I've always wondered what if something like Tor is actually government or NSA? Or the private browser windows, once you pop one of those open, that just raises all kinds of flags. That's what I would do if I was them. Set something up where people think they're being safe but just an easy trap.
Tor:
"Originally sponsored by the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory"
"It has a diverse base of financial support; the U.S. State Department, the Broadcasting Board of Governors, and the National Science Foundation are major contributors. As of 2012, 80% of the Tor Project's $2M annual budget comes from the United States government, with the Swedish government and other organizations providing the rest, including NGOs and thousands of individual sponsors."
I've heard about it before, about some columnist seeing if he go below radar, Tor was one of the things he used. Tried it before as well.
"Anonymizing systems such as Tor are at times used for matters that are, or may be, illegal in some countries, e.g. Tor may be used to gain access to censored information, to organize political activities, or to circumvent laws against criticism of heads of state. Tor can also be used for anonymous defamation, unauthorized leaks of sensitive information, and copyright infringement, the distribution of illegal sexual content, the selling of controlled substances, money laundering, credit card fraud and identity theft; the black market which utilizes the Tor infrastructure operates, at least in part, in conjunction with Bitcoin, and Tor itself has been used by criminal enterprises, hacktivism groups, and law enforcement agencies at cross purposes, sometimes simultaneously."
So why in the world would the U.S. government be paying for 80% of it.
