The agency not only cracked an unsecured forum for child abuse images hidden on Tor; they then took over three child porn sites and boobytrapped them with drive-by spyware downloads.
The FBI used Tor as a launchpad for what has to be considered malware: software that's downloaded silently without the consent of the target.
Do the means justify the ends, if the ends are catching child abusers?
Beyond that, this case represents yet another abuse of the anonymising network, which strives to shield people, be they up to good or not, from surveillance and detection.
http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2014/08/06/fbi-used-drive-by-downloads-to-track-child-porn-suspects-hidden-on-tor/
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