Biggest Tor overhaul in a decade adds layers of security improvements Tor developers have taken the wraps off the next generation of onion services. The alpha release promises the biggest overhaul in the anonymizing network for the past 10 years. The opening section of the change log provides a good overview of the tweaks, some of which aim to address recently discovered security weaknesses in …
As if a 3 letter U.S insecurity agency isn't already studying the code for vulnerabilities
I'd suspect all the worlds TLA/FLA/xLAs are. Even the kiwi ones, though it's probably better just to refer to them as LA LA LAnd...
I'd also suspect a great many 'criminal" and "terrorist" organisations are studying it for things they can (ab)use.
Problem is, it's the best we have for now (unless that other thing (I2P?) is better), and the more time goes on the more bugs get found and removed (although changing the underlying protocols may not be a great idea - I don't mean the PKI but other significant changes).
Fun times ahead...
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