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Privacy guides

A smartphone receiving a suspicious text - AKA a smishing attack
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Phishing and smishing attacks keep evolving, but do you know the difference? Learn how to tell them apart and protect yourself from smishing.
A digitized face on the internet, representing erasure.
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After ransom-seekers sent the police to his house, one man embarked on a journey to erase himself online. Find out how he did it.
An ID card with a user profile and a wallet, suggesting data brokers
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Learn what data brokers are and how they turn your life into a dataset for profit without your knowledge, consent, or compensation.
the cover image for a blog about what to do to prevent your email address appearing on the dark web. the image shows an email address on a computer screen with a fishing hook piercing the top of the password field
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Has your email address been compromised? Here's how to find out if your email address has been leaked on the dark web — and what to do if so.
Illustration of a hand holding a megaphone in the air
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Protesters can expose personal information that puts them at risk. Here’s how to keep your identity private and your devices secure at a demonstration.
Why email aliases are better than fake email addresses for privacy and security
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Using a fake email generator often isn't secure or private. Here's how you can use an email alias instead to keep your personal email safe.
A book and a smart phone with an education app filled with trackers that reports data to data brokers.
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Roughly 90% of Ed Tech apps and websites were found to have trackers. See how you can protect your child’s privacy from this surveillance. 
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If you use multiple Google accounts and want to learn how to change your default Google account once and for all, this guide will help.
A person and a shield on a computer screen, suggesting how Proton parents guide their kids on online privacy
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See how Proton parents guide their kids on online privacy to raise critical thinkers in a world built for surveillance and manipulation.
A photo icon and synchronization symbol overlaying a cloud, representing automatic photo backup to the cloud
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See how to back up photos while protecting your privacy using encrypted cloud storage that shields you from scanning, tracking, and profiling.
Whistleblower's whistle. Journalists must use secure channels to communicate with whistleblowers.
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Whistleblowers risk everything to expose the truth. This guide helps journalists keep their sources safe using secure tools like Proton Mail, Signal, and SecureDrop.