TIL that the @torproject@mastodon.social is in truth fairly centralized, after learning #Tor was able to drop specific nodes from the network. Even if for benign purposes, this should raise a red flag.
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/tor-project-removes-relays-because-of-for-profit-risky-activity/
You don’t trust the US Government? Good. But the beauty of open-source projects like Tor, Signal, 7Zip, etc is that you don’t need to trust them.