Practical online privacy
Straight-talking guides, a plain-English tracker of the laws and news that affect you, and tools that show you exactly what your browser is leaking. No trackers, no ads that spy, no cookie banner — because there's nothing to consent to.
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Your IP, location, browser fingerprint, and the signals every site can read about you — shown live, with what each one means and how to fix it.
Run the check → ToolA hardening checklist that tracks your progress — stored only in your browser. We can't see it. That's the point.
Open the checklist →What matters, what's placebo, and exactly what to change.
Your router is the front door to everything you do online, and it usually ships wide open. Here's how to lock it down, stop your ISP from snooping, and keep smart-home gadgets from spying on the rest of your network.
Every photo you post can carry the exact GPS coordinates where it was taken, your device details, and a timestamp. Here's what's hidden in your images and how to strip it before you share.
Reused passwords are the single most common way accounts get taken over. A password manager fixes that in half an hour, and passkeys make some logins un-phishable. Here's the no-jargon setup.
Your phone knows more about you than any other device you own. This 30-minute audit walks through the exact iOS and Android settings that stop apps from tracking your location, mining your data, and feeding the ad networks.
Handing your real email to every store, app, and newsletter is how spam, tracking, and breach fallout find you. Email aliases fix it in about twenty minutes — here's how they work and how to set them up.
You don't have to quit Google cold turkey. Here are the swaps that buy the most privacy for the least disruption — ranked — so you can stop wherever the effort stops being worth it.
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