- Tor, an internet anonymiser received funding from the U.S. government of $1.8 million in 2013 reported as per the Tor’s annual financial statement, though NSA was trying to destroy the network
- Money came from the “pass through” grants and finally comes from the U S government which was given from independent third party
- Tor software allows users to browse the Internet anonymously which works by bouncing connections through encrypted relays by stopping any person to identify the particular site user visited, Tor originally was called the onion router
- Tor is most popular in organisations trying to promote freedom of speech in nations such as China and Syria and users in the West trying to evade surveillance
- National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of State funded this project directly an amount of $100,325 and $256,900 respectively
- Tor received funding includes indirectly the Department of Defense, stands in stark contrast to The Guardian ’s revelation in October 2013 that the National Security Agency and the U.K. agency responsible for signals intelligence, the Government Communications Headquarters, were attempting to destroy the network
- The Guardian received a detailed proof of concept attacks designed to either bring down the Tor network entirely, or to de-anomymise users, in spite of NSA’s attack Tor’s funding has increased every year
- Read at: http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/big-bro-us-ends-up-funding-online-foe/article6270069.ece