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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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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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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!
www.privacyguides.org/en/
Advocate for privacy & digital rights in your local community: We have new designs available in the Privacy Guides shop, designed by (human!) hand by our resident designer Em 😎
🥃 New drinkware is now available at shop.privacyguides.org/collections/...
🥃 New drinkware is now available at shop.privacyguides.org/collections/...
November 29, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Advocate for privacy & digital rights in your local community: We have new designs available in the Privacy Guides shop, designed by (human!) hand by our resident designer Em 😎
🥃 New drinkware is now available at shop.privacyguides.org/collections/...
🥃 New drinkware is now available at shop.privacyguides.org/collections/...
🔴 We are live with Episode 29 of This Week in Privacy! See you there: www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3Qs...
GrapheneOS Desktop Mode is Here!｜This Week in Privacy #29 (Nov 28, 2025)
GrapheneOS now has expanded desktop mode features in beta, X (Twitter) has been doxing user's locations, Android's Quick Share is now compatible with Apple's AirDrop and much more, join us for This…
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November 28, 2025 at 10:14 PM
🔴 We are live with Episode 29 of This Week in Privacy! See you there: www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3Qs...
Exciting news! We are launching our first privacy advocacy designs in our merch shop at shop.privacyguides.org - Check it out, we hope you like what we have to offer! Your support directly helps us continue to create quality, independent privacy & security resources.
November 28, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Exciting news! We are launching our first privacy advocacy designs in our merch shop at shop.privacyguides.org - Check it out, we hope you like what we have to offer! Your support directly helps us continue to create quality, independent privacy & security resources.
The non-profit Privacy Guides newsroom and other education and advocacy teams use zero generative AI whatsoever. All our work is human-made, and if you want to support impartial journalism and education we would greatly appreciate your support.
About Privacy Guides - Privacy Guides
Privacy Guides is a socially motivated website that provides information for protecting your data security and privacy.
www.privacyguides.org
November 27, 2025 at 6:57 PM
The non-profit Privacy Guides newsroom and other education and advocacy teams use zero generative AI whatsoever. All our work is human-made, and if you want to support impartial journalism and education we would greatly appreciate your support.
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It's more important than ever to protect yourself.
There are tools, such as
@eff.org
@grapheneos.org
@signal.org
@mullvad.bsky.social
@tuta.com
@yubico.com
@torproject.org
@bitwarden.bsky.social
@privacyguides.org
and others.
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
There are tools, such as
@eff.org
@grapheneos.org
@signal.org
@mullvad.bsky.social
@tuta.com
@yubico.com
@torproject.org
@bitwarden.bsky.social
@privacyguides.org
and others.
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
ICE Wants to Go After Dissenters as well as Immigrants
The Trump administration is being open about its plans to violate Americans’ First and Fourth Amendment rights.
www.brennancenter.org
November 26, 2025 at 2:32 PM
It's more important than ever to protect yourself.
There are tools, such as
@eff.org
@grapheneos.org
@signal.org
@mullvad.bsky.social
@tuta.com
@yubico.com
@torproject.org
@bitwarden.bsky.social
@privacyguides.org
and others.
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
There are tools, such as
@eff.org
@grapheneos.org
@signal.org
@mullvad.bsky.social
@tuta.com
@yubico.com
@torproject.org
@bitwarden.bsky.social
@privacyguides.org
and others.
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
🔴 This Week in Privacy #28 is live! Come say hi to our newest full-time team member, find out what we're planning in 2026, and ask us anything: youtube.com/live/ZBAqzbx...
We've Hired Someone New!｜This Week in Privacy #28 (Nov 21, 2025)
We've hired someone new at Privacy Guides, WhatsApp is rolling out interoperable messaging in the EU, Windows 11 is rolling out an AI agent that scans your f...
youtube.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:00 PM
🔴 This Week in Privacy #28 is live! Come say hi to our newest full-time team member, find out what we're planning in 2026, and ask us anything: youtube.com/live/ZBAqzbx...
So...we’ve just added a new face to the Privacy Guides team. Catch the grand reveal in this week’s TWIP livestream on Friday, 10 PM UTC.
🐱 Hint: Their cat may be a regular guest
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBAq...
🐱 Hint: Their cat may be a regular guest
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBAq...
We've Hired Someone New!｜This Week in Privacy #28 (Nov 21, 2025)
We've hired someone new at Privacy Guides, WhatsApp is rolling out interoperable messaging in the EU, Windows 11 is rolling out an AI agent that scans your files and folders, and much more. Join us…
www.youtube.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:38 AM
So...we’ve just added a new face to the Privacy Guides team. Catch the grand reveal in this week’s TWIP livestream on Friday, 10 PM UTC.
🐱 Hint: Their cat may be a regular guest
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBAq...
🐱 Hint: Their cat may be a regular guest
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBAq...
Have you hardened your smartphone's security? We have a guide that covers many essential tips you should think about: 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…
www.privacyguides.org
November 20, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Have you hardened your smartphone's security? We have a guide that covers many essential tips you should think about: www.privacyguides.org/articles/202...
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Check out @privacyguides.org primer on why everyone benefits from using Tor. www.privacyguides.org/videos/2025/...
Anonymity for Everyone: Why You Need Tor
Tor is an invaluable tool for bypassing censorship and browsing privately, in this week's video we dive into the details and explain how it works. Plus we cover some things you should avoid when using...
www.privacyguides.org
November 18, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Check out @privacyguides.org primer on why everyone benefits from using Tor. www.privacyguides.org/videos/2025/...
Self-hosting your private cryptocurrency has never been easier with our guide on running Monero 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.
www.privacyguides.org
November 19, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Self-hosting your private cryptocurrency has never been easier with our guide on running Monero on TrueNAS: www.privacyguides.org/articles/202...
It feels like our data is being captured left and right and there's not much you can do about it. But we'll let you in on a little secret: You can say NO ✋
www.privacyguides.org/articles/202...
www.privacyguides.org/articles/202...
You Can Say NO
Sometimes, it can feel like our data is collected completely outside of our control or consent. But we still have a powerful weapon to fight back: The power to say no.
www.privacyguides.org
November 19, 2025 at 12:53 AM
It feels like our data is being captured left and right and there's not much you can do about it. But we'll let you in on a little secret: You can say NO ✋
www.privacyguides.org/articles/202...
www.privacyguides.org/articles/202...
In our series on privacy-enhancing technologies, one of our team members explains Multi-Party Computation, and how reducing the trust required in any single actor can improve your privacy overall: www.privacyguides.org/articles/202...
What is Multi-Party Computation?
Learn about Secure Multi-Party Computation and how it can be used to solve real-world privacy problems.
www.privacyguides.org
November 18, 2025 at 12:08 AM
In our series on privacy-enhancing technologies, one of our team members explains Multi-Party Computation, and how reducing the trust required in any single actor can improve your privacy overall: www.privacyguides.org/articles/202...
It's not something many people think about, but in many countries once you die your privacy rights cease to exist. Maybe you won't care, but this has a tremendous impact on families and other survivors, and needs to be taken more seriously: www.privacyguides.org/articles/202...
Ghosts in the Machine: The Fight for Privacy After Death
In 2020, London police failed to save two sisters in life, then violated their privacy in death. This is a call to arms for posthumous privacy rights.
www.privacyguides.org
November 17, 2025 at 11:12 PM
It's not something many people think about, but in many countries once you die your privacy rights cease to exist. Maybe you won't care, but this has a tremendous impact on families and other survivors, and needs to be taken more seriously: www.privacyguides.org/articles/202...
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Proton will be holding their annual fundraiser again next month. If you think Privacy Guides should be a grant recipient this year, please send our info their way! ➡️ form.typeform.com/to/XixQrG8Q
💛 What we spend money on: discuss.privacyguides.net/t/become-a-m...
💛 What we spend money on: discuss.privacyguides.net/t/become-a-m...
About Privacy Guides - Privacy Guides
Privacy Guides is a socially motivated website that provides information for protecting your data security and privacy.
www.privacyguides.org
November 17, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Please support us!
Proton will be holding their annual fundraiser again next month. If you think Privacy Guides should be a grant recipient this year, please send our info their way! ➡️ form.typeform.com/to/XixQrG8Q
💛 What we spend money on: discuss.privacyguides.net/t/become-a-m...
💛 What we spend money on: discuss.privacyguides.net/t/become-a-m...
About Privacy Guides - Privacy Guides
Privacy Guides is a socially motivated website that provides information for protecting your data security and privacy.
www.privacyguides.org
November 16, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Proton will be holding their annual fundraiser again next month. If you think Privacy Guides should be a grant recipient this year, please send our info their way! ➡️ form.typeform.com/to/XixQrG8Q
💛 What we spend money on: discuss.privacyguides.net/t/become-a-m...
💛 What we spend money on: discuss.privacyguides.net/t/become-a-m...
📅 Tune in to "This Week in Privacy" every Friday at 5 PM ET (2 PM PT)!
🔴🎥 Topics include Firefox's new fingerprint protection, the EU's Chat Control is back, and Mullvad's end of its Leta private search. Join the forum for questions or participate live.
🔴🎥 Topics include Firefox's new fingerprint protection, the EU's Chat Control is back, and Mullvad's end of its Leta private search. Join the forum for questions or participate live.
Firefox Just Got More Privacy Defences!｜This Week in Privacy #27 (Nov 14, 2025)
Join us 2025-11-14T22:00:00Z (UTC) for This Week in Privacy #27, to catch up on the latest Privacy Guides updates and to discuss trending news in the privacy space. During the livesteam we’ll…
discuss.privacyguides.net
November 14, 2025 at 3:03 PM
📅 Tune in to "This Week in Privacy" every Friday at 5 PM ET (2 PM PT)!
🔴🎥 Topics include Firefox's new fingerprint protection, the EU's Chat Control is back, and Mullvad's end of its Leta private search. Join the forum for questions or participate live.
🔴🎥 Topics include Firefox's new fingerprint protection, the EU's Chat Control is back, and Mullvad's end of its Leta private search. Join the forum for questions or participate live.
🚨 Attention EU Citizens 🚨
💬 Chat Control could mandate all services to scan all private digital communications of everyone residing in the European Union, and it's currently waiting to be green-lit by the EU Parliament tomorrow.
#chatcontrol #privacy #eu
💬 Chat Control could mandate all services to scan all private digital communications of everyone residing in the European Union, and it's currently waiting to be green-lit by the EU Parliament tomorrow.
#chatcontrol #privacy #eu
November 14, 2025 at 3:34 AM
🚨 Attention EU Citizens 🚨
💬 Chat Control could mandate all services to scan all private digital communications of everyone residing in the European Union, and it's currently waiting to be green-lit by the EU Parliament tomorrow.
#chatcontrol #privacy #eu
💬 Chat Control could mandate all services to scan all private digital communications of everyone residing in the European Union, and it's currently waiting to be green-lit by the EU Parliament tomorrow.
#chatcontrol #privacy #eu
Hoorah! Android 16 QPR1 has been pushed to AOSP after two months of limbo. Despite this, you should still be concerned if #google continues to delay future releases
www.androidauthority.com/android-16-q...
www.androidauthority.com/android-16-q...
The wait is over: Android 16 QPR1's source code is now available on AOSP
After a 2 month delay, Google has finally published the source code for Android 16 QPR1 to AOSP. Here's why that matters!
www.androidauthority.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Hoorah! Android 16 QPR1 has been pushed to AOSP after two months of limbo. Despite this, you should still be concerned if #google continues to delay future releases
www.androidauthority.com/android-16-q...
www.androidauthority.com/android-16-q...
We're disappointed that the new EU compromise proposal will implement a loophole that essentially brings back mandatory client-side scanning. #ChatControl is back. We strongly urge the EU to remove this loophole in Article 4 of the new draft.
www.privacyguides.org/articles/202...
#StopChatControl
www.privacyguides.org/articles/202...
#StopChatControl
Chat Control Must Be Stopped, Act Now!
Chat Control is back to undermine everyone's privacy. There's an important deadline on October 14th, 2025. We must act now to stop it!
www.privacyguides.org
November 13, 2025 at 3:11 PM
We're disappointed that the new EU compromise proposal will implement a loophole that essentially brings back mandatory client-side scanning. #ChatControl is back. We strongly urge the EU to remove this loophole in Article 4 of the new draft.
www.privacyguides.org/articles/202...
#StopChatControl
www.privacyguides.org/articles/202...
#StopChatControl
Did you know we're publishing our videos to Odysee too? Check it out: odysee.com/@PrivacyGuid...
Privacy Guides
Privacy Guides is your central privacy and security resource to protect yourself online.
odysee.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Did you know we're publishing our videos to Odysee too? Check it out: odysee.com/@PrivacyGuid...
Here's how big tech censors people by deciding what software or apps you can run on your device for which you paid. Doesn't sound fair, does it? Fight back!
Read and discuss more here: discuss.privacyguides.net/t/applicatio...
Read and discuss more here: discuss.privacyguides.net/t/applicatio...
Application Gatekeeping: An Ever-Expanding Pathway to Internet Censorship
The future of mobile platforms and apps are not looking good. Open source independent software solutions are the only antidote to this ever increasing constraints and restrictions on software…
discuss.privacyguides.net
November 7, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Here's how big tech censors people by deciding what software or apps you can run on your device for which you paid. Doesn't sound fair, does it? Fight back!
Read and discuss more here: discuss.privacyguides.net/t/applicatio...
Read and discuss more here: discuss.privacyguides.net/t/applicatio...
Our Black Friday deals tracker is live! Let us know about any privacy-friendly deals you find this month and we'll get them added to the list: discuss.privacyguides.net/t/black-frid...
Black Friday 2025
As is now tradition (2022, 2023, 2024) on Privacy Guides. Share the deals and we will add them in this top post. Email Proton suite (Unlimited: $77.88/year) Usenet Newshosting.com ($25.05…
discuss.privacyguides.net
November 7, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Our Black Friday deals tracker is live! Let us know about any privacy-friendly deals you find this month and we'll get them added to the list: discuss.privacyguides.net/t/black-frid...
We'd like to give a big thank you to DeleteMe for their support as an organizational member of Privacy Guides. Becoming a member is the best way to support our privacy advocacy work and protect privacy rights at a time when the world needs it most 💛
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November 6, 2025 at 12:01 PM
We'd like to give a big thank you to DeleteMe for their support as an organizational member of Privacy Guides. Becoming a member is the best way to support our privacy advocacy work and protect privacy rights at a time when the world needs it most 💛
www.privacyguides.org/en/about/don...
www.privacyguides.org/en/about/don...