One of the most popular questions I get at ThinkPrivacy is when to use certain tools and when not to use them. Often times, the questions turn out to be an honest misunderstanding

When it comes to internet privacy, there is one tool which gives many internet users a false sense of security out of the box, and that’s a VPN. I recently wrote about how

ThinkPrivacy is excited to announce we have been accepted into the “Powered by Namecheap” program. This program will allow us to grow our site and expand our offerings to the privacy community.

One of the most misunderstood features on most modern browsers is Private Mode, or sometimes called Incognito mode. When I am offering advice on measures people can take in their privacy such as

People around the world are now starting to realize working from home may be the new “normal” for some time to come. While many have found this to be relaxing, easier, and perhaps

With so many search engines already on the market, and privacy gaining in popularity, you may not be surprised to hear about how many search engines ask to be included on my site

Many of us who are privacy minded take many steps to protect our data online. You add tracking blockers to our browsers, you delete our cookies, and you use privacy respecting email addresses

As the creator of ThinkPrivacy, I often get asked why we list certain options, or don’t list others. It’s common for me to hear from a visitor that I shouldn’t recommend certain closed-source

Over the last few years, the European Union, and US states like California have done a good job of passing consumer privacy laws, the GDPR and CCPA respectively. While neither law is perfect,

As privacy advocates, we often discuss what steps we take to personally secure our lives and devices yet rarely do we talk about the steps we take to do the same for those

Over the course of 2020, ThinkPrivacy.io will transition to ThinkPrivacy.ch. In the process, we have also secured ThinkPrivacy.net. The .net and .io domains will immediatly begin forwarding to .ch.

One of the most common questions users have when it comes to privacy is about messaging services. It seems almost all of them mention some level of privacy or encryption to entice the

It has recently come to the attention of the ThinkPrivacy and PrivacyTools teams that Wire, the popular end-to-end encryption messaging platform had been sold or moved to a US company. After a week

When searching the web, Google isn’t the only game in town. Below you will find privacy respecting search engines that don’t track you or sell your information to advertisers. Search the web with

While Google Chrome may dominate today’s browser market, it’s also tracking and monetizing your every move. We don’t recommend anyone use Chrome, and instead, look to some of the options below.