90 percent of Tor keys can be broken by NSA: what does it mean?

Okay, so I was looking at going secure, using TOR or a VPN. I know nothing about it except what I read here and abouts. Simply put I didn’t because I was under the impression that TOR was compramised. Given that many TOR address’ are compromised, were I to use the new version, would it be rendered meaningless between the flash compromise and the number of people packing this one? With little practical understanding of a VPN is it meaningless to use it? Given that I don’t know of a zero knowledge email service and wouldn’t trust them if I did does it even matter? I can’t get the people I email to use crypto so again the same question? Lastly I don’t encrypt my drives or phone, so again, is privacy worth it, or do I just assume I am being monitored and do all I can to change the legislation and accept that until then I am not secure?