About The Gated Series
What?
GATED is an evolving series of step-by-step, how-to guides on Digital Privacy & Security, aimed at the average person who doesn't identify as being “tech-savvy”. It's not just trying to get you to maximise your Digital Privacy & Security by jumping to the extremes. Instead, it walks through the entire spectrum, for you to decide which is the ideal setup, based on your own lifestyle.
- Multiple Profiles
- Comparing Alternate Browsers (not Chrome or Edge)
- Implementing Multiple Browsers (not Chrome or Edge)
- Tor Browser
- Comparing Alternate Operating Systems (not Windows)
- Implementing Multiple Operating Systems (not Windows)
- Public or Shared WiFis
- Comparing & Implementing VPNs
- Full Security Tor-Powered Operating Systems
- Dispelling Myths & Misunderstandings Of Available Tools, Along The Way
Who?
It is reasonable to expect that anyone whose responsibility involves sensitive information, they'd have the knowledge or training to increase their Digital Privacy & Security. But not everyone has that luxury. More likely, it's the person living a perfectly normal life, who suddenly comes into information they need to share, that gets lost in the maze of technology. This video series is meant for them.
- Those Unable To Speak Up
- Those Drowning In The Crowd
- The Unintended WhistleBlower
- The Unintended Reporter
- Any Average Person With Something To Say
Why?
So why does the average person need to know how to implement Digital Privacy & Security, when they aren't a hacker, millionaire, or a politician? Because it's all getting upside down now. Those people, are no longer the ones that need to hide.
- The Shift In What's Morally & Socially Acceptable
- The Shift In What's Justice & Fair
- The Shift In The Acceptance That As Long As You're Right, You Will Be Safe
- The Consolidation Of The Press That Pushes A Single Narrative
- Corporate Overreach Where Conglomerates Upend Lives For Profit With Zero Accountability
- The Lack Of A Voice To Those Deemed Unworthy
- Does Protecting Yourself Really Need A Why?
How?
To make this video series really accessible to everyone, it strips away confusing technical terms and complicated process, and replaces them with real-world analogies and relatable examples. It doesn't just give you instructions, but actually guides you through the whole process of researching, comparing, deciding and then implementing them, with myself as the test subject.
Videos
Episode 6: Anonymity
In this sixth episode of GATED - The Guide to Privacy & Security for the Common Man, we look at Anonymity. This goes far beyond VPNs, decoy accounts, and sterilised compartments.
Episode 5: The VPN Illusion
In this fifth episode of GATED - The Guide to Privacy & Security for the Common Man, we look closely at this most popular tool, and why most people are destroying their Privacy & Security with it. Alarmingly, most of it is counter-intuitive to what is expected.
Episode 4: Sterility
In this fourth episode of GATED - The Guide to Privacy & Security for the Common Man, we look at Sterility, and its opposite, Contamination - the incurable fatal disease of Privacy & Security.
Episode 3: Compartmentalisation
In this third episode of GATED - The Guide to Privacy & Security for the Common Man, we look at Compartmentalisation - the first rule of digital Privacy & Security.
Episode 2: The How
In this second episode of GATED - The Guide to Privacy & Security for the Common Man, we discuss how Digital Privacy & Security is within reach of anyone, of any tech level.
Episode 1: The Why
In this first episode of GATED - The Guide to Privacy & Security for the Common Man, we look at the reasons why privacy & security should not just be for hackers, millionaires or anarchists.