Step 1
Understand your risks
Decide what needs protection and which realistic problems deserve attention first.
Create a personal security planA beginner pathway
Start here
You do not need to change everything today. Work through these steps in order, save recovery information as you go, and stop before a change you do not understand.
Step 2
Protect the key to your accounts
Your email can usually reset passwords for many other services.
Secure your primary email accountStep 3
Stop reusing passwords
Generate and store a different strong password for every account.
Choose a password managerStep 4
Strengthen sign-in
Make stolen or phished passwords less useful to an attacker.
Use passkeys and two-step verificationStep 5
Improve everyday network safety
Reduce exposure when you have to use shared or unfamiliar networks.
Use public Wi-Fi more safelyGoing further
Find your privacy tier
Anonymity is not a single setting. How much protection you need depends on who you are keeping your activity from and what happens if they find out. Answer three questions and this will point you at the right level.
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