People across the globe are experiencing a relentless barrage of attacks impacting their personal privacy and security. If you have never received a notice in the mail stating that your personal information has been compromised, consider yourself one of the lucky few. Protecting against data breaches, identity theft, and even physical threats against you or your family should be a top priority for everyone. While no one can completely escape these threats, this web site puts forth steps you can take to reduce the likelihood of them happening to you. Sorted by category, the content below is routinely updated so check back often. It's a dangerous world out there, follow these steps and don't become the next victim!
Install These Extensions: uBlock Origin, Privacy Badger
Disable Password Saving: Settings > Privacy and Security -> Logins and Passwords -> uncheck all boxes
Block Third-party Cookies: Settings -> Privacy and Security -> Enhanced Tracking Protection -> select Standard
Disable Data Collection: Settings -> Privacy and Security -> Firefox Data Collection and Use -> uncheck all boxes
Set DuckDuckGo as Default Search Engine: Settings -> Search -> Change Default Search Engine to DuckDuckGo
Clear Browsing History: Settings -> Privacy and Security -> History -> select Clear History
Always Use Secure Connections: Settings -> Privacy and Security -> HTTPS-Only Mode -> check Enable HTTPS-Only Mode in all windows
Install These Extensions: uBlock Origin, Privacy Badger
Disable Password Saving: Settings -> Autofill -> Password Manager -> toggle off Offer to save passwords
Block Third-party Cookies: Settings -> Privacy and security -> Cookies and other site data -> select Block third-party cookies.
Disable Data Collection: Settings -> Privacy and security -> Security -> toggle off Help improve security on the web for everyone
Clear Browsing History: Settings -> Privacy and security -> Clear browsing data -> select a time range and hit Clear data.
Always Use Secure Connections: Settings -> Privacy and security -> Security -> toggle on Always use secure connections
Advanced Tracking Protection: Settings -> Advanced -> Privacy -> change dropdown to "in all browsing"
Set DuckDuckGo as Default Search Engine: Settings -> Search -> Search engine -> DuckDuckGo
Clear Browsing History: Settings -> General -> Remove history items
Install These Extensions: uBlock Origin, Privacy Badge
Disable Password Saving: Settings -> Profiles -> Passwords -> toggle off Offer to save passwords
Block Third-party Cookies: Settings -> Privacy, search, and services -> Tracking prevention -> Strict
Disable Data Collection: Settings -> Privacy, search, and services -> toggle off "Required diagnostic data", "Optional diagnostic data", and "Personalization & advertising"
Clear Browsing History: Settings -> Privacy, search, and services -> Clear browsing data -> Clear browsing data now -> Choose what to clear
Disable Password Saving: Menu button -> Settings -> Passwords -> uncheck Save Passwords
Block Third-party Cookies: Menu button -> Settings -> Tracking Protection -> Strict
Disable Data Collection: Menu button -> Settings -> uncheck Send Usage Data
Set DuckDuckGo as Default Search Engine: Menu button -> Settings -> Search -> DuckDuckGo
Clear Browsing History: Menu button -> History -> tap Delete icon
Set DuckDuckGo as Default Search Engine: iPhone Settings -> Safari -> Search Engine -> DuckDuckGo
Clear Browsing History: iPhone Settings -> Safari -> Clear History and Website Data
Disable Password Saving: Settings -> Password Manager -> Settings -> toggle off Offer to Save Passwords
Enhanced Protection: Settings -> Privacy and Security -> Safe Browsing -> Enhanced Protection
Set DuckDuckGo as Default Search Engine: Settings -> Search Engine -> DuckDuckGo
Clear Browsing History: Settings -> Clear Browsing Data
Always Use Secure Connections: Settings -> Privacy and Security -> toggle on Always Use Secure Connections