I don’t think I’m important enough to piss off feds. I have opinions, but I am not active in the ways I was 30 years ago.

I am no expert, but I am an avid and voracious learner and geek.

I do use a variety of vpns and proxies. I switch often. I also relay certain things to certain things permanently.

I am especially aware of DNS . one of the first major learnings of my Linux use was setting up a secure DNS proxy. It was a pretty intense learning curve. 6 or so years later, I’m fairly comfortable with most aspects of it and securing connections and avoiding data leaks.

I use anonymizing dnscrypt-proxy with local doh. I use other secure DNS protocols and servers when/where required, or desired.

I check for leaks often. I have a few scripts that I wrote to make sure things don’t. I use a few sites to do checks. I use nmap to scan all my things.

I use tor for some things. I use proton for others. Warp for others. Shadowsocks for others. Calyx and other services for other things.

I always use a trusted bridge or proxy to connect.

I run a snowflake proxy sometimes.

I don’t do illegal stuff.

That said, what is legal now may not be if/when some dictator decides. With that in mind, I appreciate my privacy and intend to keep it any way I can.

I’m beyond exhausted, so I hope I made sense.