Nadim Kobeissi

Nadim Kobeissi is an independent computer security researcher and hacker based in Montreal, Canada. He is known for developing Cryptocat, an open source encrypted web chat client,   and for founding and managing Anapnea, a public access shell network that operated from 2007 to 2012. Kobeissi is also known for speaking publicly against Internet censorship and Internet surveillance on numerous occasions, and additionally hosted CHOMP.FM, a radio program on Internet activism that ran weekly on Montreal's CKUT-FM during 2011.

In 2012, the FBI attempted to entrap Kobeissi using Sabu as an undercover informant. Kobeissi wrote on his blog:
 * "The incident doesn’t personally worry me at all, since I’m confident in my standing as a lawful citizen. To all young hackers out there – use your talents for research. Never acquiesce to anything illegal with anyone, even if they do it with you."