Dan Ballard

I am a programmer focusing on security and privacy projects and research. My latest work involved briniging decentalized and metadataless communication technology to mobile. I also have been an ops and server admin hobbiest running all manor of Linux and BSD servers for 15+ years.

I am a director at the Open Privacy Research Society, a non-profit research and development organization dedicated to building decentralized systems that are consent enforcing with an aim to empower marginalized communities.

I previously worked at Amazon. I have a bachelor’s from UBC and an associate’s from Langara, both majoring in computer science.

I run a tor relay node. I’ve helped run a few Cryptoparties (Vancouver and University of the Fraser Valley).

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