Device privacy
Before Selling a Phone or Computer: Back Up, Sign Out and Erase Safely
Prepare a phone or computer for sale without losing your files, leaving account locks behind or passing private data to the next owner.
Privacy in everyday life
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Better informed.
Practical guides to protecting your accounts, sharing files and using the web with more care. Find a task, make a useful change and understand what it does.
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Everyday privacy
Build a Personal Privacy Plan You Can Actually Maintain
Choose practical privacy priorities, protect essential accounts and create a small review routine that fits the way you use the internet.
Browser privacy
What private browsing hides, and what it does not
A private window can keep a session out of normal browser history. Learn where that protection stops.
Photos & metadata
Check what your photos reveal before you share
A practical workflow for checking metadata, visible details and the exact file you are about to publish.
Digital footprint
A manageable audit of your public digital footprint
Find a few exposures, change what you control, and follow up on removal requests without building a new dossier.
Email privacy
Use email aliases without losing access to your accounts
Understand forwarding, test the recovery path and keep essential messages working before you switch addresses.
Browser privacy
Give your browser permissions a quick checkup
Review saved access to your camera, microphone and other features in Chrome and Firefox.
Network privacy
What a VPN can protect, and what it cannot
Separate network protection from account privacy and decide what job a VPN would actually do for you.