How to Really Protect Yourself Online + Digital Hygiene Checklist (Patreon)

In Today's Patreon exclusive, we are walking through a clear breakdown of how your personal information is already exposed online and the simple steps you can take to reduce it and protect yourself.Digital Hygiene Checklist:Search your name, phone number, and email online

Remove your info from data broker sites (use tools like Optery, DeleteMe, or Incogni)

Blur your home on Google Street View

Remove old home photos from real estate sites if possible

Set Venmo to private (transactions + friends list)

Make fitness apps private and hide start/end locations (your home)

Make social media accounts private

Avoid posting real-time location or travel

Limit what you share about your kids (school, names, location)

Use parental tools like Google Family Link or Bark

Use a password manager (1Password or Bitwarden)

Use a different password for every account

Turn on multi-factor authentication (use Google Authenticator or YubiKey)

Use separate emails for banking, personal, and signups (try Proton Mail or SimpleLogin)

Use a secondary phone number for signups (Google Voice)

Use a privacy browser like Brave or DuckDuckGo

Check breaches on Have I Been Pwned

Freeze your credit with Experian, Equifax, and TransUnion