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If you use Tor, you should stop. I believe that it is mostly used by criminals and that it is largely ran by law enforcement agencies. I cannot prove this but I believe it is true. Simply using it makes you suspect.

Also, if you have a need to use Tor for work purposes, get written permission from your senior management and describe exactly what you will do while using Tor (scan our hosts externally, test our firewall rules, find exposed services or mis-configured systems, etc.).

If your goal is to be anonymous while surfing the Internet, find some other way, but stop using Tor for that.

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If you don't use tor, you should start. I believe that it is mostly used by oppressed populations and that it is largely ran by parties that get utility from anonymity (activists, spies, law enforcement). I cannot prove this but I believe it is true. Simply using tor increases all of our security.

Also, if you have the option to use for work purposes, get your organization to consider contributing to tor. If you find utility in it, consider running additional nodes.

If your goal is for anonymity to be possible on the internet, start using tor wherever you can.

There, I fixed it for you ;)

If you use Tor, and you're not a criminal, you increase the deniability of anyone else who uses Tor. Thus, ever so slightly, you help everyone else to have an easy way to be anonymous.

Of course, for any serious anonymity (against western LEAs, not against corporations or 3rd world governments), you're most likely correct.

Guns are mostly used by criminals. You should stop.

Remember, US dollars are used by criminals too. /s

Criminals drink water. You should stop drinking water right now if you don't want to turn into a criminal!

Unfortunately the Tor Project agrees with you. They value privacy and security far more than a stable address. The destruction of the entire tor .onion web in Oct/Nov 2021 was pretty much the last straw. The Tor Project only cares about shady people. Anyone wanting to use it for a stable .onion address for their non-private communities should stop using tor.

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