Intermediate

Tracking pixels are tiny, typically 1x1 pixels, images embedded in email messages that allow the collection of user data on email interactions, such as if a message has been opened or not, without the user's knowledge or consent. In this guide you will learn how to prevent tracking pixels from phoning home and reporting your activity in several email clients.

Popular Internet platforms, such as YouTube or X (formerly Twitter), are not particularly famous for respecting your privacy. To help preserve your privacy while still being able to access the content of these platforms, you can make of use alternative front-ends. In this guide you will learn how to choose and setup alternative front-ends on your desktop and mobile devices.

Disposable email addresses protect you from unwanted spam and phishing attempts in your personal email inbox, online tracking, and other forms of data abuse, providing you with a stronger digital self-defense mechanism than if you are giving away your e-mail address to each online service you need to make use of.

Browser cookies can be useful but are often abused to track your online activity across the web. In this guide you'll learn how to install Cookie AutoDelete, a web-browser add-on that automatically deletes unused cookies.

Using a local content delivery network (CDN) emulation can help protect your privacy by evading large CDNs (e.g. Google Hosted Libraries). In this guide, you'll learn how to install a CDN emulator on Chrome (and derivatives) to prevent CDNs from tracking your online activity.

One way to minimize tracking and improve your online privacy is to store as few browsing cookies as possible on your device. However, in websites such as your email client or your note-taking web application, it's practical to have cookies stored so that you don't have to login each time you visit. In this guide you'll learn how to install and setup Firefox Multi-Account Containers to keep parts of your online activity isolated from each other, thus reducing your digital footprint.

Browser cookies can be useful but are often abused to track your online activity across the web. In this guide you'll learn how to install Cookie AutoDelete, a web-browser add-on that automatically deletes unused cookies.

In this guide, you'll learn how to periodically change your browser's user agent and make it harder for trackers to fingerprint you.

Using local content delivery network (CDN) emulation can help protect your privacy by evading large CDNs (e.g. Google Hosted Libraries). In this guide, you'll learn how to install a CDN emulator on Chrome (and derivatives) to prevent CDNs from tracking your online activity.

In this guide, you'll learn how to install a browser extension to periodically change your Chrome based browser's user agent and make it harder for trackers to fingerprinting you.

The HTTP referrer header can be very revealing in the context of online tracking. Learn how you can change the policy in Vivaldi to force the browser to include the minimum information in this header or even block it entierely.

The HTTP referrer header can be very revealing in the context of online tracking. Learn how you can change the policy in Opera to force the browser to include the minimum information in this header or even block it entierely.

The HTTP referrer header can be very revealing in the context of online tracking. Learn how you can change the policy in Chrome to force the browser to include the minimum information in this header or even block it entierely.

The HTTP referrer header can be very revealing in the context of online tracking. Learn how you can change the policy in Firefox to force the browser to include the minimum information in this header or even block it entierely.

Two-factor authentication ensures that your account is not accessed even if your username and password have been stolen. This greatly improves your account security. Learn how to enable it on Twitter.