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Of course, a government has many ways they can legislate your rights, freedom and privacy away. But if you want to do this in a way that preserves privacy, this is how you do it.
Of course the government knows who you are; they have to. They issue your ID, and that makes them the only organisation that can issue your eID. But a government that serves its people would provide this an a service, with the proxy, to ensure privacy is respected.
And of course with a warrant they can and should be able to demand access to the proxy's or the website's logs. But only with a warrant. That is the bar that the government should always have to clear before they can get access to any citizen's privacy.