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Anonymizer is the baby of lance cottrell, a boyishly handsome man who is known to be wellliked. Anonymizer is a corporation, a website, and a software product for anonymizing oneself while using the internet. Weve been surprised how long it takes the chinese to block these sites, said lance cottrell, anonymizer s president and chief scientist. If you use a networked anonymizer, after you configure it as directed in your web browser all your surfing is anonymous. Lance cottrell chief scientist satisfaction is the path to stagnation. And so his cloakingtechnology company is providing free services to help chinese citizens sneak through their national firewall, and is doing the same thing for iran on a paid.
Cottrell launched the commercial privacy service, in 1995 while studying towards a phd in. Meanwhile, lance cottrell, president and founder of anonymizer, is developing a chinese version of his commercial anonymizer software. Born from a deep commitment to making privacy and anonymity available to everyone, anonymizer inc. Anonymizer penetrating the great firewalls of china and iran. Lance cottrell chief executive officer feeltheboot linkedin. Lance cottrell is the chief scientist at ntrepid where he works on the passages product. Lance cottrell launched the privacy service, in 1995 while studying toward a ph. Hes met with tor developers on several occasions, but it doesnt provide the quality of service needs required by enterprise customers. Lance cottrell about me news bio contact me about me news bio contact me. While working on open source anonymity tools in the early 1990s, it became obvious that the existing tools had clear and wellunderstood vulnerabilities, yet they were going unaddressed. Lance cottrell, first anonymizer developer lance cottrell. While sitting on the steering committee for software as a service saas with the san diego.
Recent and archived business technology news, analysis, and research by lance cottrell. Thats good news for anonymizer, which recently introduced its operation. He is currently regarded as an expert on security, privacy, anonymity, misattribution and cryptography. It had to be something that didnt require software downloads, it had to be. Lance cottrell, anonymizer president, said the tor application is a great open source project. Lance cottrell chief executive officer feeltheboot. For now, the free software is only available in english, but a chinese version is expected to be ready in about one month, cottrell said. I started anonymizer to provide highend security, which would be easily accessible to the least technical user. Anticensorship software that allows chinese internet users to access blocked sites. Cottrell was the original coder for the mixmaster anonymous remailer and designed version 1 mixmaster protocol. While cottrell was pursuing graduate studies in astrophysics in the early 1990s, he had direct access to the internet at a time where no one outside the scientific community did. The company was founded in 1995 by lance cottrell, an acknowledged expert in. So if i registered lance cottrell as a trademark, youd have to stop introducing yourself, because your name no longer describes you.
Anonymizer was first created by lance cottrell in 1995. Anonymizer ex boss gets persona software job wilders. Lance is a wellknown expert on security, privacy, anonymity and cryptography with an m. As chief scientist, lance continues to push the envelope with the new technologies and capabilities required to stay ahead of rapidly evolving. He says he will make the version of his software available to. Lance cottrell founded anonymizer in 1995, and is an internationally recognized expert in cryptography, online privacy, and internet security.
Lance cottrell of anonymizer is one of those rare guys who make me believe he started a company in no small part to do good. The identity of the new anonymizer owners is important, because, unfortunately, trust must play a role when the anonymizer is used. Cottrell launched the commercial privacy service, anonymizer. Lance cottrell discusses anonymity and internet privacy. Anonymizer 2005 defends against pharming, a particularly insidious form of phishing. Punching holes in internet walls the new york times.
The buck absolutely stops with anonymizer, he said. He is principal author on multiple internet privacy and security technology patents. Anonymizer prepares to battle chinas net censors infoworld. Lance cottrell launched the privacy service, anonymizer. Lance cottrell, creator of the privacy service anonymizer, said apples effort was particularly significant, as it takes aim at a technique developed by tracking companies to override users. Abraxas chief scientist lance cottrells path to cyber. However, a side affect of using an anonymizer, creative users have found out, is. Airways wants to get the latest rates on specific routes from southwest airlines, said lance cottrell, founder and president of anonymizer. Lance cottrell, founded the privacy firm anonymizer, inc. Lance cottrell founded anonymizer in 1995, which was acquired by ntrepid then abraxas in 2008. From astronomy to cybersecurity, lance cottrell s career path has not been the most direct one. Saturday announced the availability of its operation. Anonymizers technologies form the core of ntrepids.
The name was changed to anonymizer in 1997 when the company acquired a web based privacy proxy of the same name developed by justin boyan at carnegie mellon university school of computer. Lance cottrell has been at the cutting edge of internet privacy, anonymity, and security for 20 years. As chief scientist, lance continues to push the envelope with the new technologies and capabilities required to stay ahead of rapidly evolving threats. Lance cottrell theprivacyblog and persona software etc somehow do not equate at least. We get envelopes with very exotic stamps containing 20 bucks wrapped in tinfoil, said lance cottrell, president and founder of anonymizer. Lance is a certified information systems security professional and principal author on multiple internet privacy and security technology patent applications. The business was awfully expensive, said lance cottrell, president of anonymizer. Cottrell began working on internet anonymity tools in 1992 as a phd.