I have a pet theory that the CIA has ocilated between both protecting TOR and trying to compromise it depending on the leadership at the moment, because it’s a genuinely useful tool for their needs but also at the same time it undermines some of their goals if people they wouldn’t want using it start using it
This is the prime schizo theory about TOR, but realistically they would need to own every exit node to get you.
I have a pet theory that the CIA has ocilated between both protecting TOR and trying to compromise it depending on the leadership at the moment, because it’s a genuinely useful tool for their needs but also at the same time it undermines some of their goals if people they wouldn’t want using it start using it