**Daniel** is a founding team member of Privacy Guides and part of its [executive committee](https://www.privacyguides.org/en/about/#executive-committee).
Em is passionate about digital rights, privacy advocacy, solid security, and code for the public good. In her free time, you can find Em on Mastodon giving privacy tips or boosting photos of cats and moss.
[**Freddy**](https://freddy.lol) is a founding team member of Privacy Guides and part of its [executive committee](https://www.privacyguides.org/en/about/#executive-committee). He writes in American English reluctantly.
[**Jonah Aragon**](https://www.jonaharagon.com) is *Privacy Guides'* editor and Program Director. With over a decade of technical writing experience, his role includes researching and writing for Privacy Guides. He also runs Triplebit, a non-profit ISP behind many privacy-related tools.
**Niek** is a founding team member of Privacy Guides and part of the [executive committee](https://www.privacyguides.org/en/about/#executive-committee). His day-to-day concerns for Privacy Guides entail both research and outreach.
@@ -54,8 +54,9 @@ But you shouldn't trust anyone else either.
It was built from the ground up respecting the principles of [Privacy by Design](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Privacy_by_design). All content kept in CryptPad is secured using solid end-to-end encryption, meaning that only the intended recipients can access the content. CryptPad itself cannot read, scan, or utilize your content in any way.
CryptPad is developed by a team from the French software company [XWiki](https://www.xwiki.com). Because [CryptPad is open-source](https://github.com/cryptpad), anyone can add contributions to it, inspect its code, or submit feature recommendations.
**EasyOptOuts.com** is a $19.99/year [people-search site removal service](https://www.privacyguides.org/en/data-broker-removals/) which will search a number of different data broker sites and automatically submit opt-out requests on your behalf. They will perform the first search and removal process immediately, and then re-run the process every 4 months in case your data shows up on new sites over time.<!-- more -->
Search the App Store for "Tor Browser" and you'll be flooded with a variety of ways to connect to the Tor network from your iPhone. However, there's only one solution officially [endorsed](https://support.torproject.org/tormobile/tormobile-3/) by the Tor Project themselves: **Onion Browser**.<!-- more -->
Onion Browser is an open-source app created by Mike Tigas, who has worked closely with Tor Project in the past and was previously an investigative journalist at ProPublica (he is currently an advisor at the FTC). His company still maintains the app, although lately it is primarily [developed](https://github.com/OnionBrowser/OnionBrowser/graphs/contributors) by other maintainers.
[:octicons-info-16: More Info](https://www.privacyguides.org/en/email/#proton-mail)
[:octicons-home-16:](https://proton.me)
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**CryptPad** is a private-by-design alternative to popular office tools. All content on this web service is end-to-end encrypted and can be shared with other users easily.
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[:octicons-info-16: More Info](https://www.privacyguides.org/en/document-collaboration/#nextcloud)
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Web-based editors aren't for everyone. If you need a full-fledged office suite that runs locally on your computer, **LibreOffice** is a fantastic alternative to Microsoft Office.
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[:octicons-info-16: More Info](https://www.privacyguides.org/en/office-suites/#libreoffice)
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@@ -130,8 +135,9 @@ Headquartered and developed in the Netherlands, Startpage is one great alternati
**Startpage** is a private search engine. One of Startpage's unique features is the [Anonymous View](https://startpage.com/en/anonymous-view), which puts forth efforts to standardize user activity to make it more difficult to be uniquely identified. The feature can be useful for hiding [some](https://support.startpage.com/hc/articles/4455540212116-The-Anonymous-View-Proxy-technical-details) network and browser properties. However, unlike the name suggests, the feature should not be relied upon for *total* anonymity.
@@ -151,8 +157,9 @@ One of our [recommended browsers](https://www.privacyguides.org/en/desktop-brows
**Mullvad Browser** is a version of Tor Browser with Tor network integrations removed. It aims to provide to VPN users Tor Browser's anti-fingerprinting browser technologies, which are key protections against mass surveillance programs. It is developed by the Tor Project and distributed by Mullvad, although it does *not* require the use of Mullvad's VPN.
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@@ -168,8 +175,9 @@ Mapping and location apps like Google Maps can track your every move, and that d
Based in Estonia, **Organic Maps** is an open source, community-developed map display and satnav-style navigation app for walkers, drivers, and cyclists. The app offers worldwide offline maps based on OpenStreetMap data, and navigation with privacy — no location tracking, no data collection, and no ads. The app can be used completely offline.
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Based in the Netherlands, **OsmAnd** is an offline map and navigation application based on OpenStreetMap, offering turn-by-turn navigation for walking, cycling, driving, as well as public transport. It is open-source and does not collect any user data.
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[:octicons-home-16: More Info](https://www.privacyguides.org/en/maps/#osmand)
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**KeePassXC** is a community fork of KeePassX, a native cross-platform port of KeePass Password Safe, with the goal of extending and improving it with new features and bug fixes to provide a feature-rich, cross-platform, and modern open-source password manager.
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**Proton Pass** is an open-source, end-to-end encrypted password manager developed by the Swiss company Proton AG, the team behind Proton Mail. It securely stores your login credentials, generates unique email aliases, and supports and stores passkeys.
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[:octicons-info-16: More Info](https://www.privacyguides.org/en/real-time-communication/#element)
[:octicons-home-16:](https://element.io)
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**SimpleX Chat** is an instant messenger that doesn't depend on any unique identifiers such as phone numbers or usernames. Its decentralized network makes SimpleX Chat an effective tool against censorship.
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[:octicons-info-16: More Info](https://www.privacyguides.org/en/real-time-communication/#simplex-chat)
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**Briar** is an encrypted instant messenger that [connects](https://briarproject.org/how-it-works) to other clients using the Tor Network, making it an effective tool at circumventing censorship. Briar can also connect via Wi-Fi or Bluetooth when in local proximity. Briar’s local mesh mode can be useful when internet availability is a problem.
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[:octicons-info-16: More Info](https://www.privacyguides.org/en/real-time-communication/#briar)
[:octicons-home-16:](https://briarproject.org)
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