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Yeah I don't really see how this is surprising to anyone. Tor was created at the NRL [0] and they're pretty proud of it (you see things like this hanging on walls/doors [1]). Successful projects will always continue to receive funding.

[0] https://www.nrl.navy.mil/itd/chacs/dingledine-tor-second-gen...

[1] https://media.torproject.org/image/official-images/Tor_Poste...

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> Tor was created at the NRL [0]

The implementation was created by Roger independently of the NRL.

http://www2.technologyreview.com/tr35/profile.aspx?TRID=583

"Computer scientist Roger Dingledine developed Tor under a contract with the U.S. Naval Research Lab; today, the software is distributed by the Tor Project, under the fiscal sponsorship of the Electronic Frontier Foundation."

I can't find a source right now, but that refers to his work with Nick and Paul in that famous paper, and as far as I can remember he did code it himself in its first version (whether that was included in the NRL contract is something else).

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