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Anonymity & OpSec

Practical self-defence for people who are not security professionals and do not intend to become them. Threat modelling first, tools second — because the tool you need depends entirely on who you are hiding from.

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5 chapters19 lessons5 practice quizzes3 hands-on labs1 examabout 6hup to 690 XP
Start the courseThreat Modelling

The question every other decision depends on, and the vocabulary to answer it honestly.

4 lessons · 1 hands-on · 16 min
  1. Threat Modelling3 min
  2. What a VPN Actually Doesgraded5 min
  3. What They Can Already Find4 min
  4. What You Leak Without Saying Anything4 min
  5. Practice quiz5 questions

The single application that leaks the most about you, and the handful of choices that decide how much.

4 lessons · 16 min
  1. How a Browser Recognises You Without Cookies4 min
  2. The Half of Tracking That Lives on Your Machine4 min
  3. What Incognito Actually Hides4 min
  4. What the Padlock Promises, and What It Does Not4 min
  5. Practice quiz12 questions

How people are actually found — not by broken encryption, but by the account they forgot and the password they reused.

4 lessons · 13 min
  1. The Account You Forgot3 min
  2. One Password, Every Door3 min
  3. A Second Lock on the Door4 min
  4. Keeping the Walls Between Your Lives3 min
  5. Practice quiz12 questions

The most practical privacy decision most people make daily — which app carries their conversations, and what "encrypted" actually buys them.

3 lessons · 12 min
  1. Who Can Read Your Messages4 min
  2. Email Leaks More Than Its Contents4 min
  3. Choosing a Messenger, and the Metadata Catch4 min
  4. Practice quiz12 questions

A real forum, two features that both worked exactly as designed, and a person who became locatable.

Four-beat loop
  1. Attack
  2. Telemetry
  3. Fix
  4. Detection
4 lessons · 10 min
  1. Neither Half Is a Bug3 min
  2. The Defender Sees Nothing2 min
  3. What You Would Log To Notice It2 min
  4. The Fix That Introduces Two Worse Bugs3 min
  5. Practice quiz10 questions

Labs

Hands-on challenges for this course. Each one hides a flag you have to find.

  1. One Password, Six Sitesdifficulty 2
  2. What The Photo Knowsdifficulty 2
  3. The Profile Picturedifficulty 3

Exam

Timed, and it issues a credential anyone can verify. Practice quizzes are untimed; this one is not.

  1. Anonymity & OpSec Exam12 questions · pass at 70%