While there's no absolute security, I don't blindly trust random links and JPGs. JavaScript code running in Chromium and IE is actually "tethered" by two sandboxes, exactly because we don't trust it. Can some evade it? Sure. Is it the same as just trusting a statement in a site? No.
As for Google and Microsoft, I don't trust them. I give them my info with the expectation that it'll be shared with governments and other companies. I use their services despite that.
VPNs, on the other hand, are built in order to protect your privacy, so the same reasoning can't be applied.
As Tor, and beyond the fact that you didn't even bother to understand the links you posted (the first it's not even about any flaw in Tor), sure, it can be hacked if one manages to control 3000 nodes or have NSA-like capabilities in breaking crypto keys ($1 billion dollar custom-made chips, from your link!).
But a VPN doesn't even need to be hacked - though they can, and probably with less difficulty than Tor - all the operators need to do is set "log = True" in their configuration files. There is not even a semblance of a protection. It's just pinky swearing.
As for Google and Microsoft, I don't trust them. I give them my info with the expectation that it'll be shared with governments and other companies. I use their services despite that.
VPNs, on the other hand, are built in order to protect your privacy, so the same reasoning can't be applied.
As Tor, and beyond the fact that you didn't even bother to understand the links you posted (the first it's not even about any flaw in Tor), sure, it can be hacked if one manages to control 3000 nodes or have NSA-like capabilities in breaking crypto keys ($1 billion dollar custom-made chips, from your link!).
But a VPN doesn't even need to be hacked - though they can, and probably with less difficulty than Tor - all the operators need to do is set "log = True" in their configuration files. There is not even a semblance of a protection. It's just pinky swearing.