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Tor Project received $2.5M from the US government to bolster privacy (cyberinsider.com)
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[–] notreallyhere@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

sus AF, FBI also runs tor servers

[–] BaroqueInMind@piefed.social 22 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

Didn't the US Navy invent this thing?

[–] msokiovt@lemmy.today 11 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

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

[–] ozymandias@sh.itjust.works 2 points 15 hours ago

no, they funded someone else to develop it.