Tor developers aim to eclipse U.S. government funding

Tor developers look beyond U.S. government funding

Developers recently discussed the push to diversify funding at Tor's biannual meeting in Spain, including setting a goal of 50 percent non-U.S. government funding by 2016.

Tor developers at the meeting also brought up the possibility of lobbying foreign governments within, for instance, the European Union.

However, increasing non-governmental funding is a major priority.

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[26 Points] og_by_monsanto:

I feel like its a good step, but they should focus on developing a broader exit node network and more bridges


[9 Points] voltism:

So Tor gets funding by the same people trying to break it?


[-5 Points] orimdoom:

This shit is the reason I haven't used any Tor networking. Basically the ENTIRE project is funded by the exact people I do NOT want to be aware of what I am doing on the Dark Net.

Trying to diversify funding at this stage seems pretty silly as I am sure there are some backdoors put in place that are far too obscure for end users to notice.