How people see you when you talk about online privacy?

I had a conversation about the things that are necessary to gain privacy like using linux, have a de-google phone, isolate sim cards, using private messaging apps, learn to encrypt files, change ip, pay with cash, throw away emails, not use google services, delete social media and all those things, but when i went further with the list, the person i was talking to said that it was kinda suspicious of me to do all that if you're not a …

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