Comment by oldgradstudent
Comment by oldgradstudent 18 hours ago
> Tor's development team aren't on the payroll of the US gov't, and their funding comes from many sources.
That's not serious. From the Tor official blog:
> U.S. Government (53.5% of total revenue)
> Individual Donations (28.5% of total revenue)
> Non-U.S. Governments (7.5% of total revenue)
> Foundations (6.4% of total revenue)
> Corporations (3.4% of total revenue)
> Other (0.6% of total revenue)
https://blog.torproject.org/transparency-openness-and-our-20...
It's true that a majority is from the US government through various funding schemes and grants. They're very transparent about their funding and ongoing efforts to diversify. But a little over half coming from US government sources isn't the same as their devs literally being on the gov't payroll; people often talk about Tor as if the developers themselves earn a government salary.
(Funnily, Signal also received major funding from US government sources but very few people seem to question that when lauding Signal.)