Lance Henderson

Lance Henderson has been practicing encryption, cybersecurity and teaching online privacy to thousands for almost 20 years. When he isn't advising wayward hackers to be ethical in their pursuits, he can be found teaching children on how to avoid predators, thieves and those on social media like Facebook and Pinterest who may not have their best interests at heart. He grew up in New Orleans, Louisiana near the old French Quarter (Pirate's Alley) and taught Usenet to the neighborhood kids and how to hack their Amiga 500s to oblivion and back. He first became interested in cybersec on discussion boards like The Well and other places of cyber origin over the years. Turning his back on academe and instead teaching others to protect themselves, he states: "It is a far better thing to be poor and train young minds to be net smart and street smart rather than be some old crusty professor drumming along the same tune year after year." While his online books focus on anti-hacking, counter-surveillance and online privacy, he also dabbles in growing mushrooms, roses and making beer in New Orleans and reading up on wayward vampires.