Remember a lot of people try these options because they post or watch controversial content. Now what happens when dissidents, or anti-dissidents, whatever all

Remember a lot of people try these options because they post or watch controversial content. Now what happens when dissidents, or anti-dissidents, whatever all share their IPs with the world. The privacy scare that Snowden brought to our attention is kind of abstract--"someday a different regime may use this data against me". But some lunatic who tracks you down because of an ideological dispute is a very real and physical threat.