Author: tinfoil bonnie

I started off writing about de-Googling because Google is often the most difficult to disentangle from. Assuming you’ve done at least the 101-level tips (using an ad-blocker and anything other than Chrome), you’re now in a good place to move off of Amazon. The easiest and most obvious place to start is to stop ordering […]

I don’t know if I ever really dug into the details of my own journey of freeing myself from Big Tech. I’m aware that I lean more Tinfoil Hattie and my kids always tell me I’m doing too much, but I still want some level of convenience. These are the caveats that have informed my […]

When I first wrote my Privacy 101 post, I thought it might be a little overkill for most regular people, but we’re about three months into the new regime and I’m now having to update to stricter advice. It’s been widely reported that people returning to the US from international travel are being stopped by […]

What we know about Google today: They have a LOT of your data They don’t respect your privacy  They’re enthusiastically bending to fascism before even being asked It’s time for you to leave them. It’s daunting and scary — Gmail was my primary mode of email for about 20 years — but you gotta do […]

I’m here to hold your hand through improving your digital footprint in 2025. Think of me as your privacy auntie. My creds: I am a technical writer in the identity/cybersecurity space. I have always been a tinkerer and reasonably technically savvy, but I am also very aware that most people aren’t trying to do too […]