diff --git a/_includes/sections/browser-addons.html b/_includes/sections/browser-addons.html
index 1012d98c..023f05bf 100644
--- a/_includes/sections/browser-addons.html
+++ b/_includes/sections/browser-addons.html
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
{% include cardv2.html
title="uBlock Origin: Block Ads and Trackers"
image="/assets/img/addons/ublock-origin.png"
-description="uBlock Origin is an efficient wide-spectrum-blocker 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."
+description="uBlock Origin is an efficient wide-spectrum blocker 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."
website="https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/ublock-origin/"
forum="https://forum.privacytools.io/t/discussion-ublock-origin/266"
github="https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/"
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ opera="https://addons.opera.com/en/extensions/details/https-everywhere"
{% include cardv2.html
title="Decentraleyes: Block Content Delivery Networks"
image="/assets/img/addons/decentraleyes.png"
-description="Decentraleyes 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."
+description="Decentraleyes 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."
website="https://decentraleyes.org/"
forum="https://forum.privacytools.io/t/discussion-decentraleyes/269"
gitlab="https://git.synz.io/Synzvato/decentraleyes"
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ opera="https://addons.opera.com/en/extensions/details/decentraleyes"
{% include cardv2.html
title="Terms of Service; Didn’t Read: Be Informed"
image="/assets/img/addons/tosdr.png"
-description="Terms of Service; Didn’t Read “I have read and agree to the Terms” is the biggest lie on the web. This addon aims to fix that by grading websites based on their Terms of Service agreements and gives short summaries."
+description="Terms of Service; Didn’t Read 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."
website="https://tosdr.org/"
forum="https://forum.privacytools.io/t/discussion-terms-of-service-didn-t-read/270"
github="https://github.com/tosdr/"
diff --git a/_includes/sections/browser-fingerprint.html b/_includes/sections/browser-fingerprint.html
index 5696c016..6b3e1859 100644
--- a/_includes/sections/browser-fingerprint.html
+++ b/_includes/sections/browser-fingerprint.html
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
-You need to find what most browsers are reporting, and then use those variables to bring your browser in the same population. This means having the same fonts, plugins, and extensions installed as the large installed base. You should have a spoofed user agent string to match what the large userbase has. You need to have the same settings enabled and disabled, such as DNT and WebGL. You need your browser to look as common as everyone else. Disabling JavaScript, using Linux, or even using the Tor Browser Bundle, will make your browser stick out from the masses.
+You need to find what most browsers are reporting, and then use those variables to bring your browser in the same population. This means having the same fonts, plugins, and extensions installed as the large installed base. You should have a spoofed user-agent string to match what the large userbase has. You need to have the same settings enabled and disabled, such as DNT and WebGL. You need your browser to look as common as everyone else. Disabling JavaScript, using Linux, or even using the Tor Browser Bundle, will make your browser stick out from the masses.
Modern web browsers have not been architected to assure personal web privacy. Rather than worrying about being fingerprinted, it seems more practical to use free software plugins like Privacy Badger and uBlock Origin. They not only respect your freedom, but your privacy also. You can get much further with these than trying to manipulate your browser's fingerprint.
@@ -27,5 +27,5 @@
diff --git a/_includes/sections/browser-recommendation.html b/_includes/sections/browser-recommendation.html
index ebf291cc..8c5d896f 100644
--- a/_includes/sections/browser-recommendation.html
+++ b/_includes/sections/browser-recommendation.html
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ ios="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/firefox-private-safe-browser/id989804926"
{% include cardv2.html
title="Onion Browser"
image="/assets/img/tools/onionbrowser.png"
-description='Onion Browser is an open-source browser that lets you browse the web anonymously over the Tor network on iOS devices, and is endorsed by the Tor Project. Warning: there are certain anonymity related issues with Onion Browser due to iOS limitations.'
+description='Onion Browser is an open-source browser that lets you browse the web anonymously over the Tor network on iOS devices and is endorsed by the Tor Project. Warning: there are certain anonymity-related issues with Onion Browser due to iOS limitations.'
website="https://onionbrowser.com/"
forum="https://forum.privacytools.io/t/discussion-onion-browser-browsers/1523"
github="https://github.com/OnionBrowser/OnionBrowser"
diff --git a/_includes/sections/dns.html b/_includes/sections/dns.html
index 1476dcce..add8c97d 100644
--- a/_includes/sections/dns.html
+++ b/_includes/sections/dns.html
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
include cardv2.html
title="Njalla - Domain Registration"
image="/assets/img/provider/Njalla.png"
- description="Njalla only needs your email or XMPP address in order to register a domain name for you. Created by people from The Pirate Bay and IPredator VPN. Accepted Payments: Bitcoin, Litecoin, Monero, DASH, Bitcoin Cash and PayPal. A privacy-aware domain registration service."
+ description="Njalla is a privacy-aware domain registration service based in Nevis that only needs your email or XMPP address in order to register a domain name for you. It is created by people from The Pirate Bay and IPredator VPN. Accepted payments: Bitcoin, Litecoin, Monero, DASH, Bitcoin Cash and PayPal."
website="https://njal.la/"
tor="http://njalladnspotetti.onion"
forum="https://forum.privacytools.io/t/discussion-njalla/339"
diff --git a/_includes/sections/email-alternatives.html b/_includes/sections/email-alternatives.html
index 64eee0fa..fa83fe6d 100644
--- a/_includes/sections/email-alternatives.html
+++ b/_includes/sections/email-alternatives.html
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
title="Bitmessage"
image="/assets/img/tools/Bitmessage.png"
description="Bitmessage is a P2P communications protocol used to send encrypted messages to another person or to many subscribers. It is decentralized and trustless,
-meaning that you need-not inherently trust any entities like root certificate authorities. It uses strong authentication which means that the sender of a message cannot be spoofed, and it aims to hide \"non-content\" data."
+meaning that you need not inherently trust any entities like root certificate authorities. It uses strong authentication which means that the sender of a message cannot be spoofed, and it aims to hide \"non-content\" data."
website="https://bitmessage.org/"
forum="https://forum.privacytools.io/t/discussion-bitmessage/661"
github="https://github.com/Bitmessage/PyBitmessage"
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ linux="https://repology.org/project/pybitmessage/versions"
{% include cardv2.html
title="RetroShare"
image="/assets/img/tools/RetroShare.png"
-description="Retroshare creates encrypted connections to your friends. Nobody can spy on you. Retroshare is completely decentralized. This means there are no central servers. It is entirely Open-Source and free. There are no costs, no ads and no Terms of Service."
+description="Retroshare creates encrypted connections to your friends. Nobody can spy on you. Retroshare is completely decentralized. This means there are no central servers. It is entirely open-source and free. There are no costs, no ads, and no Terms of Service."
website="https://retroshare.cc/"
forum="https://forum.privacytools.io/t/discussion-retroshare/662"
github="https://github.com/RetroShare/RetroShare"
diff --git a/_includes/sections/file-encryption.html b/_includes/sections/file-encryption.html
index f66d584a..96ec5f3f 100644
--- a/_includes/sections/file-encryption.html
+++ b/_includes/sections/file-encryption.html
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
File Encryption Software
- If you are currently not using encryption software for your hard disk, emails or file archives, you should pick an encryption software here.
+ If you are currently not using encryption software for your hard disk, emails, or file archives, you should pick one here.
{%
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
include cardv2.html
title="GNU Privacy Guard - Email Encryption"
image="/assets/img/tools/GnuPG.png"
- description="GnuPG is a GPL Licensed alternative to the PGP suite of cryptographic software. GnuPG is compliant with RFC 4880, which is the current IETF standards track specification of OpenPGP. Current versions of PGP (and Veridis' Filecrypt) are interoperable with GnuPG and other OpenPGP-compliant systems. GnuPG is a part of the Free Software Foundation's GNU software project, and has received major funding from the German government."
+ description="GnuPG is a GPL-licensed alternative to the PGP suite of cryptographic software. GnuPG is compliant with RFC 4880, which is the current IETF standards track specification of OpenPGP. Current versions of PGP (and Veridis' Filecrypt) are interoperable with GnuPG and other OpenPGP-compliant systems. GnuPG is a part of the Free Software Foundation's GNU software project, and has received major funding from the German government."
website="https://gnupg.org/"
forum="https://forum.privacytools.io/t/discussion-gnupg-file-encryption/1533"
git="https://git.gnupg.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=gnupg.git"
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
include cardv2.html
title="PeaZip - File Archive Encryption"
image="/assets/img/tools/PeaZip.png"
- description="PeaZip is a free and open-source file manager and file archiver made by Giorgio Tani. It supports its native PEA archive format (featuring compression, multi volume split and flexible authenticated encryption and integrity check schemes) and other mainstream formats, with special focus on handling open formats. It supports 180+ archive formats."
+ description="PeaZip is a free and open-source file manager and file archiver made by Giorgio Tani. It supports its native PEA archive format (featuring compression, multi volume split and flexible authenticated encryption and integrity check schemes) and other mainstream formats, with special focus on handling open formats. It also supports 180+ archive formats."
website="http://www.peazip.org"
forum="https://forum.privacytools.io/t/discussion-peazip-file-encryption/1534"
source="https://osdn.net/projects/peazip"
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
Worth Mentioning
- - Cryptomator - Free client-side AES encryption for your cloud files. Open source software: No backdoors, no registration.
+ - Cryptomator - Free client-side AES encryption for your cloud files. Open-source software: No backdoors, no registration.
- DiskCryptor - A full disk and partition encryption system for Windows including the ability to encrypt the partition and disk on which the OS is installed.
- Linux Unified Key Setup (LUKS) - A full disk encryption system for Linux using dm-crypt as the disk encryption backend. Included by default in Ubuntu. Available for Windows and Linux.
- Hat.sh - A cross-platform, serverless JavaScript web application that provides secure file encryption using the AES-256-GCM algorithm in your browser. It can also be downloaded and run offline.
diff --git a/_includes/sections/file-sharing.html b/_includes/sections/file-sharing.html
index 2c3d7964..35660d75 100644
--- a/_includes/sections/file-sharing.html
+++ b/_includes/sections/file-sharing.html
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ title="OnionShare"
image="/assets/img/tools/OnionShare.png"
website="https://onionshare.org/"
tor="http://elx57ue5uyfplgva.onion/"
-description="OnionShare is an open source tool that lets you securely and anonymously share a file of any size. It works by starting a web server, making it accessible as a Tor onion service, and generating an unguessable URL to access and download the files."
+description="OnionShare is an open-source tool that lets you securely and anonymously share a file of any size. It works by starting a web server, making it accessible as a Tor onion service, and generating an unguessable URL for you to share so that the recipients can access and download the files."
forum="https://forum.privacytools.io/t/discussion-onionshare/754"
github="https://github.com/micahflee/onionshare"
windows="https://onionshare.org/#downloads"
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ openbsd="http://openports.se/net/onionshare"
title="Magic Wormhole"
image="/assets/img/tools/Magic-Wormhole.png"
website="https://magic-wormhole.readthedocs.io"
-description="Get things from one computer to another, safely. This package provides a library and a command-line tool named wormhole, which makes it possible to get arbitrary-sized files and directories (or short pieces of text) from one computer to another."
+description="Magic Wormhole is a package that provides a library and a command-line tool named wormhole, which makes it possible to get arbitrary-sized files and directories (or short pieces of text) from one computer to another. Their motto: \"Get things from one computer to another, safely.\""
forum="https://forum.privacytools.io/t/discussion-magic-wormhole/756"
github="https://github.com/warner/magic-wormhole"
windows="https://magic-wormhole.readthedocs.io/en/latest/welcome.html#installation"
@@ -45,5 +45,5 @@ netbsd="https://pypi.org/project/magic-wormhole/"
- croc - Easily and securely send things from one computer to another.
- - FreedomBox - Designed to be your own inexpensive server at home. It runs free software and offers an increasing number of services ranging from a calendar or Jabber server to a wiki or VPN.
+ - FreedomBox - Designed to be your own inexpensive server at home. It runs free software and offers an increasing number of services ranging from a calendar or Jabber server, to a wiki, or VPN.
diff --git a/_includes/sections/hosting-provider.html b/_includes/sections/hosting-provider.html
index 89511903..276a556d 100644
--- a/_includes/sections/hosting-provider.html
+++ b/_includes/sections/hosting-provider.html
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
{% include cardv2.html
title="Data Center: Bahnhof"
image="/assets/img/provider/bahnhof.png"
-description="Bahnhof is one of Sweden’s largest network operators, founded in 1994. They specialize in innovative data center construction: Extreme security coupled with low cost green energy has made us world famous."
+description="Bahnhof is one of Sweden’s largest network operators, founded in 1994. They specialize in innovative data center construction: Extreme security coupled with low-cost green energy has made them world famous."
website="https://www.bahnhof.net/"
forum="https://forum.privacytools.io/t/discussion-bahnhof-net/341"
%}
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ forum="https://forum.privacytools.io/t/discussion-bahnhof-net/341"
{% include cardv2.html
title="VPS & Domain: Njalla"
image="/assets/img/provider/Njalla.png"
-description="Created by people from The Pirate Bay and IPredator VPN. Accepted Payments: Bitcoin, Litecoin, Monero, DASH, Bitcoin Cash and PayPal. A privacy-aware domain registration service and VPS provider."
+description="Njalla is a privacy-aware domain registration service and VPS provider based in Nevis (with VPS data centers in Sweden). It is created by people from The Pirate Bay and IPredator VPN. Accepted payments: Bitcoin, Litecoin, Monero, DASH, Bitcoin Cash and PayPal."
website="https://njal.la/"
tor="http://njalladnspotetti.onion"
forum="https://forum.privacytools.io/t/discussion-njalla/339"
@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@ forum="https://forum.privacytools.io/t/discussion-datacell-is/342"
%}
{% include cardv2.html
-title="VPS & Hosting: Orange Website"
+title="VPS, Hosting, & Domain: Orange Website"
image="/assets/img/provider/orange_hosting.png"
description="Orange Website is an Icelandic web hosting provider that prides themselves in protecting online privacy and free speech."
website="https://www.orangewebsite.com/"
forum="https://forum.privacytools.io/t/discussion-orange-website/343"
-%}
\ No newline at end of file
+%}
diff --git a/_includes/sections/instant-messenger.html b/_includes/sections/instant-messenger.html
index 32a73177..23d3db70 100644
--- a/_includes/sections/instant-messenger.html
+++ b/_includes/sections/instant-messenger.html
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ ios="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/signal-private-messenger/id874139669"
{% include cardv2.html
title="Wire"
image="/assets/img/tools/wire.png"
-description="A free end-to-end encrypted chatting application that supports instant messaging, voice, and video calls. Full source code is available."
+description="Wire is a free end-to-end encrypted chatting application that supports instant messaging, voice, and video calls. Full source code is available."
labels="warning:Warning:Wire stores some plaintext metadata about its users on their servers. This data includes profile names, profile pictures, usernames, and users' lists of connections and conversations.|success:VoIP"
website="https://wire.com/"
forum="https://forum.privacytools.io/t/discussion-wire/750"
@@ -53,18 +53,18 @@ web="https://app.wire.com"
- Briar - An ultra-secure peer-to-peer instant messenger that connects to contacts via Direct Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, or Tor over the internet, keeping its users protected from surveillance and censorship.
- Riot - An open-source, federated messenger that utilizes the Matrix protocol. This application is primarily recommended as a large group/team chat solution. While Riot has the ability to perform 1-on-1 communications we believe there are better solutions for direct communications.
- - RetroShare - An E2E encrypted instant messaging and voice/video call client. RetroShare supports both TOR and I2P.
+ - RetroShare - An end-to-end encrypted instant messaging and voice/video call client. RetroShare supports both TOR and I2P.
- XMPP - Federated instant messaging protocol with OMEMO, OTR, or OpenPGP end-to-end encryption:
- - Conversations (Android) - An open source Jabber/XMPP client for Android 4.4+ smartphones. OMEMO
- - Gajim (FreeBSD, Linux, Windows) - An open source fully featured XMPP client. OMEMO
+ - Conversations (Android) - An open-source Jabber/XMPP client for Android 4.4+ smartphones. OMEMO
+ - Gajim (FreeBSD, Linux, Windows) - An open-source fully featured XMPP client. OMEMO
- Monal (iOS, MacOS) - An XMPP client in active development. OMEMO VoIP
- Other OMEMO ready clients.
- Kontalk - A community-driven instant messaging network. Supports end-to-end encryption. Both client-to-server and server-to-server channels are fully encrypted.
- Keybase - Warning End-to-end encrypted messaging with social verification.
- Status - Experimental A free and open-source, peer-to-peer, encrypted instant messanger with support for DAPPs.
- - Tox - Experimental A free and open-source, peer-to-peer, encrypted instant messaging and video calling software. VoIP
+ - Tox - Experimental A free and open-source, peer-to-peer, encrypted instant messaging, and video calling software. VoIP
- Jami (formerly Ring/SFLphone) - Gives you full control over your communications and an unmatched level of privacy. Jami has text messaging, video and audio calls, file transfer, video conferencing. VoIP
diff --git a/_includes/sections/mobile-operating-systems.html b/_includes/sections/mobile-operating-systems.html
index 40aa5951..b48024e7 100644
--- a/_includes/sections/mobile-operating-systems.html
+++ b/_includes/sections/mobile-operating-systems.html
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
title="GrapheneOS"
image="/assets/img/tools/GrapheneOS.png"
image-dark="/assets/img/tools/GrapheneOS-dark.png"
-description='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.'
+description='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.'
badges="info:AOSP"
labels="warning:contrib:This software may depend on or recommend non-free software."
website="https://grapheneos.org/"
@@ -39,6 +39,6 @@ github="https://github.com/ubports"
- Replicant AOSP - An open-source operating system based on Android, aiming to replace all proprietary components with free software.
- - OmniROM AOSP contrib - A free software operating system for smartphones and tablet computers, based on the Android mobile platform.
+ - OmniROM AOSP contrib - A free-software operating system for smartphones and tablet computers, based on the Android mobile platform.
- MicroG Add-on Package contrib - A project that aims to reimplement the proprietary Google Play Services in the Android operating system with a FLOSS replacement. The microG project also maintains a fork of LineageOS with microG and F-Droid preinstalled at Lineage for microG.
diff --git a/_includes/sections/notebooks.html b/_includes/sections/notebooks.html
index e6cd694a..9930001b 100644
--- a/_includes/sections/notebooks.html
+++ b/_includes/sections/notebooks.html
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
Digital Notebook
- If you are currently using an application like Evernote, Google Keep or Microsoft OneNote you should pick an alternative here.
+ If you are currently using an application like Evernote, Google Keep, or Microsoft OneNote, you should pick an alternative here.
{% include cardv2.html
title="Joplin"
image="/assets/img/tools/Joplin.png"
-description="Joplin is a free, open source, fully featured note taking and to-do application, which can handle a large number of markdown notes organized into notebooks and tags. It offers E2EE encryption and can sync through Nextcloud, Dropbox and more. It also offers easy import from Evernote and plain text notes."
+description="Joplin is a free, open-source, and fully-featured note-taking and to-do application which can handle a large number of markdown notes organized into notebooks and tags. It offers end-to-end encryption and can sync through Nextcloud, Dropbox, and more. It also offers easy import from Evernote and plain-text notes."
website="https://joplinapp.org/"
github="https://github.com/laurent22/joplin"
windows="https://joplinapp.org/#desktop-applications"
@@ -61,6 +61,6 @@ chrome="https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/turtl/dgcojenhfdjhieoglmiaheih
- Notable - The markdown-based note-taking app that doesn't suck.
- - Paperwork - Open source and self-hosted solution. For PHP / MySQL servers.
+ - Paperwork - An open-source and self-hosted solution. For PHP / MySQL servers.
- Org-mode - A major mode for GNU Emacs. Org-mode is for keeping notes, maintaining TODO lists, planning projects, and authoring documents with a fast and effective plain-text system.
diff --git a/_includes/sections/password-managers.html b/_includes/sections/password-managers.html
index aac8d968..92c1f385 100644
--- a/_includes/sections/password-managers.html
+++ b/_includes/sections/password-managers.html
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
include cardv2.html
title="Bitwarden - Cloud/Self-host"
image="/assets/img/tools/bitwarden.png"
- description="Bitwarden is a free and open source password manager. It aims to solve password management problems for individuals, teams, and business organizations. Bitwarden is among the easiest and safest solutions to store all of your logins and passwords while conveniently keeping them synced between all of your devices. If you don't want to use the Bitwarden cloud, you can easily host your own Bitwarden server."
+ description="Bitwarden is a free and open-source password manager. It aims to solve password management problems for individuals, teams, and business organizations. Bitwarden is among the easiest and safest solutions to store all of your logins and passwords while conveniently keeping them synced between all of your devices. If you don't want to use the Bitwarden cloud, you can easily host your own Bitwarden server."
website="https://bitwarden.com/"
forum="https://forum.privacytools.io/t/discussion-bitwarden/1343"
github="https://github.com/bitwarden"
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
include cardv2.html
title="LessPass - Browser"
image="/assets/img/tools/LessPass.png"
- description="LessPass is a free and open source password manager that generates unique passwords for websites, email accounts, or anything else based on a master password and information you know. No sync needed. Uses PBKDF2 and SHA-256. It's advised to use the browser addons for more security."
+ description="LessPass is a free and open-source password manager that generates unique passwords for websites, email accounts, or anything else based on a master password and information you know. No sync needed. Uses PBKDF2 and SHA-256. It's advised to use the browser addons for more security."
website="https://lesspass.com/"
forum="https://forum.privacytools.io/t/discussion-keepassxc/1344/2"
github="https://github.com/lesspass/lesspass"
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
-
- Master Password - Master Password is based on an ingenious password generation algorithm that guarantees your passwords can never be lost. Its passwords aren't stored: they are generated on-demand from your name, the site, and your master password. No syncing, backups, or internet access needed.
+ Master Password - A password manager based on an ingenious password-generation algorithm that guarantees your passwords can never be lost. Its passwords aren't stored: they are generated on-demand from your name, the site, and your master password. No syncing, backups, or internet access needed.
-
diff --git a/_includes/sections/productivity-tools.html b/_includes/sections/productivity-tools.html
index ccdcff2c..d2d91af9 100644
--- a/_includes/sections/productivity-tools.html
+++ b/_includes/sections/productivity-tools.html
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
include cardv2.html
title="CryptPad"
image="/assets/img/provider/CryptPad.png"
- description="CryptPad is a private-by-design alternative to popular office tools and cloud services. All content is end-to-end encrypted. It is free and open source, enabling anyone to verify its security by auditing the code. The development team is supported by donations and grants. No registration is required, and it can be used anonymously via Tor Browser."
+ description="CryptPad is a private-by-design alternative to popular office tools and cloud services. All content is end-to-end encrypted. It is free and open-source, enabling anyone to verify its security by auditing the code. The development team is supported by donations and grants. No registration is required, and it can be used anonymously via Tor Browser."
website="https://cryptpad.fr/"
forum="https://forum.privacytools.io/t/discussion-cryptpad-productivity-tools/1537"
github="https://github.com/xwiki-labs/cryptpad"
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
title="Etherpad"
image="/assets/img/tools/Etherpad.png"
image-dark="/assets/img/tools/Etherpad-dark.png"
- description="Etherpad is a highly customizable open source online editor providing collaborative editing in real-time. Here are a list of sites that run Etherpad."
+ description="Etherpad is a highly customizable open-source online editor providing collaborative editing in real time. Here are a list of sites that run Etherpad."
website="https://etherpad.org/"
forum="https://forum.privacytools.io/t/discussion-etherpad-productivity-tools/1538"
github="https://github.com/ether/etherpad-lite"
@@ -54,9 +54,9 @@
- Cryptee - Free privacy-friendly service for storing Documents, files and Photos
- EtherCalc - EtherCalc is a web spreadsheet. Data is saved on the web, and people can edit the same document at the same time. Changes are instantly reflected on all screens. Work together on inventories, survey forms, list management, brainstorming sessions.
- Disroot - Free privacy-friendly service that offers Etherpad, EtherCalc and PrivateBin.
- - dudle - An online scheduling application, free and open source. Schedule meetings or make small online polls. No email collection or the need of registration.
- - Framadate - A free and open source online service for planning an appointment or making a decision quickly and easily. No registration is required.
- - LibreOffice - Free and open source office suite.
+ - dudle - An online scheduling application, free and open-source. Schedule meetings or make small online polls. No email collection or the need of registration.
+ - Framadate - A free and open-source online service for planning an appointment or making a decision quickly and easily. No registration is required.
+ - LibreOffice - Free and open-source office suite.
- VSCodium - Fork of Microsoft's Visual Studio Code editor without branding or telemetry.
diff --git a/_includes/sections/search-engines.html b/_includes/sections/search-engines.html
index d28f3f02..d9b70e8f 100644
--- a/_includes/sections/search-engines.html
+++ b/_includes/sections/search-engines.html
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
Privacy Respecting Search Engines
- If you are currently using search engines like Google, Bing or Yahoo, you should pick an alternative here.
+ If you are currently using search engines like Google, Bing, or Yahoo, you should pick an alternative here.
{% include cardv2.html
title="searx - Decentral"
image="/assets/img/provider/searx.png"
-description='An open source metasearch engine, aggregating the results of other search engines while not storing information about its users. No logs, no ads and no tracking. List of Instances or try search.privacytools.io'
+description='searx is an open-source metasearch engine, aggregating the results of other search engines while not storing information about its users. No logs, no ads and no tracking. List of Instances or try search.privacytools.io'
website="https://searx.me/"
tor="http://ulrn6sryqaifefld.onion"
forum="https://forum.privacytools.io/t/discussion-searx/283"
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ github="https://github.com/asciimoo/searx"
{% include cardv2.html
title="StartPage - Netherlands"
image="/assets/img/provider/StartPage.png"
-description="Google search results, with complete privacy protection. Behind StartPage is a European company that has been obsessive about privacy since 2006."
+description="StartPage is a search engine that provides Google search results with complete privacy protection. Behind StartPage is a European company that has been obsessive about privacy since 2006."
website="https://www.startpage.com/"
forum="https://forum.privacytools.io/t/discussion-startpage/284"
%}
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ forum="https://forum.privacytools.io/t/discussion-startpage/284"
{% include cardv2.html
title="DuckDuckGo - USA"
image="/assets/img/provider/DuckDuckGo.png"
-description='The search engine that doesn\'t track you. Some of DuckDuckGo\'s code is free software hosted at GitHub, but the core is proprietary. The company is based in the USA.'
+description='DuckDuckGo is a "search engine that doesn\'t track you." Some of DuckDuckGo\'s code is free software hosted at GitHub, but the core is proprietary. The company is based in the USA.'
website="https://duckduckgo.com/"
tor="http://3g2upl4pq6kufc4m.onion"
forum="https://forum.privacytools.io/t/discussion-duckduckgo/285"
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ github="https://github.com/duckduckgo"
{% include cardv2.html
title="Qwant - France"
image="/assets/img/provider/Qwant.png"
-description='Qwants philosophy is based on two principles: no user tracking and no filter bubble. Qwant was launched in France in February 2013. Privacy Policy.'
+description='Qwant is a search engine with its philosophy based on two principles: no user tracking and no filter bubble. Qwant was launched in France in February 2013.'
website="https://www.qwant.com/"
forum="https://forum.privacytools.io/t/discussion-qwant/286"
github="https://github.com/Qwant/"
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@ github="https://github.com/Qwant/"
Worth Mentioning
- - YaCy - A free software P2P search engine powered by its users.
- - Jive Search - A free software search engine with a similar look and feel to Google.
- - MetaGer - An open source metasearch engine, which is based in Germany. It focuses on protecting the user's privacy.
+ - YaCy - A free-software P2P search engine powered by its users.
+ - Jive Search - A free-software search engine with a similar look and feel to Google.
+ - MetaGer - An open-source metasearch engine, which is based in Germany. It focuses on protecting the user's privacy.
- Mojeek - Independent and unbiased search results with no user tracking.
diff --git a/_includes/sections/self-contained-networks.html b/_includes/sections/self-contained-networks.html
index c77d8183..3f053bd1 100644
--- a/_includes/sections/self-contained-networks.html
+++ b/_includes/sections/self-contained-networks.html
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
url="https://geti2p.net/"
footer="OS: Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, BSD / Solaris."
description="The Invisible Internet Project (I2P) is a computer network layer that allows applications to send messages to each other pseudonymously and securely. Uses include anonymous
- Web surfing, chatting, blogging and file transfers. The software that implements this layer is called an I2P router and a computer running I2P is called an I2P node. The software is free and open source and is published under multiple licenses."
+ Web surfing, chatting, blogging, and file transfers. The software that implements this layer is called an I2P router and a computer running I2P is called an I2P node. The software is free and open-source and is published under multiple licenses."
%}
{% include card.html color="warning"
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@
Worth Mentioning
- - ZeroNet - Open, free and uncensorable websites, using Bitcoin cryptography and BitTorrent network.
- - RetroShare - Open Source cross-platform, Friend-2-Friend and secure decentralized communication platform.
+ - ZeroNet - Open, free, and uncensorable websites, using Bitcoin cryptography and BitTorrent network.
+ - RetroShare - An open source, cross-platform, friend-to-friend, secure, and decentralized communication platform.
- GNUnet - GNUnet provides a strong foundation of free software for a global, distributed network that provides security and privacy.
- IPFS and IPFS Companion- A peer-to-peer hypermedia protocol to make the web faster, safer, and more open. IPFS Companion is a browser extension for redirecting queries to a gateway of your choice (generally local).
@@ -54,5 +54,5 @@
Important privacy warning
- - Yggdrasil - An early-stage implementation of a fully end-to-end encrypted IPv6 network. It is lightweight, self-arranging, supported on multiple platforms and allows pretty much any IPv6-capable application to communicate securely with other Yggdrasil nodes. Yggdrasil does not require you to have IPv6 Internet connectivity - it also works over IPv4. experimental privacy warning
+ - Yggdrasil - An early-stage implementation of a fully end-to-end encrypted IPv6 network. It is lightweight, self-arranging, supported on multiple platforms, and allows pretty much any IPv6-capable application to communicate securely with other Yggdrasil nodes. Yggdrasil does not require you to have IPv6 Internet connectivity - it also works over IPv4. experimental privacy warning
diff --git a/_includes/sections/selfhosted-cloud.html b/_includes/sections/selfhosted-cloud.html
index 9e595a89..11f437e6 100644
--- a/_includes/sections/selfhosted-cloud.html
+++ b/_includes/sections/selfhosted-cloud.html
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
{% include cardv2.html
title="Nextcloud"
image="/assets/img/provider/Nextcloud.png"
-description="Similar functionally to the widely used Dropbox, with the difference being that Nextcloud is free and open-source, and thereby allowing anyone to install and operate it without charge on a private server, with no limits on storage space or the number of connected clients."
+description="Nextcloud has similar functionally to the widely used Dropbox, with the difference being that Nextcloud is free and open-source, thereby allowing anyone to install and operate it without charge on a private server with no limits on storage space or the number of connected clients."
website="https://nextcloud.com/"
forum="https://forum.privacytools.io/t/discussion-nextcloud/287"
windows="https://nextcloud.com/install/#install-clients"
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ image="/assets/img/tools/Tahoe-LAFS.png"
image-dark="/assets/img/tools/Tahoe-LAFS-dark.png"
website="https://www.tahoe-lafs.org/"
forum="https://forum.privacytools.io/t/discussion-tahoe-lafs/1662"
-description="Tahoe-LAFS is a Free and Open decentralized cloud storage system. It distributes your data across multiple servers. Even if some of the servers fail or are taken over by an attacker, the entire file store continues to function correctly, preserving your privacy and security."
+description="Tahoe-LAFS is a free and open decentralized cloud storage system. It distributes your data across multiple servers. Even if some of the servers fail or are taken over by an attacker, the entire file store continues to function correctly, preserving your privacy and security."
windows="https://github.com/tahoe-lafs/tahoe-lafs#via-pip"
mac="https://github.com/tahoe-lafs/tahoe-lafs#via-pip"
linux="https://github.com/tahoe-lafs/tahoe-lafs#using-os-packages"
@@ -38,5 +38,5 @@ git="https://www.tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/browser"
Worth Mentioning
- - CryptPad - End-to-end encrypted real time collaboration sharing folders, media, and documents (open-source).
+ - CryptPad - An open-source and end-to-end encrypted real-time collaborative editor that lets you share folders, media, and documents.
diff --git a/_includes/sections/social-networks.html b/_includes/sections/social-networks.html
index 30718d58..8bd20aa2 100644
--- a/_includes/sections/social-networks.html
+++ b/_includes/sections/social-networks.html
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
{% include cardv2.html
title="Mastodon - Twitter Alternative"
image="/assets/img/tools/Mastodon.png"
-description='Mastodon is a social network based on open web protocols and free, open-source software. It is decentralized like e-mail. It also has the most users, and the most diverse (in terms of interests) users, looks good, and is easy to setup. Feel welcome to join our hosted instance: social.privacytools.io'
+description='Mastodon is a social network based on open web protocols and free, open-source software. It is decentralized like email. It also has the most users, and the most diverse (in terms of interests) users; looks good; and is easy to setup. Feel welcome to join our hosted instance: social.privacytools.io'
website="https://joinmastodon.org/"
forum="https://forum.privacytools.io/t/discussion-mastodon/289"
github="https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon"
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ web="https://friendi.ca/"
{% include cardv2.html
title="PixelFed - Instagram Alternative"
image="/assets/img/provider/pixelfed.png"
-description='A free and ethical photo sharing platform, powered by ActivityPub federation. Pixelfed is an open-source, federated platform. You can run your own instance or join one.'
+description='PixelFed is a free and ethical photo sharing platform, powered by ActivityPub federation. Pixelfed is an open-source, federated platform. You can run your own instance or join one.'
website="https://pixelfed.org/"
forum="https://forum.privacytools.io/t/discussion-pixelfed/293"
github="https://github.com/pixelfed"
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ web="https://pixelfed.org/"
{% include cardv2.html
title="GNU social - Twitter Alternative"
image="/assets/img/provider/gnu-social.png"
-description="A social communication software for both public and private communications. It is widely supported and has a large userbase. It is already used by the Free Software Foundation."
+description="GNU social is social-communication software for both public and private communications. It is widely supported and has a large userbase. It is already used by the Free Software Foundation."
website="https://gnu.io/social/"
forum="https://forum.privacytools.io/t/discussion-gnu-social/292"
gitlab="https://git.gnu.io/gnu/gnu-social/"
@@ -70,8 +70,8 @@ web="https://gnu.io/social/"
Worth Mentioning
- - Minds - An open source and distributed social networking service, integrating the blockchain to reward the community.
- - Movim - Federated social platform that relies on the XMPP standard and therefore allows you to exchange with many other clients on all devices.
+ - Minds - An open-source and distributed social networking service, integrating the blockchain to reward the community.
+ - Movim - A federated social platform that relies on the XMPP standard and therefore allows you to exchange with many other clients on all devices.
Related Information
diff --git a/_includes/sections/social-news-aggregator.html b/_includes/sections/social-news-aggregator.html
index 20969791..18de06d1 100644
--- a/_includes/sections/social-news-aggregator.html
+++ b/_includes/sections/social-news-aggregator.html
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
{% include cardv2.html
title="Aether"
image="/assets/img/tools/aether.png"
-description='Free/libre and open source decentralized social news aggregator with a built in voting system.'
+description='Aether is a free and open-source decentralized social news aggregator with a built-in voting system.'
website="https://getaether.net/"
forum="https://forum.privacytools.io/t/discussion-aether/1256"
github="https://github.com/nehbit/aether"
@@ -40,6 +40,6 @@ web="https://raddle.me"