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## 왜 신경 써야 하나요?
> “I have nothing to hide. 프라이버시를 신경 써야 할 이유가 있나요?"
Much like the right to interracial marriage, woman's suffrage, freedom of speech, and many others, our right to privacy hasn't always been upheld. In several dictatorships, it still isn't. Generations before ours fought for our right to privacy. ==Privacy is a human right, inherent to all of us,== that we are entitled to (without discrimination).
You shouldn't confuse privacy with secrecy. We know what happens in the bathroom, but you still close the door. That's because you want privacy, not secrecy. **Everyone** has something to protect. Privacy is something that makes us human.
[:material-book-outline: Why Privacy Matters](basics/why-privacy-matters.md){ class="md-button" }
## What should I do?
> First, you need to make a plan
Trying to protect all your data from everyone all the time is impractical, expensive, and exhausting. 하지만 걱정 마세요! 보안은 하나의 과정이며, 미리 생각하면 자신에게 맞는 계획을 세울 수 있습니다. Security isn't just about the *privacy tools* you use or the software you download. 여러분이 어떤 위협에 직면하고 있는지, 위협을 완화할 수 있는 방법을 무엇인지를 이해하는 것부터 시작해야 합니다.
==This process of identifying threats and defining countermeasures is called **threat modeling**==, and it forms the basis of every good security and privacy plan.
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## Trustworthy Privacy Software Reviews
**Privacy Guides** has a dedicated [community](https://discuss.privacyguides.net) independently reviewing various *privacy tools* and services. Each of our recommendations comply with a strict set of criteria to ensure they provide the most value to most people, and provide the best balance of privacy, security, and convenience. As part of a non-profit **public charity**, Privacy Guides has strict **journalistic standards** and policies to ensure our recommendations are free of conflict of interest, and we do not partner with providers or affiliate programs that could sway our reviews and recommendations.
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### Top 3 Private Email Providers
- { .lg .middle .twemoji } **Proton Mail**
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Proton Mail is an email service with a focus on privacy, encryption, security, and ease of use. They have been in operation since 2013. Proton AG 본사는 스위스 제네바에 위치하고 있습니다. Proton Mail 무료 요금제에는 500MB의 메일 저장 용량이 제공되며, 최대 1GB까지 무료로 늘릴 수 있습니다.
[:octicons-arrow-right-24: Read Full Review](email.md#proton-mail)
- { .lg .middle .twemoji } **Mailbox.org**
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Mailbox.org is an email service with a focus on being secure, ad-free, and privately powered by 100% eco-friendly energy. 2014년부터 운영되었습니다. Mailbox.org 본사는 독일 베를린에 위치하고 있습니다. Accounts start with up to 2GB storage, which can be upgraded as needed.
[:octicons-arrow-right-24: Read Full Review](email.md#mailboxorg)
- { .lg .middle .twemoji }{ .lg .middle .twemoji } **Tuta**
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Tuta (formerly *Tutanota*) is an email service with a focus on security and privacy through the use of encryption. Tuta has been in operation since 2011 and is based in Hanover, Germany. Free accounts start with 1GB of storage.
[:octicons-arrow-right-24: Read Full Review](email.md#tuta)
### Best VPN Services
- { .twemoji loading=lazy } [Proton VPN](vpn.md#proton-vpn)
- { .twemoji loading=lazy } [IVPN](vpn.md#ivpn)
- { .twemoji loading=lazy } [Mullvad](vpn.md#mullvad)
### Secure Cloud Storage Services
- { .twemoji loading=lazy } [Proton Drive](cloud.md#proton-drive)
- { .twemoji loading=lazy } [Tresorit](cloud.md#tresorit)
- { .twemoji loading=lazy } [Peergos](cloud.md#peergos)
### Best Web Browsers
- { .twemoji loading=lazy } [Mullvad Browser](desktop-browsers.md#mullvad-browser)
- { .twemoji loading=lazy } [Firefox](desktop-browsers.md#firefox)
- { .twemoji loading=lazy } [Brave](desktop-browsers.md#brave)
[:material-format-list-checkbox: More Recommended **Privacy Tools**](tools.md){ class="md-button md-button--primary" }
[Best Mobile Browsers](mobile-browsers.md ""){.md-button} [Top Browser Extensions](browser-extensions.md ""){.md-button} [DNS Servers](dns.md ""){.md-button} [Email Aliasing Services](email-aliasing.md ""){.md-button} [Photo Organization Tools](photo-management.md ""){.md-button} [PC Operating Systems](desktop.md ""){.md-button}
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## About Privacy Guides
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Established in 2021 due to the difficulty of finding unbiased reviewers in the VPN and privacy space, **Privacy Guides** is the most popular, trustworthy, non-profit website that provides information about protecting your *personal* data security and privacy. Our crowdsourced recommendations and reviews of **privacy tools** and our community dedicated to helping others set us apart from other blogs and content creators. The team behind this project has been researching privacy and security in the open-source space for over 5 years, originally with a now-defunct web resource that eventually became the *Privacy Guides* millions of readers trust.
*Our website is free of advertisements and not affiliated with any of the listed providers.*
As seen in **WIRED**, **Tweakers.net**, **The New York Times**, and many other publications as a reliable source for privacy and security knowledge.
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## What are privacy tools?
We recommend a wide variety of **privacy tools** (a.k.a. *privacy apps*, *privacy utilities*, *privacy software*) spanning software and hardware that you can adopt to improve your privacy. Many of the tools we recommend are completely free to use and open-source software, while some are commercial services available for purchase. Switching from mainstream data-hungry software like Google Chrome and Windows to privacy-focused tools like [Brave](desktop-browsers.md#brave) and [Linux](desktop.md) can go a long way towards controlling the information you share with companies and others.
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## Why does privacy matter?
In the modern age of digital data exploitation, your privacy has never been more critical, yet many believe it is already a lost cause. 하지만 실제로는 그렇지 않습니다. ==Your privacy is up for grabs, and you need to care about it.== Privacy is about power, and it is so important that this power ends up in the right hands.
Many people get the concepts of privacy, security, and anonymity confused. 어떤 서비스가 익명성을 제공하지 않는다는 이유로 '프라이버시 친화적이지 않다'며 비판하는 사람도 많습니다. 본 웹사이트에서는 이 세 가지 개념을 모두 주제로 다루고 있지만, 각 개념의 차이를 정확히 알고 언제 어떤 것이 필요한지를 이해해야 합니다.
[Privacy vs Security vs Anonymity](basics/why-privacy-matters.md#what-is-privacy){ class="md-button" }