Lance Cottrell

“When it comes to privacy and accountability, people always demand the former for themselves and the latter for everyone else.” ― David Brin

Lance is a well-known expert on security, privacy, anonymity, misattribution
 and cryptography. He speaks frequently at conferences and in interviews. 
Lance is the principal author on multiple Internet anonymity and security technology patents. He started developing Internet anonymity tools in 1992
 while pursuing a PhD. in physics, eventually leaving to work on those 
technologies full time.

Lance holds an M.S. in physics from the University of California, San Diego 
and a B.S. in physics from the University of California, Santa Cruz. He has
 served on the advisory board of the UCSD Libraries and the American Public
 University IT Industry Advisory Council.

In his spare time Lance grows high-end pinot noir grapes in the Russian
 River Valley AVA.