[kevin_thibedeau]

If they're running the hidden service or have a backdoor it's just as compromised.

[ryeights]

Yes… but that’s a much bigger ‘if’

[kevin_thibedeau]

The widespread adoption of TLS means that a far greater effort has been put into exploits needed to gain access to the unencrypted side of a communication channel. It's not as big an if as it was before Snowden.