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Security & anonymity.
Understand tracking, protect your accounts, and choose privacy tools that fit your needs. Practical guides for your browser, passwords, wallets, and network.
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Tracking and browser privacy
Start here when sites, scripts or browser signals reveal more than expected.
What Is Browser Fingerprinting? Signals and Defences
Understand browser fingerprinting, how canvas, WebGL, audio, fonts, WebRTC and browser settings can identify you, and which defences reduce tracking.
View guideBrowser Fingerprint Check: IP, WebRTC and Canvas
Test your browser fingerprint, visible IP, WebRTC leaks and canvas signal in seconds. Run the check, then compare what changes with a VPN or browser profile.
View guideCreate a Private Online Identity: Practical Privacy Guide
Create an anonymous online identity using isolated accounts, Tor/VPN options, browser hygiene, payment privacy, and a practical checklist. Begin securely.
View guideVPN and providers
Use the VPN guides to see what a VPN protects, where it stops helping and how providers differ in practice.
What Is a VPN? Clear Guide to Privacy and Safe Browsing
Learn what a VPN really does, where its limits are, when it helps, and how to choose wisely. Read the plain VPN guide before paying for a plan.
View guideVPN list: filter providers by country and features
Find VPN providers by country, devices, free plans, router setup and crypto payments. Check source links and explore our detailed VPN reviews.
View guideProton VPN Free vs Plus: Is the Upgrade Worth Paying For?
Compare Proton VPN Free, Plus and Unlimited for server choice, streaming, connected devices and renewal costs. See which plan suits your everyday needs best.
View guideVPN terminology guide: clear security terms explained
Understand VPN terminology in plain English: DNS leaks, kill switches, WireGuard, audits, passkeys, phishing, and what to review before choosing a VPN.
View guidePasswords and banking
Harden the accounts and financial routines that cause the most damage when they are reused, phished or exposed.
KeePassXC offline password manager with a local vault guide
Use KeePassXC as a local offline password manager. Understand browser integration, telemetry, Android access, backups, passkeys and security keys.
View guideNordPass vs KeePassXC: Sync, Offline Use and Real Costs
Compare NordPass and KeePassXC for offline use, sync and ongoing costs. Explore the key differences and five practical checks before moving your passwords.
View guideBest internet banking login tools: MFA, passkeys and alerts
Use this secure internet banking checklist to choose MFA, passkeys, bank alerts, bank security software, safer devices, and recovery steps.
View guideCrypto wallet security
Understand wallet risks, protect your keys, and check your backups.
Crypto Wallet Security: Seeds, Private Keys and Wallet Risks
Discover crypto wallet security by examining real failures in seeds, private keys, backups, signatures and recipient addresses. Learn about risks and safeguard your wallet.
View guideWeak Wallet Seeds: When Randomness Cannot Be Trusted
Discover why a valid wallet seed may still be predictable, how Bitcoin's blockchain can remain secure, and what to do if a seed or private key is exposed.
View guideRandstorm: Wallets, Versions and Recovery Routes
Understand Randstorm in BitcoinJS, compare the evidence for Blockchain.info, bitaddress.org and Coinpunk, and follow the appropriate wallet migration route.
View guideBitcoin Wallet Backup Issue: The 8,999 BTC Loss
Stone Man saved wallet.dat, sent 1 BTC, then lost the key to 8,999 BTC in change. Discover the on-chain proof and the wallet repair that ensued.
View guideAddress Poisoning: How Lookalike Addresses Steal Crypto
Learn how address poisoning adds a lookalike wallet address to your history, how to spot it, and how to check the right recipient before sending crypto.
View guideCOLDCARD Vulnerability: Is Your Seed Still Safe?
Find out if your COLDCARD seed is at risk, which firmware versions fix seed generation, and how to move your bitcoin securely without reusing weak keys.
View guidePrivate hosting
Compare tunnel, VPN routing, GhostlyShare, and VPS choices before publishing from home.
Cloudflare Tunnel Costs for Home Hosting: Free vs Paid
See what Cloudflare Tunnel really costs for home hosting, including the free tunnel, domain, hardware, optional VPN, IP privacy, and setup trade-offs.
View guideCloudflare Tunnel Raspberry Pi Home Server Configuration
Build a steady Raspberry Pi home server with Cloudflare Tunnel, cloudflared and systemd, then decide when GhostlyShare is the simpler route for publishing.
View guideCloudflare Tunnel + VPN: privacy limits clearly explained
See what Cloudflare Tunnel hides, what Cloudflare and a VPN provider can still see, and why Tunnel plus VPN improves routing privacy, not full anonymity.
View guideA practical order for improving online security without guesswork
Define the risk before choosing tools
Decide whether the problem is tracking, account takeover, unsafe public Wi-Fi, payment exposure, home IP exposure or identity linkage.
Reduce browser and account exposure early
Check fingerprinting signals, move passwords into a strong vault, use safer banking habits and separate accounts that should not overlap.
Add VPN, tunnel and hosting layers deliberately
Use VPNs, Cloudflare Tunnel, GhostlyShare and VPS or home-server patterns only where they solve a real exposure problem, then note the limits.