Source and destination wallets expose different information, and a privacy-focused route should be evaluated at both endpoints rather than summarized with one privacy score.
Source exposure
The funding chain can show prior balances, deposit inputs, approvals, gas, contracts, and earlier counterparties. The route cannot remove this existing history.
Destination exposure
Delivery reveals a receiving address, asset representation, amount, and time. Later spending determines how much additional context accumulates.
Relationship exposure
The two endpoints can be linked explicitly or inferred through route infrastructure, amount, timing, funding, and later consolidation.
A useful review question
Ask what each side reveals and which direct association the route is designed to reduce. Avoid the unsupported claim that the transaction “becomes private.”
How to read the evidence
Wallet privacy is cumulative. The route, browser session, wallet connection, gas source, receiving address, exchange account, public profile, and later transfers can each add a different relationship. Review those layers separately and avoid treating one fresh address as a complete solution. The most useful objective is minimizing unnecessary links while keeping recovery, address verification, and transaction safety intact.