For everyday consumers, all the privacy theater is just lotion on the tech-industrial burn — sleek brochures, cute padlocks in the UI, security-as-a-service sold like vitamins. But the second you cross into territory where the establishment actually cares, the mask drops. Suddenly the “safety features” look like containment measures, the firmware looks like a warden, and the only sane move is to flee into Coreboot, Qubes, and verifiable reality. #Privacy isn’t a lifestyle accessory — it’s a line in the sand, and most people never realize it’s there.