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Subject: Re: [tor-talk] Tor in popular culture,
 more endowment and less sponsor dependence.
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On 9/11/14, Marcos Eugenio Kehl <marcoskehl@hotmail.com> wrote:
> ... free massive propaganda made
> by Hollywood activists think tanks. [Tor] emerging from the dark deep circle
> of experts and specialized press to the crowds, through Hollywood.

it's Tor, btw :)

i believe this is next great source of both support and funding -
integrating a compelling and authentic narrative into creative
production with a slice of residuals applied to long bets and other
far horizon research best supported by such endowments and other "no
strings attached" funding.

Tor has a problem right now in that many efforts are tied to specific
sponsor deliverables. if a sponsor doesn't want to cover the cost, and
the volunteer expertise is not immediately and continuously available,
the effort stalls.  Few big sponsors also incur other planning and
renewal concerns.

---

this is not to say that sponsors and specific deliverables are a
failure - the opposite!  there is a great benefit to specific funds
for specific goals, and many of the usability and connectivity
improvements have been made through these efforts.

---

however, long bets and complicated research are another story. i think
Roger may consider datagram Tor research and development toxic; the
short term efforts burning out devs, the research leading to more
questions than answers, and the desire to put one's hand again into
the fire diminishing.

i'd love to see creative efforts underscore positive narratives around
privacy in general, and Tor specifically.

i'd love to have no strings attached funding flowing into the project
for whatever non-profit appropriate endeavors they choose, including
experimental efforts with little near term benefit.

i'd love to see more inspiring and positive portrayals of Tor and
privacy in popular culture, reaching those who have never considered
what privacy means to them and how they may one day depend on it in
dire need.

i believe Tor Project Inc. would be receptive to this, however it
would need to be presented as a whole package ready to sign on dotted
lines. their time better spent on actually building privacy enhancing
technologies rather than creative distractions...


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