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  • TOR was also funded and initially developed by the US Gorvernment as well (I think it was the Navy). It’s still best in class at what it does, and there’s been no evidence of any sort of back door in the long time it has been running. It was also likely a “more non-government users provide better masking for clandestine government work” situation as well.

    Ghidra is one of the best software reverse engineering tools out there, and it’s an open source NSA project.

    People absolutely should know, and ultimately what you do and don’t promote is up to you. That said, most people in privacy and cybersecurity communities do not have concerns about the government connection when the tools are open source and essily auditable.