Why would the NSA fuck with a TOR developer, when the federal government contributes a great deal of TOR code and actually runs exit nodes as a matter of research?
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.