My opinion is that merits should not be used for such things and that some will certainly take advantage of it, as is the case with your other initiatives. Still, that's just my opinion.

Regarding privacy and the use of VPNs, I don't see how the use of such software should be considered privacy protection at all, given that research has shown that most of those who sell VPNs can be connected to various state (spy) agencies around the world. Some privacy can be achieved by using Tor, but it is far from the fact that there are those who cannot find you even then, only if they want to.

When you say "attack on privacy", I ask you, do you still think there is privacy in the online world?