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Practical tips you can follow to protect your privacy online.

Crash Course

How to Check Whether Your Web Connection's Secure

Without a secure web connection, eavesdroppers can see what you're browsing. We show you how to make sure you're protected.

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Crash Course

How to Be Even More Anonymous Online

To protect your privacy online, we explain how Tor offers better anonymity than a VPN.

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Crash Course

How to Set Up Your Devices for Privacy Protection

The more we rely on our computers and phones, the more personal data passes through them. Here's how to find information to protect privacy on your devices.

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Crash Course

How to Choose a Good VPN

A Virtual Private Network (VPN) gives you some anonymity when browsing. Read these tips for choosing a provider.

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Crash Course

How to Live Without Google: Alternatives That Protect Your Privacy

Google tracking is more pervasive than most people realize. We show you some alternatives to Google services to limit your exposure.

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Crash Course

How to Send Messages in Private

There are times when we all want to chat in private. Here's how current technology can help you do just that.

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Device Privacy Tips

How to Encrypt Your Devices

How to encrypt your Mac, Windows PC, iPhone and Android, to keep your data and privacy safe.

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Device Privacy Tips

How to Protect Your Privacy on Linux

Easy steps to protect your data on Linux such as Ubuntu, Fedora, OpenSUSE, Arch, etc. Use these steps to improve privacy and security.

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Device Privacy Tips

How to Protect Privacy on Windows 7

Easy steps to protect your data on Microsoft Windows 7. Use these steps to improve privacy and security.

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Device Privacy Tips

How to Protect Your Privacy on Windows 10

Easy steps to protect your data on Microsoft Windows 10. Use these steps to improve privacy and security.

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Device Privacy Tips

How to Protect Your Privacy on Mac

Easy steps to protect your data on macOS or Mac OS X. Use these steps to improve privacy and security.

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Device Privacy Tips

How to Protect Your Privacy on Android

Easy steps to protect your data on Android. Use these steps to improve privacy and security on your phone, tablet, TV and other devices.

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Crash Course

Is Your Data Being Sold?

In our last blog post, we showed how to delete your Google Search History. This limits the information that Google has for its advertisers. But, they likely still have an advertising profile on

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Crash Course

Have You Deleted Your Google Search History Yet?

Recently we posted about how ads track you across the net and showed you how to save enough money to adopt a pony! #ChildhoodDream Unless you use a private search engine, like DuckDuckGo,

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Device Privacy Tips

How to Protect Your Privacy on iOS (iPhone & iPad)

Easy steps to protect your data on iOS (iPhone and iPad). Use these tips to improve privacy and security on the go.

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