death_place death_date known_for article_title name
brussels , belgium 3 may 2009 knowledge searching software reversing , steganography fravia
 + fravia
fravia

fravia spoke six languages -lrb- including latin -rrb- and had a degree in the history of the early middle ages .
he was an expert in linguistics-related informatics .
for five years he made available a large quantity of material related to reverse engineering through his website , which also hosted the advice of reverse engineering experts , known as reversers , who provided tutorials and essays on how to hack software code as well as advice related to the assembly and disassembly of applications , and software protection reversing .
fravia was a professor at the `` high cracking university '' -lrb- + hcu -rrb- , founded by old red cracker -lrb- + orc -rrb- , a legendary figure in reverse engineering , to conduct research into reverse code engineering .
the addition of the '' + '' sign in front of the nickname of a reverser signified membership in the + hcu .
his website was known as '' + fravia 's pages of reverse engineering '' and he used it to challenge programmers as well as the wider society to `` reverse engineer '' the `` brainwashing of a corrupt and rampant materialism '' .
in its heyday , his website was receiving millions of visitors per year and its influence was `` widespread '' .
his web presence dates from 1995 when he first got involved in research related to reverse code engineering -lrb- rce -rrb- .
in 2000 he changed his focus and concentrated on advanced internet search methods and the reverse engineering of search engine code .
his websites `` www.fravia.com '' and `` www.searchlores.org '' contained a large amount of specialised information related to data mining .
his website `` www.searchlores.org '' has been called a `` very useful instrument for searching the web '' , and his `` www.fravia.com '' site has been described as `` required reading for any spy wanting to go beyond simple google searches . ''
