Tor hidden services announce their existence to their introduction points. The fact that they exist is not something Tor tries to hide. What they do try to hi

Tor hidden services announce their existence to their introduction points. The fact that they exist is not something Tor tries to hide. What they do try to hide is the location of these services. Basically, if you don't want people to know that you're running a service over Tor then you're relying on a guarantee that isn't there. If you want to hide your location while announcing that you're running a service then you're relying on a guarantee that Tor actually claims to provide. If this is research then given the above how is it "in bad faith" or "malicious"?