Cybersecurity

Open-Source Project Secretly Funded by CIA

It's fair to say that the interests of governments and the FOSS community are not always aligned. That's not to say that the US government is out to crush every FOSS project or that every FOSS user is on a secret mission to destroy the government. Nonetheless, the relationship is often a strained one.

So it shouldn't be surprising that the Open Source community gets a little restless when it learns that the government has its hands in an open-source project—particularly when we discover it's secretly pouring money into the pockets of developers to develop features it requires. And, when the government agency in question is the CIA—well, you can understand why some feathers are rustled.

It shouldn't be surprising to learn that the CIA is a big investor in tech development. After all, if there's one thing we've learned from spy movies and TV, it's that spies love their gadgets.