A lot of people in this thread are misreading the blogpost. The primary complaint is against Feds and not CMU[1], specifically that the Feds used a loophole in the legal system to exploit Tor. They are then asking the university and researchers to be more careful about the funding&#x2F;nature of their research and blaming them for bringing academic security research into dispute.<p>I agree that some of the middle paragraphs could have been worded more carefully.<p>[1] &quot;Civil liberties are under attack if law enforcement believes it can circumvent the rules of evidence by outsourcing police work to universities.&quot; from post