Finding Local Privacy Conscious Friends

Phone audio/video recording took over the topic at hand. Let’s bring it back. I suggest attending regular meetups, conferences, hackathons, trainings etc, regardless of where they are geographically located, that are either relevant to privacy or tangential (privacy activism, privacy tech, digital rights, human rights, Luddite clubs, groups that practice opsec, Linux, FLOSS, security, cryptocurrency, freedom etc). If you do this, you may make friends there who happen to live in your area. Alternatively you may become online friends with some people you meet, and either you visit them or they visit you whenever possible. If members on this forum who want to make friends and are willing, they could disclose their own general location (or disclose what events they attend regularly) to give other people opportunities to make friends. But it’s a significant challenge for people who want privacy to make friends. Even with the above suggestions, you will find many people who couldn’t bear being without their phone for longer than a few minutes, or people who will treat you unfavorably for wearing a mask. Results will vary.