[hellojesus]

> prevents people from being charged a crime for such traffic.

Depending on the jurisdiction, this may not be true. In any case it could cause punishment by forcing the exit node operator to get the runaround of the legal system.

Also it is conceivable that governments would update laws to make it illegal, if there was such an impact to NSA data collection to warrant it.

It's a nice thought and running an exit node is on my short term to do list, but I also recognize the costs associated with it and what it may mean for my family.