Twenty guides covering digital privacy from foundational concepts to specialized use cases. Each guide is written in Plain Language, from direct experience, for anyone willing to learn — regardless of where they are starting from.
If you are new to digital privacy, start here. Privacy Stack is the conceptual foundation that every other guide builds on — threat modelling, the surveillance economy in plain language, what trade-offs actually exist, and how to think about privacy as a layered, ongoing practice rather than a one-time setup.
Most privacy advice is either too technical to act on or too vague to trust. The Privacy Stack guide gives you the conceptual scaffolding: what privacy actually means in 2026, how surveillance works at each layer, and how to think about defensive choices without falling into either paranoia or fatalism.
If you read only one guide, read this one. Every other guide in the catalog assumes its concepts.
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The five foundational guides — everything you need to build a working privacy practice from the ground up.
The entire ShannonGuides catalog — all twenty current guides, plus all future updates.
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— Where everyone should start
The conceptual foundation. Threat modelling, surveillance economy, layered defense in plain language.
Daily privacy habits, account hygiene, the threats that actually matter, and how to think about defenses.
Operational security for the connected life. Identities, compartmentalization, mistakes that defeat protection.
Migrate away from Gmail, Drive, Photos, Search, Maps, and the rest — without losing functionality.
Choose the right browser, configure it properly, defeat fingerprinting and tracking.
— Hardware and operating systems
The privacy-respecting operating system. From distro choice to daily life.
De-Google your phone. Pixel hardware, security architecture, daily-life trade-offs.
Hardening commercial operating systems — for when leaving them is not an option.
Your own cloud, photo backup, password manager, chat server — trade rented privacy for owned.
Securing your network from the inside out. Router, DNS, IoT, segmentation.
— Messaging, money, backups, broker removal
Signal, Matrix, PGP, voice and video done right — and what each actually protects.
Protect your data with backups that actually work — and that protect privacy too.
Remove yourself from people-search sites and stay removed. The DIY method, fully explained.
How blockchains actually work — and how to use crypto privately.
Banks, virtual cards, property records, data broker profiles — and the legal line.
— For specific situations and contexts
Build online identities that do not trace back to your real one. Operational discipline that lasts.
What employers can and cannot see, and how to keep your professional and personal lives separate.
Protecting children’s privacy in a surveillance world — without isolating them.
Privacy and security when crossing borders, using hotel Wi-Fi, and traveling internationally.
Communicating sensitive information safely. Tools, threat models, real-world considerations.