Originally designed as a "hardware proxy," ProxyHam was intended to provide physical anonymity for whistleblowers and journalists by decoupling a user's physical location from their IP address.

The sudden cancellation remains one of the security community's biggest mysteries.

The project was abruptly canceled in July 2015 by its creator, Benjamin Caudill of Rhino Security Labs , just weeks before it was scheduled for release at the DEF CON 23 conference. All existing prototypes were reportedly destroyed, and the source code and hardware blueprints were never officially released. ProxyHam Project Overview

: (e.g., Alfa AWUS036NH) to capture the public signal.

: Speculation ranges from a National Security Letter (NSL) or government gag order to potential violations of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) for unauthorized network access. Some skeptics suggested it was a PR stunt to gain notoriety. Current Alternatives for Acquisition