On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 11:43:53AM -0500, Marc A. Pelletier wrote:
If you start with that assumption, then it is unreasonable to assume that the endpoints aren't /also/ compromised or under surveillance.
Editing Wikipedia is an inherently public action, if your security or life is in danger from editing it, then TOR will protect neither because even if you had 100% confidence in every possible exit node (which is most certainly false), it does nothing to protect the endpoints.
What TOR may be good at is to protect your privacy from casual or economic spying; in which case going to some random Internet access point to create an account protects you adequately.
What do you mean by "endpoints"? Based on the above, I think you've completely misunderstood Tor's design & mode of operation. https://www.torproject.org/about/overview.html.en might be a good start, and I'm sure you can find more technical information if you search around.
As for the "inherently public action" of editing Wikipedia: the content of edits is public, but the identity of the editor is not (or should not be), so your claim baffles me a bit. Plus, it sounds a bit like a variation of the "I have nothing to hide" argument to me, to which I couldn't disagree more with.
Regards, Faidon