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Noob here.

Upon reading the original bounty, which stated the purpose was "to study the possibility of obtaining technical information on users and users' equipment of Tor anonymous network..." Could it be possible that Russia's intentions with Tor are purely ethical? Perhaps verifying it's integrity or seeing with their own eyes the benefits before investing?

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Really really doubt it. I would lean much more towards the Russian government wanting to be able to demask Tor users.

You're probably right. After thinking about it, why would Russia even bother unless it was to obtain something they didn't already have.

So the next question is, why abandon the efforts?

One thing to keep in mind when reading about government efforts to attack security software is that one part of the government may not have access to, or even know about, the capabilities of another part of the government. Or even capabilities of people within the same agency!

One hand not talking to the other = Every government ever... :)

Duly noted! It all makes sense now. :)

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