Marie Gutbub, born 1990 in France, studied cultural journalism at the Berlin University of the Arts. After graduating with a thesis about the sustainability of new online media she got involved with privacy groups in Berlin. Since 2014, Marie has organized CryptoParties in Berlin and across Europe to spread the movement through talks and workshops. She also teaches information security for journalists at several universities and conferences. Marie, a former volunteer for the Tor Project, has been involved in running several campaigns and events about privacy, human rights,  histleblowing and journalism, including the Logan CIJ Symposium 2016 in Berlin with the Centre for InvestigativeJournalism and a campaign for the Courage Foundation. Her articles have been published in Der Freitag, Le Monde and Rue89, among others. She currently works for Nextcloud.