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The 10-minute lockdown
10 minEasyPrivacy advice gets overwhelming fast. This is the short list — the six things that stop the most damage for the least effort. Do them in order. You can be done before your coffee is cold.
- Install a password manager. Let it generate a different password for every account, starting with your email.
- Turn on two-factor authentication on email, banking, and social accounts. Use an authenticator app or a hardware key — not SMS, which can be stolen by SIM swapping.
- Install uBlock Origin. One extension, and most trackers on the web stop loading.
- Run every update. Phone, laptop, browser. Boring, and still the single most effective thing you can do.
- Switch your default search to DuckDuckGo, so your queries aren't filed against a profile.
- Cut app permissions. Revoke location, microphone, camera, and contacts from anything that doesn't obviously need them.
That's the floor. Everything else on this site is refinement — pick the guide that matches what's actually worrying you.
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