “Morning After” (medium.com)
    4 points 0
  2. Responsibly Bringing a new Cryptography Product to Market (spideroak.com)
    74 points 29
  3. Crypto Analysis and Recommendations for Mega (spideroak.com)
    80 points 49
  4. Dwolla: transactions under $10 are free (blog.dwolla.com)
    333 points 91
  5. What I've learned from a natural expert in customer crisis management (spideroak.com)
    5 points 0
  6. A True Story about iPods, Audio Books, Swat Teams, and Design of Technology (spideroak.com)
    2 points 0
  7. Why SpiderOak doesn't de-duplicate data across users (spideroak.com)
    31 points 23
  8. Dramatic Discovery of Interpretive Compression Algorithm (spideroak.com)
    12 points 0
  9. Avoid hemorrhoids: Improve Hacking and Health by Moving Your Chair (spideroak.com)
    42 points 28
  10. Fall in 2009 Global Food Production (globalresearch.ca)
    4 points 0
  11. Carbonite Stacks the Deck on Amazon (pogue.blogs.nytimes.com)
    3 points 0