Guides

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‘Free to Protest: The protestor’s guide to police surveillance and how to avoid it’ (UK edition) is a collection of bite-sized guides about high-tech police surveillance capabilities at protests, including tips and strategies about how you can protect yourself from being identified, tracked and
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In this guide we will take you through the steps to set up two-factor authentication on your Threads account.

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This guides takes you through the steps to make your Threads account private.

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See the below steps to learn how to reduce targeted ads on Threads.

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Blocking someone on Threads will make them unable to find your profile and posts. When you block someone, they do not get a notification about your action. Blocking someone means you will stop getting notifications from that person. You cannot follow an account you have blocked. Keep in mind that if

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This guide explains how to setup and use Telegram's end to end encrypted chats ("Secret chats").

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Tracking pixels are tiny, typically 1x1 pixels, images embedded in email messages that allow the collection of user data on email interactions, such as if a message has been opened or not, without the user's knowledge or consent. In this guide you will learn how to prevent tracking pixels from phoning home and reporting your activity in several email clients.

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A password manager is essentially a vault for all your passwords, keyphrases and online secrets. Using one gives you increased control over your authentication credentials and more. In this guide, you will learn about different solutions for password managers available out there and what to take into account when picking one, so you can easily and confidently fit it into your digital routine.

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Carrying a phone with a GPS chip turned on means that location history is potentially being recorded. In this guide, we'll take you through steps you can take to minimise how much you share your location history with your phone manufacturer and other parties. 

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Popular Internet platforms, such as YouTube or X (formerly Twitter), are not particularly famous for respecting your privacy. To help preserve your privacy while still being able to access the content of these platforms, you can make of use alternative front-ends. In this guide you will learn how to choose and setup alternative front-ends on your desktop and mobile devices.

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Disposable email addresses protect you from unwanted spam and phishing attempts in your personal email inbox, online tracking, and other forms of data abuse, providing you with a stronger digital self-defense mechanism than if you are giving away your e-mail address to each online service you need to make use of.

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Some browser add-ons help you to automatically fill out consent pop-ups while you browse the internet. In this guide, you’ll learn how to install one such add-on and how to configure it according to your preferences.

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Some browser add-ons help you to automatically fill out consent pop-ups while you browse the internet. In this guide, you’ll learn how to install one such add-on and how to configure it according to your preferences.

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Some browser add-ons help you to automatically fill out consent pop-ups while you browse the internet. In this guide, you'll learn how to install one such add-on and how to configure it according to your preferences.

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The Free to Protest Guide Pakistan has been created by adapting Privacy International's (PI) Free to Protest Guide UK according to the laws and policies of Pakistan, in collaboration with PI and local activists in Pakistan. The Guide has been published in English, Urdu, Punjabi and Pashto