# lissy93/personal-security-checklist

🔒 A compiled checklist of 300+ tips for protecting digital security and privacy in 2026

Repository: https://github.com/lissy93/personal-security-checklist
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/personal-security-checklist
Homepage: https://digital-defense.io
Language: TypeScript
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: privacy, security, censorship, cybersecurity, checklist, awesome, surveillance, defense, open-source, protection, security-tools, awesome-list, hacktoberfest
Last push: 2026-02-28T16:37:20+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 63/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 69, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3106, "days_push": 186, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license, no_readme
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 22192, forks 1460 (observed 2026-08-28T04:11:32.422217+00:00)

## What it is
A curated checklist of 300+ actionable tips for protecting digital security and privacy, published as a website at digital-defense.io. It serves as a reference guide covering topics like surveillance defense, censorship circumvention, and recommended open-source security tools.

## Use cases
- learn how to protect my digital privacy
- find a security hardening checklist
- discover open-source privacy tools
- reduce my online surveillance exposure
- audit my personal cybersecurity practices
- get tips for bypassing censorship safely

## When to choose
- you want a comprehensive, community-maintained overview of personal security and privacy best practices
- you need a starting point for securing accounts, devices, and online activity
- you want curated recommendations for privacy-respecting tools

## When to avoid
- you need enterprise or organizational security compliance guidance
- you want hands-on security tooling rather than advice and links
- you require up-to-the-minute threat intelligence

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: active
- function: security, privacy, documentation
- domain: security, privacy, awesome-lists, censorship-circumvention
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: checklist, cybersecurity, digital-defense, surveillance-protection, security-tips, web

## Member repositories
- lissy93/personal-security-checklist (main) score 63

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:32.422217+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T16:57:42.164376+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - homepage: https://digital-defense.io (fetched 2026-08-29T07:56:08.444886+00:00, sha 3e9f56c6d5d3)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.