<h2><em>#1</em> Get the pieces</h2>
<p class="notes">This guide relies on software which is freely licensed; it's completely transparent and anyone can copy it or make their own version. This makes it safer from surveillance than proprietary software (like Mac OS). To defend your freedom as well as protect yourself from surveillance, we recommend you switch to a free software operating system like GNU/Linux. Learn more about free software at <a href="https://u.fsf.org/ys">fsf.org</a>.</p>
<p>To get started, you'll need a desktop email program installed on your computer. This guide works with free software versions of the Thunderbird email program, and with Thunderbird itself. Email programs are another way to access the same email accounts you can access in a browser (like Gmail), but provide extra features.</p>
- <p>If you are already have one of these, you can skip to <a href="#step-1b">Step 1.b</a>.</p>
+ <p>If you already have one of these, you can skip to <a href="#step-1b">Step 1.b</a>.</p>
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<h2><em>#1</em> Get the pieces</h2>
<p class="notes">This guide relies on software which is freely licensed; it's completely transparent and anyone can copy it or make their own version. This makes it safer from surveillance than proprietary software (like Windows). To defend your freedom as well as protect yourself from surveillance, we recommend you switch to a free software operating system like GNU/Linux. Learn more about free software at <a href="https://u.fsf.org/ys">fsf.org</a>.</p>
<p>To get started, you'll need a desktop email program installed on your computer. This guide works with free software versions of the Thunderbird email program, and with Thunderbird itself. Email programs are another way to access the same email accounts you can access in a browser (like Gmail), but provide extra features.</p>
- <p>If you are already have one of these, you can skip to <a href="#step-1b">Step 1.b</a>.</p>
+ <p>If you already have one of these, you can skip to <a href="#step-1b">Step 1.b</a>.</p>
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