Every Privacy Tool They Used Became Evidence
What two Chinese intelligence officers, an "untraceable" Bitcoin payment, and an FBI double agent reveal about why privacy tools fail
Topic
Encryption
A collection of 9 issues
Accrescent - Play Store Replacement
Accrescent.app is a privacy and security-centric alternative Android app store that aims to offer a safer distribution model than mainstream platforms like Google Play.
macOS Privacy and Security Hardening Guide
A Mac out of the box is tuned for Apple's convenience, not for your exposure. This is the list of changes that shifts that default, ordered so you can work through it with the machine in front of you.
Wormhole Secure File Transfer
Secure file transfer. A secure way to send large files to various people.
VoIP Services for Personal Use: An Overview
A second phone number is the cheapest identity partition you can buy. Which provider you rent it from decides who holds the call logs, whether the audio is encrypted, and whether 911 reaches anyone.
Virtual Private Network (VPN)
A VPN does not make you anonymous. It moves the question of who gets to watch your traffic away from the coffee shop and your carrier, and onto one company you have decided to trust. Choose that company carefully.
Apple’s Advanced Data Protection (Encrypted Cloud Storage)
Switching it on takes a couple of minutes. The part that matters is the 28 characters Apple shows you once: lose them and nobody, Apple included, can open your iCloud data again.
Domain Naming Service (DNS)
A VPN protects what you send. It does not always cover the question you asked first — which site, and where does it live. Whoever answers that lookup decides where your browser actually lands.
Password Managers
Recycling one password across accounts means a single breach opens all of them. A manager trades that problem for one very good master key — a real trade, and worth understanding before you make it.