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Tor still runs on altruism, but cheap hosting is pulling it off course


Millions of people rely on a network of unpaid volunteers to stay anonymous online, and for 25 years that network has run on altruism rather than profit. Today, the Tor network's biggest threat is centralization, not surveillance, says cofounder Roger Dingledine.

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