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ShannonGuides
Plain-language privacy guides for complete beginners
ShannonGuides is a growing library of plain-language privacy and security guides for complete beginners. Each guide starts from zero — no jargon, no assumed knowledge — and covers real, practical territory: escaping Google, building a private tech stack, operational security, encrypted communications, GrapheneOS, data broker removal, and more. Written from direct hands-on experience, not research. Guides are $40 each, with bundle pricing available for the full library.
Hey everyone — Matt here, the person behind ShannonGuides.
I built these because I kept seeing the same problem: privacy and security content online is either "install these 5 apps" listicles that don't explain anything, or dense technical docs that assume you already know what you're doing. Nothing in between for someone who just wants to actually understand what they're doing and why.
So I started writing guides that explain things from zero — the reasoning, not just the steps. They're written from stuff I've actually set up and use myself, not research pulled together for a blog post.
Would love any feedback, and happy to answer questions about any of the topics — privacy stacks, GrapheneOS, de-Googling, OPSEC, whatever.
honestly the bundle pricing is what would push me over the edge, but a monthly or yearly subscription tier would be nice too, like a netflix style thing where new guides drop in as they're released and you get access to everything for one flat fee
About ShannonGuides on Product Hunt
“Plain-language privacy guides for complete beginners”
ShannonGuides was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 6 upvotes and 2 comments, placing #139 on the daily leaderboard. ShannonGuides is a growing library of plain-language privacy and security guides for complete beginners. Each guide starts from zero — no jargon, no assumed knowledge — and covers real, practical territory: escaping Google, building a private tech stack, operational security, encrypted communications, GrapheneOS, data broker removal, and more. Written from direct hands-on experience, not research. Guides are $40 each, with bundle pricing available for the full library.
ShannonGuides was featured in Education (78.9k followers), Privacy (11.2k followers) and Security (2.8k followers) on Product Hunt. Together, these topics include over 43.9k products, making this a competitive space to launch in.
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