[1]http://www.propublica.org/article/the-worlds-email-encryption-softwa
   re-relies-on-one-guy-who-is-going-broke

     The man who built the free email encryption software used by
     whistleblower Edward Snowden, as well as hundreds of thousands of
     journalists, dissidents and security-minded people around the world,
     is running out of money to keep his project alive.

   _______________________
   I was shocked that almost nobody donates money to Werner Koch.
   Especially in the Post-Snowden Era.
   Are we so greedy/stupid/so f*cken selfish that we can not donate some
   money to a man, whose labor we use to protect our most sensitive
   information?!
   Hell, we buy bread, coffee and cheese and pay at the cash register, but
   for privacy we are unable (or rather do not want to) to pay a penny.
   And then we wonder, why is that great security software vanish or don't
   receive security updates fast enough. And whom do we blame? The NSA,
   the GCHQ. But it's not only them. This is us. This is our indifference,
   dammit!
   Each throws off the responsibility on the other. "Someone else will
   donate". Or "I have donated a year ago" (wow! And this year the
   developer doesn't want to eat, right?!)
   Our enemies are investing billions into breaking down these
   programs/protocols which are designed to protect us (GPG, Tor, OTR,
   Tails, VeraCrypt, Jitsi etc.). And? It turns out, that the developers
   of these great programs don't have enough money even for the bare
   minimum!
   It is a shame!
   I encourage everyone, right here and now, to donate some money to his
   three main security programs, which he uses the most. And donate at
   least once a year.
   There is nothing to discuss. "Just Do It".
   Alexander.

References

   1. http://www.propublica.org/article/the-worlds-email-encryption-software-relies-on-one-guy-who-is-going-broke