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Turn off what you don't need and watch your score improve.\n\nSTAY ON TOP OF CHANGES\nSettings have a habit of switching back on after updates and new sign-ins. Privacy Guard reminds you to re-run your checkup and shows exactly what changed since your last visit.\n\nHONEST BY DESIGN\nPrivacy Guard is not a VPN, ad blocker, or antivirus, and it can't make you anonymous. It does something simpler and more transparent: it takes you straight to the official Google and Facebook privacy controls - the same settings that are otherwise scattered and hard to find - and helps you understand and manage them. 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