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Nitpick: Your FAQ spells Tor as TOR

https://www.torproject.org/docs/faq.html.en#WhyCalledTor

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So, it's called Tor because it's an acronym, The Onion Router, but you're not allowed to write it as an acronym?

That's just awkward, it's not like they have a logo of a hill, they have a logo of an onion.

There is no universal way to write something “as an acronym”. Capitalization will always be on a case-by-case basis.

“Tor” isn’t really even intended to be an acronym anymore. It’s just the name of the project.

I think they dont use onion routing anymore either but the name is the name.

Tor does use onion routing, and always has.

Then they should update their branding: there's a giant picture of an onion on their download button and they stylize the O in 'Tor' with an onion.

I know HN typically has a harsh response to rebrands such as the Mozi//a rebrand but this is the alternative and shows rebrands are still important to do from time to time.

We could fix that, but I kinda like TOR.

Keeping it in all caps (like when it was just an acronym) puts it forward.

We want to emphasize our support of privacy.

Fair enough if that’s what you want but if you just make up how you name things it’ll confuse people. You wouldn’t spell PGP like PgP either.

I don't want to confuse people!!

Ok, we'll fix that.

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