I never met the man, but conversed with him a few times on mailing lists for opensource projects. He seemed to be a very smart man with a keen eye for seeing so

I never met the man, but conversed with him a few times on mailing lists for opensource projects. He seemed to be a very smart man with a keen eye for seeing societal changes in their infancy. He was a great advocate for projects like Tor and the Qubes OS project, and he put these tools into the hands of people outside the tech circles who really needed them. RIP Caspar Bowden, we've lost an important voice against the creeping surveillance state we all live in.