Go incognito.
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Plain-language guides to private browsing, safer accounts, deleting your data, and getting through harassment. Nothing to buy, no fear-mongering. Pick a guide and do the steps.
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Private browsing
Incognito the right way — and what to use instead.
5 minEasyHiding your network activity
VPNs, encrypted DNS, public Wi-Fi, and when to use Tor.
15 minModerateLocking down your accounts
Passwords, 2FA, phishing, and surviving a breach.
20 minEasyPhones & devices
The handful of settings that actually matter.
15 minEasyTrackers & fingerprinting
How you get followed around the web, and how to break it.
10 minEasyThey already have it
What to do about data you can't get back — and how to stop treating leaked facts as secrets.
10 minEasyMeta knows too
Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp — including the tracking that follows you onto other websites.
15 minEasyPrivacy for kids and teens
What to actually do, and what to say, without turning it into a lecture nobody hears.
20 minEasyPrivacy when you're leaving someone
Shared accounts, hidden trackers, and location leaks you forgot existed. The highest-stakes guide here.
45 minImportantPrivate payments
Virtual cards, why crypto isn't anonymous, and the apps that publish your spending by default.
15 minModerateEncrypted messaging, compared
Signal, WhatsApp, iMessage, Telegram — what each one actually protects, plainly.
10 minEasyDon't be evil
Google knows more about you than anyone. Here's how to see it, cut it down, and keep what's useful.
30 minModerateHow to request deletion of your data
The letters that actually work, with templates you can paste.
30 minModerateWhat data deletion services actually do
Automation for forms you could file yourself. Useful, oversold, and worth understanding before you pay.
10 minReadingIs my password out there?
How to check what's leaked about you, and the order to fix it in.
20 minEasyCleaning up your trail
Shrinking what's already out there about you.
1 hourModerateRecommended products
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Who's running this?
Martin Abondano
Somewhere near Lisbon — one person, no company, nobody paying for placement.
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Privacy isn't a score you max out. Ask three questions: what am I protecting, who from, and how much hassle is it worth?
Hiding a gift purchase from a family member takes a private window. Hiding from advertisers takes a tracker blocker and a better browser. Hiding from a government or a determined stalker is a different discipline — start with the EFF's Surveillance Self-Defense and get help from people who do this work.