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Privacy Guides · September 30 · 15 min

Is Louis Rossmann Right About Privacy.com?

Recently, digital rights activist and YouTuber Louis Rossmann revoked his endorsement of Privacy.com. But this is a problem bigger than one provider. Rossmann's video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1P1y5YhMHXs Privacy vs. Security vs. Anonymity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRt08MvK4tE Halocard CEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tsy0JmWlun8 Age Verification: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dczrLhSKO_A Naomi Brockwell Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9Vb3hTxdP4 Cindy Cohn (EFF) Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PFv0ki3nDc EFF-Austin Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZ-ny_3UW2k Private Payment Recommendations: https://www.privacyguides.org/en/financial-services/ Data Breach Roundups: https://www.privacyguides.org/posts/tag/data-breaches/ 0:00 Introduction 1:07 What is Privacy.com? 2:00 What's the Issue? 2:50 Point 1: Privacy is Not Anonymity 4:06 Point 2: Everyone Does KYC 6:19 Point 3: Persona is No Worse (or Better) Than Competitors 7:27 What to Do 10:00 Alternatives to Privacy.com Please 👍 like and 🔔 subscribe to our channel to support our work and find out about our latest video content! 💬 Join the community: https://discuss.privacyguides.net ❤️ Support our work: https://www.privacyguides.org/en/about/donate/ 🏡 Visit our website: https://www.privacyguides.org You can also donate Monero (XMR) directly to our wallet: https://www.privacyguides.org/donate-monero/ Have a question, comment, or tip for us? You can securely reach us on Signal at @privacyguides.01 https://www.privacyguides.org/en/about/ Copyright ©️ 2026 Privacy Guides. This video is made available under the Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 4.0 International license. You can read the full license text here: https://github.com/privacyguides/privacyguides.org/blob/main/LICENSE YouTube is known for silent censorship and general privacy malfeasance. If you want to discuss this video you can do so on our forum at https://discuss.privacyguides.net in addition to commenting here, and you can follow our channel on the fediverse at: https://neat.tube/c/privacyguides/videos Privacy Guides is a nonprofit project dedicated to promoting privacy, best cybersecurity practices, and digital rights. As a part of MAGIC Grants, a 501(c)(3) public charity, your donation to support our cause may be tax deductible.

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Recently, digital rights activist and YouTuber Louis Rossmann revoked his endorsement of Privacy.com. But this is a problem bigger than one provider.

Rossmann's video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1P1y5YhMHXs
Privacy vs. Security vs. Anonymity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRt08MvK4tE
Halocard CEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tsy0JmWlun8
Age Verification: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dczrLhSKO_A
Naomi Brockwell Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9Vb3hTxdP4
Cindy Cohn (EFF) Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PFv0ki3nDc
EFF-Austin Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZ-ny_3UW2k

Private Payment Recommendations: https://www.privacyguides.org/en/financial-services/
Data Breach Roundups: https://www.privacyguides.org/posts/tag/data-breaches/

0:00 Introduction
1:07 What is Privacy.com?
2:00 What's the Issue?
2:50 Point 1: Privacy is Not Anonymity
4:06 Point 2: Everyone Does KYC
6:19 Point 3: Persona is No Worse (or Better) Than Competitors
7:27 What to Do
10:00 Alternatives to Privacy.com

Please 👍 like and 🔔 subscribe to our channel to support our work and find out about our latest video content!

💬 Join the community: https://discuss.privacyguides.net
❤️ Support our work: https://www.privacyguides.org/en/about/donate/
🏡 Visit our website: https://www.privacyguides.org

You can also donate Monero (XMR) directly to our wallet: https://www.privacyguides.org/donate-monero/

Have a question, comment, or tip for us? You can securely reach us on Signal at @privacyguides.01 https://www.privacyguides.org/en/about/

Copyright ©️ 2026 Privacy Guides. This video is made available under the Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 4.0 International license. You can read the full license text here: https://github.com/privacyguides/privacyguides.org/blob/main/LICENSE

YouTube is known for silent censorship and general privacy malfeasance. If you want to discuss this video you can do so on our forum at https://discuss.privacyguides.net in addition to commenting here, and you can follow our channel on the fediverse at: https://neat.tube/c/privacyguides/videos

Privacy Guides is a nonprofit project dedicated to promoting privacy, best cybersecurity practices, and digital rights. As a part of MAGIC Grants, a 501(c)(3) public charity, your donation to support our cause may be tax deductible.

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