Privacy Guides

By rbosaz , 29 March, 2025

Daily Tips to Protect Your Privacy and Security

Summary:

EFF’s Opt Out October campaign offers daily, practical tips to strengthen online privacy and security. It encourages small, manageable steps like using strong passwords, enabling two-factor authentication, disabling ad tracking, decluttering unused apps, limiting data collection on devices, and opting out of data broker listings. The initiative highlights tools such as Privacy Badger, Signal, and privacy-focused browsers, while promoting awareness of how tech giants monetize personal data. By adopting these incremental changes, individuals can reduce surveillance risks and reclaim control over their digital lives

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Interview with Micah Lee

Privacy Guides is a non-profit website that publishes news and recommendations about security and privacy tools. Privacy advocate Em published an interview with Micah Lee on their site about his recent work.  You can read the original over on the Privacy Guides website.

 

EFF Test Browser Privacy

The EFF has a decent tool for testing your browsers privacy.

https://firstpartysimulator.org/

While I had strong protection, the results stated I have a unique fingerprint. I use Firefox, so here's  the settings to randomize Firefox fingerprinting: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/resist-fingerprinting

 

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