from the email, it also looks like he also was asking for suggestions on fixing it. but this could have been because they were friends, and also because they want to keep the us govt using tor, and disclosing this was a heads up.
I think something slightly concerning is disclosing a vulnerability to them before the public and before it was patched. Some cooperation with us govt wouldnt surprise me, after all, tor originally started there (and the funding they receive). Beyond that, I only knew of targetted attacks. from what i had previously seen, most tor users being deanonymised was due to bad opsec. I cant comment on tor being 'compromised'. I still try to use tor more often though. Personally, I just use a vpn because the tor browser doesnt have the extensions i like to use (like bitwarden) and its slow. This is because tor is better than vpns for multiple reasons, as he explains. THO usually recommends tor instead of vpns (other than torrenting, gaming, and streaming). ultimately, there are concerns with tor, but its better than nothing, and its better than a vpn.
but its no magic bullet, and wont automatically make you completely private, anonymous or secure.
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