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Services	Privacy-respecting hosted services we recommend for email, DNS, VPN, search, and more.	20

Calendar Sync

{{< cards >}} {{< card link="calendar/_index.md#tuta" title="Tuta" image="email/tuta.svg" subtitle="Tuta offers a free and encrypted calendar across their supported platforms. Features include automatic E2EE of all data, sharing features, import/export functionality, multifactor authentication, and more." >}} {{< card link="calendar/_index.md#proton-calendar" title="Proton Calendar" image="calendar/proton-calendar.svg" subtitle="Proton Calendar is an encrypted calendar service available to Proton members via its web or mobile clients. Features include automatic E2EE of all data, sharing features, import/export functionality, and more." >}} {{< /cards >}}

Cloud Storage

{{< cards >}} {{< card link="cloud/_index.md#proton-drive" title="Proton Drive" image="cloud/protondrive.svg" subtitle="Proton Drive is an encrypted cloud storage provider from the popular encrypted email provider Proton Mail. The initial free storage is limited to 2 GB, but with the completion of certain steps, additional storage can be obtained up to 5 GB." >}} {{< card link="cloud/_index.md#tresorit" title="Tresorit" image="cloud/tresorit.svg" subtitle="Tresorit is a Swiss-Hungarian encrypted cloud storage provider founded in 2011. Tresorit is owned by the Swiss Post, the national postal service of Switzerland." >}} {{< card link="cloud/_index.md#peergos" title="Peergos" image="cloud/peergos.svg" subtitle="Peergos is a decentralized protocol and open-source platform for storage, social media, and applications. It provides a secure and private space where users can store, share, view, and edit their photos, videos, documents, etc." >}} {{< /cards >}}

Data Removal Services

{{< cards >}} {{< card link="data-broker-removals/_index.md#easyoptouts-paid" title="EasyOptOuts" image="data-broker-removals/easyoptouts.svg" subtitle="EasyOptOuts is a $20/year service 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." >}} {{< card link="data-broker-removals/_index.md#google-results-about-you-free" title="Google Results about you" image="data-broker-removals/google.svg" subtitle="Results about you is a free tool which helps you discover whether your personal contact information, including your home address, phone number, and email address, appears in Google search results. If any personal information is found, you can request its removal." >}} {{< /cards >}}

DNS

{{< cards >}} {{< card link="dns/_index.md#control-d" title="Control D" image="dns/control-d.svg" subtitle="Control D is a customizable DNS service which lets you block security threats, unwanted content, and advertisements on a DNS level. In addition to their paid plans, they offer a number of preconfigured DNS resolvers you can use for free." >}} {{< card link="dns/_index.md#nextdns" title="NextDNS" image="dns/nextdns.svg" subtitle="NextDNS is a customizable DNS service which lets you block security threats, unwanted content, and advertisements on a DNS level. They offer a fully functional free plan for limited use." >}} {{< card link="dns/_index.md#rethinkdns" title="RethinkDNS" image="dns/rethinkdns.svg" subtitle="RethinkDNS is an open-source Android client that supports DoH, DoT, DNSCrypt and DNS Proxy. It also provides additional functionality such as caching DNS responses, locally logging DNS queries, and using the app as a firewall." >}} {{< card link="dns/_index.md#dnscrypt-proxy" title="DNSCrypt-Proxy" image="dns/dnscrypt-proxy.svg" subtitle="DNSCrypt-Proxy is a DNS proxy with support for DNSCrypt, DoH, and Anonymized DNS." >}} {{< /cards >}}

Email Providers

{{< cards >}} {{< card link="email/_index.md#proton-mail" title="Proton Mail" image="email/protonmail.svg" subtitle="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 is based in Geneva, Switzerland." >}} {{< card link="email/_index.md#mailbox-mail" title="Mailbox Mail" image="email/mailbox-mail.svg" subtitle="Mailbox Mail (formerly Mailbox.org) is an email service with a focus on being secure, ad-free, and powered by 100% eco-friendly energy. They have been in operation since 2014. Mailbox Mail is based in Berlin, Germany." >}} {{< card link="email/_index.md#tuta" title="Tuta" image="email/tuta.svg" subtitle="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." >}} {{< /cards >}}

Email Aliasing Services

{{< cards >}} {{< card link="email-aliasing/_index.md#addyio" title="Addy.io" image="email-aliasing/addy.svg" subtitle="Addy.io lets you create 10 domain aliases on a shared domain for free, or unlimited standard aliases. The number of shared aliases (which end in a shared domain like @addy.io) that you can create depends on the plan you are subscribed to." >}} {{< card link="email-aliasing/_index.md#simplelogin" title="SimpleLogin" image="email-aliasing/simplelogin.svg" subtitle="SimpleLogin is a free service which provides email aliases on a variety of shared domain names, and optionally provides paid features like unlimited aliases and custom domains." >}} {{< /cards >}}

Financial Services

{{< cards >}} {{< card link="financial-services/_index.md#privacycom-us" title="Privacy.com (US)" image="financial-services/privacy_com.svg" subtitle="Privacy.com's free plan allows you to create up to 12 virtual cards per month, set spend limits on those cards, and shut off cards instantly. Their paid plans provide higher limits on the number of cards that can be created each month." >}} {{< card link="financial-services/_index.md#mysudo-us-paid" title="MySudo (US, Paid)" image="financial-services/mysudo.svg" subtitle="MySudo provides up to 9 virtual cards depending on the plan you purchase. Their paid plans additionally include functionality which may be useful for making purchases privately, such as virtual phone numbers and email addresses, although we typically recommend other email aliasing providers for extensive email aliasing use." >}} {{< card link="financial-services/_index.md#coincards" title="Coincards" image="financial-services/coincards.svg" subtitle="Coincards allows you to purchase gift cards for a large variety of merchants. Their homepage has a complete listing of the various countries where their service is available." >}} {{< /cards >}}

Instant Messengers

{{< cards >}} {{< card link="messengers/_index.md#signal" title="Signal" image="messengers/signal.svg" subtitle="Signal is a mobile app developed by Signal Messenger LLC. The app provides instant messaging and calls secured with the Signal protocol, an extremely secure encryption protocol which supports forward secrecy and post-compromise security." >}} {{< card link="messengers/_index.md#molly-android" title="Molly (Android)" image="messengers/molly.svg" subtitle="If you use Android and your threat model requires protecting against targeted attacks you may consider using this alternative app, which features a number of security and usability improvements, to access the Signal network. Molly is an alternative Signal client for Android which allows you to encrypt the local database with a passphrase at rest, to have unused RAM data securely shredded, to route your connection via Tor, and more." >}} {{< card link="messengers/_index.md#simplex-chat" title="SimpleX Chat" image="messengers/simplex.svg" subtitle="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." >}} {{< card link="messengers/_index.md#briar" title="Briar" image="messengers/briar.svg" subtitle="Briar is an encrypted instant messenger that connects 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." >}} {{< /cards >}}

Password Managers

{{< cards >}} {{< card link="passwords/_index.md#bitwarden" title="Bitwarden" image="passwords/bitwarden.svg" subtitle="Bitwarden is a free and open-source password and passkey manager. It aims to solve password management problems for individuals, teams, and business organizations." >}} {{< card link="passwords/_index.md#proton-pass" title="Proton Pass" image="passwords/protonpass.svg" subtitle="Proton Pass is an open-source, end-to-end encrypted password manager developed by Proton, the team behind Proton Mail. It securely stores your login credentials, generates unique email aliases, and supports and stores passkeys." >}} {{< card link="passwords/_index.md#1password" title="1Password" image="passwords/1password.svg" subtitle="1Password is a password manager with a strong focus on security and ease-of-use that allows you to store passwords, passkeys, credit cards, software licenses, and any other sensitive information in a secure digital vault. Your vault is hosted on 1Password's servers for a monthly fee." >}} {{< card link="passwords/_index.md#psono" title="Psono" image="passwords/psono.svg" subtitle="Psono is a free and open-source password manager from Germany, with a focus on password management for teams. Psono supports secure sharing of passwords, files, bookmarks, and emails." >}} {{< /cards >}}

Photo Backups

{{< cards >}} {{< card link="photo-backups/_index.md#ente-photos" title="Ente Photos" image="photo-backups/ente.svg" subtitle="Ente Photos is an end-to-end encrypted photo backup service which supports automatic backups on iOS and Android. Their code is fully open source, both on the client side and on the server side." >}} {{< /cards >}}

Search Engines

{{< cards >}} {{< card link="search-engines/_index.md#brave-search" title="Brave Search" image="search-engines/brave-search.svg" subtitle="Brave Search is a search engine developed by Brave. It includes unique features such as Discussions, which highlights conversation-focused results such as forum posts." >}} {{< card link="search-engines/_index.md#duckduckgo" title="DuckDuckGo" image="search-engines/duckduckgo.svg" subtitle="DuckDuckGo is one of the more mainstream private search engine options. Notable DuckDuckGo search features include bangs and a variety of instant answers." >}} {{< card link="search-engines/_index.md#startpage" title="Startpage" image="search-engines/startpage.svg" subtitle="Startpage is a private search engine. One of Startpage's unique features is the Anonymous View, which puts forth efforts to standardize user activity to make it more difficult to be uniquely identified." >}} {{< card link="search-engines/_index.md#searxng" title="SearXNG" image="search-engines/searxng.svg" subtitle="SearXNG is an open-source, self-hostable, metasearch engine. It is an actively maintained fork of SearX." >}} {{< /cards >}}

VPN Providers

{{< cards >}} {{< card link="vpn/_index.md#proton-vpn" title="Proton VPN" image="vpn/protonvpn.svg" subtitle="Proton VPN is a strong contender in the VPN space, and they have been in operation since 2016. Proton AG is based in Switzerland and offers a limited free tier, as well as a more featured premium option." >}} {{< card link="vpn/_index.md#ivpn" title="IVPN" image="vpn/ivpn.svg" subtitle="IVPN is another premium VPN provider, and they have been in operation since 2009. IVPN is based in Gibraltar and does not offer a free trial." >}} {{< card link="vpn/_index.md#mullvad" title="Mullvad" image="vpn/mullvad.svg" subtitle="Mullvad is a fast and inexpensive VPN with a serious focus on transparency and security. They have been in operation since 2009. Mullvad is based in Sweden and offers a 14-day money-back guarantee for payment methods that allow it." >}} {{< /cards >}}