Digital Privacy Starter Kit: 10 Steps to Get Off the Grid This Weekend

New to privacy? You don't need to become a hacker. These 10 concrete steps meaningfully shrink your digital footprint in a single weekend.

1. Switch to Signal for encrypted messaging.
2. Install a password manager and stop reusing passwords.
3. Turn on two-factor authentication everywhere that matters.
4. Move to a privacy browser with tracker blocking.
5. Use a private search engine.
6. Get an encrypted email for sensitive accounts.
7. Add a VPN for untrusted networks.
8. Reset and disable your phone's ad ID — see our phone privacy guide.
9. Opt out of the data brokers that sell your profile.
10. Get a Faraday bag for when a device needs to truly go dark.

Tackle a few each day and you'll finish the weekend far harder to track than you started.

Related reading

• How to Stop Your Phone From Tracking You
• How to Opt Out of Facial Recognition
• The Data Brokers Selling Your Location

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