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Discussing privacy and cybersecurity on Reddit and Twitter? That doesn't make too much sense to us.Privacy Guides is doing something different! <a href="https://discuss.privacyguides.net/?lang=en" rel="nofollow">Join our forum</a> to discuss the news, chat about tech, and get advice from the internet's largest community of personal privacy advocates and experts.<a href="https://discuss.privacyguides.net" rel="nofollow">https://discuss.privacyguides.net</a><a href="/tags/privacyguides/" rel="tag">#PrivacyGuides</a> <a href="/tags/forum/" rel="tag">#Forum</a> <a href="/tags/discourse/" rel="tag">#Discourse</a> <a href="/tags/community/" rel="tag">#Community</a> <a href="/tags/selfhosted/" rel="tag">#SelfHosted</a> <a href="/tags/selfhostedcommunity/" rel="tag">#SelfHostedCommunity</a> <a href="/tags/privacycommunity/" rel="tag">#PrivacyCommunity</a>

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New Privacy Guides article 🔐 by me:If you are an Apple user looking for a free, open-source, and privacy-focused password manager, KeePassium is a fantastic option.KeePassium offers synchronization options, but allows you to keep your password database offline by default.It's also KeePass-compatible, which makes migrating from or to any other KeePass-compatible apps easy.Check the full review here: <a href="https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/05/13/keepassium-review/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/05/13/keepassium-review/">https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/05/13/keepassium-review/</a><a href="/tags/privacyguides/" rel="tag">#PrivacyGuides</a> <a href="/tags/security/" rel="tag">#Security</a> <a href="/tags/privacy/" rel="tag">#Privacy</a> <a href="/tags/password/" rel="tag">#Password</a> <a href="/tags/passwordmanager/" rel="tag">#PasswordManager</a> <a href="/tags/keepass/" rel="tag">#KeePass</a> <a href="/tags/keepassium/" rel="tag">#KeePassium</a>

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Good Privacy & Personal News! 🔒 <img src="https://neodb.social/media/emoji/infosec.exchange/rainbowdance.png" class="emoji" alt=":rainbowdance:" title=":rainbowdance:"> I am absolutely delighted to officially announce today that I have joined the wonderful team at <a href="https://mastodon.neat.computer/@privacyguides" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@privacyguides</a> ! <img src="https://neodb.social/media/emoji/infosec.exchange/awesome.png" class="emoji" alt=":awesome:" title=":awesome:"> I will be working with the team as a Journalist, and I am overjoyed by this opportunity to write and investigate for the Privacy Guides non-profit organization (donations welcomed 😉).Thanks to all the staff and volunteers for your excellent privacy advocacy work, and welcome to the two teammates who have recently joined as well. I look forward to working with you all. By the way, these are all amazing and very talented people you should definitely follow on Mastodon 👇 <a href="https://mastodon.neat.computer/@jonah" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@jonah</a> <a href="https://mastodon.neat.computer/@sgp" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@sgp</a> <a href="https://social.lol/@freddy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@freddy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@blacklight447" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@blacklight447</a> <a href="https://social.lol/@jw" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@jw</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@kevpham" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@kevpham</a>And of course you should follow Privacy Guides as well if you don't want to miss any of our upcoming articles, videos, and other material!Official announcement here 👇🎉 <a href="https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/01/17/privacy-guides-hires-three-staff-members/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/01/17/privacy-guides-hires-three-staff-members/">https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/01/17/privacy-guides-hires-three-staff-members/</a><a href="/tags/privacy/" rel="tag">#Privacy</a> <a href="/tags/privacyguides/" rel="tag">#PrivacyGuides</a> <a href="/tags/digitalrights/" rel="tag">#DigitalRights</a> <a href="/tags/humanrights/" rel="tag">#HumanRights</a>

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We're <a href="https://www.privacyguides.org/en/" rel="nofollow">Privacy Guides</a>, a non-profit project & community focused on personal data security and privacy. 👋 Much like the right to interracial marriage, woman's suffrage, freedom of speech, and many others, our right to privacy hasn't always been upheld. In several dictatorships, it still isn't. Generations before ours fought for our right to privacy. Privacy is a human right, inherent to all of us, that we are entitled to (without discrimination).You shouldn't confuse privacy with secrecy. We know what happens in the bathroom, but you still close the door. That's because you want privacy, not secrecy. Everyone has something to protect. Privacy is something that makes us human.We're on a mission to inform the public about the value of digital privacy, and about global government initiatives which aim to monitor your online activity.<a href="/tags/privacyguides/" rel="tag">#PrivacyGuides</a> <a href="/tags/introduction/" rel="tag">#Introduction</a> <a href="/tags/privacy/" rel="tag">#Privacy</a> <a href="/tags/security/" rel="tag">#Security</a>

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Big Privacy Guides News! 👕✨After many requests, we finally have a MERCH STORE! <img src="https://neodb.social/media/emoji/infosec.exchange/awesome.png" class="emoji" alt=":awesome:" title=":awesome:"> This is a new way to support us while making a public statement (in style) about privacy rights ✊🔒We have a few designs to choose from already, and ZERO AI was used in the creation process! The Defender of Privacy design was created by me personally, from love, joy, and hard work, using a human brain.I hope you like it! 💛 <a href="https://shop.privacyguides.org" rel="nofollow">https://shop.privacyguides.org</a><a href="/tags/privacyguides/" rel="tag">#PrivacyGuides</a> <a href="/tags/privacy/" rel="tag">#Privacy</a> <a href="/tags/merch/" rel="tag">#Merch</a> <a href="/tags/donation/" rel="tag">#Donation</a> <a href="/tags/nonprofit/" rel="tag">#NonProfit</a> <a href="/tags/noai/" rel="tag">#NoAI</a> <a href="/tags/mastodonart/" rel="tag">#MastodonArt</a> <a href="/tags/humanart/" rel="tag">#HumanArt</a>

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<img src="https://neodb.social/media/emoji/neat.computer/boost_request.png" class="emoji" alt=":boost_request:" title=":boost_request:"> Privacy is a human right, but getting more people to care about it is frankly (and literally!) a full-time job.2025 has seen some of the worst attacks on privacy to date, and it has also represented the greatest commitment to our work our team has ever made.Going into 2026 and beyond, we really need the support from all of our followers to keep our staff fed & housed and to keep our momentum going.Your <a href="https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/09/16/the-fight-for-privacy-after-death/#/portal/signup" rel="nofollow">membership</a> will directly support <a href="https://infosec.exchange/@Em0nM4stodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@Em0nM4stodon</a>'s writing work, <a href="https://social.lol/@jw" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@jw</a>'s top-quality video content, and <a href="https://mastodon.social/@kevpham" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@kevpham</a>'s work keeping our daily tasks on point. It also helps us find the best guest contributors, and review paid products completely independently.If we've put out anything you've found helpful this year, this will determine the future of that work. Please read my message on our forum for more info:🔗 <a href="https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/become-a-member-to-support-independent-media-discount-for-our-og-supporters/30968/1" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="discuss.privacyguides.net/t/become-a-member-to-support-independent-media-discount-for-our-og-supporters/30968/1">https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/become-a-member-to-support-independent-media-discount-for-our-og-supporters/30968/1</a> ❤️ <a href="https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/09/16/the-fight-for-privacy-after-death/#/portal/signup" rel="nofollow">Become a member here</a><a href="/tags/donate/" rel="tag">#Donate</a> <a href="/tags/privacy/" rel="tag">#Privacy</a> <a href="/tags/community/" rel="tag">#Community</a> <a href="/tags/privacyguides/" rel="tag">#PrivacyGuides</a> <a href="/tags/mutualaid/" rel="tag">#MutualAid</a> <a href="/tags/directaction/" rel="tag">#DirectAction</a> <a href="/tags/activism/" rel="tag">#Activism</a> <a href="/tags/solidarity/" rel="tag">#Solidarity</a> <a href="/tags/capitalism/" rel="tag">#Capitalism</a> <a href="/tags/crowdfund/" rel="tag">#CrowdFund</a> <a href="/tags/donations/" rel="tag">#Donations</a>

2025 has been a crazy year for Privacy Guides.

In just 9 months we’ve published 15 videos, 21 articles, and we’ve pushed releases to the privacyguides.org website 13 times, with each release typically containing 10–25+ PR submissions from our team and volunteers. Since only July we’ve hosted 10 livestreams of our revived podcast, and there are plenty more on the way.

Since December, 3700+ more people have followed us on Mastodon, and about the same number have subscribed to our new YouTube channel. There are 200 per week more active users on our forum, and pageviews across all our sites have well more than doubled.

All of this is to say that people care about privacy a lot, and I believe we set the example in this space. While other “cybersecurity influencers” promote one-size-fits-all advice, we focus on practical and nuanced recommendations that account for the complexity of your personal situation.

To be real with all of you, the reason all of this is possible is because we hired 3 people to work on a regular basis at the beginning of this year.

Our volunteer team, moderators, and this community have all been doing exceptional work since 2021 which has established the foundation for all of this.

However, the reality is that to get this fantastic content out there and in front of people, there has to be a team doing work day in and day out to stay on top of the news feeds and create content that sticks with people and informs newcomers about why this all matters.

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Our greatest strength is that we have no sponsors or affiliates. We have sent thousands of new subscribers to subscriptions for tools like Proton Mail/VPN, MySudo, Ente, and so many other privacy tools, and we do it purely because we believe in these tools and want them to succeed.

Frankly, many of the companies we recommend regularly send hundreds or thousands in affiliate dollars to other channels that give them far less traffic, while rarely if ever voluntarily making a donation to support our work.

Our choice to only receive income from the people who directly support our work makes us virtually the only review team in this space which has no reliance on the companies we recommend.

We have a handful of regular supporters who we are very grateful for, and we have received a very small number of very generous one-time donations which have made all of our work over the past year possible.

However, one-time donations dry up, and if we want to maintain our great momentum in 2026 and onward, we simply need people to make this work sustainable and give our team the safety of monthly recurring revenue.

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My personal goal is for our membership program to give our members far more value than you will get from any other ~$10/month Patreon or subscription service from other YouTubers, podcasters, and writers in the personal privacy space.

I want anyone pushing privacy forward to be hugely successful, but to tell you the truth, I personally believe we are creating the best content in this space right now, and I hope that you trust Privacy Guides to publish the best version of this information as well.

Going forward, some of the content that we pay to produce will probably have to be restricted to people who are willing to pay for that content in return. Our members will also receive:

Early access to new videos on our channel
Priority Q&A responses on This Week in Privacy
Recognition on our forum and website
Priority response to comments on our articles/videos

We are also constantly considering new ideas in the team and from our members. Part of my commitment to make sure you can get the highest quality version from the Privacy Guides team of anything you can find from anyone else is to work with you all to decide what direction we should go in here.

Some other things we are considering include members-only forums and group chats, more detailed news reports about privacy tools and companies, private chats with team members, or free merch for our supporters. If any of this interests you, or if there’s something else you might want, please let us know.

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GrapheneOS Won’t Implement Age Verification<a href="https://www.privacyguides.org/news/2026/03/23/grapheneos-wont-implement-age-verification/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.privacyguides.org/news/2026/03/23/grapheneos-wont-implement-age-verification/">https://www.privacyguides.org/news/2026/03/23/grapheneos-wont-implement-age-verification/</a><a href="/tags/privacy/" rel="tag">#Privacy</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/privacyguides/" rel="tag">#PrivacyGuides</a>

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Good News! 🚨👀I am delighted to finally announce today what I've been working on in the past few weeks:Privacy Guides' new Activism section! <img src="https://neodb.social/media/emoji/infosec.exchange/awesome.png" class="emoji" alt=":awesome:" title=":awesome:"> <a href="https://privacyguides.org/activism/" rel="nofollow">https://privacyguides.org/activism/</a> The Activism section offers a new way to empower the digital rights community. It will progressively grow with more tools to support the community in its privacy activism effort, both for individuals and organizations 💛As Privacy Guides' new Activism & Outreach Lead, I will be working hard on developing this section even further in the coming weeks, adding many more tools to support our community.I hope this can be a helpful resource for anyone who is ready to fight for privacy rights ✊🔒<a href="/tags/privacyguides/" rel="tag">#PrivacyGuides</a> <a href="/tags/activism/" rel="tag">#Activism</a> <a href="/tags/privacy/" rel="tag">#Privacy</a> <a href="/tags/digitalrights/" rel="tag">#DigitalRights</a> <a href="/tags/humanrights/" rel="tag">#HumanRights</a>

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