Reusing a Privacy Kit: Wipe, Rebuild, or Hand It On

Reusing the Communication Suite kit, or handing it to someone else. First decide which job you need: sanitized reuse (the same person, or linking two users doesn't matter) or separation between two people who must not be linkable. For sanitized reuse: wipe and reinstall the laptop (the step people skip), factory-reset the router with a new Wi-Fi name, reset and re-harden the phone, cancel the Cape line for a fresh number, re-register messaging and build a new vault. For unlinkable users, a wipe isn't enough: the IMEI is permanent, so replace the phone and use separate Mullvad accounts; and re-provision the Starlink account for any new user. The single rule: reuse the hardware, never the identity.