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  "publishedAt": "2026-06-26T18:09:50.000Z",
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  "textContent": "So I offer consulting as The New Oil. I’ve seen people bring this idea up a few times now, so I thought I’d weigh in. In regards to some of the comments here, here’s been my approach & experience.\n\nMost of the people who approach me are basically just overwhelmed with decision fatigue and want help sorting through it all. There’s 500 bajillion messengers, 500 password managers, 10 bajillion browsers, and 100,000 Linux distros, and every single person online is convinced that theirs is the ONLY right answer for everyone. It’s extremely overwhelming to a lot of people. Most of them just want someone they trust to help them cut through the noise. “Here’s my threat model and my priorities, what are the pros and cons of this?” A lot of the time it’s more about validating their concerns and being a second opinion who actually listens.\n\nI always tell people that I’m charging for my time. If you contact me with a quick question or you don’t mind waiting a few days for me to get back to you whenever it’s convenient for me, I don’t charge for that. You can email or message me any time. Likewise, I have all the basics on my website and further resources linked on the last page (including Privacy Guides) where you can dig in and learn more. I do not paywall any information. What you’re paying for when you hire me is to set aside dedicated time out of my day - which often requires me to block off time on my schedule and plan around it - and to do research. A lot of the time people have specific questions about services I’ve not used or am not extensively familiar with, so I have to do research about what the product/service websites say, the privacy policy, other users’ experiences, maybe even try it out myself if I have the time and funds. I don’t know everything and as Jonah said earlier, that’s time I could be putting toward PG or TNO or family or literally anything else. You’re not paying me for the information itself, you’re paying me to do the work for you. You’re paying me to be a shortcut and a second opinion. If you’d rather save the money and do the work yourself, more power to you. Again, I’m even happy to offer additional resources or places to check out. But if you want me to do that work, I only have so many hours in a day.\n\nJust my 0.0000003 BTC.",
  "title": "Does Personal Digital Privacy Consulting sound like an insane thing? Is it already done for indivuduals?"
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