Jonathan Mayer

Quick Facts

Full Name	Jonathan Mayer
Occupation	American Computer Scientist
Date Of Birth	Feb 5, 1987(1987-02-05)
Age	37
Country	United States
Horoscope	Aquarius

Jonathan Mayer Biography

Jonathan Mayer is one of the most popular and richest American computer scientist who was born on February 5, 1987 in United States. Jonathan Mayer (born February 5 1987) is an American computer scientist and lawyer. He is an assistant professor of Computer Science and Public Affairs at Princeton University affiliated with the Center for Information Technology Policy as well as a doctoral student studying computing sciences in Stanford University and a fellow at the Center for Internet and Society and the Center for International Security and Cooperation. While completing his doctoral studies, He was a consultant for the California Department of Justice.

Between between 2011 to between 2011 and Mayer made posts on illegal websites that track web traffic. His posts include the following.

The California Online Privacy Protection Act requires websites to post privacy policies. Attorney General Kamala Harris argued that this law applies to mobile applications as well. Mayer was a consultant for implementing that law on mobile applications. That initiative produced a large settlement with all mobile platforms on February 22, 2012.

After Edward Snowden leaked documents in 2013, Mayer has researched National Security Agency laws.

In the middle of 2010, Mayer and another Stanford researcher, Arvind Narayanan, advocated for Do Not Track to be included in HTTP headers. They created Do Not Track prototypes for servers and clients. In collaboration together with Mozilla they created the important Internet Engineering Task Force Internet Draft of Do Not Track.

Jonathan Mayer Net Worth

Jonathan Mayer is one of the richest American Computer Scientist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Jonathan Mayer 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Mayer began his postgraduate studies in Stanford University in 2009, which was the first student to earn an MSc in the department of computer science as well as JD from Stanford Law School. Mayer was awarded his JD in the year 2013.

Mayer was an Chicago, Illinois, United States native, who attended his school at Latin School of Chicago. He earned his AB at Princeton University in 2009 through the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. While in his undergraduate study, he was part of the team that competed at the 2007 DARPA Grand Challenge and the Intelligent Ground Vehicle Competition.

In December 2012, Mayer proposed that Mozilla Firefox use the same cookie blocking mechanism as Apple Safari. He wrote the code patch as a community contributor and Mozilla adopted it. Representatives from the online advertising business have objected and criticize both Mayer and Mozilla. Businesses also had Congress members write letters to Mozilla. It was expressing false concerns about abducted children and natural disasters. Mozilla has since changed from Safari’s cookie blocking mechanism, instead joining up with Cookie Clearinghouse’s privacy initiative. Mayer has said that he is disappointed in Mozilla’s decision but remains involved on the advisory board for Cookie Clearinghouse.

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Facts & Trivia

Jonathan Ranked on the list of most popular American computer scientist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Jonathan Mayer celebrates birthday on February 5 of every year.