The cool thing about Tor is that it can be PERFECTLY secure and you still won't be. Every time you log into a site, you emerge from the shadows. On your computer, the deciphered content must appear or Tor is useless. A bad guy with sufficient knowledge can tap into the information after Tor has deciphered it for your display. Keyloggers can grab your input before Tor enciphers it.
Even if Tor is unconquered, it is still compromised because the worst piece of malware on your machine is you. Tor is a toy that is very interesting. But the EXTREME slowdowns make listening to music possible, but not much more data intensive tasks. Forget watching any video with Tor. You could download it if you don't care how long it takes, and then watch it later.
But then you have the unprotected video file on your computer, fair game for any simple malware (including Windows) to grab at will. But face it. You're probably not a target. One thing about unsecure systems is that everybody's everything is unsecure and available. You're basically hidden in a vast cloud of information, indistinguishable from anyone not specifically targeting you for other reasons entirely.
Everybody knows about the Target and Yahoo data breaches, involving billions of accounts. But not everybody knows that there have been no stories about people's money or computers being taken. Why? What was stolen could mostly be looked up in any phone book fifty years ago. We weren't worried about personal information in the phone book! We were just anonomized by the vast number of entries, rendered nothing but a "me too" among ten thousand other "me toos" nothing calling attention to any reason we should be stalked and killed.
We're way too easily offended and paranoid. The fact is we hide in plain sight and nobody cares.
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