A statement on the Tor Project's relationship with Mullvad

They clearly just need the funding, which is few and far between on tools like this and they aren’t in a position to be able to take a moral stance. Can’t say I blame them too much other than the co-branding idea.

expected virtue signaling but at least they aren't stupid enough cut relationships completely.

Content aside, is there anything or anyone forcing Foss projects to pick up this voice?

I understand that TOR is big and professional and all, but why does this read like a press statement of every tech corp under the sun? Do we have to talk like this?

All speech is equal, but some speech is more equal than others.

The Tor statement doesn't mention the actual donation or party. Daniel Berntsson the co-owner of Mullvad, donated approximately US$500,000 to the far-right Örebro Party in Sweden. It's an ethno-nationalist party that is pushing for "remigration". From Wikipedia: "Remigration is a far-right concept referring to the ethnic cleansing via mass deportation of non-white minority populations, especially immigrants and sometimes including native-born citizens, to their place of racial ancestry."

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Every time I'm appalled and both surprised and not surprised to see yet another rich CEO or founder be a genuinely awful person supporting causes that hurt people in some way. I guess it's just a prerequisite for the job? Are there CEOs and founders who aren't awful?

>While Tor defends free speech, not all speech is equally compatible with our mission.

"We support free speech, unless it's speech we disagree with"

They decided it's more important to virtue signal their political ideology than actually working toward a shared goal of security and privacy.