privacy_badger_description:"is a browser add-on that stops advertisers and other third-party trackers from secretly tracking where you go and what pages you look at on the web. Privacy Badger learns about trackers as you browse."
ublock_origin:"uBlock Origin"
ublock_origin_title:"uBlock Origin: Block Ads and Trackers"
ublock_origin_description:"is an efficient <a href=https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Blocking-mode>wide-spectrum blocker</a> that's easy on memory, and yet can load and enforce thousands more filters than other popular blockers out there. It has no monetization strategy and is completely open source."
cookie_autodelete_description:"automatically removes cookies when they are no longer used by open browser tabs. With the cookies, lingering sessions, as well as information used to spy on you, will be expunged."
https_everywhere_description:"encrypts your communications with many major websites, making your browsing more secure. A collaboration between The Tor Project and the Electronic Frontier Foundation."
decentraleyes_description:"emulates Content Delivery Networks locally by intercepting requests, finding the required resource, and injecting it into the environment. This all happens instantaneously, automatically, and no prior configuration is required."
terms_of_service_didnt_read_description:"is an addon that aims to fix how \"I have read and agree to the Terms\" is the biggest lie on the web by grading websites based on their terms of service agreements and privacy policies. It also gives short summaries of those agreements. The analysis and ratings are done transparently by a community of reviewers."
snowflake_description:"is a new <a href=https://2019.www.torproject.org/docs/pluggable-transports.html.en>pluggable transport</a> from the Tor Project. If you have an uncensored connection, running this extension volunteers your connection to be used as a Snowflake proxy to help users unable to connect to the Tor network. Your IP will not be visible to the sites users visit using your proxy, as this extension will not make you an exit node. If your access to the Tor network is blocked, this extension will not assist you, and you should use the <a href=https://www.torproject.org>Tor Browser</a> instead."
umatrix:"uMatrix"
umatrix_title:"uMatrix: Stop Cross-Site Requests"
umatrix_description:"gives you control over the requests that websites make to other websites. Many websites integrate features which let other websites track you, such as Facebook Like Buttons or Google Analytics."
noScript_security_suite_title:"NoScript Security Suite: Be in total control"
noScript_security_suite_description:"is a highly customizable plugin to selectively allow JavaScript, Java, and Flash to run only on websites you trust. Not for casual users, it requires technical knowledge to configure."
addon_warning:"These addons require quite a lot of interaction from the user. Some sites will not work properly until you have configured the add-ons."
netguard:"provides simple and advanced ways to block certain apps' access to the internet without the help of root privileges. Applications and addresses can individually be allowed or denied access to your Wi-Fi and/or mobile connection, allowing you to control which apps are able to call home or not."
orbot:"is a free proxy app that empowers other apps to use the internet more securely. Orbot uses Tor to encrypt your Internet traffic and then hides it by bouncing through a series of computers around the world."
root_mode:"Root Mode:"
orbot_root:"Orbot can be configured to transparently proxy all of your Internet traffic through Tor. You can also choose which specific apps you want to use through Tor."
collection:"Microsoft can collect any personal data."
collection1:"Your identity."
collection2:"Passwords."
collection3:"Demographics."
collection4:"Interests and habits."
collection5:"Usage data."
collection6:"Contacts and relationships."
collection7:"Location data."
collection8:"Content like emails, instant messages, caller list, audio and video recordings."
sharing:"Your data can be shared."
sharing1:"When downloading Windows 10, you are authorizing Microsoft to share any of above-mentioned data with any third-party, with or without your consent."
tool:"This tool uses some known methods that attempt to disable major tracking features in Windows 10."
lead:"You are being watched. Private and state-sponsored organizations are monitoring and recording your online activities. privacytools.io provides services, tools and knowledge to protect your privacy against global mass surveillance."
search:"Try search.privacytools.io, a Privacy-Respecting Search Engine"
CC0_title:"This work is free. You can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the "Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication"."
donate_title:"Please support this project by donating. We are ad free and not affiliated with any providers. Your donation will cover our cost for server and domain."
no_ads:"No Ads, No Google Analytics, No Affiliates, No Cross-Site Requests."
socially_motivated:"privacytools.io is a socially motivated website that provides information for protecting your data security and privacy. Never trust any company with your privacy, always encrypt."
services_description:"The privacytools.io team is proud to launch a variety of privacy-centric online services, including a Mastodon instance, search engine, and more!"
donate_description:"We can't operate this site without the generous contributions we receive from our viewers. If you love privacy and our website please consider donating."
quotes:
header:"Privacy? I don't have anything to hide."
quotes:"Quotes"
privacy_resources:
header:"More Privacy Resources"
guides:"Guides"
guide1:"Surveillance Self-Defense by EFF"
guide1_d:"Guide to defending yourself from surveillance by using secure technology and developing careful practices."
guide2:"The Crypto Paper"
guide2_d:"Privacy, Security and Anonymity for Every Internet User."
guide3:"Email Self-Defense by FSF"
guide3_d:"A guide to fighting surveillance with GnuPG encryption."
guide4:"The Ultimate Privacy Guide"
guide4_d:"Excellent privacy guide written by the creators of the bestVPN.com website."
guide5:"IVPN Privacy Guides"
guide5_d:"These privacy guides explain how to obtain vastly greater freedom, privacy and anonymity through compartmentalization and isolation."
guide6:"The Ultimate Guide to Online Privacy"
guide6_d:'Comprehensive "Ninja Privacy Tips" and 150+ tools.'
info1:"r/privacytoolsIO Wiki"
info1_d:"Our Wiki on reddit.com."
info2:"Security Now!"
info2_d:"Weekly Internet Security Podcast by Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte."
info3:"TechSNAP"
info3_d:"Weekly Systems, Network, and Administration Podcast. Every week TechSNAP covers the stories that impact those of us in the tech industry."
info4_d:"A coalition of Internet-freedom advocates, companies, organizations, and technologists working to develop new wireless technologies and to inspire a movement of Internet openness."
tool1_d:"IP/DNS Detect - What is your IP, what is your DNS, what informations you send to websites."
tool2:"The ultimate Online Privacy Test Resource List"
tool2_d:"A collection of Internet sites that check whether your web browser leaks information."
tool3:"PRISM Break"
tool3_d:"We all have a right to privacy, which you can exercise today by encrypting your communications and ending your reliance on proprietary services."
tool4:"Security in-a-Box"
tool4_d:"A guide to digital security for activists and human rights defenders throughout the world."
tool5:"SecureDrop"
tool5_d:"An open-source whistleblower submission system that media organizations can use to securely accept documents from and communicate with anonymous sources. It was originally created by the late Aaron Swartz and is currently managed by Freedom of the Press Foundation."
tool6:"Reset The Net - Privacy Pack"
tool6_d:"Help fight to end mass surveillance. Get these tools to protect yourself and your friends."
tool7:"Security First"
tool7_d:"Umbrella is an Android app that provides all the advice needed to operate safely in a hostile environment."
participate:"Participate with suggestions and constructive criticism"
up_to_date:"It's important for a website like privacytools.io to stay up-to-date."
software_updates:"Keep an eye on software updates for the applications listed on our site."
follow_news:"Follow recent news about providers that we recommend."
keep_up:"We try our best to keep up, but we're not perfect and the internet is changing fast."
find_an_issue:"If you find an error, or you think a provider should not be listed here, or a qualified service provider is missing, or a browser plugin is not the best choice anymore, or anything else..."
talk_to_us:"Talk to us please."
find_us_on:"You can also find us on"
mastodon:"our own Mastodon instance"
or:"or on"
at:"at"
discourse:"Join our Discourse community to stay up to date on privacy news or make suggestions!"
github_d:"The complete website source code is available on GitHub. Join our developer team!"
contributors:"Contributor List"
thanks:"This is a community project aiming to deliver the best information available to improve privacy online. Thank you for participating. This project needs you."
community_proj:"The privacytools.io website and services are a community project. There is no advertising, affiliate links, or other forms of monetization."
donations_support:"Your donations here directly support hosting this website and compensating contributors to this project."
become_a_sponsor:"Become a Sponsor"
donate_directly:"Donate Directly"
why_sponsor:"Why sponsor privacytools.io?"
designed_to_allow:"This sponsorship program is designed to allow companies, organizations, and individuals partner with the privacytools.io team to support our vision of a more privacy-respecting internet and the greater online community."
recognize_privacy:"With this exposure and sponsorship, your customers will recognize your intrinsic understanding and commitment to user privacy. Moreover, you'll directly contribute to our mission of spreading privacy-respecting tools and knowledge worldwide!"
recognized_on_ptio:"As a sponsor of privacytools.io, your company will be widely recognized in a variety of ways, some of which we've detailed below."
general_info:"General Information"
stats_pageviews_featured:"This website receives well over 250,000 pageviews on a monthly basis and is highly ranked for privacy-related keywords. In addition to the benefits below your contribution will be featured on our OpenCollective page and we will thank you via social media for your contribution."
info_link:"Info"
bronze_sponsorship:"Bronze Sponsorship"
bronze_recognition:"Your name and link along with a small logo or avatar on the sponsors page of this website."
silver_sponsorship:"Silver Sponsorship"
silver_recognition:"Your medium-sized logo as a link at the top of our sponsors page."
gold_sponsorship:"Gold Sponsorship"
gold_recognition:"Your medium-sized logo as a link on the privacytools.io homepage and at the very top of our sponsors page."
we_will_not_provide:"We will not provide..."
details_for_not_provide:"We pride ourselves on our integrity and commitment to spreading unbiased and fact-based information regarding privacy and privacy-respecting tools. All tools we recommend throughout our website are subject to strict criteria as judged by our team and the community across our various platforms. Your sponsorship will not grant your organization any special consideration when choosing our recommendations throughout the website, a process which we make clear via our transparent ledger on OpenCollective and our public discussions on GitHub. Your sponsorship benefits are limited to those outlined above."
tax_and_financial_info:"Tax and Financial Information"
tax_and_financial_info_details:"Your contribution to privacytools.io will be handled by the Open Collective Foundation 501(c)(3). For US companies and taxpayers, this means your contribution is <strong>tax-deductible</strong>. As a non-profit, your sponsorship contribution will not be used for private profit and will only be used to cover expenses incurred by the project. All of our transactions (donations and expenses) are published transparently on OpenCollective. For the benefit of our readership, anonymous contributions will not be eligible for the sponsorship opportunities outlined above."
opencollective_card_title:"Donate via OpenCollective"
opencollective_card_text:"If you are able, please consider contributing to our development and outreach programs. <strong>Contributions via OpenCollective to privacytools.io are tax deductible for US taxpayers.</strong> These funds are transparently and primarily used to cover server costs."
other_crypto_no_receipt:"You may also contribute via the cryptocurrencies below; however, we will not be able to provide a receipt for your contribution."
convert_opencollective:"Your contribution will be considered an anonymous, unrestricted contribution and paid to our Fiscal Host at OpenCollective when we convert to currency."
endorse:"does not necessarily endorse all of the cryptocurrencies listed on this page. Please conduct your own research before purchasing any cryptocurrencies."
thanks:"Thanks for your support. You are awesome!"
start_discussion:"Start a discussion in our Discourse Forum"
open_an_issue:"Open an issue or pull request on GitHub"
reddit_suggestion:"Suggest something new on Reddit"
transparency:"For complete transparency, software and providers will only be considered for this website after discussions take place on either of the above platforms."
on_matrix:"We're now on Matrix! Join us at"
on_matrix2:"to chat with us and other members about this site and privacy in general"
register_matrix:"If you need a Matrix account, you can sign up with our own homeserver"
using:"using"
or_matrix_client:"or any Matrix client!"
abuse1:"We take the operation of our various services very seriously."
description:"The privacytools.io team is proud to introduce a suite of privacy-centric online services to connect you with other privacy-minded individuals and stay safe and secure online. No advertisers, no Google Analytics, no tracking, no third-party requests of any kind."
openwrt_descr:"OpenWrt is an operating system (in particular, an embedded operating system) based on the Linux kernel, primarily used on embedded devices to route network traffic. The main components are the Linux kernel, util-linux, uClibc and BusyBox. All components have been optimized for size, to be small enough for fitting into the limited storage and memory available in home routers."
pfsense_descr:"pfSense is an open source firewall/router computer software distribution based on FreeBSD. It is installed on a computer to make a dedicated firewall/router for a network and is noted for its reliability and offering features often only found in expensive commercial firewalls. pfSense is commonly deployed as a perimeter firewall, router, wireless access point, DHCP server, DNS server, and as a VPN endpoint."
librecmc_descr:"LibreCMC is a GNU/Linux-libre distribution for computers with minimal resources, such as the Ben Nanonote, ath9k-based Wi-Fi routers, and other hardware with emphasis on free software. The project's current goal is to aim for compliance with the GNU Free System Distribution Guidelines (GNU FSDG) and ensure that the project continues to meet these requirements set forth by the Free Software Foundation (FSF)."
qubesos_descr:"Qubes is an open-source operating system designed to provide strong security for desktop computing. Qubes is based on Xen, the X Window System, and Linux, and can run most Linux applications and utilize most of the Linux drivers."
debian_descr:"Debian is a Unix-like computer operating system and a Linux distribution that is composed entirely of free and open-source software, most of which is under the GNU General Public License, and packaged by a group of individuals known as the Debian project."
fedora_descr:"Fedora is a Linux distribution developed by the Fedora Project and sponsored by Red Hat. Fedora Workstation is a secure, reliable, and user-friendly edition developed for desktops and laptops, using GNOME as the default desktop environment."
arch_descr:"A simple, lightweight Linux distribution. It is composed predominantly of free and open-source software, and supports community involvement."
trisquel_descr:"Derived from Ubuntu, this project aims for a fully free software system without proprietary software or firmware and uses Linux-libre, a version of the Linux kernel with the non-free code (binary blobs) removed."
whonix_descr:'A Debian-based security-focused Linux distribution. It aims to provide privacy, security and anonymity on the internet. The operating system consists of two virtual machines, a "Workstation" and a Tor "Gateway". All communication are forced through the Tor network to accomplish this.'
google_warning:"Even though the source code of the following OS is provided, installing Google Apps may compromise your setup."
lineageos_descr:"LineageOS is a free and open-source operating system for smartphones and tablets, based on the official releases of the Android Open Source Project. It is the continuation of the CyanogenMod project."
ubuntu_touch_descr:"Ubuntu Touch is a free and open-source operating system for smartphones and tablets. It's an alternative to the current popular mobile operating systems on the market. Only a few devices are <a href=https://devices.ubuntu-touch.io/>supported.</a>"
grapheneos_descr:"GrapheneOS (formerly known as CopperheadOS) is a free and open-source security- and privacy-focused mobile operating system built on top of the Android Open Source Project. It currently specifically targets devices offering strong hardware security."
tails_descr:"Tails is a live operating system that starts on almost any computer from a DVD, USB stick, or SD card. It aims at preserving privacy and anonymity, and circumventing censorship by forcing Internet connections through the Tor network; leaving no trace on the computer; and using state-of-the-art cryptographic tools to encrypt files, emails, and instant messages."
knoppix_descr:"Knoppix is an operating system based on Debian designed to be run directly from a CD / DVD (Live CD) or a USB flash drive (Live USB), one of the first of its kind for any operating system. When starting a program, it is loaded from the removable medium and decompressed into a RAM drive. The decompression is transparent and on-the-fly."
puppy_linux_descr:"Puppy Linux operating system is a lightweight Linux distribution that focuses on ease of use and minimal memory footprint. The entire system can be run from RAM with current versions generally taking up about 210 MB, allowing the boot medium to be removed after the operating system has started."
tiny_core_linux_descr:"A minimal Linux operating system focusing on providing a base system using BusyBox and FLTK. The distribution is notable for its size (15 MB) and minimalism, with additional functionality provided by extensions."
