Yes, the tor project is very transparent that anonymity is not guaranteed. Bridges and obfuscation tools are simply one possible answer to the "how is [connecti

Yes, the tor project is very transparent that anonymity is not guaranteed. Bridges and obfuscation tools are simply one possible answer to the "how is [connecting to tor without ISP detection] possible?" question. The linked article tries to imply that Ross Ulbricht's arrest was somehow the result of deanonymized tor traffic, but in reality many (most?) large DNM [1,2] and malware/hacking arrests seem to be the result of poor opsec [3]. [1] https://www.ivpn.net/privacy-guides/online-privacy-through-opsec-and-compartmentalization-part-2/ https://www.ivpn.net/privacy-guides/online-privacy-through-o... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AlphaBay#Seizure_and_shutdown https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AlphaBay#Seizure_and_shutdown [3] https://krebsonsecurity.com/category/breadcrumbs/ https://krebsonsecurity.com/category/breadcrumbs/