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The new product will eliminate the possibility of surveillance and espionage on the Internet, securely encrypting user data.
Last week, we told you that one of the oldest hacker associations called the Cult of the Dead Cow announced a decentralized platform called Veilid, which provides extensive opportunities for anonymous communication on the Internet.
Well, the representatives of the association kept their promise and presented their creation at the recent hacker conference Def Con in Las Vegas. The developers described Veilid as an open project that allows applications to exchange information directly between clients in a decentralized mode.
The idea of the project is that mobile, desktop, web applications and even applications without an interface can find each other on the Internet and communicate privately and securely, bypassing centralized corporate systems. Veilid provides code for developers so that their clients can join a peer-to-peer community.
According to representatives of the cult, they have been working on this project for the last three years. The system is written primarily in Rust using Dart and Python. It combines aspects of the Tor anonymous network and the InterPlanetary File System (IPFS) peer-to-peer network.
If apps on different devices connect via Veilid, they can't identify each other's IP addresses and locations, which is important for privacy. App developers can't get this information either.
The project uses 256-bit public keys as identifiers. There are no special nodes, and there is also no single point of failure. Linux, macOS, Windows, Android, iOS, and web applications are supported.
Connections are authenticated, encrypted, and digitally signed to prevent interception and tampering. For the encryption itself, strong algorithms are used to eliminate any possibility of unauthorized access to data.
Files are fully encrypted, and encrypted table storage APIs are available for developers. You can also protect your keys with a password.
"Billionaires are trying to monetize these connections, many fall for this bait. We need to provide an alternative, " said Caitlin Bowden, one of the developers of Veilid.
To demonstrate the platform's capabilities, the team created a secure messenger called VeilidChat, modeled after Signal. Members of the cult hope that other developers will connect Veilid to their applications, and users will be able to enjoy the benefits of this network without delving into technical details.
Hackers are confident that if the project becomes widespread, it will deal a serious blow to the economy of surveillance and surveillance. This has already been done before with varying success, but the "Cult of the Dead Cow" has for years developed a reputation as an association that is sure to finish the job. So the project looks very interesting and promising.
The source code and description of the Veilid platform are already available on GitLab. It will be interesting to see what third-party developers can offer to expand the capabilities of such an ambitious project, designed to bring anonymity and privacy on the Web to a new level.
Last week, we told you that one of the oldest hacker associations called the Cult of the Dead Cow announced a decentralized platform called Veilid, which provides extensive opportunities for anonymous communication on the Internet.
Well, the representatives of the association kept their promise and presented their creation at the recent hacker conference Def Con in Las Vegas. The developers described Veilid as an open project that allows applications to exchange information directly between clients in a decentralized mode.
The idea of the project is that mobile, desktop, web applications and even applications without an interface can find each other on the Internet and communicate privately and securely, bypassing centralized corporate systems. Veilid provides code for developers so that their clients can join a peer-to-peer community.
According to representatives of the cult, they have been working on this project for the last three years. The system is written primarily in Rust using Dart and Python. It combines aspects of the Tor anonymous network and the InterPlanetary File System (IPFS) peer-to-peer network.
If apps on different devices connect via Veilid, they can't identify each other's IP addresses and locations, which is important for privacy. App developers can't get this information either.
The project uses 256-bit public keys as identifiers. There are no special nodes, and there is also no single point of failure. Linux, macOS, Windows, Android, iOS, and web applications are supported.
Connections are authenticated, encrypted, and digitally signed to prevent interception and tampering. For the encryption itself, strong algorithms are used to eliminate any possibility of unauthorized access to data.
Files are fully encrypted, and encrypted table storage APIs are available for developers. You can also protect your keys with a password.
"Billionaires are trying to monetize these connections, many fall for this bait. We need to provide an alternative, " said Caitlin Bowden, one of the developers of Veilid.
To demonstrate the platform's capabilities, the team created a secure messenger called VeilidChat, modeled after Signal. Members of the cult hope that other developers will connect Veilid to their applications, and users will be able to enjoy the benefits of this network without delving into technical details.
Hackers are confident that if the project becomes widespread, it will deal a serious blow to the economy of surveillance and surveillance. This has already been done before with varying success, but the "Cult of the Dead Cow" has for years developed a reputation as an association that is sure to finish the job. So the project looks very interesting and promising.
The source code and description of the Veilid platform are already available on GitLab. It will be interesting to see what third-party developers can offer to expand the capabilities of such an ambitious project, designed to bring anonymity and privacy on the Web to a new level.
