Start with the distinction: Nostr is pseudonymous, not automatically anonymous. Relay diversity, metadata hygiene, avoiding PII, and understanding what private DMs do—and do not—hide matter more than follower counts.

nostr:nprofile1qqs08fttjfk8v7ghslgrdw7c4c9vcrlccuadrct0q3t2zayxd24z33cvkvjrc I would start with Odell and Seth for Privacy, then follow the #privacy tag and see who they repost.

Not a list of people, but here's the checklist those people usually start with, so you know what to look for: 1. Relays see your IP. Every relay you connect to logs it. Use Tor (Amethyst has it built in) or at least a VPN. 2. Old DMs (NIP-04, kind 4) hide the text but leak who talks to whom and whe...

One thing the checklists above usually miss: a delete is a request, not a deletion. NIP-09 asks relays to drop an event, and relays that already served it, archivers, and every client that cached it are under no obligation to do anything. Assume anything published is permanent. The other one is the ...