The Open Technology Fund That Makes All Your Favorite Privacy Apps is Staffed Full of Spies

The Open Technology Fund That Makes All Your Favorite Privacy Apps is Staffed Full of Spies

WASHINGTON – The Open Technology Fund (OTF) is one of the most influential and celebrated organizations in the hacking and internet freedom communities. Well over two billion people globally use OTF-produced software, including communications app Signal and web browser Tor, services that are specifically marketed to privacy-conscious consumers looking to circumvent government censorship and surveillance. Yet its close links to the U.S. national …