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Privacy Guides @privacyguides.org · Nov 15

We're just a bunch of techie writers, we don't have a PR team or SEO experts.
Our traffic comes from word of mouth and inbound inquiries from journalists, so if you know anybody who could benefit from our resources, just remember to point them our way!
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Established in 2021, Privacy Guides is the most popular & trustworthy non-profit resource to find privacy tools and learn about protecting your digital life.

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Privacy Guides @privacyguides.org · 3d

FixJePrivacy.nl is filled with practical tips to improve your online safety, everything from using a password manager to securely sharing your files. To ensure the site stays relevant and up-to-date, we are exited to launch this collaboration!

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Privacy Guides & Bits of Freedom Partnering to Enhance FixJePrivacy.nl

To help protect your online privacy and freedom, Fixjeprivacy.nl was launched by Bits of freedom in 2020. This website is filled with practical tips to improve your online safety, everything from usin...

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Freddy @freddy.lol · 6d

Even our fridges are spying on us

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Samsung confirms it will begin showing you advertisements on your $1,800-plus refrigerator’s screen | Fortune

The tech company has a history of customer blowback over inserting ads on the digital displays of home devices.

Privacy Guides @privacyguides.org · 22d

The most relevant new feature in iOS 26 for journalists, lawyers, activists, politicians, executives, and other high-profile figures wasn't really advertised to consumers at all. Rather, it was announced in a Sept 9th post on the Apple Security Research blog...
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Memory Integrity Enforcement Changes the Game on iOS

Apple's new support for ARM's Memory Tagging Extension in iOS and their A19 SoC is an underrated feature for journalists, activists, and other high-profile figures.

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Privacy Guides @privacyguides.org · 22d

The feeling is mutual, Carey 💛 Anyone who’s somehow missed out on this podcast so far, give firewallsdontstopdragons.com a follow!

Privacy Guides @privacyguides.org · 25d

In our advocacy we commonly encounter this belief that "privacy is dead" and it's simply not worth protecting your information anymore. This is simply not true, and we need to remember to celebrate every little privacy win we see :)

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No, Privacy is Not Dead: Beware the All-or-Nothing Mindset

Privacy is only dead if we let it die. Be careful about the all-or-nothing mindset in data privacy, it can do more damage than good to the cause. While striving for improvements, do not forget to chee...

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Privacy Guides @privacyguides.org · 26d

Welcoming @peter-marsden.co.uk's first contribution, "Ghosts in the Machine: The Fight for Privacy After Death" takes a look at how even the best privacy laws around the world fail to protect those in death. This is a call to arms for posthumous privacy rights.

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Ghosts in the Machine: The Fight for Privacy After Death

In the early hours of 6 June 2020, Nicole Smallman and her sister Bibaa Henry had just finished celebrating Bibaa’s birthday with friends in a park in London. Alone and in the dark, they were both fat...

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Privacy Guides @privacyguides.org · 26d

Welcoming @peter-marsden.co.uk's first contribution, "Ghosts in the Machine: The Fight for Privacy After Death" takes a look at how even the best privacy laws around the world fail to protect those in death. This is a call to arms for posthumous privacy rights.

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Ghosts in the Machine: The Fight for Privacy After Death

In the early hours of 6 June 2020, Nicole Smallman and her sister Bibaa Henry had just finished celebrating Bibaa’s birthday with friends in a park in London. Alone and in the dark, they were both fat...

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Privacy Guides @privacyguides.org · 27d

We know how to secure data in storage using E2EE, but is it possible to ensure data privacy even while processing it server-side?

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What is Multi-Party Computation?

Learn about Secure Multi-Party Computation and how it can be used to solve real-world privacy problems.

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Privacy Guides @privacyguides.org · 29d

It's been a while, but our email newsletter is finally back, and we are raring to keep you informed with more issues going forward!

You can read the first new issue on our web archive here, and get subscribed because there will be more to come very soon:

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We're back... and so is Chat Control 😅

The Privacy Guides newsletter has arisen, Chat Control is once again threatening to endanger the internet, and we'll be live again this Friday as usual. Thank you for being a dedicated privacy advocat...

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Privacy Guides @privacyguides.org · Sep 10

Don't use a random VPN from the Chrome Web Store. Chose from one of our recommended providers instead:

▶️ privacyguides.org/en/vpn/

Privacy Guides @privacyguides.org · Sep 9

EU citizens have THREE days, the clock is ticking! 🕐

🇪🇺 Countries are finalizing their positions on the latest iteration of Chat Control this Friday. If yours supports the “CSAR” proposal, it’s vital you voice your opposition to your representatives TODAY: www.privacyguides.org/articles/202...

Chat Control Must Be Stopped, Act Now!

Chat Control is back to undermine everyone's privacy. There's an important deadline this Friday on September 12th. We must act now to stop it!

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Privacy Guides @privacyguides.org · Aug 20

You might not have heard the term privacy washing before, but it is certain you have been exposed to it in the wild.

When promises aren’t supported by facts, when marketing lies step into the privacy language, privacy washing becomes a very dirty business.

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Privacy Washing Is a Dirty Business

Privacy washing is a widely used deceptive strategy. Learning to detect it better is an important skill to develop to help us to respond to it and report it.

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Privacy Guides @privacyguides.org · Jul 25

Privacy is a marathon, not a sprint. It's okay to take a breath, clean up slowly, and train yourself over the long-term to improve your data privacy health over time.

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Privacy Is Like Broccoli

Improving privacy can get overwhelming at first. It's important to move one step at a time, but remain persistent. Good privacy is like good health habits.

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Jonah Aragon @jonaharagon.com · Jul 18

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The Tor Project is looking for more WebTunnel bridges to be distributed to Russian users via Telegram (info: forum.torproject.org/t/tor-relays...)

I'm hosting some, and if you can run a web server you can too:

Privacy Guides @privacyguides.org · Jul 12

A kind reminder to the countless VPN companies and other products emailing in and begging for product placement, paid guest posts, backlinks, etc. 😇

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Privacy Guides @privacyguides.org · Jul 12

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Privacy Guides @privacyguides.org · Jul 12

We would have to decline your offer to pay to be listed, if that’s what you’re implying you want here. Integrity is the most important quality of our work and we do not take it lightly.

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Donation Acceptance Policy - Privacy Guides

Privacy Guides aspires to obtain funding from a wide variety of sources to reduce our dependency on any single donor. Please consider donating!

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Privacy Guides @privacyguides.org · Jun 13

Smartphones can be an essential tool for protestors fighting for their rights, but they also make you vulnerable to the mass surveillance many protests are targeted with. If you're taking part in the action, make sure you minimize your risk: www.privacyguides.org/articles/202...

The Protesters' Guide to Smartphone Security

Your phone is an essential tool, but it also represents a huge risk to your privacy and security. Understanding these best practices when it comes to securing your smartphone will help keep you and yo...

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Privacy Guides @privacyguides.org · Jun 12

The most private way to use Monero is to run your own node. Our latest tutorial covers the easiest way to do so on TrueNAS: www.privacyguides.org/articles/202...

Creating a Tricked-Out Monero Server with TrueNAS

In this guide, we will walk you through setting up a very powerful Monero server on TrueNAS.

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Unredacted @unredacted.org · Jun 9

The U.S. Constitution guarantees the right to free speech and the right to assemble (protest).

If you are attending a protest, make sure you read @privacyguides.org's article on how to secure your smartphone.

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The Protesters' Guide to Smartphone Security

Your phone is an essential tool, but it also represents a huge risk to your privacy and security. Understanding these best practices when it comes to securing your smartphone will help keep you and yo...

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Privacy Guides @privacyguides.org · Jun 10

Balancing data protection and online connection can be difficult. Nevertheless, it's an essential skill to be able to stay safe online while staying connected.

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Stay Safe, but Stay Connected

Balancing data protection and online connection can be difficult. Nevertheless, it's an essential skill to be able to stay safe online while staying connected.

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Privacy Guides @privacyguides.org · Jun 7

Increasingly, surveillance is being normalized and integrated in our lives. Under the guise of convenience, applications and features are sold to us as being the new better way to do things. While some might be useful, this convenience is a Trojan horse.

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Selling Surveillance as Convenience

Increasingly, surveillance is being normalized and integrated in our lives. Under the guise of convenience, applications and features are sold to us as being the new better way to do things. While som...

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Privacy Guides @privacyguides.org · Jun 3

Data privacy is important for everyone. But for some marginalized groups, data privacy is absolutely indispensable to stay safe while staying connected with online communities and resources. www.privacyguides.org/articles/202...

The Importance of Data Privacy For The Queer Community

Data privacy is important for everyone. But for some marginalized populations, data privacy is indispensable for social connection, access to information, and physical safety. For Pride month this yea...

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Privacy Guides @privacyguides.org · May 8

When Code Became a Weapon 🎬 The first in a planned series on the "Crypto Wars." We're trying something different, let me know what you think of it! www.privacyguides.org/videos/2025/...

When Code Became a Weapon

During the Cold War, the US government tried to stop the export of strong cryptography. In this video we'll dive into the history and explain what happened to cause this and why it was eventually over...

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