On Thu, 17 Oct 2019 20:16:28 +0000 (UTC)
jim bell <jdb10987@yahoo.com> wrote:

>> The way I see it, there are at least two ways to promote TOR.   
>> 1.   Openly promote TOR:   "TOR is great".  "TOR is secure enough".   "We don't need an improvement to TOR".
>> and the second is:
>> 2.  Oppose potential improvements or augmented systems other than TOR.   List their potential problems.  Ignore their possible benefits. 
>> I think there are clearly people who are choosing to do the second kind of promotion of TOR.


 >   I think a key aspect of the tor mafia is that getting a few million dollars from the pentagon each year allows them to outcompete anybody who could challenge them. They don't even have to 'oppose' anything. Just fail to fund it.