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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.

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. 

Your Telegram app stores a lot of information about you in the cloud. Here we show you how to gain access to it.

Your Facebook app stores a lot of information about you and your interactions with it over time. This guide will show you how to access it.

Your WhatsApp stores a lot of information about you in the cloud. Here we show you how you can gain access to it.

This guide enables you to obtain the data stored about you and to limit the amount of data being collected by the Uber app.

DNS level content blocking prevents your device from connecting to servers that serve you unwanted ads and that track you, which can minimise the amount of data you share with third parties. In this guide, you'll learn how to setup a DNS level content blocker to block Ads and Trackers across your Android device.

Android offers a way for advertisers to uniquely identify you in order to track your activity across applications and websites you consume on your mobile device. In this guide you'll learn how to hinder tracking on your Android device either by periodically resetting your Ad ID or by opting out completely.

In this guide we take a look at profile settings, namely with whom you share your personal information. This information includes your e-mail, phone number, birthday, hometown, family relationships, workplace and more.
 

Settings can only do so much to protect you. Your security and privacy also comes from how you use the app. This guides covers logged in devices and general good practices

Telegram is an app running on your phone and as such may ask for permissions to access certain info such as location or contact. This guide shows you how to review these settings.

Protecting your account starts with the settings of your Telegram account to tighten your privacy and limit risks. This guide addresses profile visibility, two step verification and account deletion.

Settings can only do so much to protect you. Your security and privacy also comes from how you use the app. This guides covers chat history and general good practices

Whatsapp offers some security features which are good to enable. It's also worth reviewing the permissions given to the app. This guide looks at fingerprint lock, security notifications, Whatsapp web and app permissions.

Protecting your account starts with configuring the settings of your WhatsApp account to tighten your privacy and limit risks. This guide addresses backups — the primary risk in WhatsApp — profile visibility,and two factor verification