Re:IP Address Blocking Banned After Anti-Piracy Court Order ...
by ZeroZeroOneZero on Saturday August 19, 2023 @10:03PM
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It was started by the Navy way back in the '90s for secure communication online. Then the source was released like a year after being made public and development was funded by the EFF until the Tor Project itself was officially founded.
They still do (or did?) get grants from a few federal agencies though. But they had no strings attached. This is probably what you're thinking of.
Source: Hung out with a few Tor devs in Berlin a few years back. Including He Who Shall Not Be Named.
Re:IP Address Blocking Banned After Anti-Piracy Court Order ...
by botanical on Sunday August 20, 2023 @03:24AM
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I think they meant it's believed that most/some exit nodes are run by US intelligence to spy on people. Not that development has anything to do with them now.
They still do (or did?) get grants from a few federal agencies though. But they had no strings attached. This is probably what you're thinking of.
Source: Hung out with a few Tor devs in Berlin a few years back. Including He Who Shall Not Be Named.