Your Safety

Practical steps to protect yourself online, written for people whose discovery carries real consequences.

Do not use this site on a shared or monitored device.

If someone else has access to your phone, tablet, or computer, they may be able to see that you visited this site. Use a personal device that only you unlock.

How the Quick Exit Works

Pressing ESC or tapping the Quick Exit button instantly removes the page from view and redirects to a neutral website. It also replaces the current entry in your browser history so the back button will not return here.

What Quick Exit Does NOT Do

Know what it doesn't cover:

Doesn't delete your full browser history. Earlier visits to this site can still show up.
Doesn't clear bookmarks, autofill, or saved passwords.
Doesn't hide your visit from router logs or network monitoring. Your ISP or anyone watching the local network still sees the connection.

Treat Quick Exit as a panic button, not a privacy tool.

Useful when someone glances over your shoulder. Useless against anything more determined than that. For real privacy you need a VPN plus manual history clearing.

Use a VPN

A VPN encrypts your internet traffic and hides which sites you visit from your ISP, your router, and anyone watching the local network. If you only do one thing on this page, do this one.

Recommended VPN Services

Proton VPN. Has a free tier with no data limits. Based in Switzerland. No logs. Download from protonvpn.com.
Cloudflare WARP. Free, fast, and simple. It encrypts your DNS and traffic. Not a full VPN but significantly better than nothing. Download from 1.1.1.1.

Private/Incognito mode prevents your browser from saving history on your device, but it does not hide your traffic from the network. Use incognito mode together with a VPN, not instead of one.

Clearing Browser History

After visiting this site, clear your browser history. Here are step-by-step instructions for the most common Android browsers.

Chrome (Android)

Open Chrome and tap the three-dot menu (⋮) in the top right.
Tap History.
Tap Clear browsing data.
Select Browsing history, Cookies and site data, and Cached images and files.
Set the time range to All time or select individual entries to delete.
Tap Clear data.

Samsung Internet

Open Samsung Internet and tap the hamburger menu (☰) at the bottom.
Tap Settings.
Tap Personal browsing data.
Tap Delete browsing data.
Check all boxes and tap Delete.

Firefox (Android)

Open Firefox and tap the three-dot menu (⋮).
Tap Settings.
Scroll to Delete browsing data on quit. Enable this for automatic clearing.
To clear manually: go back, tap the three-dot menu, then Delete browsing data.
Select all categories and tap Delete.

Secure Email

Do not use your personal email for anything related to activism, community participation, or this site.

Never reuse an activist email for personal accounts.

If one account is compromised, reused emails let attackers connect your activist identity to your real identity. Keep them completely separate.

We recommend ProtonMail for secure, encrypted email. It is free, based in Switzerland, and does not require a phone number to register. Sign up at proton.me.

Passwords and Two-Factor Authentication

Use a strong, unique password for every account. A strong password is long (at least 12 characters), random, and not reused anywhere else. Consider using a password manager like Bitwarden (free) to generate and store passwords.

Turn on two-factor authentication (2FA) on every account that offers it, starting with email. With 2FA on, knowing your password isn't enough; the attacker also needs a code from your phone.

Photo Safety and EXIF Data

Photos contain hidden location data.

Most phone cameras embed GPS coordinates, timestamps, and device information into every photo. This metadata is called EXIF data. If you share a photo, anyone who receives it may be able to see exactly where and when it was taken.

Before sharing any photo, strip the EXIF data. You can do this by:

Taking a screenshot of the photo instead of sending the original.
Using an EXIF removal app (search "EXIF remover" in your app store).
Disabling location access for your camera app in your phone settings.

Instagram Safety

Set your account to private.
Do not use your real name or a recognizable photo as your profile picture.
Turn off Activity Status so people cannot see when you are online.
Review your Close Friends list regularly.
Be careful with story location stickers and tagged locations. They reveal where you are.
Do not accept follow requests from people you do not know.
Disable Similar Account Suggestions in settings so Instagram does not recommend your account to people who follow accounts like yours.

Mock Location Apps

Some apps and services use your GPS location. You can install a mock-location app to spoof your GPS coordinates and make it appear as if you are somewhere else. This can be useful if you use location-based apps and do not want your real location exposed.

Search "mock location" or "fake GPS" in your app store. On Android, you will need to enable Developer Options and set the mock-location app as your default.

Mock location hides your GPS position from apps, but it does not hide your IP address. For that, you still need a VPN.

No single tool keeps you perfectly safe. What works is layers: VPN, history clearing, separate accounts, careful sharing. Pick what fits your life and build the habit around it.