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DeadSwitch Security – VPNs Won’t Save You

2025-05-212025-10-29 ~ Tom's IT Cafe ~ Leave a comment

The Illusion of Anonymity Without OPSEC
By DeadSwitch | The Cyber Ghost

“You tunneled your traffic. But you didn’t tunnel yourself.”


A VPN encrypts your traffic.
It does not encrypt your behavior.
It does not mask your fingerprint.
It does not make you anonymous.


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Layer Zero // Privacy Tactic 03: Use a VPN or Tor

2025-03-202025-03-16 ~ Tom's IT Cafe ~ Leave a comment

The internet doesn’t forget – and it never stops watching.

Your IP address is a digital fingerprint – a beacon that tells websites, advertisers, governments, and data brokers where you are, what you’re doing, and who you might be.

Without protection, you’re not just online – you’re exposed.

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Layer Zero // Privacy Tactic 01: Use Privacy-First Browsers

2025-03-162025-03-16 ~ Tom's IT Cafe ~ Leave a comment

You don’t start a secure journey through the web with a password.
You start it with your browser – your first line of exposure, your first layer of defense.

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