Re: [tor-talk] Tor and Financial Transparency

[BM-2D9WhbG2VeKsLCsGBTPLGwDLQyPizSqS85@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]

Thanks; please see https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/9614.

Can anyone working for the Tor Project comment on its U.S. Department of
Defense funded activities beyond what appears when searching for
N66001-11-C-4022 (the number of the award from the Tor Project's 2012
Financial Statements)?



> On Wed, 28 Aug 2013 10:18:31 -0700
> BM-2D9WhbG2VeKsLCsGBTPLGwDLQyPizSqS85@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
>> Despite this transparency on Tor's own website, Tor's "Sponsors" page
>> at https://www.torproject.org/about/sponsors.html.en currently lists
>> its largest donor as "an anonymous NGO."
>>
>> Isn't SRI "an anonymous North American NGO" only in the sense that
>> Halliburton or Lockheed Martin could be considered a North American
>> NGO?
>
> For the record, I haven't updated the sponsors page for 2012 yet. On my
> todo list.
>
> Second, "an anonymous North American NGO" isn't SRI, it's someone else
> we can't list due to contract legalities. The smart investigator will
> figure it out.
>
> In all cases, the financial statements and filed forms are the
> canonical source for information. They're filed with various US and
> Swedish Government agencies and are legally binding.
>
> The website sponsor page is trying to distill 50+ pages of dense forms
> for the lay person.
>
> In the future, opening a ticket, https://bugs.torproject.org, is a fine
> way to raise the issue as well. Bonus if it comes with a patch.
>
>
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