Why wouldn't they? At the very least a TOR developer might find themselves in the same room with interesting people.
> when the federal government contributes a great deal of TOR code
The US gov isn't a single monolithic entity with a singular purpose and every person working in lock-step.
> and actually runs exit nodes as a matter of research?
I wouldn't trust a gov't run TOR node. It may be fine for dissidents in uninteresting countries, but not for anyone who wants to keep their privacy safe from the US gov't.
Why wouldn't they? At the very least a TOR developer might find themselves in the same room with interesting people.
> when the federal government contributes a great deal of TOR code
The US gov isn't a single monolithic entity with a singular purpose and every person working in lock-step.
> and actually runs exit nodes as a matter of research?
I wouldn't trust a gov't run TOR node. It may be fine for dissidents in uninteresting countries, but not for anyone who wants to keep their privacy safe from the US gov't.