Reddit — Privacy Megathread

A DM pinged instantly. From u/deleted_7x92.

u/nexus_zero: "I typed 'cat' into an incognito tab. Ten minutes later, a stray showed up at my fire escape. Probability on PhantomTrace for that event? 94%."

The megathread’s title flickered one last time before her screen went black. reddit privacy megathread

The sticky post sat at the top of r/Privacy, its title unassuming:

Mira’s stomach tightened. She clicked a link buried in the thread’s body—a mirror to a tool called PhantomTrace . No GitHub, no source code. Just a black box with a single prompt: Paste any username. A DM pinged instantly

Mira looked at the blinking green light. Then at her hands. Then at the window.

Mira’s hands shook. She looked around her studio apartment. The smart speaker’s light was off. The phone was face-down. But the laptop’s webcam indicator was blinking a slow, steady green. Ten minutes later, a stray showed up at my fire escape

She entered her own.