The obvious continuing example of this is Tor, developed by the US government and still supported and not cracked down upon, because cracking down would defeat the point of making it, which was to enable its servants to browse anonymously and also help out its enemies’ critics & foes.
The US government made Tor? Awesome. I wonder which part of the government did it. The intelligence agencies could be expect to oppose it because they effectively lose power.
The US government made Tor? Awesome. I wonder which part of the government did it. The intelligence agencies could be expect to oppose it because they effectively lose power.
U.S. Naval Research Laboratory.
Only 90s kids will remember Triangle Boy.