🔒 VPNs & privacy
Whether you actually need a VPN, and how to choose one without overpaying.
- Is public Wi-Fi safe? An honest guide to café and airport networks
Is public Wi-Fi actually dangerous in 2026? An honest look at what's safe, what still isn't, and when a VPN is genuinely worth using on café and airport networks.
- Android privacy settings: a soft, no-stress guide to locking things down
A gentle walk through the Android privacy settings that matter most: location, app permissions, ad tracking and your Google data, with no jargon.
- Block ads and trackers across your whole home: Pi-hole and AdGuard Home
How to stop ads and trackers on every device in your home, not just your browser, using free open-source tools. A plain-English guide from someone who runs it.
- iPhone privacy settings: the ones worth changing (a soft guide)
The iPhone privacy settings most people never touch but should: location, app tracking, Safari and your Apple data, explained simply and without fuss.
- A simple guide to protecting your privacy online (start here)
Online privacy without the overwhelm. The handful of areas that actually matter, what to do first, and where to go deeper, all in plain English.
- What a VPN is and isn't (and when it's actually worth it)
A plain-English guide to what a VPN really does, the myths it can't live up to, when you genuinely need one, and how to steer clear of dodgy free ones.
- How to delete your personal data from the internet
Your name, address and phone number are bought and sold by data brokers. Here's how to get your personal data removed, step by step, for free or with a service.
- How to stop spam texts and nuisance calls (UK)
Drowning in spam texts and nuisance calls? Here's how to report and block them in the UK — 7726, the TPS, and how to stop your number leaking in the first place.
- Private search engines compared: DuckDuckGo, Brave, Startpage and Kagi
Google logs your searches. These private search engines don't, or far less. Here's how DuckDuckGo, Brave Search, Startpage and Kagi compare, and which to pick.
- The best privacy-friendly browsers (and how to pick one)
Your browser is where most online tracking happens. Here are the most private browsers, what each is good for, and how to make any browser more private.
- Do you actually need a VPN at home? An honest answer
Do you really need a VPN at home, or is it fear-driven marketing? An honest answer: when a home VPN is worth it, when it isn't, and cheaper privacy options.
- Free VPN vs paid: is a free VPN safe?
Free VPNs are tempting, but many make their money in ways that work against you. Here's when a free VPN is fine, when it isn't, and the one free option worth trusting.