Diego Sánchez, known as Dídac Sánchez is a Spanish entrepreneur and the founder of Eliminalia, a company that specializes in online reputation management and digital privacy protection services.[1] He was accused by the media of using the unethical tactics to remove undesirable and harmful content from the internet.[2][3]
Biography
editIn 2011, Dídac Sánchez founded Eliminalia, a reputation management company.[4][5]
Before, he started Legisdalia, specialized in data protection.[6] In 2014 Sánchez presented himself as a candidate to preside over the Barcelona Chamber of Commerce.[7]
In 2015, Sánchez cracked the encryption scheme used in the last undeciphered WW2 message with geographical coordinates.[8] In 2016, he launched software that allowed any text, document, WhatsApp, Messenger, SMS or Skype conversation, or telegram to be encrypted, as well as telephone calls.[9][10]
Criticism
editAccording to the leaked files, revealed and analyzed by European journalists,[11] Sánchez worked for more than 1,500 people between 2015 and 2021 to remove their data from the internet and from newspapers.[12][13][14]
References
edit- ^ "Dídac Sánchez, doblemente premiado al Joven Emprendedor con tan sólo 23 años". Talent Street (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-03-29.
- ^ Pegg, David (2023-02-17). "The Spanish firm that uses dubious methods to 'erase your past' from the internet". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-03-29.
- ^ "Eliminalia: la empresa española que gana millones 'blanqueando' a corruptos con 'fake news'". El Español (in Spanish). 2023-02-20. Retrieved 2023-03-29.
- ^ Iliff, Laurence (27 May 2015). "Google Wages Free-Speech Fight in Mexico". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2023-03-29.
- ^ "Y el niño del centro de menores montó un imperio". ELMUNDO (in Spanish). 2015-09-06. Retrieved 2023-03-29.
- ^ Berberi, Leonard (2017-11-07). "Il ragazzo dal passato difficile che ti cambia la "web reputation"". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Retrieved 2023-03-29.
- ^ "Un joven empresario de 21 años quiere renovar la Cámara de Comercio de Barcelona". El Economista. 2014-04-30.
- ^ nickpelling (2015-12-23). "Didac Sánchez and the WW2 Cipher Pigeon..." Cipher Mysteries. Retrieved 2023-03-29.
- ^ Leyden, John. "Spaniard claims WWII WAR HERO pigeon code crack. Explain please". www.theregister.com. Retrieved 2023-03-29.
- ^ Bank, RCSB Protein Data. "RCSB PDB - 4YEO: Triclinic HEWL co-crystallised with cisplatin, studied at a data collection temperature of 150K - new refinement". www.rcsb.org. Retrieved 2023-03-29.
- ^ Pegg, David (2023-02-17). "The Spanish firm that uses dubious methods to 'erase your past' from the internet". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-03-29.
- ^ "Eliminalia: la empresa española que gana millones 'blanqueando' a corruptos con 'fake news'". El Español (in Spanish). 2023-02-20. Retrieved 2023-03-29.
- ^ Boburg, Shawn. "Leaked files reveal reputation-management firm's deceptive tactics". Washington Post. Retrieved 2023-03-29.
- ^ "Die Totengräber von Eliminalia: Wie Wahrheit im Internet begraben wird". DER STANDARD (in Austrian German). Retrieved 2023-03-29.