r/privacy is a subreddit with 1.6M members. The most common kinds of discussions are pain & anger and solution requests, and the community frequently discusses app, privacy, looking for, looking, and worst, and they frequently recommend/review 2fa app, email provider, and search engine.
Privacy in the digital age (this is not a SECURITY subreddit, and PUBLIC data, closed source, etc is off-topic)
Popular Themes in r/privacy
#1
Pain & Anger
: "Your Kids' School Bus Is About to Become a Roaming Surveillance Vehicle. A company that sells cameras to catch drivers illegally passing stopped school buses wants to turn them into license plate readers."
8 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "UK to allow digital ID apps for alcohol age checks"
2 posts
#3
Advice Requests
: "What can I do if chat control ends up being a reality here in the eu?"
2 posts
Popular Topics in r/privacy
#1
App
47 posts
#2
Privacy
: "ID Verification Real Life Consequences"
45 posts
#3
Looking For
44 posts
#4
Looking
44 posts
#5
Worst
20 posts
#6
Tool
12 posts
#7
Hate
11 posts
#8
Secure
11 posts
#9
Tracking
10 posts
#10
Tired
9 posts
Products Discussed in r/privacy
2fa App
75 reviews
#1
Aegis
5.0★ from 21 reviews
#2
Bitwarden
4.2★ from 9 reviews
#3
Ente
4.6★ from 9 reviews
Email Provider
36 reviews
#1
Protonmail
4.4★ from 7 reviews
#2
Proton
4.0★ from 5 reviews
#3
Tutanota
4.0★ from 4 reviews
Search Engine
35 reviews
#1
Kagi
4.9★ from 10 reviews
#2
Brave
4.0★ from 10 reviews
#3
DuckDuckGo
3.5★ from 4 reviews
Flair Used in r/privacy
#1
age verification
: "Reddit is now requiring age verification, this has gotten out of hand."
60 posts
#2
question
: "I made a "burner" Instagram with a new email, why's it recommending the people I went to high school with?"
37 posts
#3
news
: "Reframing smart glasses as 'pervert glasses'"
36 posts
#4
discussion
: "USA: Flock Safety allegedly used to track Texas woman after abortion, raising reproductive rights concerns"
33 posts
#5
chat control
: "Chat Control 1.0 passes"
20 posts
#6
software
: "Microsoft Confirms Windows GDID Device Identifier That Cannot Be Disabled, Documented in FBI Case Filing"
6 posts
#7
guide
: "Hate “The Algorithm?” RSS Is One of the Tools You’ve Been Looking For"
3 posts
#8
data breach
: "A Puerto Rico Government Agency Exposed 1 Million Social Security Numbers"
3 posts
#9
identity verification
: "Ireland's New Digital Wallet Turns MyGovID Into a National ID"
1 post
#10
eli5
: "Using apples face Id?"
1 post
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Yearly
+153k members(10.2%)
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Last updated: July 15, 2026