I am really becoming more and more skeptical of the security of Tor as time goes on. If it's no longer safe for buying drugs (or crypto) on the internet https://blog.torproject.org/bad-exit-relays-may-june-2020/ what makes you think it's safe for things intelligence agencies take more seriously?
Tor has received significant funding from the US intelligence community through it's entire existence. If you are US aligned is Tor safe? Advocating for democracy in some war torn dictatorship? Probably. On the other hand if you are doing something that upsets US intelligence how much would you really trust Tor?
It makes sense that Tor would be funded at a level that allows it to defend against the intelligence gathering capabilities of most countries, but not so well funded that it can exceed the intelligence gathering capabilities of the US.
However, just because something makes sense, doesn't mean it is actually true. It is incredibly difficult to determine whether or not this stuff can be effective, even with a detailed use case. At the periphery of society, there is nothing but uncertainty.
This. The three letter agencies has every incentive to host a lot of Tor nodes to catch whom they don't like. Tor CANNOT defense against this, the protocol just can't.
Tor has received significant funding from the US intelligence community through it's entire existence. If you are US aligned is Tor safe? Advocating for democracy in some war torn dictatorship? Probably. On the other hand if you are doing something that upsets US intelligence how much would you really trust Tor?