I’ve written a number of new/original articles for Privacy Guides, which are saved/timestamped here for posterity. These articles were intended to be living documents updated as information changed, which will not be the case here. Therefore, if you are looking for actual privacy advice you would be better served by the current content on privacyguides.org. This category of posts mainly serves as an archive of my own writing work.
Of course, this archive will not be a complete record of everything I have authored for the site:
In addition, I have done a significant amount of writing and editing on pull requests which were authored by other people, which will not appear on those lists; and some articles I have authored were cross-posted to my personal blog—such as my introduction to threat modeling—and will not appear on this page.
This article was merged onto Privacy Guides in PR #2119. The current version as of 2023 can be found at https://www.privacyguides.org/en/advanced/fingerprinting/.
This article was merged onto Privacy Guides in PR #1276. The current version as of 2023 can be found at https://www.privacyguides.org/en/basics/common-threats/. The common misconceptions section was moved to https://www.privacyguides.org/en/basics/common-misconceptions/.
Broadly speaking, we categorize our recommendations into these general categories of threats or goals that apply to most people. You may be concerned with none, one, a few, or all of these possibilities, and the tools and services you use depend on what your goals are....
This article was merged onto Privacy Guides in PR #17. The current version as of 2023 can be found at https://www.privacyguides.org/en/basics/multi-factor-authentication/.
Two-Factor Authentication (also known as 2FA, Multi-Factor Authentication, or MFA) is a security mechanism that requires additional steps beyond simply your username/email and password. If you’ve ever had to enter a 6-digit code sent to your phone to log in to a website, that’s an example of 2FA....