The OPSEC Bible (Articles EN)
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You cannot be governed. You just didn't realize it yet.
Table of contents
What is the goal of The Opsec Bible ?
Our latest contributed tutorials (📡 RSS)
Our upcoming tutorials
The Blog is open to contributions
Wall of Fame (as of May 2025)
Wall of Shame (as of June 2025)
The goal of The Opsec Bible
What's On-topic and Off-topic ?
Roadmap Progress (as of Q3 2025)
10 things you must do if you are pro-freedom
OPSEC Introduction
OPSEC Introduction
📝 Explaining Concepts
📝 Explaining Concepts
Privacy, Anonymity, Plausible Deniability, Decentralisation, Security, and 0days
What is my Attack Surface ?
Governments, Centralisation, and Law Enforcement
Governments fear Decentralisation and Anonymity
Lawfare Explained
📝 Explaining OPSEC ⭐
📝 Explaining OPSEC ⭐
Opsec is real-life Chess
Audit your OPSEC and determine the appropriate internet use
Internet Usage Segmentation Setup
OPSEC: Using the right Technology and Behavior
How to Maintain Multiple Identities Online
Public Chats / Private Chats / Anonymous Chats / Deniable Chats
Why Dread isn't the place to go to for Opsec advice
Fallacies used to dissuade you from using Freedom technology
📝 Explaining Anarchy
📝 Explaining Anarchy
The State is the Enemy
Laws do not stop crimes
How the states manage to pass abusive laws
The Individual reigns supreme, no matter what the state says.
Everyone is a criminal
How your finance can be your downfall
Technology either serves you, or the state
Public media is funded propaganda
Corporations are the cancer of FOSS projects
📝 Explaining Agorism
📝 Explaining Agorism
What's Agorism ?
Why should I price goods and services in Monero directly ?
How to prepare for the arrival of CBDCs
The futility of talking OPSEC on Statist platforms
Corporate censorship: Steam forced to delist games
Protesting is not enough
OPSEC Level 1 | Privacy
OPSEC Level 1 | Privacy
📝 Explaining Privacy
📝 Explaining Privacy
What is Privacy ? Why is it Important ?
Privacy Laxism is real and it's part of the problem
Reddit’s Decline for Real Privacy Discussions
The lack of Open Source Hardware (CPUs, Motherboards, GPUs)
Why can't I trust closed source software for Privacy?
E2EE Doesn't provide privacy if the software is closed-source
What if a FOSS Project Turns Malicious? (Building SimpleX from Source)
Why can't I trust Server-side Encryption ?
💻 Clientside Privacy
💻 Clientside Privacy
💻 Host OS Setup
💻 Host OS Setup
How to have Privacy on your Computer (Kicksecure Host OS)
Linux Basics
Why are we not recommending Qubes OS yet ?
How to have Privacy on your Phone (GrapheneOS)
Linux Hypervisor Setup (QEMU/KVM virtualisation)
DoT, DoH, DNSCrypt, DNS over Tor and Local DNS: What actually protects you?
How to get privacy from your ISP using a VPN
Prevent IP leaks using a VPN on the Host OS
Scheduled Automatic Server Randomization with Mullvad VPN CLI
📦 Private VM Privacy
📦 Private VM Privacy
Easy Private Chats - SimpleX
How to compile open source software + How to verify software integrity
File Verification
Ensuring Your Privacy is Intact with OpenSnitch
Password Management 101: How to use Keepass
One-on-One Large File Sharing (Syncthing over VPN)
Peer-to-Peer Large File Sharing (Torrents over VPN)
📶 Private Local Network
📶 Private Local Network
How to have privacy on your Router (OpenWrt)
How to route your entire network through a VPN on the router
💻 Serverside Privacy (Self-Hosting)
💻 Serverside Privacy (Self-Hosting)
Why should I self-host my own services?
Docker Intro: Installation, Setup and Basic Operations
How to Self-Host a server at Home
USB-triggered server shutdowns
Self-Hosting a Hypervisor on your Home Server
Prevent IP leaks using a VPN on the Home Server Host OS
How to hide your self-hosted service's home IP from the end users
🌐 Serverside Privacy (Remote)
🌐 Serverside Privacy (Remote)
How to encrypt files and messages (Age and PGP)
Remote Hosting SimpleX Servers
Backup data remotely without revealing contents to the VPS provider - BorgBackup
🥷 Privacy Frontends
🥷 Privacy Frontends
Privacy Frontends - Avoiding Centralized Tracking
Setting up Redlib to browse Reddit privately
Setting up SafeTwitch to watch Twitch privately
Setting up Invidious to watch YouTube privately
OPSEC Level 2 | Anonymity
OPSEC Level 2 | Anonymity
📝 Explaining Anonymity
📝 Explaining Anonymity
What is Anonymity ? Why is it Important ?
Why isn’t Privacy enough for Anonymous Use?
The Adversary also benefits from Anonymity
Phone Numbers are incompatible with Anonymity
Why is Metadata detrimental to Anonymity?
The main source of Anonymity: The Tor Network
Anonymity - Why can't I use Signal to chat anonymously?
The German and Netherlands Tor Nodes problem
🧅 Exploring the Darknet
🧅 Exploring the Darknet
Why is the Darknet superior to the Clearnet ?
How to explore the Darknet? (Visibility and Discoverability)
💻 Clientside Anonymity
💻 Clientside Anonymity
Anonymous VM Setup - Whonix QEMU VMs
Using the Tor browser to browse the web Anonymously
Anonymity - Easy Anonymous Chats Using SimpleX
How to Receive Anonymous SMSes (Remote SMSes as a Service)
How to Get an Email Account Anonymously (Emails as a Service)
👁️🗨️ Hiding your Anonymity from the ISP
👁️🗨️ Hiding your Anonymity from the ISP
Where are VPNs, Tor, Monero and SimpleX Legal ?
Using Tor Safely: Tor through VPN or VPN through Tor?
How to access Tor when you are in a heavily-censored country using v2ray (vmess / vless)
Disguising Tor traffic with Cloak
Routing the network through Cloak using OpenWRT router
👁️🗨️ Hiding your Anonymity from the service
👁️🗨️ Hiding your Anonymity from the service
How to Anonymously access websites that block Tor
How to get and use residential proxies anonymously
🤖 Using AI to protect your Anonymity
🤖 Using AI to protect your Anonymity
Stylometry Protection (Using Local LLMs)
💻 Anonymous File Sharing
💻 Anonymous File Sharing
How to share files anonymously using OnionShare
One on One large file sharing (Syncthing over Tor)
Peer-to-Peer Large File Sharing (Torrents over I2P)
🪙 Decentralized Finances ⭐
🪙 Decentralized Finances ⭐
The True Goal of Cryptocurrency
How to setup your Monero wallet
Why can't I trust Centralised Exchanges, and random Monero nodes ?
How to get your first Monero ? (xmrbazaar.com, crypto swaps, p2p chats, or work)
Haveno DEX Direct Fiat to Monero transactions
Haveno Decentralised Exchange Dispute resolution (Fiat -> XMR)
Haveno DEX Bank Transfer (ex: SEPA) -> XMR transaction
Haveno DEX Cash by Mail -> XMR transaction
Convert Monero into other Cryptocurrencies Anonymously (XMR -> LTC)
How to Get a Credit Card Anonymously (Credit Cards as a Service)
Prevent scams using Multisig 2of3 Monero wallets
⚠️ Outdoors Anonymity
⚠️ Outdoors Anonymity
The postal system explained
How to remain Anonymous during a protest
🧅 Serverside Anonymity (remote)
🧅 Serverside Anonymity (remote)
Renting Remote VPS Servers Anonymously (non-KYC cloud resellers)
Monero Inheritence Management (VaultWarden Emergency Contacts)
🧅 Anonymous Hidden Services
🧅 Anonymous Hidden Services
Where to host Anonymous Hidden Services ?
How to have a custom .onion address for your Hidden Service (Vanity V3)
How to redirect your clearnet audience to the Darknet
How to Verify One's Identity While Maintaining Anonymity Using PGP Canaries
Forgejo .onion Setup (Anonymous Code Repositories and Collaboration)
Git LFS over Tor - Proof of Concept
Anonymous Server Monitoring (Grafana, Prometheus, Node-exporter)
How to anonymously recieve alerts (via SimpleX)
🧅 Anonymous Clearnet Services
🧅 Anonymous Clearnet Services
Where to Host Anonymous Clearnet Services ?
How to Rent Remote Domains Anonymously (Registrar Resellers)
Remote anonymous access setup (SSH through Tor)
bind9 DNS setup
🧅 Serverside Anonymity (Self-Hosting)
🧅 Serverside Anonymity (Self-Hosting)
Why should I use Whonix for Self-hosted Hidden services ?
How to use Docker containers on the whonix workstation
Making Your Home Server Reachable via a Hidden Service (SSH + Cockpit + VNC via Tor)
Restricting Onion Service Access with Client Authorization
Nextcloud .onion Setup (Anonymous File Hosting)
Mounting a remote drive over Tor (using SFTP)
Anonymity - Self-Hosted LLM Hidden Service
The Private and Anonymous Email Fallacy
Anonymous self-hosted clearnet mail server Setup
🫶 Contributing to Anonymity
🫶 Contributing to Anonymity
How to run a Tor relay node
TOR Bridge (November 2024 update)
TOR Exit Node
How to run your own Darknet Lantern for Visibility and Discoverability
Anonymous Simplex SMP & XFTP Servers setup
Monero Node Setup
How to mine Monero easily using Gupax
Mine Monero with p2pool and xmrig
How to run a Haveno Seed Node
OPSEC Level 3 | Deniability
OPSEC Level 3 | Deniability
📝 Explaining Plausible Deniability
📝 Explaining Plausible Deniability
Our stance on sensitive activities
The Dangers of ordering Drugs online
What is Plausible Deniability ? Why is it Important ?
Why isn’t Anonymity enough for Sensitive Use?
How to transfer activities across identities
💻 Clientside Deniability
💻 Clientside Deniability
Temporary Sensitive use
Temporary Sensitive use
Tails OS for Easy Temporary Sensitive Use
SimpleX Deniable Chats
Long-Term Sensitive Use
Long-Term Sensitive Use
Using the Host-OS in live-mode to enable Sensitive Use
The main source of Plausible Deniability: Deniable Encryption
Sensitive VMs Setup (Whonix VMs in a Veracrypt Hidden Volume)
How to safely use the Sensitive VM
Black Hat Hacking Sensitive VMs Tutorial
USB-triggered emergency shutdowns
Introduction
Sensitive Data Backups
Sensitive Data Backups
Sensitive Critical Data Backup Procedure
Destructive Deniability (Duress Mechanisms)
Destructive Deniability (Duress Mechanisms)
Mobile Duress Mechanism (GrapheneOS Duress PIN)
🔎 Steganography - Hiding secrets in plain sight
🔎 Steganography - Hiding secrets in plain sight
Other sources of Plausible Deniability: Steganography
Using Steghide to hide data in images
Hiding files in videos (small or large files) with zuluCrypt
🪙 Decentralised Finances
🪙 Decentralised Finances
Where to hide your Monero Wealth ?
🧅 Serverside Deniability (Self-Hosted)
🧅 Serverside Deniability (Self-Hosted)
Electrical Failover (basic UPS setup)
Plausible Deniability Protection for an .onion Service (WIP)
🧅 Serverside Deniability (Remote)
🧅 Serverside Deniability (Remote)
Sensitive .onion Services: Self-Host or Host Remotely ?
When the Adversary is the cloud provider himself
Deniably Renting a VPS from the Sensitive-Use VM
Sensitive Remote Servers Organization
🧅 High Availability for Deniability
🧅 High Availability for Deniability
Why is High Availability Important for Deniability ?
How to setup a basic NGINX / PHP / MySQL app
How to setup a MySQL Master-Master replication over Tor
OnionBalance for .onion domains load balancing
EndGame V3 Setup
🫶 Contributing to the project
🫶 Contributing to the project
How to write good Criticism
The Quality Standard
How to become a Contributor
How to become a Maintainer
How to run the Opsec Bible Yourself
Template Tutorial Title
🆕 Miscellaneous
🆕 Miscellaneous
Recommended Movies and Series to Watch
Recommended Documentaries to Watch
Recommended Books to Read
🏷️ All Tags
The Nowhere Community and our services
Legal Disclaimer
Operational Security Mistakes
Operational Security Mistakes
OPSEC Mistake Template
Realistic OPSEC Mistakes and Threat Scenarios
Identity Segmentation Fails: Emails, Usernames, and Passwords
Being lured into telegram for sensitive use
Being lured into meeting someone IRL
Never tell your bank that you bought crypto
Canadian truckers protesters' bank accounts frozen
Improper Monero Usage
📛 Darknet Market Downfalls
📛 Darknet Market Downfalls
The Downfall of Silk Road
The Downfall of AlphaBay
The Downfall of Incognito Market
📛 Other Darknet Exposures
📛 Other Darknet Exposures
Man arrested for donating to a terrorist organization
The Downfall of IntelBroker
The Downfall of Pompompurin
LAPSUS$ OPSEC Mistakes
🪪 Consequences of bad OPSEC
🪪 Consequences of bad OPSEC
Solitary Confinement
Being forced into violence by gangs
Being forced into becoming an Informant
Productivity
Productivity
Productivity: Health and Work Organisation
Introduction to Nihilism
Productivity Introduction
Productivity Introduction
The Poison of Modern Times
Discipline over Comfort
Preparing the Body and Mind
Preparing the Body and Mind
Yoga to stretch the entire body
Preparing the Body - Diet to favor cerebral activity
Nihilism ⭐
Nihilism ⭐
Nihilism: Mantras to reset the Mind
Opus Nihil: Dissolving Compulsions
Scio Nihil: Dissolving Beliefs
Sum Nihil: Dissolving the Self
Strategies to unwind addictions
Cold Exposure: Where Discipline takes over Comfort
Planning the Work
Planning the Work
The General Workflow (Visualize, Plan, Do, and Review the Work)
The right thing to do: What is the reason behind your actions?
Macro Workflow: Listing Projects that truly matter
Macro Time Management: Project Priorization and Calendar Scheduling
Micro Workflow: Todo Listing, Contextualizing, and Ordering Tasks
Collaborative Project Management (Kanban in Forgejo)
Zero Email Workflow (in Thunderbird)
Doing the Work
Doing the Work
Mental Energy: How good are you at spending it ?
Workspace Preparation: Focus Optimisation
The Morning Routine
Pomodoro Focus times (Intentional pauses to prevent burnouts)
Reflecting on the Work
Reflecting on the Work
Reflecting: How to use graphs to help Brainstorming ideas (draw.io)
Reflecting: Brainstorming Ideas while on the run
Self-Hosting
Self-Hosting
Lainon Radio Setup
Qubes Host OS setup guide
How to navigate qubes OS and segment your internet uses
4get Setup
Gitea Setup (nginx, postgresql, debian10)
RustDesk Setup
Zabbix setup with Nginx HTTPS
anonymousoverflow Setup
Ansible
Apt-Cacher Setup
bedrock Setup
Borg Backups
borg_auto Setup
CheckMK Setup
CodiMD Installation
E4 Composite Project
Cron Jobs Setup
CryptPad
cyberchef (npm)
PostgreSQL Master-Slave repmgr triple Replication
Debian 12 Bookworm Upgrade
dillinger
Dozzle Setup
E4 Situation Professionnelle 2
Installing Etherpad behind a nginx reverse proxy
fail2banssh Setup
FreshRSS Installation
GLPI debian10
Gomez (npm)
Haproxy setup
hatsh Setup
Index
hMailServer Setup
Hydrus Network Setup
invidious Setup
inspIRCd SSL Setup
TOR IRC
Jitsi
Kanboard (nginx, mariadb, php7.4)
Kutt URL Shortener
Multiple kvm monitors Setup
CGI Lainsafe Setup
Leela chess zero Setup
LibreNMS Debian 10 NGINX Setup
librex Setup
luks Setup
emailwiz Setup
matrix Setup
Matrix Chat Setup
Minecraft Server Setup
Colored MOTDs Setup
MyMind + MindMaps Installation
Neko Setup
Easy install of Nextcloud
Minimalistic NGINX Setup with HTTPS
Nginx basic auth + fail2ban
NGINX Load Balancing
Nginx Proxy Manager (Docker)
nitter Setup
Observium Nginx Debian 10
VPS-Hosted OpenVPN server:
VPN-over-TOR
Arch Linux PCI Passthrough Setup
perlite Setup
Pfsense on Proxmox
Pfsense site-to-site VPN
PHP LainSafe
pihole Setup
PlainPad
Portainer Setup
portforwarding Setup
PrivateBin (pastebin)
Prometheus Grafana
proxitok Setup
Proxmox (debian 10)
Mdadm Raid 1 Setup
Rainloop Setup
RDP Connections
rss Setup
Making backups using rsync
safetwitch Setup
SearX
Searx (Docker)
searxng Setup
ShareLaTeX / Overleaf
SNMP
stablediffusion Setup
stablediffusion2 Setup
Physical Surveillance Setup
Teddit Setup
TF2 GameServer Setup
TheLounge
tor_ssh_tunnel_port_forwarding Setup
tordns Setup
torproxy Setup
tpot Setup
unattendedupgrades Setup
uptimekuma Setup
virt-manager setup
Windows Server Setup (QEMU)
Windows DNS Server Setup (QEMU)
Windows Server AD Setup (QEMU)
Windows Server AD Users Setup (QEMU)
Windows Server 2019 on Proxmox
Windows Server 2019 LDAPS Setup
WS2019 Triple DFS Share replication
watchtower Setup
wazuh Setup
whoogle Setup
wikiless Setup
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Automated Wireguard Setup
XMPP Chat Server Setup (Clearnet + Onion + OMEMO E2EE)
xrdp Setup
Hacking
Hacking
Offensive Security Writeups (NO LONGER MAINTAINED)
HackTheBox Writeups
HackTheBox Writeups
Easy Boxes
Easy Boxes
BOXNAME Writeup
Lame Writeup
Blocky Writeup
Blue Writeup
Mirai Writeup
Shocker Writeup
Sense Writeup
Bashed Writeup
Nibbles Writeup
Valentine Writeup
Sunday Writeup
Bounty Writeup
Legacy Writeup
Jerry Writeup
Active Writeup
Access Writeup
Frolic Writeup
Curling Writeup
Irked Writeup
Teacher Writeup
Help Writeup
Friendzone Writeup
Netmon Writeup
Devel Writeup
LaCasaDePapel Writeup
Bastion Writeup
SwagShop Writeup
Writeup Writeup
Haystack Writeup
Safe Writeup
Heist Writeup
Writeup
Forest Writeup
Postman Writeup
Beep Writeup
Traverxec Writeup
OpenAdmin Writeup
Nest Writeup
Traceback Writeup
Remote Writeup
ServMon Writeup
Admirer Writeup
Blunder Writeup
Tabby Writeup
Buff Writeup
Optimum Writeup
Omni Writeup
Doctor Writeup
Academy Writeup
Laboratory Writeup
Luanne Writeup
Delivery Writeup
Toolbox Writeup
Sauna Writeup
ScriptKiddie Writeup
Armageddon Writeup
Arctic Writeup
Spectra Writeup
Love Writeup
Cap Writeup
Knife Writeup
Previse Writeup
Paper Writeup
BountyHunter Writeup
Explore Writeup
Horizontall Writeup
Backdoor Writeup
Grandpa Writeup
Driver Writeup
Secret Writeup
Granny Writeup
Bank Writeup
Medium Boxes
Medium Boxes
Writeup
Popcorn Writeup
Nineveh Writeup
Apocalyst Writeup
SolidState Writeup
Node Writeup
Enterprise Writeup
Jeeves Writeup
Inception Writeup
FluxCapacitor Writeup
Chatterbox Writeup
Aragog Writeup
Bastard Writeup
Bart Writeup
Stratosphere Writeup
Celestial Writeup
Silo Writeup
Poison Writeup
Canape Writeup
Olympus Writeup
TartarSauce Writeup
DevOops Writeup
Hawk Writeup
Tenten Writeup
Waldo Writeup
SecNotes Writeup
Giddy Writeup
Ypuffy Writeup
Carrier Writeup
Vault Writeup
RedCross Writeup
Lightweight Writeup
Chaos Writeup
Querier Writeup
Cronos Writeup
Arkham Writeup
Unattended Writeup
Luke Writeup
Jarvis Writeup
Craft Writeup
Bitlab Writeup
Wall Writeup
Json Writeup
AI Writeup
Sniper Writeup
October Writeup
Mango Writeup
Obscurity Writeup
Monteverde Writeup
Book Writeup
Cascade Writeup
Magic Writeup
Cache Writeup
Fuse Writeup
SneakyMailer Writeup
OpenKeyS Writeup
Lazy Writeup
Worker Writeup
Passage Writeup
Jewel Writeup
Bucket Writeup
Time Writeup
Ready Writeup
Tenet Writeup
Ophiuchi Writeup
TheNotebook Writeup
Sneaky Writeup
Haircut Writeup
Europa Writeup
Hard Boxes
Hard Boxes
Writeup
Joker Writeup
Dropzone Writeup
Reel Writeup
Dab Writeup
Oz Writeup
Zipper Writeup
Conceal Writeup
FluJab Writeup
Helpline Writeup
OneTwoSeven Writeup
Ghoul Writeup
Calamity Writeup
Ellingson Writeup
Chainsaw Writeup
Player Writeup
RE Writeup
Scavenger Writeup
Zetta Writeup
Registry Writeup
Control Writeup
Patents Writeup
Oouch Writeup
Charon Writeup
ForwardSlash Writeup
Quick Writeup
Travel Writeup
Blackfield Writeup
Intense Writeup
Unbalanced Writeup
Feline Writeup
Compromised Writeup
Reel2 Writeup
Sharp Writeup
Shrek Writeup
Mantis Writeup
Tally Writeup
Kotarak Writeup
CrimeStoppers Writeup
Falafel Writeup
Linpeas
Recurrent Tricks
Recurrent Tricks
Setup
Burpsuite Setup
File Transfers
SSH Tunnels
xc Setup
Binary Exploitation Writeups
Binary Exploitation Writeups
Binary Exploitation
Learning Assembly
Learning Assembly
Assembly x86_64 -
Assembly x86_64 - Hello World!
Assembly x86_64 - Hello World Explained
Assembly x86_64 - Jumps, Calls
Assembly x86_64 - User Input
Assembly x86_64 - Math operations
Assembly x86_64 - CLI Arguements
Assembly x86_64 - Spawning a Shell
Binary Exploitation
GDB + GEF
Ghidra
Python Pwntools
Binary Exploitation
CSAW 2019 Beleaf
Helithumper Reverse Engineering
Binary Exploitation
Binary Exploitation
Csaw 2019 babyboi
CSAW 2018 Quals Boi
BKP 2016 SimpleCalc
DCQuals 2016 FeedMe
CSAW 2018 Get It
Binary Exploitation
Tokyo Western 2017 - Just Do It!
Facebook CTF 2019 Overfloat
CSAW 2017 Pilot
TAMU 2019 pwn1
TAMU 2019 Pwn3
TuCTF 2018 Shella-Easy
Utc 2019 shellme
DCQuals 2019 speed
Csaw 2017 SVC
TUCTF 2017 VulnChat
CSAW 2016 Warmup
Binary Exploitation
h3 time
Sunshine CTF 2017 Prepared
hsctf 2019 tux talk show
You cannot be governed. You just didn't realize it yet.
Yes, you can become ungovernable if you have proper Operational Security. Everyone can have it. The Opsec Bible is here to show you why and how you can achieve Operational Security from A to Z. From Privacy, to Anonymity, to Deniability, on both the Clientside, and the Serverside.
Statism is no longer an option. We are here to show you the Agorist way.
SHOWCASED TUTORIAL: Learn how to audit your own setup, to determine your Operational Security (OPSEC) Level, and find out what is the most appropriate internet use for it.
BREAKING NEWS: Welcome to The Opsec Bible v2.0! We are now running mkdocs-material and all of our blogposts have been converted to Markdown to make it simplify the contribution process in the long run.
With this new mkdocs blog version, we have completely changed how you can find blogposts that are relevant to your own situation. Thanks to the Mkdocs search plugin, you can now search for specific terms (ex:Tor, Monero, Anonymity, Deniability) in the search bar at the top to find the blogposts that are relevant to what you wish to know. Don't hesitate to combine search terms together to try and find what you need.
What is the goal of The Opsec Bible ?
In short, we're here to tell you why and how you can become ungovernable.
Priority number 1: Solving the lack of education (no FUD, nor minimization fallacies)
Priority number 2: Opsec advice applicable to 90% of the people out there, to defeat 99% of the risks
Priority number 3: Simplifying the Opsec advice as much as possible to make it as easy to achieve as possible.
(Check out this blogpost for more details on our mission)
Our latest contributed tutorials (📡 RSS)
2025-11-17: Dead man's switch with the SimpleX Alerter
2025-11-14: E2EE Doesn't provide privacy if the software is closed-source
2025-10-19: OPSEC is real-life chess
2025-10-19: The Adversary also benefits from Anonymity
2025-10-18: Prevent scams using Multisig 2of3 Monero wallets
2025-10-16: Routing the network through Cloak using OpenWRT router
2025-10-13: The dangers of ordering drugs online
2025-10-05: LAPSUS$ OPSEC Mistakes
2025-09-28: SimpleX Deniable Chats
2025-09-27: Roadmap Progress (as of Q3 2025)
2025-09-14: Sensitive Remote Servers Organization
2025-09-14: How to safely use the Sensitive VM
2025-09-08: Reddit’s Decline for Real Privacy Discussions
2025-09-07: Setting up Invidious to watch YouTube privately
2025-08-31: Man arrested for donating to a terrorist organization
2025-08-29: Backup data remotely without revealing contents to the VPS provider - BorgBackup
2025-08-29: Canadian truckers protesters' bank accounts frozen
2025-08-27: Privacy Laxism is real and it's part of the problem
2025-08-27: The Downfall of Pompompurin
2025-08-27: Corporate censorship: Steam forced to delist games
2025-08-26: Setting up SafeTwitch to watch Twitch privately
2025-08-25: Being lured into meeting someone IRL
2025-08-25: Internet Usage Segmentation Setup [GrapheneOS addition]
2025-08-23: What if a FOSS Project Turns Malicious? (Building SimpleX from Source)
2025-08-22: How to Get an Email Account Anonymously [update replacing protonmail]
2025-08-22: Git LFS over Tor - Proof of Concept
2025-08-20: Docker Intro: Installation, Setup and Basic Operations
2025-08-17: The Nowhere Community and our Services
2025-08-16: 10 things you must do if you are pro-freedom
2025-08-16: How the states manage to pass abusive laws
2025-08-14: Disguising Tor traffic with Cloak
2025-08-13: How to mine Monero easily using Gupax
2025-08-12: Where are VPNs, Tor, Monero and SimpleX Legal ?
2025-08-12: The Downfall of IntelBroker
2025-08-11: How to have privacy on your Router (OpenWrt)
2025-08-10: Black Hat Hacking Sensitive VMs Tutorial
2025-08-10: How to redirect your clearnet audience to the Darknet
2025-08-09: Password Management 101: How to use Keepass [old tutorial update]
2025-08-08: Setting up Redlib to browse Reddit privately
2025-08-04: The Downfall of AlphaBay
2025-08-04: Being forced into becoming an Informant
2025-08-03: The Private and Anonymous Email Problem
2025-08-02: Being lured into telegram for sensitive use
2025-07-31: Solitary Confinement
2025-07-30: Restricting Onion Service Access with Client Authorization
2025-07-28: Making Your Home Server Reachable via a Hidden Service (SSH + Cockpit + VNC via Tor)
2025-07-27: Being forced into violence by gangs
2025-07-25: How to transfer Activities across Identities
2025-07-25: Never tell your bank that you bought crypto
2025-07-22: Deniably renting servers from the Sensitive use VM
2025-07-21: What is my Attack Surface ?
2025-07-21: USB-triggered server shutdowns
2025-07-19: The Downfall of Silk Road
2025-07-19: Corporations are the cancer of FOSS projects
2025-07-18: How to prepare for the arrival of CBDCs
2025-07-17: Scheduled Automatic Server Randomization with Mullvad VPN CLI
2025-07-16: USB-triggered shutdowns
2025-07-15: How to route your entire network through a VPN on the router
2025-07-15: How your finance can be your downfall
2025-07-14: Opsec Mistakes - Improper Monero Usage
2025-07-13: Identity Segmentation Fails: Emails, Usernames, and Passwords
2025-07-12: The futility of talking OPSEC on Statist platforms
2025-07-11: Linux Basics
2025-07-10: Public media is funded propaganda
2025-07-09: Ensuring Your Privacy is Intact with OpenSnitch
2025-07-08: Lawfare Explained
2025-07-08: Why can't I trust Server-side Encryption ? [old tutorial rewrite]
2025-07-07: Opsec Mistakes - The Downfall of Incognito Market
2025-07-06: Technology either serves you, or the state
2025-07-06: Privacy Frontends - Avoiding Centralized Tracking
2025-07-03: The postal system explained
2025-07-02: Fallacies used to dissuade you from using Freedom technology
2025-07-02: Why Dread isn't always the place to go to for opsec advice
2025-07-02: Why are we not recommending QubesOS yet?
2025-07-01: Mounting a remote drive over Tor (using SFTP)
Our upcoming tutorials
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Wall of Fame (as of May 2025)
The Kicksecure Documentation : One of the actual backbones of OPSEC in general, making Privacy, Anonymity and even Deniability possible on the operating system level and explaining how they achieved it
The Whonix Documentation : Another backbone of OPSEC, making Anonymity possible on the guest operating system level and explaining how they achieved it.
The Hitchhiker's guide to Anonymity : The main inspiration for The Opsec Bible, an actual goldmine of information, even though i don't like how everything is in one page.
Hackliberty Resources : Community centered around Anarchism, Agorism, and Cypherpunk in general.
Dread /d/opsec : Dread being one of the largest darknet forums out there, their opsec board is a fertile ground for truth seeking
Sam bent's youtube channel : Ex-darknet vendor, well versed in anything opsec-related, with solid background on the law in general.
Monero Talk's youtube channel : Show focusing on growing the adoption of Monero to the masses.
/biz/'s Monero Info Dump : Website explaining why monero is the ultimate cryptocurrency
Wall of Shame (as of June 2025)
Dread /d/opsec : Dread being one of the largest darknet forums out there, their opsec board is also (sadly) a fertile ground for disinformation campaigns and dishonest debates, so make sure you double check and challenge everything they claim in there. Forums are anyway not ideal to actually take you from A to Z when it comes to exploring entire fields of study like operational security. EDIT: the mods stopped caring apparently.
PrivacyGuides : Sadly a far too popular community of privacy laxists, claiming that using closed-source software is supposedly suitable for private use.
Techlore : Another privacy laxist community claiming that privacy is possible on Windows, or MacOS.
PrivacyTools : Yet another privacy laxism community, claiming that privacy is possible on Windows
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Onion (Tor) Link:
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