[justinclift]

Perhaps you're forgetting that although the NSA have at times historically been regarded as good guys, they've since been found to quietly backdoor crypto products (etc) to others detriment.

That's a bit different from DARPA.

[mburns]

The NSA didn’t fund Tor, though.

Tor was initially funded by the Naval Research Lab (which is broadly similar to DARPA), and from a quick google, has received funding grants from the NSF and Department of State.