Stop Tracking with "Privacy Badger"
Privacy Badger 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 by inspecting external resources websites request. Please be aware that Google Analytics is considered first-party by Privacy Badger, which means that Google Analytics will not be blocked if you do not use another blocker, such as uBlock Origin. - + https://www.eff.org/privacybadger/
Block Ads and Trackers with "uBlock Origin"
@@ -880,7 +881,7 @@A privacy enhancing firefox addon which aims to hinder browser fingerprinting. It does this by changing the browser/device profile on a timer. Source code: GitHub.
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/random-agent-spoofer/
Automatically Delete Cookies with "Cookie AutoDelete"
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Email Alternatives
Worth Mentioning
- - findx - Open Source. No logging. No tracking. Transparent algorithms. Hosted in Europe. - + findx - Open Source. No logging. No tracking. Transparent algorithms. Hosted in Europe. +
- Qwant - Qwant's philosophy is based on two principles: no user tracking and no filter bubble. Qwant was launched in France in February 2013. Privacy Policy. @@ -1540,7 +1541,7 @@
Mobile: Signal
Signal is a mobile app developed by Open Whisper Systems. The app provides instant messaging, as well as voice and video calling.
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Signal is a mobile app developed by Open Whisper Systems. The app provides instant messaging, as well as voice and video calling.
All communications are end-to-end encrypted. Signal is free and open source, enabling anyone to verify its security by auditing the code. The development team is supported by community donations and grants. There are no advertisements,
and it doesn't cost anything to use.
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Wire is an app developed by Wire Swiss GmbH.
- The Wire app allows users to exchange end-to-end encrypted instant messages, as well as make voice and video calls. Wire is free and open source, enabling anyone to verify its security by auditing the code.
- The development team is backed by Iconical and they will monetize in the future with premium features/services.
+ The Wire app allows users to exchange end-to-end encrypted instant messages, as well as make voice and video calls. Wire is free and open source, enabling anyone to verify its security by auditing the code.
+ The development team is backed by Iconical and they will monetize in the future with premium features/services.
Caution: The company keeps a list of all the users you contact until you delete your account.
Signal is a mobile app developed by Open Whisper Systems. The app provides instant messaging, as well as voice and video calling.
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Signal is a mobile app developed by Open Whisper Systems. The app provides instant messaging, as well as voice and video calling.
All communications are end-to-end encrypted. Signal is free and open source, enabling anyone to verify its security by auditing the code. The development team is supported by community donations and grants. There are no advertisements,
and it doesn't cost anything to use.
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Wire is an app developed by Wire Swiss GmbH.
- The Wire app allows users to exchange end-to-end encrypted instant messages, as well as make voice and video calls. Wire is free and open source, enabling anyone to verify its security by auditing the code.
- The development team is backed by Iconical and they will monetize in the future with premium features/services.
+ The Wire app allows users to exchange end-to-end encrypted instant messages, as well as make voice and video calls. Wire is free and open source, enabling anyone to verify its security by auditing the code.
+ The development team is backed by Iconical and they will monetize in the future with premium features/services.
Caution: The company keeps a list of all the users you contact until you delete your account.
Nextcloud
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NextCloud is a suite of client-server software for creating and using file hosting services. This includes calendar sync via CalDAV and contacts sync via CardDAV. Nextcloud is free and open-source, and thereby allowing anyone to install and operate it without charge on a private server.
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+Client OS: Windows, Mac, Linux, BSD, Unix, iOS, Android, Fire OS. Server: Linux.
+Email Providers
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Many email providers also offer calendar and contacts sync services. Refer to the Email Providers section to choose an email provider and check if they also offer calendar and contacts sync.
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+OS: depends on email provider.
+EteSync
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EteSync is a secure, end-to-end encrypted and journaled personal information (e.g. contacts and calendar) cloud synchronization and backup for Android. It costs $14 per year to use, or you can host the server yourself for free.
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+OS: Android.
+Worth Mentioning
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- + fruux - a unified contacts/calendaring system that works across platforms and devices. + + +
- + Flock - a discontinued calendar and contacts sync service by Open Whisper Systems. Despite being shut down the source code is still available on GitHub. + + +
- + cloud backups - consider regularly exporting your calendar and contacts and backing them up on a separate storage drive or uploading them to cloud storage (ideally after encrypting them). + +
Steganography involves hiding sensitive information (which may be encrypted) inside of ordinary data (for example, encrypting an image file and then hiding it in an audio file). With plausible deniability, data is encrypted in a way that prevents an - adversary from being able to prove that the information they are after exists (for example, one password may decrypt benign data and another password, used on the same file, could decrypt sensitive data).
+ adversary from being able to prove that the information they are after exists (for example, one password may decrypt benign data and another password, used on the same file, could decrypt sensitive data).File Encryption Software
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- ZeroNet - Open, free and uncensorable websites, using Bitcoin cryptography and BitTorrent network. @@ -2269,8 +2346,8 @@
- GNUnet - GNUnet provides a strong foundation of free software for a global, distributed network that provides security and privacy.
- IPFS - A peer-to-peer hypermedia protocol to make the web faster, safer, and more open. (important privacy warning)
Decentralized Social Networks
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Worth Mentioning
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Ghostbin supports encryption, expiration, sessions, grant users to edit your notes and pastes up to one megabyte. You can also create your own account to keep track of your pastes.
PrivateBin is a minimalist, open source online pastebin where the server has zero knowledge of pasted data. Data is encrypted/decrypted in the browser using 256bit AES.
0bin is a client side encrypted pastebin that can run without a database. 0bin allows anybody to host a pastebin while welcoming any type of content to be pasted in it.Worth Mentioning
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- OmniROM - A free software operating system for smartphones and tablet computers, based on the Android mobile platform.
- MicroG - A project that aims to reimplement the proprietary Google Play Services in the Android operating sytem with a FLOSS replacement.
- OpenBSD - A project that produces a free, multi-platform 4.4BSD-based UNIX-like operating system. Emphasizes portability, standardization, correctness, proactive security and integrated cryptography. @@ -3048,7 +3125,7 @@ Windows 10 Sends Your Data 5500 Times Every Day Even After Tweaking Privacy Sett
- Surveillance Self-Defense by EFF - Guide to defending yourself from surveillance by using secure technology and developing careful practices.
- The Crypto Paper - Privacy, Security and Anonymity for Every Internet User. -
- Email Self-Defense by FSF - A guide to fighting surveillance with GnuPG encryption. +
- Email Self-Defense by FSF - A guide to fighting surveillance with GnuPG encryption.
- The Ultimate Privacy Guide - Excellent privacy guide written by the creators of the bestVPN.com website.
- IVPN Privacy Guides - These privacy guides explain how to obtain vastly greater freedom, privacy and anonymity through compartmentalization and isolation.
- The Ultimate Guide to Online Privacy - Comprehensive "Ninja Privacy Tips" and 150+ tools. @@ -3058,7 +3135,7 @@ Windows 10 Sends Your Data 5500 Times Every Day Even After Tweaking Privacy Sett
- r/privacytoolsIO Wiki - Our Wiki on reddit.com.
- Security Now! - Weekly Internet Security Podcast by Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte. -
- TechSNAP - Weekly Systems, Network, and Administration Podcast. Every week TechSNAP covers the stories that impact those of us in the tech industry. +
- TechSNAP - Weekly Systems, Network, and Administration Podcast. Every week TechSNAP covers the stories that impact those of us in the tech industry.
- Keybase.io - Get a public key, safely, starting just with someone's social media username.
- Freedom of the Press Foundation - Supporting and defending journalism dedicated to transparency and accountability since 2012.
- Erfahrungen.com - German review aggregator website of privacy related services. @@ -3111,7 +3188,7 @@ Windows 10 Sends Your Data 5500 Times Every Day Even After Tweaking Privacy Sett - + @@ -3134,9 +3211,9 @@ Windows 10 Sends Your Data 5500 Times Every Day Even After Tweaking Privacy Sett
LineageOS
LineageOS is a free and open-source operating system for smartphones and tablets, based on
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LineageOS is a free and open-source operating system for smartphones and tablets, based on
the official releases of Android by Google. It is the continuation of the CyanogenMod project.
Worth Mentioning
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Control your traffic with "NetGuard"
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. @@ -2818,7 +2895,7 @@
Manage your apps' permissions with XPrivacyLua
Revoking Android permissions from apps often let apps crash or malfunction. XPrivacyLua solves this by feeding apps fake data instead of real data. @@ -2827,8 +2904,8 @@
Requirements: Magisk (xda-developers) Xposed Framework (xda-developers)
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