Roger Dingledine is an American computer scientist and co-founder of the Tor Project. As the primary architect of the Tor network, he has been instrumental in creating the most widely-used anonymity infrastructure on the internet.
Profile
PUBLIC FIGURE
- Handle: arma
- Role: Tor Project Co-Founder & President
- Education: MIT (Mathematics)
- Background: Worked at NSA on anonymity research
Creating Tor
Dingledine, along with Nick Mathewson and Paul Syverson, developed Tor from DARPA/Naval Research Lab technology. The goal: provide anonymity for legitimate users including journalists, activists, and privacy-conscious individuals.
Privacy Advocacy
Dingledine has consistently defended Tor against critics who focus on its misuse, arguing that the privacy benefits for billions of legitimate users outweigh the actions of a small minority of bad actors.