[beezlewax]

The Stasi while more recent and more correct a name to use here are still something not everyone knows about to the same extent as the gestapo.

[volkl48]

In Germany they certainly do.

[detaro]

indeed. Gestapo is "a long time ago", Stasi is something half the country at least knows people personally affected by.

[clickety_clack]

Stasi works better if this is a purely German question, but this is an international issue. Gestapoware is way more obvious than Stasiware for people outside Germany, while both surely resonate inside the country.