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It still gets a large portion of its funding from the USG

• sndean 9y ago
  And there's lots of Tor posters hung up at USG labs (e.g., https://www.torservers.net/wiki/_media/tor-relay-poster.resized.jpg https://www.torservers.net/wiki/_media/tor-relay-poster.resi...). I was pretty surprised, at first
  • openasocket 9y ago
    Tor has probably saved more than a few CIA agents' lives, not to mention free access to the Internet being a powerful tool for undermining authoritarian regimes.
    • WillyOnWheels 9y ago
      > Tor has probably saved more than a few CIA agents' lives Tor's main purpose is to allow agents of US intelligence agencies to communicate back with the home base. "Giving free access to the Internet being a powerful tool for undermining authoritarian regimes" makes it harder for an adversary to focus solely on intelligence agency agent traffic. I'm not saying Tor is backdoored or monitored, though it's heavily monitored. When enjoying the benefits of Tor, it's wise to also remember Tor's main purpose.