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Poll:
How do you guys feel about governments funding freedom tech?

Governments (US/EU) have funded the following projects:

Briar
Peertube
WireGuard
Signal
Prosody (XMPP)
Dino (XMPP)
SearX (search)
Stubby (DNS)
ipfs-search.com
QubesOS (support for disabilities)

At least in some part
Source: nlnet.nl

Clearly these things make our lives better. But it was paid for with stolen money. Do the ends justify the means? Comment below.

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You forgot one of the biggest ones : TOR.

Darren Nevares · 140w

I think it's a net positive.

Tor also, in the early days. i don't think it matters that much, this isn't exactly a long list. qubes doesn't work on most hardware. wireguard is ridiculously elementary in what it does, literally just elliptic curve keys and ECDH, same stuff used here in nostr. signal was probably developed by i...

It’s always about small stolen money creating the potential for larger profit potential. I’m always suspicious of anything “free”.

Low Information Voter · 140w

Spooks, liars, profiteers, war criminals and child molesters need to communicate privately and securely like other people. More or less like other people, anyway. And Solar Winds and similar débâcles should of convinced them of the need for critical tools be to open source.

nostrich · 140w

So long as it is open source and transparent, I welcome it. It is true Governments steal our money, supposedly so they can do "good things" for us. I won't complain when they finally, actually live up to those words.

Secretary Janet Yellen · 140w

Most roads are paid for with stolen money, we still use them. Same for these tools.

realjode · 140w

It’s how they get a seat at the table to begin with. Most investment would be hidden though. They know how to work it