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Practical manuals for a safer, freer digital life.
Clear steps to protect your accounts, harden your tools, reduce exposure and stay less dependent on systems you do not control.
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Fresh manuals to help you secure your tools, reduce exposure and build better digital habits.
Lock Down Your Digital Life: 10 Essential Steps
Most people do not lose control of their digital life because they are high-value targets. They lose control because their accounts, devices and habits are easy to exploit. Weak passwords, reused logins, exposed profiles, careless cloud storage and an unprotected phone are enough to create real risk.
Starting Fresh: A Simple Privacy-Friendly Android Setup for Students and Apprentices
Set up your Android phone or tablet for privacy — no Google needed. Mailbox.org, Obsidian, DAVx⁵ & other open-source tools for students and apprentices.
Passkeys, Authentication & Security Keys are the new Passwords
Passwords alone aren’t enough anymore. New methods—like passkeys and physical security keys—add extra layers of protection.
Throw Your Smartphone Overboard – And Install a Privacy Phone with GrapheneOS
Switching to a smartphone that prioritizes privacy, powered by GrapheneOS, built on the principles of digital freedom and security.
Security and Privacy for Your Computer
Learn in this Self-Defense article how to work with your Windows, macOs or Linux computer more safely and anonymously.
Mobile Security: Protect Yourself or Be Tracked
Your phone is a surveillance device in your pocket. Much like a driver's license, you'll learn the rules to keep your phone and apps under your control. It doesn't matter if you use an iPhone, Android or Linux phone.
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