@jonah Just to add: the motives of the lawmakers aren't even relevant. The question is: how will the government in 10 years use this power?

There is no question that "it CAN happen here" no matter where 'here' is. Unless you trust all politicians on both sides of the spectrum forever, you should not give them the power to investigate or jail you for using an anonymizing service.

@_elena
Admittedly, half that advice is “you should switch to Linux” even if you’re using Linux, but still.

@StefanMuelller
I would say, things where you can identify unique items…. But then electrons..