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Jake Braun is the Executive Director of the Cyber Policy Initiative at the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy, where he also teaches election security. In 2009 he was appointed by President Barack Obama as White House Liaison to the Department of Homeland Security. He is also co-founder of the DEFCON Voting Machine Hacking Village, aimed at providing public, third-party inspection of voting equipment.
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