There is an upside to political neutrality: It reduces the threat of politically-motivated attacks on academic researchers, which are dependent for the most par

There is an upside to political neutrality: It reduces the threat of politically-motivated attacks on academic researchers, which are dependent for the most part on government funding. TOR was begun under Navy (ONR?) funding, if I recall correctly. I agree with the premise, and wish the culture could shift to support more individual / societal privacy tools. However, advocacy for change at the societal level is as important as having a nice widget. TFA calls this _overt_ politics vs the kind of _implicit_ politics inherent in the power-transferring innovation that science/tech produces.