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In that case make the argument as you do above and the rest of us can decide whether it's more or less probable. I'm still not convinced incidentally. State ac

In that case make the argument as you do above and the rest of us can decide whether it's more or less probable. I'm still not convinced incidentally. State actors have very strong motivations to break Tor, regardless of difficulty, and have ample resources. They can also be very patient, as projects like Stuxnet demonstrated. [0] Doing something surprising is good military strategy as Guderian demonstrated in the Ardennes. [1] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuxnet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuxnet [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manstein_Plan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manstein_Plan

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Yea I’m confident the US military has the resources and expertise to fully compromise tor, but it would be extremely difficult/costly. I just believe it’s not worth their time to map every single tor user to an identity. Stuxnet was done to disarm the nuclear weapons program of a hostile nation state. US intelligence already has plenty of surveillance capabilities and imo they’re not gonna waste their hand targeting non enemies of the state who just want privacy or even organized crime rings who are just chasing a profit. Frankly it’s easier to catch high profile criminals with more conventional means. And just to reiterate: my position is not that tor is bulletproof against the most powerful military force in history. I’m just saying it provides a much higher degree of privacy compared to using a simple VPN provider. Anyone can help strengthen the network by operating nodes, donating money, or assisting with development/documentation!