[Cryptography] RIP George Davida, veteran of the original crypto wars

[Peter Gutmann]

As part of an off-list discussion about the history of DES, I looked up George
Davida who was a veteran of the original crypto wars in the late 1970s and
found out that he passed away a few months ago:

  https://www.feerickfuneralhome.com/obituary/george-davida-phd

  He diligently fought for citizens’ rights to privacy and personal data
  encryption by battling the NSA in 1980, while raising public awareness of
  the importance of cryptography.  His win ushered in our everyday ability to
  use online banking, send private emails, phone calls, or messages, and other
  uses of electronic security and online applications.

If you have access to it, Cryptologia published his dissent against crypto
restrictions in 1981:

  https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/0161-118191855940

Peter.