Free guides and tools
Rely less on Big Data
Practical ways to keep your email, records, backups and money in accounts you own, written from what we did for our own companies. Free to read, free to use, no sign-up and no tracking.
Guides
What we did, and how you can do it
One email address for every account
When every shop, bank and newsletter has the same address, one leak reaches all of them, and you can't tell who sold it. A separate address for each account fixes both.
Read the guide →MoneyFind every subscription without handing over your bank login
Subscription-tracker apps want you to connect your bank through a data aggregator. You can get the same list from statements you already have, without anyone else seeing your transactions.
Read the guide →BackupsBackups you have actually restored
A backup you have never restored is a hope, not a backup. Here is the setup we run for our own companies, and the drill that proves it works.
Read the guide →RecordsLeaving Airtable for a database you run
We moved our own records from Airtable to Baserow, an open-source database with a similar spreadsheet-style interface, on a small server we rent. What it took, and two traps worth knowing.
Read the guide →Tools
Free tools that keep your data with you
No account, no cookies. Where a tool can run in your browser, it does.
Email domain check
Can someone send mail pretending to be your domain? Checks SPF, DMARC, DKIM, MX, MTA-STS and DNSSEC, and says what to fix in plain words.
Open the tool →Money · toolSubscription finder
Paste lines from your bank or card statements and get a list of the charges that repeat. It runs in your browser; nothing is uploaded.
Open the tool →Want this set up for your business?
Everything here is free to use and do yourself. If you'd rather have it designed and built for your company, in accounts you own, that is what makeprivacy.com does.