avoidthehack! promotes online privacy and security awareness.

So, officially, the short answer is: not a lot directly, slightly more indirectly.

However, HTTPS remains important for security of your data transmitted from your browser to a website, which can have an impact on your privacy.

Let's have a look at how HTTPS may have an impact on online privacy....

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For a lot of people, the hardest part about running a PiHole is generally setting up the whole thing.

This can be especially true if you're not the best networking person or are unfamiliar with the typical environment (Linux) that PiHole usually calls home.

The aim of this guide is to provide...

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If you're looking for solid blocklists for your PiHole, then we have a collection of collections of blocklists for you right here.

We also have some words of wisdom to share when it comes to using these blocklists.

Don't have a PiHole? Then you can follow the ATH guide to setting up P...

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Vivaldi openly markets itself as a privacy browser that has a cool UX with native productivity tools.

Perhaps two of its biggest "selling points" are its native ad/tracker blocker and its tab management features.

Does it offer anything more than this? Can it be considered a privacy browser?

A...

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The Brave browser is one of the more popular privacy browsers out there.

It's a full-featured browser available for many of the most popular platforms across mobile and desktop systems.

However, even though the browser is free and open source, the company behind it (Brave) has been involved in...

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Most Android phones are going to come from the factory with Google Chrome installed... which is yuck.

But you don't need to worry too much; on most Android phones, you can uninstall Google Chrome and replace it with a privacy-respecting alternative.

You should be aware that not all browsers li...

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