[hwbehrens]

> There are obviously still people working in German law enforcement today, who think that harassing a node-operator NGO would somehow lead to the de-anonymization of individual tor users.

This is not why.

> As a consequence, I am personally no longer willing to provide my personal address&office-space as registered address for our non-profit/NGO as long as we risk more raids by running exit nodes.

This is why. It's basically a textbook example of a chilling effect.

[gea0]

No, that's not (necessarily) it.

It only takes one person in LE to request to investigate this IP, and a single judge that isn't entirely convinced that it will be worthless to try to sign it off.

If parts of the state wanted to harass operators systematically or organize to discourage TOR, they could do much worse.

[freilanzer]

Most judges don't really read what they sign if it comes from LE, I am convinced.

[creer]

The one person in LE is assisted by specialists (you know, if they really care to be.)

[tessierashpool9]

and the judge and the state attorney involved are controlled by the state's justice department which is run by politicians. yes, in germany the judiciary system is not politically independent ...

https://www.transparency.de/aktuelles/detail/article/eugh-ur...

[tessierashpool9]

> If parts of the state wanted to harass operators systematically or organize to discourage TOR, they could do much worse.

it is beginning to get much worse ...