In re: https://www.404media.co/proton-mail-helped-fbi-unmask-anonymous-stop-cop-city-protestor/
I see people in here being smug about an OPSEC failure, and other people pointing out that "we only respond to local law enforcement requests" is a much bigger set than you might think, but it's all focused on what the individual can do to protect their privacy and anonymity against nosy state actors.
Most of the solutions proposed are either very insecure (mailing cash) or sufficiently technically complex to be out of the skill set of the average computer user.
Alex
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