Spanish entrepreneur
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
In 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
According 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]
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