DEF CON 33 - Veilid la revoluçion : Your data is yours to own - Katelyn Bowden & Paul Miller
Source: YouTube · DEFCONConference · published Oct 10, 2025 · 23:08
Veil is a privacy-focused, decentralized communication platform designed to empower users with true end-to-end privacy and freedom from corporate surveillance. 1:04
Key Takeaways:
• Veil offers a peer-to-peer, open-source app framework with no central servers or data collection, enabling anyone to build private, secure applications 1:13.
• The framework prioritizes mobile-first design, resilience to network changes, and strong encryption, with support for UDP, TCP, and WebSockets 2:44.
• Veil is anti-capitalist and non-monetized, relying on small donations and community support rather than corporate funding or ads 3:45.
• A major challenge is the "Nazi problem"—bad actors may join privacy networks, so community moderation and filtering are essential 11:00.
• Veil has developed useful tools like Stig Merge (secure file sharing), Reunicorn (privacy-focused contact/location sharing), and V-ne (browser-based nodes), and is expanding into web storage and post-quantum encryption 17:01.
Veil aims to democratize privacy by building a resilient, decentralized network where users control their data and developers create tools without surveillance or monetization pressure. 22:50
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All right. Due to technical difficulties, you will not be able to see the greatest slideshow ever created, but you will see a tribute. Um, so everybody, uh, Caitlyn, >> all right, thanks for coming and checking out Veil La. I have no idea how to do that with the correct accent. Um, but we're going to pretend. My name is Caitlyn Medusa Bowen. Um, I'm a member of the Cult of the Dead Cow. Uh, I am just a lady who makes weird Furbies. Uh, and this is my friend Gibson. He is amazing. He runs Hackerstown, Mastedon instance. Um, >> you may have seen our village this year over uh over there. We've had a lot of good projects work with EFF and such this year. So happy to be back at Defcon. >> They're doing some very cool things over there. But we are here to talk about Veil. How many of you have he…