> pooling resources though that too comes with its own set of privacy issues, especially when done at a larger scale with strangers on the internet as opposed

> pooling resources though that too comes with its own set of privacy issues, especially when done at a larger scale with strangers on the internet as opposed to just with your personally known and trusted buddies… and rare are the people for whom the latter happen to contain enough people with strong enough hardware that that pool would be sufficient.