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Re:OnionShare makes it easy to publish anonymous, uncensorab... by johnnyRose on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @10:56AM (#21271046)
Plenty of reasons. The most obvious use that comes to mind is to avert government censorship. Then there are whistleblowers. There are more reasons to desire anonymity than illegal activity.

Edit: also, ISPs can sell your browsing information now: https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/news/2017/04/04/isps-can...

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Re:OnionShare makes it easy to publish anonymous, uncensorab... by yters on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @11:28AM (#21271422)
Don't those governments just block Tor?
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Re:OnionShare makes it easy to publish anonymous, uncensorab... by KnMn on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @11:57AM (#21271798)
You can use the Tor network through bridge nodes and in fact the Tor Browser Bundle will ask you if you need to connect this way on first run.
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