Is it just me, or is this entire topic completely ass-backwards?  You can't lose what you never had to begin with.

If you've used an exchange, you lost your privacy the moment you handed your money to someone else to hold for you.  Total strangers you've never met, or even knew the names of, became acutely aware of you and your wealth because you literally gave it to them.  When you withdraw your funds, they can follow the trail.  And then some of you started attaching your real world identities to this wealth, because they asked you to and you were too indoctrinated to say no.  You said goodbye to privacy a long damn time ago.

This is your opportunity to finally learn what privacy really is.

I've been working under the assumption that centralised exchanges have been on borrowed time for a few years now.  Which is why I've been staying from them.  It was always reasonably likely that things were going to turn out this way.  Ultimately, I think it'll be healthier in the long run if fewer people use custodial services like that.  It was concerning to me that so few people actually saw a problem with the amount of trust required and the amount of privacy surrendered, so if people do suddenly feel disincentivised to rely on third parties, I'd say it's about damn time.  It's kinda the whole point of what we're doing here. 

Welcome to Bitcoin.  It's nice to finally have you on board.  Get your money off the exchanges and allow them to wither and die already.  We can do so much better.