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Why is the government funding it? That is a valid question. I think the DoD has the resources to create its own version of TOR type communications if that were
by conspiritor 13y ago
Why is the government funding it? That is a valid question. I think the DoD has the resources to create its own version of TOR type communications if that were a big need for government agencies.
SO. Why?
- philwelch 13y agoMaybe so people in other countries can keep secrets from their governments, if those governments are hostile to us.
- geofft 13y agoThat's exactly how Tor got created -- it was originally funded by the Navy. The DoD version of Tor _is_ Tor. Also, it's entirely possible that the government is using the same software (or a slight fork) on a different network, but using the public deployment of Tor as a way to easily get public review of the cryptosystem.
- wfn 13y agoFurthermore, if only the DoD/whatever used Tor, "someone with Tor traffic going from/to them" would be a good-enough metric to locate DoD emplyees / government spies / etc. The idea is, that's why Tor continued to be developed not as part of a Naval Research lab project, but rather as a civilian project.