Paul Syverson is a
computer scientist
A computer scientist is a scientist who specializes in the academic study of computer science.
Computer scientists typically work on the theoretical side of computation. Although computer scientists can also focus their work and research on ...
best known for inventing
onion routing
Onion routing is a technique for anonymous communication over a computer network. In an onion network, messages are encapsulated in layers of encryption, analogous to the layers of an onion. The encrypted data is transmitted through a series o ...
, a feature of the
Tor
Tor, TOR or ToR may refer to:
Places
* Toronto, Canada
** Toronto Raptors
* Tor, Pallars, a village in Spain
* Tor, former name of Sloviansk, Ukraine, a city
* Mount Tor, Tasmania, Australia, an extinct volcano
* Tor Bay, Devon, England
* Tor ...
anonymity network.
In 2012, ''
Foreign Policy
Foreign policy, also known as external policy, is the set of strategies and actions a State (polity), state employs in its interactions with other states, unions, and international entities. It encompasses a wide range of objectives, includ ...
'' magazine named Syverson, and Tor's co-creators
Roger Dingledine and
Nick Mathewson, among its Top 100 Global Thinkers "for making the web safe for whistleblowers".
In 2014, Syverson was named a
Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery.
References
American computer scientists
Privacy activists
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Place of birth missing (living people)
Indiana University alumni
Onion routing
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