VPN for Android Privacy Guides

Essential reading and technical references to understand, audit, and improve personal privacy and digital operational security.

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What is a VPN? Complete Architecture & Fundamentals Read more WireGuard® VPN Protocol: Speed, Auditing, and Security Read more AntiTracker: Blocking Ads, Trackers, and Telemetry at the DNS Layer Read more Protocol Comparison: WireGuard vs OpenVPN vs IKEv2 vs PPTP Read more The Technical Realities of Email Privacy Read more Can ISP NetFlow Data Be Used to Track Traffic Going Through VPNs? Read more 18 Questions to Ask Your VPN Service Provider Read more Comparing dVPNs and Centralized VPNs for Privacy Protection Read more Adversaries and Anonymity Systems: The Threat Model Basics Read more Why and How a VPN Affects Your Network Connection Speed Read more An Introduction to Privacy vs Anonymity Read more An Introduction to Tor vs I2P Hidden Networks Read more Applying Systematic Risk Management to Personal Privacy Read more VPN vs Tor: Choosing the Right Tool for Your Threat Model Read more Will a VPN Protect Me? Defining Your Personal Threat Model Read more

Advanced Privacy and Anonymity

Advanced Privacy and Anonymity Using VMs, VPNs, Tor – Part 1 Read more Advanced Privacy and Anonymity Using VMs, VPNs, Tor – Part 2 Read more Advanced Privacy and Anonymity Using VMs, VPNs, Tor – Part 3 Read more Advanced Privacy and Anonymity Using VMs, VPNs, Tor – Part 4 Read more Advanced Privacy and Anonymity Using VMs, VPNs, Tor – Part 5 Read more Advanced Privacy and Anonymity Using VMs, VPNs, Tor – Part 6 Read more Advanced Privacy and Anonymity Using VMs, VPNs, Tor – Part 7 Read more Advanced Privacy and Anonymity Using VMs, VPNs, Tor – Part 8 Read more Online Privacy Through OPSEC and Compartmentalization: Part 1 Read more Online Privacy Through OPSEC and Compartmentalization: Part 2 Read more Online Privacy Through OPSEC and Compartmentalization: Part 3 Read more Online Privacy Through OPSEC and Compartmentalization: Part 4 Read more

Auditing & Hardening Technical Reference

Self-Audit Your VPN - Part 1: Getting Started and Verifying IPs Read more Self-Audit Your VPN - Part 2: WireGuard Configuration & DNS Leaks Read more Self-Audit Your VPN - Part 3: OpenVPN Configuration & IPv6 Leaks Read more Privacy Issues Related to Hardware MAC Addresses Read more Creating a Hardened VM Within a Hidden VeraCrypt Partition Read more How to Verify Physical Locations of Bare-Metal Internet Servers Read more Onion SSH Hosts for Chained Infrastructure Management Read more Configuring an Independent Hardware VPN Gateway Read more