The downside is that Tor slows down Internet access considerably.
They did not acknowledge the Appelbaum controversy, saying only that Tor deserved "the best possible leadership".
Adding a further wrinkle to the case is the fact that Tor is itself funded by the US government.
Other activists dismissed the idea that Tor was the common factor, saying that the only common factor was Twitter itself.
John Riccitiello, EA's boss, has said that TOR would be profitable even with just half a million paying users.
"We are deeply troubled by these accounts," she said, adding that Tor has spoken with at least some of Applebaum's accusers.
With their newfound knowledge of how the Great Firewall of China works, Winter and Lindskog suggest a number of strategies that Tor users could exploit to beat it.
"The fact that it's been conserved over that large evolutionary distance makes it an intriguing possibility that TOR signaling has similar effects in people," he says.
It was clear that Tor thought the Carnegie Mellon researchers were responsible.
The news has led some to claim that Tor no longer offers a "safe option".
