avoidthehack! promotes online privacy and security awareness.

Odds are that in this day and age, you've got a smartphone. Odds also are that your smartphone is either an iPhone (iOS) or some flavor of Google Android (but still an Android.)

Unfortunately, it can be said that neither are exactly the best for your privacy. Between these two, which mobile...

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If you're not aware of the privacy nightmares of Windows 10 and Windows 11, then let us inform you: Windows is not all privacy friendly.

(Yes - the same thing goes for Apple's macOS.)

Just about any closed-source, proprietary operating system is more than likely not going to be beneficial fo...

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Originally published on 17 FEB 2021.

This is a guide for tweaking the Firefox browser for enhanced online privacy. We explore the "normal" and the "advanced" tweaks here.

This guide is intended for desktop users across all platforms such as Windows, macOS, and Linux.

This guide is based on...

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Originally published on 21 JAN 2021; revised on 7 OCT 2021.

Long story short: Google Chrome sucks for privacy.

Now, with that out the way, I'm here to show you how to download, install, and tweak the Ungoogled Chromium browser.

Bear in mind that installing and configuring Ungoogled Chrom...

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Pale Moon is a Firefox fork that has rightfully developed into its own product.

While its main emphasis appears to be customizability, Pale Moon also places a fair amount of emphasis on being a smooth, secure, and private browser.

Today, we do our best to find out whether Pale Moon can be co...

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Have you noticed that you receive different search results based on your search history? Location? Device? And what seems to be a combination of other factors?

Have you recently searched for one thing extensively in a short period of time, and now somehow everything you search is now tied to that...

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