About
A calm, public-interest guide to digital privacy.
Our mission
Opsec exists to help ordinary people protect their privacy online, in plain language, without fear or jargon. We believe privacy is not a luxury for the technical few but a normal part of a free, democratic society. Our guides translate complicated tools and shifting laws into concrete steps anyone can follow in an afternoon.
Non-profit status
Placeholder: Opsec is operated as a non-profit initiative. Formal legal status, registration details, and funding sources will be published here before launch. We take no money from the companies whose products we review, and we run no advertising.
Editorial principles
- Facts are sourced. Every guide and news post lists the sources behind its claims, with a visible "last reviewed" date. If we can't source it, we don't publish it.
- No exaggeration. We describe risks proportionally. We do not use fear to drive clicks, and we say plainly when a threat is unlikely to affect most readers.
- We correct openly. When we get something wrong, we fix it, note the change, and update the review date. Corrections make the work more trustworthy, not less.
- Goals versus means. On contested laws such as those aimed at fighting child sexual abuse material, we never dismiss the goal. We examine whether a specific measure is proportionate and effective, which is a separate question from whether the aim is worthy.
- Independence. Recommendations are based on how well a tool protects you, not on any commercial relationship. We have none.
Privacy of this site
This site sets zero cookies and runs zero trackers. No analytics, no fingerprinting, no third-party scripts, no fonts loaded from external servers. There is nothing to opt out of because there is nothing collecting your data. A site about privacy should practise what it teaches.
Contact & corrections
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