[rmrfrmrf]

This isn't secret and isn't news. Who keeps posting this garbage?

[watty]

I follow HN pretty regularly and I had no idea. I thought Tor was the best bet for privacy. How is this garbage?

[Arnt]

It is.

The US government wants you to be able to oppose the governments of countries X, Y and Z. A long list. So it pays for Tor. Other branches of the same government want to spy on you, in much the same way as the governments of X, Y and Z.