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Guides on privacy, passwords & usernames

Plain-English guides on keeping your online accounts secure, your inbox clean, and your identity separate where it needs to be.

Temp Email

What is a temporary email and why use one?

What temp email is, when it makes sense, and the small print worth knowing.

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Temp email vs disposable email vs burner email

The four names for the same idea — and where they actually differ.

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Email privacy: why your inbox is worth protecting

How your address spreads online, the real risks, and what to do about it.

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Passwords
Passwords

The importance of strong passwords

What makes a password strong, why length beats complexity, and how to manage them.

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Passwords

How to create a strong password you can actually remember

The passphrase method, random generation, and how many passwords you actually need to memorise.

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Usernames
Usernames

Username privacy: why reusing the same handle is risky

How a reused username links all your accounts — and how to avoid it.

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Usernames

Random username ideas: how to pick a good one

What makes a handle work for gaming, social media and throwaway accounts — and what to avoid.

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Gaming
Gaming

Multiple accounts in online games: what you need to know

When alt accounts are allowed, when they're not, and how to set them up cleanly.

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Gaming

Gaming account security: how to protect your accounts

Credential stuffing, phishing, malware, SIM swapping — and the four things that actually matter.

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Privacy
Privacy

Free online privacy tools that actually work (2026)

Temp email, password managers, VPNs, private browsers — what each does and what it doesn't.

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