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On the other hand , tor is considered not secure against someone who can wiretap all or most global data(global passive attacker) , and cooperation between NSA and five eyes countries seem to fit the definition.

And tor has some weaknesses to active attackers, meaning people who control behavior of many routers, to some extent.I believe there were documents showing the NSA has this capability.

But it would be truly helpful to NSA to create the illusion that TOR is cracked. Maybe that's the point of the documents you're talking about.




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