Comment by dialup_sounds

It's not directly mentioned in this article, but the four deanonymized users were admins of a CSAM site with hundreds of thousands of users. If you're concerned about being targeted by law enforcement, step one is probably: don't be that.

https://www.dw.com/de/darknet-missbrauchsplattform-boystown-...

https://www.sueddeutsche.de/panorama/kindesmissbrauch-boysto...