Welcome to No Fuss Privacy

Every week brings another data breach, another scam text, another app quietly collecting more than it needs. The advice that follows is usually one of two kinds: a wall of jargon, or a warning so bleak that it makes you want to give up and accept that privacy is dead.

It isn't. Most of the harm people suffer online comes from a small number of everyday problems: reused passwords, accounts with no second sign-in step, software that hasn't been updated, and apps and websites that collect far more than they need. Each of those has a fix you can make in an afternoon.

What this blog is for

• Practical steps, written so anyone can follow them, with the most important ones first.
• Plain explanations of what a threat really is, so you can judge it for yourself.
• Honest opinions on tools, with no affiliate links steering the recommendations.

Where to start

If you do nothing else, work through the six fixes on the home page. A password manager and two-step sign-in on your email account alone put you ahead of most people.

Good privacy isn't about hiding. It's about deciding for yourself who gets to know what.

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