Digital Hygiene Checklist
Search your name, phone number, and email online
Remove your info from data broker sites (use tools like Optery, DeleteMe, or Incogni)
Blur your home on Google Street View
Remove old home photos from real estate sites if possible
Set Venmo to private (transactions + friends list)
Make fitness apps private and hide start/end locations (your home)
Make social media accounts private
Avoid posting real-time location or travel
Limit what you share about your kids (school, names, location)
Use parental tools like Google Family Link or Bark
Use a password manager (1Password or Bitwarden)
Use a different password for every account
Turn on multi-factor authentication (use Google Authenticator or YubiKey)
Use separate emails for banking, personal, and signups (try Proton Mail or SimpleLogin)
Use a secondary phone number for signups (Google Voice)
Use a privacy browser like Brave or DuckDuckGo
Check breaches on Have I Been Pwned
Freeze your credit with Experian, Equifax, and TransUnion