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When configured properly, Mozilla Firefox offers great privacy and security.

However, achieving a higher level of privacy and security in Mozilla Firefox requires many tweaks across all levels. Some users may not be too comfortable with this and may prefer an out-of-the-box solution that isn't Chromium dependent.

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Update/Revision of the post 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.

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Update/Revision of the post originally published on 14 APR 2021.

Most Android phones come from the factory with Google Chrome installed. As you're more than likely aware, Google Chrome is highly detrimental to your online privacy. Of the Androi...

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Old accounts are often unmaintained and forgotten - which can be problematic when you want to "clean up" some of your digital footprint by deleting them or go back to secure them with stronger passwords/MFA.

How do you find these old accounts when...

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Update/Revision of this post originally published on 1 DEC 2021.

Most people have a smartphone and the odds are this smartphone is either an iPhone (iOS) or some flavor of Google Android.

Unfortunately, in a myriad of ways, neither are exactly th...

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Update/Revision of the post originally published on 17 OCT 2024.

Using the same email address everywhere isn't helping you be more private. But short of creating a multiple new mailboxes and subsequently managing them - what can you do?

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