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US cuts funding to F-Droid, Tor Browser, Let's Encrypt and Tails Linux
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this post was submitted on 08 Apr 2025
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Oh No ! Leopards Ate My Face.
Better off in the long run.
Uhh.. these projects are the backbone of the free and modern web. How is less funding a good thing?
Not sure if this is meant here, but shockingly many people believe that "funding" something equals to "controlling" it.
@thingsiplay It does, if it turns into dependence. Look at Mozilla.
Mozilla was not controlled by Google.