that logic isn’t assuring

The cypherpunk solution to this concern is to run your node over Tor rather than to proactively try to appease politicians.

How do you think the general public responds to articles like this? How do I even talk to my friends and family about Bitcoin ? I have had to explain this shit to people in real life that aren't interested in Bitcoin. People who have no idea about any of it but heard something somewhere and worried about me getting arrested for running a node warning me it's dangerous. You think that's going to help with mainstream adoption?