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Feeling like Privacy is a lost war.
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Don’t forget that the government owes like 75% of the exit nodes.
This is a myth that's been addressed by the project. For starters, there are no disclosures about the amount of nodes owned by the Government/NSA/CIA/etc. You're probably thinking how the project, in 2012, received 80% of its funding from the US Gov source.
You may make the argument of "follow the money", or you could also make the argument that this type of tech this widely distributed benefits the government too (field agents for some agencies allegedly use Tor, as do foreign defectors) and compromising the network would lead to a potential vector to compromise their interests.
It's also worth noting that Tor uses 3 hops (entry, relay, and exit nodes) and you can check the location/IP of your current route at any time to ensure geographic diversity. An actor would have to own all 3 to know what you were visiting and trace the traffic back to you.