There are very good reasons why now: Because who doesn't know the context would not understand why Tor people attempt to assure the community "everything's all right" now or even "always was"?
Also worth noting the names that appear there, like "SRI International," "International Broadcasting Bureau" (your tax money at work?) or even "Omidyar Network."
It is very insightful to see so many players there and investigate their background too.
Also worth noting, one of those involved in Tor development who also had access to some NSA files, Jacob Appelbaum, also wrote about what was being logged about the users of privacy tools, Tor included:
Always?
There are very good reasons why now: Because who doesn't know the context would not understand why Tor people attempt to assure the community "everything's all right" now or even "always was"?
Also worth noting the names that appear there, like "SRI International," "International Broadcasting Bureau" (your tax money at work?) or even "Omidyar Network."
It is very insightful to see so many players there and investigate their background too.
Also worth noting, one of those involved in Tor development who also had access to some NSA files, Jacob Appelbaum, also wrote about what was being logged about the users of privacy tools, Tor included:
http://daserste.ndr.de/panorama/aktuell/nsa230_page-1.html
"Among the NSA's targets is the Tor network funded primarily by the US government to aid democracy advocates in authoritarian states."