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Re:Strength in Numbers: An Entire Ecosystem Relies on Tor by Retric on Sunday January 13, 2019 @06:11PM (#18899332)
That’s not nessisarily relevant. In WWII most codes where cracked, but little of this information was used as the assumption was keeping the secret is generally more valuable than using the information. If in practice those agencies leave users alone then the polite fiction provides very useful cover.

Sure, if you’re trying to sell a stolen nuclear weapon then don’t use it. But for stolen credit cards it’s probably very safe in practice.

Re:Strength in Numbers: An Entire Ecosystem Relies on Tor by dta5003 on Sunday January 13, 2019 @07:10PM (#18899586)
This is where "parallel construction" comes into play.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallel_construction

The entity using the information works backwards to construct a plausible fake chain of events which is acceptable to a court and hides the true source of the information.

Re:Strength in Numbers: An Entire Ecosystem Relies on Tor by a11595 on Sunday January 13, 2019 @06:37PM (#18899447)
It is absolutely relevant, it is your point that is not. Random drug dealers are not the Germans, and there is no war. They arrest shady people using tor all the time, and if tor is compromised, they can use parallel construction to hide their use of tor.