Step-by-step help

Practical guides

Start with your own risks, then choose a manageable improvement. Every guide explains its scope, time required and last review date.

13 guides

Privacy

Browse privately on your phone

Reduce what your phone reveals about you, and understand the network layer that no app or setting can hide.

  • Advanced
  • 30 min
  • Android, iOS

Anonymity

Browse the web anonymously

Define who you are hiding from, choose a proportionate tier of protection, and learn which habits matter more than the tools.

  • Intermediate
  • 25 min
  • Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS

Account security

Choose a password manager

Select a tool that can generate and store a different strong password for every account.

  • Beginner
  • 15 min
  • Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS

Networks and VPNs

Configure a VPN safely

Install a trusted VPN profile, enable leak-reducing settings and verify that the connection behaves as expected.

  • Intermediate
  • 25 min
  • Windows, macOS, Android, iOS

Communications

Configure Signal for safer messaging

Review account, device and privacy settings while understanding what encrypted messaging cannot protect.

  • Intermediate
  • 25 min
  • Android, iOS, Windows, macOS, Linux

Personal OPSEC

Create a personal security plan

Identify what you need to protect, who might want it, and which safeguards deserve your attention first.

  • Beginner
  • 20 min
  • Any

Personal OPSEC

How people get caught

Three documented de-anonymisation cases where the tools held and the person made the mistake, and what each one teaches.

  • Intermediate
  • 10 min
  • Any

Anonymity

Set up anonymous email and payments

Register for a service without exposing your real inbox or card, and understand where identity checks make true anonymity impossible.

  • Intermediate
  • 25 min
  • Any

Privacy

Use AI assistants privately

Reduce what an AI provider can link back to you, and understand why pseudonymity is the realistic goal rather than anonymity.

  • Intermediate
  • 20 min
  • Any

Networks and VPNs

Use public Wi-Fi more safely

Reduce exposure when connecting in hotels, cafés, airports and other shared locations.

  • Beginner
  • 10 min
  • Any