It is worth noting that both this Tor blog post, and the research paper it mentions, were published in April 2010. I initially assumed that this would be explai

It is worth noting that both this Tor blog post, and the research paper it mentions, were published in April 2010. I initially assumed that this would be explaining why using Bittorrent with Tor hurts the network, like http://www.chrisbrunner.com/2006/07/09/why-you-shouldnt-run-bittorrent-over-tor/ http://www.chrisbrunner.com/2006/07/09/why-you-shouldnt-run-... : When you use BitTorrent on Tor, you're placing an incredible amount of burden on the network and sucking up the bandwidth that could have otherwise been used for the purpose of freely spreading information. You're discouraging people from donating their bandwidth to running the exit nodes that allow the Tor network to function. You're destroying everyone's ability to publish information without being persecuted by their government. You're destroying the privacy that so many people worked so hard to give us.