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Simple, there aren't any. Never, EVER, assume anonymity on the internet. Also I'll add the fact that if you even so much as download Tor, you have made it on a watch list; also exit nodes are a massive vulnerability. With those two things plus government involvement, it is unwise to assume Tor is anything but a honeypot. You want anonymity? Keep a low profile and try to hide in plain sight, maybe check out some add-ons recommended on privacytools.io

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If you really think you will end up on a watchlist for downloading Tor it sounds like a good reason to download Tor. The more the better.

That's some bad advice all around.

If everyone thought like that we wouldn't even have HTTPS because "why would you want to hide your internet traffic?!"

"Hiding in plain sight" doesn't work. At all. The NSA has automatic systems that classify everything you do online and then it issues alerts if enough "signals" are gathered. That also means that the more stuff you do in "plain sight" the better it will know what you're doing, as the data will have very high accuracy rates.

Thats not the only reason to use HTTPS though. It is just as important to be able to ensure you are communicating with the server you think you are.

> Simple, there aren't any. Never, EVER, assume anonymity on the internet.

Please read my question again: "Please point to a single alternative that offers the same low-latency anonymity as Tor if you're serious."

> You want anonymity? Keep a low profile and try to hide in plain sight,

Your IP will be linked to all of your traffic, nice solution!

> maybe check out some add-ons recommended on privacytools.io

No amount of addons there will protect you against traffic analysis.

Heh... FWIW privacytools.io recommends the Tor Browser, OnionShare, Tails, Qubes+Whonix ... from the Tor ecosystem, maybe you may want to check out those since you're so interested in their recommendations :)

Nobody else has millions of dollars in US military/intelligence cash to build and advertise their alternatives ... so the lack of non MI funded alternatives proves nothing.

> Nobody else has millions of dollars in US military/intelligence cash to build and advertise their alternatives ..

You don't need millions of dollars to build an anonymity system, just look at how much funding projects like I2PD receive.

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