One thing I noticed out of many of the list items given in the post here:
> Only use Tor > Always use a VPN > Never use Google -- only DuckDuckGo > Disable JavaScript on your browser > Watch all incoming and outgoing network calls regularly and scan for abnormalities > Encrypt your laptop and any external drives > End-to-end encrypted communication only > Don't use Gmail -- use ProtonMail > Never pay with cards. Use cryptocurrencies. > Turn off all location services from your laptop and phone
Is that these can actually be solved with technology in a way that these are thedefault and popular behavior (as TLS 1.3 is in HTTPS). So it's important that we realize that these technologies (or something like them) are important anddesired by everyone, but just need a bit of development to work. Https and signal are great examples. Many of my parents and grandparents are on signal now, because it's better than most other apps (whatscrap, Facebook msg, imsg, etc). Is the Loki network and Session better? Sure. Of course. But grandparents aren't using it yet because not everyone they know is on it yet like signal, just the tech knowledgeable, or many of their grandchildren.
But ultimately, None of this should require any effort whatsoever.
The rest of the points about concealing your name or not is more obviously a choice by the user, as they have to provide it knowingly - so it's less of an issue because they're more likely aware of their choice.
> Don't buy domain names I'm not sure I understand this one - anyone have an explanation?