There is a big continuum between better privacy and better convenience. You have to find a balance that works for your needs. Some recommendations, from across

There is a big continuum between better privacy and better convenience. You have to find a balance that works for your needs. Some recommendations, from across this continuum: Use a VPN, from a company that you trust. Firefox - use containers to get some separation between services. NoScript - for blocking JS. This takes some time to get used to but is definitely worth it. After you have a whitelist going, it is much less painful. uBlock Origin - for blocking ads. This one is a super low hanging fruit. Privacy Badger - occasionally catches some trackers missed by Firefox and uBlock Oigin. Decentraleyes - to avoid big CDNs. OpenDNS instead of your ISP’s or Google’s DNS. Or consider setting up a Pihole. Switch your search engine to DuckDuckGo. Tor (or even Tails) - significantly more privacy, but at a much higher convenience cost. The biggest privacy win will be no longer using services from companies that don’t respect your privacy. This is doubly true of mobile. Many people cannot go without a smartphone (I still use a smartphone) but it’s worth considering whether you can drop it.