What?

Privacysteps is my new project whose goal is to educate on all levels of privacy and security protective measures. Its difference from other similar sites is a more “gamified” and simplified aspect with checkboxes, personal statistics, and case studies.

Why?

I found that someone wanting to learn about the steps to protect their privacy only had two choices. Either the very simple guides telling you to install a VPN, pay for an encrypted mail service, and block trackers. The other choice is to read long guides of hundreds of pages that are amazing but require too much effort to be understood by most non-technical people or those with a simpler threat model.

I got this idea when a investigative bookwriter close to me showed me his setup. He had one online computer for research and one offline for compiling this research and writting his books. While a good setup, he also had many other lower level security holes that would nullify those efforts. This is when I found that I had no ressources to recommend to him for his threat level and technicality.

When?

The website is already online but the actual content is still being actively worked on. I encourage you to try it now and give any feedback but don’t expect it to be complete. If you have some free time and like the idea you can also contribute by sending content, suggestions, or error reports.

Private?

The exact database scheme for a user contains only the randomly generetaed account id, time of registration and font settings. You can also opt to not use an account at all and have your progress stored only in your browser. The site also has no tracking and can be fully used with javascript disabled.

Where?

• privacysteps.org
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