Tor is free software and an open network that helps you defend against traffic analysis, a form of network surveillance that threatens personal freedom and privacy, confidential business activities and relationships, and state security.
So, if the users of a service whose explicit mission statement is to provide anonymity and privacy apparently do not have "reasonable expectation of privacy," who does? Are they going to argue next that the private owner of a wifi-capable laptop has no expectation of privacy in their own home because the webcam could be conceivably hacked and remotely activated?
Since they didn't verify all code on the laptop, and since the EULA said that they don't actually own the code, only rights to use the code, then there is no reasonable expectation of privacy using the laptop.
There's no absolute expectation of privacy on the laptop. There's definitely a reasonable one, unless someone wants to argue that a layman independently verifying every bit of code and every silicon gate in it is "reasonable".
Is there a reasonable expectation that my new car won't explode when I turn the ignition, if I haven't stripped and rebuilt it to verify every part?
There is no clear line where total privacy starts and ends with technology currently available on the consumer market. Even if you don't use any proprietary software at all (which is very difficult to do for most people), your privacy could, in principle, still be compromised by the underlying hardware.
What is Tor?
Tor is free software and an open network that helps you defend against traffic analysis, a form of network surveillance that threatens personal freedom and privacy, confidential business activities and relationships, and state security.
So, if the users of a service whose explicit mission statement is to provide anonymity and privacy apparently do not have "reasonable expectation of privacy," who does? Are they going to argue next that the private owner of a wifi-capable laptop has no expectation of privacy in their own home because the webcam could be conceivably hacked and remotely activated?