Privacy Starter Kit

Two minutes of hygiene beats a week of worry.

1. Unique passwords + a password manager

Reused passwords are how one breach becomes ten. A password manager generates and remembers a unique password for every site. Start with email and banking.

2. Turn on 2FA

Use an authenticator app or hardware key where you can; SMS codes are better than nothing. Protect your email account first, since it resets everything else.

3. Check for breaches

Search your email at Have I Been Pwned. If it shows up, change that password and anywhere you reused it.

4. VPN on public Wi-Fi

A VPN encrypts traffic between your device and the VPN server, which helps on untrusted networks like hotels and cafés, and hides your browsing from that local network.

What a VPN does NOT do: it doesn't fix reused or weak passwords, stop phishing, remove malware, or make you anonymous. You're shifting trust to the VPN provider.

Lock it down, power it up.