Our latest video is live, exploring Secureblue, a project aimed at addressing security concerns in traditional Linux distributions by significantly hardening existing components and systems.
https://neat.tube/w/4YA5XTiVbAdYv7nRsCroxn
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmKQyeyOd54
Privacy is a marathon, not a sprint.
It's common to be overwhelmed by the constant attacks on privacy we read about every day, and to burn out trying to fix every problem all at once.
This is by the attackers' design, of course. Big tech companies and governments want to paralyze you with choices and actions, so you give up on the fight entirely.
It's okay to take a breath, clean up slowly, and train yourself over the long-term to improve your data privacy health over time.
https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/07/24/privacy-is-like-broccoli/
New Privacy Guides tutorial 
by me:
This article is now a series of two articles on Privacy and Security on Mastodon.
This tutorial is a step-by-step guide
to help Mastodon users make the most of the privacy and security features the platform offers.
The first article of this series was divided to better segment the information for readers who might prefer to read or share each part independently.
Last Friday @privacyguides released its second episode this year of This Week in Privacy! 
You can now watch it from our PeerTube instance!
Lots of very important topics being discussed in there: https://neat.tube/w/4ZCEWBfujAqHRRABNBhjB9
Another great article by Em about privacy and security on Mastodon 
Mastodon is open-source, decentralized, and doesn’t sell your data
It offers better user control and minimal data collection 
https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/07/15/mastodon-privacy-and-security/
New Privacy Guides article
by me:
While most social media rely on commercial models harvesting users' data to sell to advertisers,
Mastodon offers a human-centric alternative that doesn't seek profits from your data and attention.
This means better social connections, better controls, and better privacy!
The first part of this article discusses privacy and security on Mastodon.
The second part is a tutorial to guide you in making the most of Mastodon's security and privacy related features.
This tutorial includes how to:
• Enable multifactor authentication 
• Adjust privacy vs discovery 
• Select post visibility and access 
• Verify yourself 
• Delete and back up your data 
• Block users and instances 
• Opt out with hashtags 
• Move from one instance to another 
I hope this helps you making the most of what Mastodon has to offers! 
https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/07/15/mastodon-privacy-and-security/
We all love Mastodon here 
While most social media apps rely on commercial models harvesting users' data, Mastodon offers an alternative that doesn't seek profits from your data and attention.
https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/07/15/mastodon-privacy-and-security/
New[ish] Privacy Guides article 
by me:
Age verification laws have been multiplying in recent years. This is extremely bad news for your privacy rights.
While framed as a measure to
protect the children, collecting more data on every users of the internet endangers *everyone*, including the children.
This isn't a protective measure,
this is authoritarian policies normalizing mass surveillance and silencing dissidents.
It could very much become
the end of pseudonymity online,
if we do not push back against it.
https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/05/06/age-verification-wants-your-face/
New Privacy Guides article 
by me:
When talking about data privacy and LGBTQ+ experiences, it's inevitable to also discuss queer dating apps.
Many factors contribute in making queer people more likely to seek love and friendship online.
Unfortunately, dating apps are horrible for data privacy, and it's even worse for queer dating apps.
https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/06/24/queer-dating-apps-beware-who-you-trust/
As we cover data privacy and LGBTQ+ experiences this June, it's inevitable that we must talk about dating apps.
Unfortunately, many of them are horrible when it comes to preserving your privacy.
https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/06/24/queer-dating-apps-beware-who-you-trust/
I want to share this insightful article from PrivacyGuides by Em on the power of saying NO to invasive data requests 
.
In today’s world of facial recognition and mass surveillance, refusing unnecessary data collection is key to protecting our privacy and freedoms .
Worth a read!
https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/06/17/you-can-say-no/
New Privacy Guides article 
by me:
Sometimes, it can feel like our data is being harvested left and right, completely outside of our control or consent.
Yet, we still have a powerful weapon to fight back against surveillance:
The power to say NO.
Saying no is how we stand a fighting chance against the normalization of mass surveillance.
We must exercise this right every time we possibly can.
https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/06/17/you-can-say-no/
In the age of facial recognition and age verification, it might feel like our data is being harvested left and right, completely outside our control or consent. Yet, we still have a powerful weapon to fight back against surveillance: The power to say no.
https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/06/17/you-can-say-no/
How to secure your phone before joining a protest
The Protesters' Guide to Smartphone Security
https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/01/23/activists-guide-securing-your-smartphone/
#Privacy #Android #iOS #NoKings #NoKingsDay #PrivacyGuides #ProtestSafely #ProtestSafety #DigitalSafety
From: @jonah
https://mastodon.neat.computer/@jonah/114682241784310110
How to secure your phone before joining a protest https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/01/23/activists-guide-securing-your-smartphone/
This Pride Month, there are many reasons you might want to protest & fight for your rights.
If you do decide to join the action, make sure to prepare properly to keep yourself safe.
Your smartphone is an essential tool to organize and report, but it can also make you vulnerable to the mass surveillance many protests are targeted with.
Here’s how to prepare your device before a protest to minimize your risk: https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/01/23/activists-guide-securing-your-smartphone/
Monero is a cryptocurrency with strong privacy properties by default, but your wallet still needs a way to connect privately to the network. The best solution is to run your own Monero node, a copy of the blockchain which allows you to connect without anyone else knowing when you're using your wallet or sending transactions.
Our latest tutorial showcases how to easily set up your own Monero node on your TrueNAS server, using MAGIC Grants's pre-packaged Monero apps: https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/06/12/monero-server-using-truenas/
New Privacy Guides article
by me:
It's important to protect our data online, and this is doubly true for anyone in the queer community.
But protecting our data shouldn't mean staying isolated.
It can be difficult to find a balance,
but it is fundamental to stay connected with our communities.
There are tools and practices that can help us with this.
Stay safe
But stay connected 
https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/06/10/stay-safe-but-stay-connected/
Balancing data protection and online connection can be difficult. Nevertheless, it's an essential skill to be able to stay safe online while staying connected.
This article is part two of a series for Pride month, focusing on topics at the intersection of data privacy and LGBTQ+ experiences.
https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/06/10/stay-safe-but-stay-connected/
New Privacy Guides video 
by @jw
Another piece of content for our Pride Month Series! 
This is a topic important for everyone, but especially important for the queer community.
If you are not yet familiar with the concept of compartmentalization, you should absolutely watch this excellent video 
https://www.privacyguides.org/videos/2025/06/05/compartmentalize-your-life/
