Alexis Cao
Alexis Cao is a senior at Johns Hopkins University studying computer science. Her research interests include privacy and secure communication. She has volunteered at TraceLabs OSINT search party to find missing persons since 2021, and she has also volunteered at Physical Security Village, Red Team Village, and AppSec Village at DEFCON.
Session
04-12
11:30
20min
Beyond Tor and VPN: Protect Your Privacy With Decentralized Mixnet
Alexis Cao
The internet is filled with prying eyes. While several well-established tools including TOR and VPNs offer certain degrees of privacy, they all have limitations that could leave users vulnerable to advanced attacks. In this talk, I’ll discuss the foundations of a decentralized mixnet, how it performs against Tor and VPN, and how you can use it to protect your privacy.
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