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by throwaway2016a 3427 days ago
I only ever use Tor for security research and with the nature of my particular work, I don't have a reason to download files but...

If I did and I cared about anonymity I would never download a file unless all internet on my machine or VM was piped through Tor (such as using Whonix or some dedicated security appliance). If I was using the Tor browser I wouldn't even even turn on Javascript without those protections for that matter.

On the other side of the spectrum, running Tor on Windows is insane. Almost every flaw I have seen in Tor mostly or only effects Windows users.