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Digital Self-Defense on Android and Samsung

First Tactical Briefing of Vol. 1 released:

Digital Self-Defense on Android and Samsung: The Complete Privacy Guide for your Android Smartphone

Anyone who completes the Immediate Actions list has done more for their digital privacy in 30 minutes than the vast majority of smartphone users ever will.

PDF, 22 pages. Free download - No registration required.

15 Years Younger With 15 Minutes A Day

First Tactical Briefing of Vol. 2 released:

15 Years Younger With 15 Minutes A Day - The efficient program for strength, stability and cell rejuvenation. Scientifically proven and tested in practice.

This training program is an exceptionally effective, practice-oriented, and scientifically sound program. It is an intelligent combination of efficient strength training, strategic nutrition, and behaviorally smart routines.

PDF, 41 pages, with habit tracker and training plan for printing. Free download - No registration required.

Free download


Practical Handbook of Countermeasures

The "Practical Handbook of Countermeasures" is a multi-volume work that is the result of years of research and intensive collaboration with experts from a wide range of fields. It is intended as a practical guide for people who want to preserve their freedom, personal responsibility, and ability to act in an increasingly complex, crisis-prone, and alienated world.

Each volume is devoted to a clearly defined topic: digital self-protection, defense against manipulation, personal resilience and preparedness, and a contemporary, responsible image of masculinity beyond simplistic role clichés. The volumes do not build on each other and can be read independently. In terms of content, the focus is always on practical implementation, individual empowerment, and the defense of personal independence, based on current research and proven approaches.

The books are supplemented by resources: tactical briefings, materials, checklists, and courses, which are usually free of charge. (Link to the resources)

Vol. 1: Digital Resistance

How to protect your privacy, your data, and your family from digital exploitation, digital attacks, and total control

Practical Handbook of Countermeasures - Vol. 1: Digital Resistance

The book is not aimed at hackers or IT experts, but at ordinary users of smartphones and Windows computers.

In a digitally connected world of social media, cloud services, and artificial intelligence, data collection and analysis are growing rapidly, and with them the risks of data misuse, identity theft, data leaks, and targeted manipulation. Profiling and scoring automatically create a digital user profile from your internet, email, and social media usage, which is recorded and evaluat-ed and used to predict and influence your behavior. For corporations such as Google or Meta, you are not a customer, but a source of data.

Your digital profile can determine what job, housing, or credit opportunities you have, what prices you are shown, or what you pay for flights and insurance. This makes it all the more important to minimize your digital footprint and maintain control over your own data.

The book also advocates for responsible, respectful, and legally conscious use of social media. It shows how you can exercise your freedom of expression without taking unnecessary personal or criminal risks, and how you can remain calm during a search and seizure and protect your civil rights.

In addition, the book shows how current legislative proposals by the EU and the German government could jeopardize privacy, civil rights, and freedom of expression.

Format 21x21 cm; approx. 300 pages plus many resources and tactical briefings for download; German edition will be published in April 2026, English Edition in May 2026

eBook: 12,- €

Paperback: 24,- €

Vol. 2: Resilience and Preparedness

How to strengthen your resilience and health and prepare for crises

Practical Handbook of Countermeasures - Vol. 2: RResilience and Preparedness

Life presents us with challenges - often unexpectedly, sometimes permanently. Stress, sensory overload, uncertainty, and physical exhaustion have become the normal state for many people. But resilience is not an innate quality. It can be built.

This book accompanies you in developing a stable inner foundation step by step - mentally, emotionally, and physically. It shows how you can reduce stress, gain emotional stability, regain mental clarity, and take conscious responsibility for your life. Practical impulses on nutrition, fitness, and digital detox help to get back in touch with your own strength.

However, resilience does not end with personal well-being. That is why this book broadens the perspective: It makes it clear how preparedness - financially, organizationally, and mentally - creates security and promotes inner peace, even in uncertain times. Do not act out of fear, but out of self-confidence.

This book is aimed at people who feel that a healthy, resilient life is not a coincidence. At all those who do not want to live harder, but clearer, more consciously, and more stable.

Format 21x21 cm; approx. 320 pages plus many resources and tactical briefings for download, Planned for autumn 2026

eBook: 12,- €

Paperback: 24,- €

Vol. 3: Manipulation Defense

Recognizing and countering modern manipulation techniques

Practical Handbook of Countermeasures - Vol. 3: Manipulation Defense

We are manipulated every day: when doing the groceries, at work, in the media, at the movies, when shopping online, and on social networks. Some forms of manipulation are harmless: you spend more money than planned or don't get the pay rise you hoped for. Others are serious: they can threaten your livelihood, damage your health, destroy your identity, or take away your freedom – even leading to social and political disasters with fatal consequences.

Manipulation systematically exploits human weaknesses. In the cognitive realm alone, over 180 mechanisms have been documented, many of which are used on a daily basis. While numerous manipulation techniques can be recognized and countered, some are so subtle or so widespread that they cannot be completely avoided.

What is possible, however, is to significantly reduce the extent of manipulation and to make more conscious decisions about how we respond to it. This requires recognizing attempts at manipulation, knowing appropriate countermeasures, and applying them consistently.

This handbook is a practical guide to defending against manipulation and other forms of psychological violence. It explains the most important manipulation techniques in an understandable way and shows concrete ways to strengthen your own resilience and make confident, independent decisions.

Format 21x21 cm; approx. 360 pages plus many resources and tactical briefings for download; German edition is planned for release in spring 2027.

eBook: 12,- €

Paperback: 24,- €

Vol. 4: Modern Masculinity

Optimum Man: A contemporary image of masculinity beyond Alpha, Beta, and Sigma

Practical Handbook of Countermeasures - Vol. 4: Modern Masculinity

“Optimum Man” describes a new image of masculinity for the 21st century. It combines the strengths of alpha, beta, and sigma men without adopting their typical weaknesses. The Optimum Man stands for inner strength, personal responsibility, clarity of thought, and integrity in action. But without the “lone wolf attitude” of the sigma man.

The Optimum Man sees challenges instead of obstacles, learns from mistakes, and consistently takes responsibility for his life. He is honest with himself, mentally resilient, difficult to manipulate, and acts reflectively rather than impulsively. Strength, fitness, and health are not status symbols for him, but the result of self-discipline and knowledge.

At the same time, he has a strong sense of justice, courageously stands up for his values, and shows compassion and care from a position of inner and outer strength.

This practical handbook shows step by step how modern men can develop this mindset and anchor it permanently in their actions. With clear principles, concrete instructions, and scientifically based know-how, the book is aimed at men who want to live confidently, reliably, and with character: calmly, clearly, and effectively.

Format 21x21 cm; approx. 300 pages plus many resources and tactical briefings for download, Planned for autumn 2027.

eBook: 12,- €

Paperback: 24,- €

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