As Nevermark mentioned, the vast majority of people don't have the resources needed to protect their privacy via individual actions. In other words, without institutional support there will be no privacy.

With regard to the original article, it's well written as is another one by the same author: "How They Control You" [1]

The two topics are tightly connected when you consider the media angle. I would encourage the author to write about the two issues together from that angle.

[1] https://defragzone.substack.com/p/how-they-control-you