On Sat, 30 Aug 2014 12:41:04 -0400 Griffin Boyce <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > krishna e bera <[email protected]> wrote: > >There are several pseudonymous development sponsors (named only by > >single letters). Any of them could be GCHQ or NSA or one of their > >front > >agencies. > >It doesnt matter - all of the code remains open source and the > >developers have their own public reputation to maintain. > > Patches are reviewed by some of the most conscientious and > intelligently-paranoid security engineers on the planet. > > The constant "but what if nsa?" refrain tries my patience like > nothing else. Awwww. Nasty reality won't go away... > It assumes that both the US government and Tor are > monoliths. Neither could be farther from the truth. Of course. The US government and the NSA are full of nazi...libertarians..fighting against the system! > The ecosystem is > also arranged in such a way that the most competent security > engineers, cryptographers, and circumvention developers have their > eyes on Tor. > > If someone doesn't trust Tor, then they shouldn't use it. Tor devs > consistently push security fixes to Firefox, so maybe they shouldn't > use that, either. =P > > As for funding, read the tax forms and you'll see where Tor's funding > comes from. It's not from the NSA, and I'm happy to stake my > reputation on that. I wouldn't be involved if that were the case. > > ~ Griffin > > -- tor-talk mailing list - [email protected] To unsubscribe or change other settings go to https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk
