– It starts by asking: What are you protecting? From whom? (e.g., government, ISP, advertisers, employer, family member). Without this, recommendations are useless.
The "Megathread" serves as a centralized knowledge base designed to reduce repetitive questions and provide immediate, actionable advice for newcomers. It moves away from specific tool obsessions (e.g., "Which VPN is best?") and focuses on threat modeling and foundational privacy hygiene. The current consensus emphasizes that privacy is a spectrum, not a binary state, and often requires balancing convenience against security. rprivacy megathread