Privacy Guides

Email Security: Where We Are and What the Future Holds

https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/11/15/email-security/

#Email #Security #IMAP #PGP #SPF #DMARC #Privacy #PrivacyGuides #Article

Are you planning on attending a protest soon? Your smartphone can be an essential tool, but it's also a huge risk to your privacy, security, and safety. If you decide to bring one along, you need to keep yourself protected:

(🔥 hot tip: this advice is still great even if you aren't hitting the streets!)

https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/01/23/activists-guide-securing-your-smartphone/

#Privacy #Security #PeacefulProtest #Protest #Guide #NoKings #NoKingsDay #Activism #ActivistSecurity #Cybersecurity #Article #PrivacyGuides

In the age of facial recognition and age verification, it might feel like our data is being harvested left and right, completely outside our control or consent. Yet, we still have a powerful weapon to fight back against surveillance: The power to say no.

https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/06/17/you-can-say-no/

#Privacy #DataPrivacy #Surveillance #Consent #OptOut #PrivacyGuides #Article

Monero is a cryptocurrency with strong privacy properties by default, but your wallet still needs a way to connect privately to the network. The best solution is to run your own Monero node, a copy of the blockchain which allows you to connect without anyone else knowing when you're using your wallet or sending transactions.

Our latest tutorial showcases how to easily set up your own Monero node on your TrueNAS server, using MAGIC Grants's pre-packaged Monero apps: https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/06/12/monero-server-using-truenas/

#Monero #Privacy #Cryptocurrency #TrueNAS #SelfHosting #PrivacyGuides #Tutorial #HowTo #Article

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.

This article is part two of a series for Pride month, focusing on topics at the intersection of data privacy and LGBTQ+ experiences.

https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/06/10/stay-safe-but-stay-connected/

#Privacy #PrideMonth #Community #DataPrivacy #Pride #Pride25 #PrivacyGuides #Article

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. The cost of it is the continuous degradation of our privacy rights, with all that that entails.

https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/06/07/selling-surveillance-as-convenience/

#Privacy #DigitalRights #PrivacyGuides #Article

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

This article is part one of a series for Pride month, focusing on topics at the intersection of data privacy and LGBTQ+ experiences.

https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/06/03/importance-of-privacy-for-the-queer-community/

#Privacy #PrideMonth #DigitalSafety #Pride #Pride25 #DataPrivacy #PrivacyGuides #Pride2025 #Article

With the popularity of generative AI, it's becoming more and more difficult to distinguish reality from fiction. Can this problem be solved using cryptography? What are the privacy implications of the currently proposed systems?

https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/05/19/digital-provenance/

#AI #ContentCredentials #Privacy #Adobe #DigitalProvenance #Provenance #PrivacyGuides #Article #Opinion

If you have been looking for a password manager giving you full control over your data, KeePassium for iOS and macOS is a fantastic option.

https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/05/13/keepassium-review/

#KeePassium #KeePass #PasswordManager #KeePassXC #Privacy #Security #Password #iOS #macOS #PrivacyGuides #Article

Last week, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced his ambitious plan for the World project, formerly known as Worldcoin.

https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/05/10/sam-altman-wants-your-eyeball/

#Worldcoin #WorldProject #SamAltman #OpenAI #Privacy #Biometrics #Cryptocurrency #AI #PrivacyGuides #Article

Age verification laws and propositions forcing platforms to restrict content accessed by children and teens have been multiplying in recent years. The problem is, implementing such measures necessarily requires identifying each user accessing this content, one way or another. This is bad news for your privacy.

https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/05/06/age-verification-wants-your-face/

#AgeVerification #Privacy #FacialRecognition #PrivacyGuides #Article

PSA: The Tor Browser Security Level slider cannot be relied upon without a full browser restart (per an anonymous community report and confirmed by Privacy Guides staff) - Make sure you are aware of this if you rely on this feature for your safety.

https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/05/02/tor-security-slider-flaw/

#TorBrowser #Security #MullvadBrowser #Privacy #PrivacyGuides #Article

Many people have heard of Tor in the media, but despite its long history of protecting the free internet, most consider it a niche tool and have never ventured to try it themselves.

In reality, Tor is easy to use for anyone. It helps not only journalists and activists, but anybody who seeks greater privacy online or access to information regardless of location.

What is Tor exactly? How can Tor help you? And why is it such an important tool? Staff writer

explains in the latest Privacy Guides article: https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/04/30/in-praise-of-tor/

#Tor #TorProject #Privacy #TorBrowser #PrivacyGuides #Article #Security #Anonymity #Network #Browser

Encryption is not a crime, encryption protects all of us. Encryption, and especially end-to-end encryption, is an essential tool to protect everyone online. Attempts to undermine encryption are an attack to our fundamental right to privacy and also an attack to our inherent right to security and safety.

https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/04/11/encryption-is-not-a-crime/

#Encryption #EndToEndEncryption #Security #Privacy #Article #PrivacyGuides

Privacy Guides is formally taking a stand against dangerous and frightening technologies.

Security-focused developers and misguided "advocates" have long attempted to convince those involved in privacy and security that E2EE is an advanced security measure designed to protect your sensitive data, and Privacy Guides has stood by for far too long not setting the record straight.

https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/04/01/the-dangers-of-end-to-end-encryption/

#EndToEndEncryption #E2EE #Security #Privacy #Article #PrivacyGuides #AprilFools

If you don't know who Micah Lee is yet, here's why you should: Micah is an information security engineer, a software engineer, a journalist, and an author who has built an impressive career developing software for the public good, and working with some of the most respected digital rights organizations in the United States.

https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/03/28/interview-with-micah-lee/

#Interview #Privacy #Security #Article #PrivacyGuides #Cyd #OnionShare #Semiphemeral #LockdownSystems

Privacy is a human right that should be granted to everyone, no matter the reason. But for millions of people around the world, data privacy is also crucial for their physical safety. For people in extreme situations, privacy can literally mean life or death.

https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/03/25/privacy-means-safety/

#Privacy #Article #PrivacyGuides #HumanRights

There is a growing sentiment that the US shouldn't be relied upon for the technologies that many people and businesses use every day.

While we prefer to focus on technical guarantees like strong end-to-end encryption over matters like jurisdiction, these issues still matter, and the United States certainly does not have a monopoly on the best technologies.

We've compiled a list of some of our favorite and highly recommended European privacy tools, to highlight how easy it can be to take your data back from American Big Tech companies: https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/03/19/private-european-alternatives/

#EUTech #EuropeanTech #Privacy #USElection2024 #EUCloud #EuropeanAlternatives #PrivacyGuides #Article

If you are looking for a good password manager you can use from anywhere, there are plenty of excellent options to choose from. However, if you prefer to only store your passwords locally, KeePassXC is what you need. In our latest tutorial, we'll walk through setting up KeePassXC to work with your YubiKey as an additional factor to secure your local-only password database.

https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/03/18/installing-keepassxc-and-yubikey/

#KeePassXC #YubiKey #Security #Privacy #KeePass #KeePassX #PrivacyGuides #Article

Privacy isn't just a solo journey. If you care about privacy rights, you must also care for the data of the people around you. Together, we must start building a culture of data privacy where everyone cares for the data of others.

https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/03/10/the-privacy-of-others/

#Privacy #PrivacyCulture #Article #PrivacyGuides

Always remember, when it comes to hardware security keys: Two is one, one is none.

Our latest article covers the setup process for two YubiKeys (from Yubico's YubiKey 4 or 5 series) to keep your online accounts safe and secure 🔒 + it goes through resetting your existing keys to a blank slate, and the reasons you might want to do so!

https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/03/06/yubikey-reset-and-backup/

#YubiKey #HardwareSecurity #Privacy #Yubico #Security #PrivacyGuides #Article

Don't let perfect be the enemy of the good.

https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/02/17/privacy-is-not-dead/

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