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 <p class="is-style-lead">Nym Technologies, the <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="privacy" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/privacy.html">privacy</a> infrastructure project with backing from a16z and Chelsea Manning, shares the <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="release" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/release.html">release</a> of its decentraized VPN for Q1 2024, which is said to disperse user traffic across a network of nodes.</p>
 <p>Alongside this launch, the project is also releasing the VPN’s lightpaper, providing insights into the solution’s <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="privacy" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/privacy.html">privacy</a> mechanism.</p>
 <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="enhancing-online-privacy">Enhancing online privacy</h2>
 <p>In a Nov. 2 announcement shared with crypto.news, the contrast is highlighted between conventional centralized VPN services that channel data through a single server and the NymVPN, which employs a decentralized approach, distributing user traffic across a network of nodes. The architectural change is said to enhance online <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="privacy" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/privacy.html">privacy</a>, rendering it more difficult for potential eavesdroppers to monitor user activities.</p>
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 <p>“By launching NymVPN we aim to up the game of the industry to actually make good on user’s expectations of real <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="privacy" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/privacy.html">privacy</a> protections that are up to scratch in this day and age,” Jaya Klara Brekke, Chief Strategy Officer at Nym Technologies told crypto.news. “That includes a holistic, end-to-end approach where user’s online behaviour and payment details does not leak, even to the app itself.”</p>
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 <p>Back in Aug. 2021, Forbes reported that Harry Halpin, the CEO &amp; Co-Founder of Nym was in discussion with Manning, the famous leaker who happened to have access to secret documents.</p>
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 <p>At the time, Halpin shared that Manning could help Nym fix holes in&nbsp;its design.</p>
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<p>Source: <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://thebittimes.com/chelsea-manning-backed-nym-releases-privacy-first-vpn-powered-by-blockchain-tbt68844.html">https://thebittimes.com/chelsea-manning-backed-nym-releases-privacy-first-vpn-powered-by-blockchain-tbt68844.html</a></p>

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