Read them and you will find out.
If you want more "protection" use a decoy node in front of all those private nodes. HC from poncho are the best.

Thanks so much for all of this, Darth. 

I now have like a dozen new rabbit holes to go down. 

Do any/all of these protect against bad actors snooping on channels and payments that get routed? 

Jon_Hodl

Here I wrote several guides about this aspect:

 is providing a new nodeID each time you create a LN invoice, using a HC (hosted channel)?

BTW, hosted channels can be run on your own public / private node (so will NOT be custodial), 

NOTE: I do not use anymore coinjoins and stuff like that. I use the 3 levels of stash and a heavy amount of LN channels.

If you know how to use a LN node (public and/or private) and also non-kyc custodial services (as decoy), absolutely nobody could find your stash.

bitcoin

How Anonymously Do You Use Bitcoin? 

Here I wrote several guides about this aspect:
- [Lightning Cleaning Machine](https://darthcoin.substack.com/p/lightning-cleaning-machine)
- [How to use different types of nodes for liquidity](https://darthcoin.substack.com/p/node-liquidity-guide)
- [Lightning Network Submarine Swaps](https://darthcoin.substack.com/p/lightning-network-submarine-swaps)
- [Bitcoin and privacy](https://darthcoin.substack.com/p/bitcoin-and-privacy)
- [Operating with LN as a merchant/receiver](https://darthcoin.substack.com/p/operating-with-ln-as-a-merchant)
- [Private banks over LN](https://darthcoin.substack.com/p/bitcoin-private-banks-over-lightning)
- [Private Lightning nodes](https://darthcoin.substack.com/p/private-lightning-nodes)

Fun fact: did you know that [OBW mobile LN node](https://darthcoin.substack.com/p/obw-open-bitcoin-wallet) is providing a new nodeID each time you create a LN invoice, using a HC (hosted channel)?

BTW, hosted channels can be run on your own public / private node (so will NOT be custodial), [as I explained in this scenario](https://github.com/Darth-Coin/Poncho-OBW-testing).

NOTE: I do not use anymore coinjoins and stuff like that. I use the 3 levels of stash and a heavy amount of LN channels.
If you know how to use a LN node (public and/or private) and also non-kyc custodial services (as decoy), absolutely nobody could find your stash.
[![3level-stash.jpg](https://i.postimg.cc/MTL2kvT0/3level-stash.jpg)](https://postimg.cc/vg5Sf85D)