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by bohemian99 1912 days ago
Not an urban legend, TOR was built in part by the US Navy and is still funded by the US government today (https://www.torproject.org/about/sponsors/)
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nkozyra 1912 days ago
That part is well known, I think the speculative part is its purpose in helping Chinese dissidents.
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beckingz 1912 days ago
They never specified Chinese dissidents, but they did intend for it to get used by dissidents. And journalists.
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