

He began by deeper explaining the importance of understanding the threat model to protect against when looking for privacy solutions. The Tor Project is a privacy tool, network of people around the world and a software that lets you interact with the internet more safely.ĭingledine focused his talk around the importance of the Tor anonymizing network and explained the importance of different privacy features that can protect users while on the internet. One of the many speakers was Roger Dingledine, President, Researcher, and Co-Founder of the Tor Project. The full day virtual event that aims to create a bridge between those specializing in AI machine learning, and cybersecurity in academia and industry. Among his achievements, Roger was chosen by the MIT Technology Review as one of its top 35 innovators under 35, he co-authored the Tor design paper that won the Usenix Security “Test of Time” award, and he has been recognized by Foreign Policy magazine as one of its top 100 global thinkers.įunded by: Wolfe Chair in Scientific and Technological Literacy, McGill University and the International Centre of Comparative Criminology, University of Montreal.Prague, Czech Republic, OctoAvast (LSE:AVST), a global leader in digital security and privacy products, and the Czech Technical University in Prague, held the second annual CyberSec&AI Connectedconference on October 8. Wearing another hat, he is a leading researcher in anonymous communications, coordinating and mentoring academic researchers working on Tor-related topics, and helping to organize the yearly international Privacy Enhancing Technologies Symposium (PETS). Wearing one hat, he works with activists on many continents to help them understand and protect against the threats they face. Roger Dingledine is President and co-founder of The Tor Project, a non-profit that writes software to keep people around the world safe on the Internet. McConnell Engineering (McGill University) Tor: Internet privacy in the age of big surveillance Roger Dingledine
