39C3

This workshop will introduce mixnet technology as a tool to achieve network-level anonymity for internet traffic. We will see hands on how a mixnet works, where the idea came from, and discuss other strategies for protecting privacy online against state and corporate surveillance.

Online anonymity is being demonized and undermined. But anonymity has an important social function for preserving individuals and group against social threats. We will argue for the philosophical and political value of being anonymous, especially against the rising state of capture in state and corporate surveillance. Anonymity is more than namelessness: it's a tool of resistance.