[tritium]

Given TOR's U.S. Navy roots and the theme of TOR's origin story, I can't say I'm particularly shocked at this. That TOR was a technology developed as part of naval research that "no one wanted anymore" was kind of a flimsy veil, since there weren't any names associated with the narrative.

Similar to bitcoin's story: no one knows who built it, but gee, it's so useful... ~shrug!~

[bazzlexposition]

Tor has no value as an espionage tool if only spies use it, so the "no one wanted it" narrative doesn't make sense. They need people to use it in massive numbers for it to be an effective tool.