Systems and method for anonymous, low-latencey, tracking-resistant communications in a networked environment

Exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure provide cryptographically-strong tracking protection with unnoticeable "single-hop" network latencies by leveraging a client-relay- server architecture, in which the clients, relays (trusted or untrusted), and trustee devices are configured to implement a distributed anonymity protocol where the anonymization function adds little to no latency to the network.