Digital Footprint Checklist: 7 Powerful Steps From NIST 

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Even having been around cybersecurity for as long as I have, it’s easy to become complacent about digital privacy. Digital privacy and digital security are often a bit of an afterthought for a lot of people. The amount of information that we all freely give away is truly mind-blowing. With the increased use of AI … Read more

Self-Hosting for Privacy: Why 3 Lost Songs Made Me Leave the Cloud

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I love the cloud. The convenience of having all my documents, photos, and media available at all times is absolutely amazing. That functionality has saved me more times than I can count. So I get it, the cloud offers some incredible benefits. What we often forget is to ask, who actually has access to all … Read more

Home Security Risk Assessment: 5 Steps to Simplify Safety

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I’ve been in the IT game for nearly 20 years. Between the last two organizations that I worked for, I helped bring nearly 7,000 servers into compliance for security standards across eight countries. So you’d think that all that experience would make home security easy. Sure, I had the basics in place. However, it wasn’t … Read more

Threat Modeling for Regular People: 7 Simple Steps to Feel Truly Secure

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Last Update: Oct. 6, 2026 Digital minimalism and protecting your digital privacy go hand in hand. So many people are just focused on reducing their screen time when it comes to digital minimalism, that they forget that without digital privacy you are basically just leaving the door unlocked to your digital life. I want to … Read more

Minimalist Security Setup: The Only 2 Essential Tools

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Last Update: Oct. 01, 2026 Raise your hand if you’ve looked into protecting your digital life and come back with a list of 2 dozen different things that you needed to add to your devices to be more secure? I know I have. I’m always appalled when I see these pages recommending everything from antivirus … Read more

Home Network Segmentation: A Beginner’s Guide

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Last Update: Sep. 28, 2026 I’ve been working with network segmentation for years. It’s the type of enterprise geek speak that when I mention it, people just kind of tune it out unless they are in the industry. I get it. It sounds like something that you only find in datacenters, hospitals, and server rooms. … Read more

Organize Your Desktop: 6 Powerful Steps to Instantly Clear Your Mind

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Last Update: Aug. 02, 2026 I’m going to come across as slightly judgmental here, but if you are like most people, you probably really need to organize your desktop. Visual clutter on my desktop drives me up the wall, so when I see a desktop covered in icons, it gives me anxiety. So many people … Read more

Minimalist Home Screen: 6 Powerful Steps to Break Phone Addiction

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Last Updated: June 13, 2026 If you want to break your phone addiction, start with building a minimalist home screen. Your home screen is the first thing that you seen when you unlock your phone and for many of us, it’s the first step down the rabbit hole of distractions that keeps us sucked into … Read more

Smartphone Declutter: 7 Powerful Steps to Reclaim Your Focus and Simplify Your Life

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Last Updated: June 8, 2026 A smartphone declutter is one of the most impactful steps you can take in your digital minimalism journey. It simplifies your daily life and cuts through the noise of a busy digital life. The phone has become one of the most common things you see every single day. We all … Read more

Digital Reset: 8 Powerful Steps to Declutter Your Tech and Take Back Control

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Last Updated: June 8, 2026 A digital reset is very similar to physically decluttering your life. For those who know me, they will tell you that decluttering is one of my favorite things to do. There is something cathartic about getting rid of things and freeing up that space in your world both physically and … Read more