Step-by-step how-to guides for every Anonymiz tool, plus tutorials on encryption, DNS, VPN setup and protecting your identity online.
The tutorials are practical, step-by-step guides for developers and anyone who works with links and data. Several explain how link anonymization works under the hood, from the Referer header to referrer policies. The rest cover everyday developer formats and tools, such as JSON, regular expressions, UUIDs, Unix timestamps and number systems.
Every tutorial links to the tool it describes, so you can try it as you read. For security and SEO topics, see the Security and Webmaster sections.
Regular expressions are powerful but hard to remember. Here is the essential regex cheat sheet plus how to test and debug any regex pattern online.
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Cloudflare hides a website's real server IP behind its proxy. Here is how Cloudflare IP resolution works and why the real IP sometimes leaks.
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Minified JSON is unreadable. Invalid JSON breaks your API calls. Here is how to format, validate and fix JSON errors instantly — with examples.
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Affiliate link cloaking turns ugly tracking URLs into clean branded links. Here is what it is, why it matters for conversions, and how to do it properly.
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QR codes turn any URL into a scannable image. Here is how to generate a QR code for your link, website, WiFi password, or contact details in seconds.
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Standard URL shorteners still pass your referrer header. Here is how to create short anonymous links that hide where you came from.
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Complete guide to wa.me links — URL format, phone number formatting by country, pre-filled messages, URL encoding, QR codes, and tracking performance.
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What UUIDs are, the different versions (v1, v4, v5), how ULID and NanoID compare, and when to use each for database keys and APIs.
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How anonymous links work — HTTP redirects, client-side techniques, Referrer-Policy headers — what they protect against, their limits, and how to create anonymous links free.
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