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# Accessible tips for people to protect their privacy
- URL: https://werd.io/accessible-tips-for-people-to-protect-their-privacy/
- Published: 2024-11-09T13:36:44.000Z
- Updated: 2024-11-09T13:36:44.000Z
- Author: Ben Werdmuller
- Tags: Technology, Notable links, #Import 2025-06-11 21:47

\[[Bill Fitzgerald](https://github.com/billfitzgerald/personal-privacy-security)\]

[Bill Fitzgerald](https://www.funnymonkey.com/) has updated his open source guide to personal privacy:

> "Conversations about privacy and security often focus on technology and give scant attention to the human, non-technological factors that affect personal privacy and security. This post covers a range of concrete steps we can all take to regain control over what, when, and with whom we share."

I really appreciate the straightforwardness of the guide - these are things that everyone can do to help keep themselves safe. And because it's open source, the more eyes there are on it validating the information, the better the guide will get.

Some of the general advice is needfully pessimistic but doesn't always apply. For example, it talks about there not being an expectation of privacy on work devices, or using a work-provided VPN. That probably is generally true, but for example, in my role leading technology at [ProPublica](https://propublica.org), I and others would absolutely *flip a table* if we decided to surveil our employees. (For one thing, that would be a terrible approach if we cared about keeping sources safe, which we obviously do.) So it's always worth checking in with your IT leadership to understand their concrete policy.

Regardless, I would feel comfortable sharing this verbatim. I'm grateful that Bill has released it under a Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike license, so there are opportunities to create designs for this guide and share them back to the community.

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\[[Link](https://github.com/billfitzgerald/personal-privacy-security)\]