It is known that in 2013 about 90% of the funds for the development of the anonymous Tor network came from the US government. In 2014, this figure dropped to 75%. Overall, the functioning of the network was given $ 2.5 million.
After the well-known attempts to hack the system, organized by the FBI guide Tor decided to seek alternative sources of funding, not to depend on the US government. In November last year launched campaign in which have already collected 205,000 dollars.
It is noted that such a financing scheme will allow the project to develop a more flexible and to choose their own direction of development.
Importantly, Tor - it is not only system anonymous access to the network. Much more important is that it provides encryption of the channel, making it almost impossible attempt to intercept traffic. And this, in turn, increases the value of the Tor banks and commercial entities that need security guarantees. Related Products :
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