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Blaze@piefed.zip to Privacy@programming.devEnglish · 2 months ago

Tor Project received $2.5M from the US government to bolster privacy

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Tor Project received $2.5M from the US government to bolster privacy

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Blaze@piefed.zip to Privacy@programming.devEnglish · 2 months ago
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The US government contributed over $2.5 million to the Tor Project last year, continuing its financial relationship with the nonprofit.
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    Didn’t the US Navy invent this thing?

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      They did, though now it’s a non-profit I think.

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      no, they funded someone else to develop it.

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