Digital Privacy Field Manual: How to Protect Your Identity, Devices, and Data in a Surveillance World - Softcover

Rodgers Jr., David A.

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798251817591

Verlag: Independently published, 2026

Inhaltsangabe

Digital Privacy Field Manual is a practical guide to protecting your identity, devices, and communications in a world of constant digital surveillance.

Every day, governments, corporations, advertisers, and cybercriminals collect massive amounts of personal data. Most people don’t realize how much information they leak through their phones, online accounts, photos, and everyday internet activity.

This book shows you how to take control of your digital footprint.

Written as a clear and practical field manual, it walks you step-by-step through the tools, habits, and security practices used by cybersecurity professionals, investigative journalists, and privacy advocates.

You will learn how to reduce your digital exposure, communicate securely, and protect your data whether you are at home, online, or traveling internationally.

Inside this guide you will learn:

• How to build a personal threat model to understand your real risks
• The safest privacy-focused operating systems including Tails, Qubes OS, and GrapheneOS
• The differences between VPNs, Tor, and proxy networks and when to use each
• How hidden metadata in photos and files can expose your location and identity
• How to properly use burner phones and anonymous communication methods
• Best practices for encrypted messaging apps like Signal and Session
• How to protect your data while traveling and crossing international borders
• Common operational security mistakes that expose people online

This book focuses on practical steps you can implement immediately, whether you are a beginner learning about privacy for the first time or a more experienced user who wants to strengthen their operational security.

If you care about protecting your personal information, maintaining online anonymity, or simply reducing the amount of data collected about you, this field manual will help you build safer digital habits.

Digital privacy is no longer optional.
It is a survival skill in the modern world.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Independently published
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2026
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 13: 9798251817591
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 50
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Manufactured by Amazon on behalf of the author; https://www.amazon.de/hz/contact-us; ; c/o Amazon Media EU S.à.r.l., 38 Avenue John F. Kennedy; Luxembourg; L-1855; Luxemburg