Still, I think your point is excellent. The sort of group interested in tracking someone(s) over Tor certainly might have the capability to do so despite the difficulty.
> Let's say I as a private individual fund 1000 tor nodes
Was the operation against Hezbollah funded by a private individual? Otherwise I'm not sure the relevance of your statement to the comment that started this thread.
I think the news about that particular counter example is too recent to be easily understood.
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2024/09/remotely-expl...
Still, I think your point is excellent. The sort of group interested in tracking someone(s) over Tor certainly might have the capability to do so despite the difficulty.