Start here when the normal baseline is not the right fit
For most people there is a normal baseline. Use this route when work, family, healthcare, safety or responsibility genuinely changes the advice.
Still unsure? Start with the normal baseline.
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When the baseline is not enough
Choose the route that genuinely changes your starting point
privacy conscious
This is the base profile for people who want to handle privacy more consciously. You want to become less dependent on Google and big tech without jumping straight to extreme OpSec.
journalist or activist
This is a base profile for people facing elevated targeted threats. You work with sensitive sources, activism or politically sensitive information and need a stricter model.
high risk and full OpSec
This is the heaviest base profile. You operate in an environment where a mistake can have serious legal, physical or personal consequences and where full OpSec is necessary.
What else applies to you?
Then check which extra context still applies
student or employee
This is not a base profile but a context profile. You use work or study devices next to personal devices. How do you keep work, study and personal life truly separated?
small business or solo operator
Profile for the small business owner or solo operator. If you work in a small company or by yourself, you carry responsibility for client data, invoices and business continuity.
family and children
This is a context profile. As a parent or teenager, you have extra questions about upbringing, autonomy, social pressure and digital habits. Use this on top of a base profile.
healthcare professional
This is a context profile for healthcare work. As a doctor, therapist or social worker, you have extra obligations around patient data, professional secrecy and incident reporting.
confidential professions and public roles
Do you work with privileged communication, client data or politically sensitive information? This profile bundles the digital basics for lawyers, notaries, politicians and sensitive public roles.
stalking or domestic abuse
This is an exceptional context profile. If the threat comes from a partner, ex-partner, family member or acquaintance, the threat model changes completely and safety comes before technology.
IT professional and sysadmin
This is a context profile for people with privileged access. You manage other people's systems and are therefore a target because of the access you hold, not only your own data.