Again, the same can be said of non-tor traffic. How many people keep track of the route their packets take? (Dare I say none?) How many third parties will it p

Again, the same can be said of non-tor traffic. How many people keep track of the route their packets take? (Dare I say none?) How many third parties will it pass thru? (Many). How many of them can trusted to not monitor you (this is why ssl and even ssh was invented), how many have adequate security controls to prevent data theft (again this also why ssl and other tools were invented), how many can be trusted to not forward your data to a hostile government, etc. It's the same problem, trust. And since when was the internet considered a trusted network? Calling out Tor for inherent trust issues with the path is ironic, neither the internet nor tor is a trusted network. Tors solving a different problem: monitoring. Both have the same problem which neither solves: tampering, but other technologies do (ssh, TLS, etc.) In both cases, you shouldn't trust a third party (or an intruder into that third parties network) to either not modify your packets or to respect your privacy. At least tor helps with the later, the former isn't solved by blindly trusting an ISP or assuming your entire route is trusted (NSA anyone?). Trust no untrusted network. At least tor is Upfront about this.