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Discover privacy-focused alternatives to big tech services. Learn how to protect your data, secure your communications, and reclaim your digital sovereignty with our comprehensive guides.

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Secure & Private Cloud Backups: Protecting Your Data from Loss and Prying Eyes

Secure & Private Cloud Backups: Protecting Your Data from Loss and Prying Eyes

A practical guide to securing your device backups in the cloud—whether for your computer, phone, or critical files—so you retain access after accidents without sacrificing privacy to big corporations or hackers. Covers best practices, threat models, and a comparison of trusted backup solutions.

Physical Device Security: Essential Protection for Your Digital Life

Physical Device Security: Essential Protection for Your Digital Life

Learn how to protect your devices from physical tampering and unauthorized access. Essential guide for anyone concerned about device security, tracking, and maintaining control over their personal technology.

Understanding VPNs: Privacy Protection and Important Considerations

Understanding VPNs: Privacy Protection and Important Considerations

Comprehensive guide to VPNs: How they protect your privacy, when they're most effective, and important considerations for choosing and using VPN services safely.

Mobile App Permissions: Essential Guide to Protecting Your Privacy

Mobile App Permissions: Essential Guide to Protecting Your Privacy

Comprehensive guide to understanding and managing mobile app permissions. Learn how to protect your privacy, secure your data, and make informed decisions about app access.

Your Smart Home Is Spying On You: An Urgent Guide to IoT Privacy

Your Smart Home Is Spying On You: An Urgent Guide to IoT Privacy

An urgent warning about how smart home devices are used for surveillance by corporations, governments, and abusers. Learn how to protect yourself from IoT spying with practical, non-technical steps.

Understanding Metadata: Your Digital Footprint and How to Protect It

Understanding Metadata: Your Digital Footprint and How to Protect It

Learn what metadata reveals about your digital activities and how to protect your privacy. Essential guide for understanding and minimizing your digital footprint.

Preventing Device and Location Tracking: Staying Private in a Connected World

Preventing Device and Location Tracking: Staying Private in a Connected World

A practical guide to preventing device and location tracking on your phone and computer, protecting your privacy from advertisers, corporations, and government surveillance.

Phone Number Privacy: Essential Security for Your Digital Life

Phone Number Privacy: Essential Security for Your Digital Life

Learn why phone number privacy is crucial for digital security. Understand SIM swapping risks, identity protection strategies, and practical steps to secure your communications.

Beyond Facebook: Reclaiming Your Social Life with Privacy-Focused Alternatives

Beyond Facebook: Reclaiming Your Social Life with Privacy-Focused Alternatives

Explore alternatives to mainstream social media like Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. Learn about privacy risks, decentralized platforms like Mastodon and Bluesky (Fediverse), and how to migrate for greater digital sovereignty.