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☁️Cloud Storage
- Nextcloud⭐️ - Nextcloud is a suite of free and open-source client-server software for creating your own file hosting services on a private server you control. The only limits on storage and bandwidth are the limits on the server provider you choose.
- Cryptomator - Free client-side AES encryption for your cloud files. Open source software: No backdoors, no registration.
- Cryptpad - Free and end-to-end encrypted real time collaboration sharing folders, media, and documents.
- pCloud - Secure & encrypted cloud storage, one of the best out there.
- SpiderOak - End-to-end no-knowledge encryption. Edward Snowden endorsed!
- Seafile - An open-source continuous file synchronization program. It synchronizes files between two or more computers in real time, safely protected from prying eyes.
- Internxt - a zero-knowledge file storage service that's based on absolute privacy and uncompromising security.
- Syncthing - Open Source.
- Tesorit - Swiss based end-to-end encrypted cloud storage.
- Diode - For individuals and organizations who want to safeguard their digital sovereignty. It is a high security, end-to-end encrypted solution for file sharing, collaboration, and backup that prioritizes security and confidentiality.
📂File Sharing
- OnionShare - An open source tool that lets you securely and anonymously share files, host websites, and chat with friends using the Tor network.
- Blaze - A fast, p2p and radically different way to transfer files.
- Send - Simple, private file sharing. (Mozilla Send Fork)
- Lufi - Let's Upload that FIle — File sharing software.
- Croc - Easily and securely send things from one computer to another.
- Dat-cp - Copy files between hosts on a network using the peer-to-peer Dat network.
- Magic Wormhole - Get things from one computer to another, safely.
- QRcp - Transfer files over wifi from your computer to your mobile device by scanning a QR code without leaving the terminal.
- Snapdrop - A Progressive Web App for local file sharing inspired by Apple's Airdrop.
- Paperless-ng - A supercharged version of paperless: scan, index and archive all your physical documents.
- Sharik - Sharik works with Wi-Fi connection or Tethering (Wi-Fi Hotspot). No internet connection needed. Available for Android, iOS, Linux, MacOS & Windows.
- Blindsend - Open source tool for private, end-to-end encrypted file exchange.
🔒Encryption
- Veracrypt - VeraCrypt is a free open source disk encryption software for Windows, macOS and Linux.
- Hat.sh - A Free, Fast, Secure and Serverless File Encryption.
- Cryptomator - Cryptomator encrypts your data quickly and easily. Afterwards you upload them protected to your favorite cloud service.
- Stegcloak - Hide secrets with invisible characters in plain text securely using passwords.
- Picocrypt - A very small (hence "Pico"), very simple, yet very secure file encryption tool.
- Photok - Photok is a free Photo-Safe. It stores your photos encrypted on your device and hides them from others.
- Boxcryptor - protects your data in the cloud with end-to-end encryption after the zero knowledge paradigm.
- Cryptsetup - Full disk encryption for Linux. Cryptsetup is a utility used to conveniently set up disk encryption based on the DMCrypt kernel module.
OS Encryption
📩Email Clients
- Protonmail⭐️ - is an email service with a focus on privacy, encryption, security, and ease of use. They have been in operation since 2013. ProtonMail is based in Genève, Switzerland. Accounts start with 500 MB storage with their free plan.
- Disroot - offers email amongst other services. The service is maintained by volunteers and its community. They have been in operation since 2015. Disroot is based in Amsterdam. Disroot is free and uses open source software such as Rainloop to provide service. Users support the service through donations and buying extra storage.
- Tutanota - is an email service with a focus on security and privacy through the use of encryption. Tutanota has been in operation since 2011 and is based in Hanover, Germany.
- Posteo - Completely anonymous mail provider located in Germany.
- Riseup - Online communication tools for people and groups working on liberatory social change.
🛡VPN Clients
- VPN Comparison Guide, Also - Ranks VPNs Based on Privacy Polices & More
- ProtonVPN⭐️ - a Swiss VPN provider, Proton does not log user activity or share data with third parties. Tor is also supported.
- PIA - Private Internet Access: a truly private VPN
- Mullvad - Swedish based VPN provider that retains no logs, and uses a mostly open source and transparent infrastructure available to the public. Accepts Bitcoin, anonymous cash payments via envelope, PayPal, and more.
- OVPN - Swedish provider that operates VPN servers without any hard drives, has a strict no logs policy, and publishes transparency reports. Accepts Bitcoin, anonymous cash payments, PayPal, and more.
- Nord VPN - Encrypt your online activity to protect your private data from hackers or snoopy advertisers.
- Express VPN - VPN with 256-bit encryption, 94 countries, and no logs. It is also rated as one of the fastest VPNs out there.
- Riseup -Free VPN
⚡️Proxy Clients
- Psiphon
- Acrylic
- Shadowsocks - Free Servers
- Lantern
- SwitchyOmega - Proxy Manager
- FoxyProxy or Snowflake - Proxy browser extension
- Fri-Gate - Advanced Proxy Settings Addon
- Proxy Privacy Ruler - Limit proxy usage by private windows
- Hitch - SSL / TLS proxy
Proxy Apps
- ProxySite
- Hide.me
- KProxy
- Free Proxy
- VPN Book
- Hidester
- Sitenable
- 4EverProxy
- zend2
- Open Proxy Space
- Google Translate - How to use
- DarknetProxy - DeepWeb / I2P Proxy
- b.007, 2, 3, 4 - Cloudflare Workers Proxies
- Proxy Scrape - Python Library for Retrieving Free Proxies
- Proxy-Checker - Proxy Checker
- CheckSocks5 - Socks5 Proxy Checker
- Proxynova - Iranian Proxies
Proxy Sites
🔒Public DNS
- NextDNS - Enjoy the privacy and security benefits of DNS-over-HTTPS and DNS-over-TLS — the modern and encrypted DNS protocols. Zero impact on your CPU, memory or battery life — it's all done at the DNS level, not on your device.
- LibreDNS - A public encrypted DNS service that people can use to maintain the secrecy of their DNS traffic, but also circumvent censorship. It already supports DNS over HTTPS & DNS over TLS.
⌨️Keyboards
- AnySoftKeyboard - Open-source keyboard. Available on F-Droid.
- Hacker's Keyboard - Also open-source. Very useful for developers or sysadmins on the go.
- Simple Keyboard - Open-source keyboard.
- Open Board - New 100% FOSS keyboard, based on AOSP. Similar to New 100% FOSS keyboard, based on AOSP. Similar to Simple Keyboard.
- Indic Keyboard - Open-source keyboard that supports many languages that other keyboards sometimes don't support. Not on F-Droid, but can be built from source or possibly through a Play Store alternative.
- FlorisBoard - An open-source keyboard aimed at providing you with an easy way to type while respecting your privacy (this project is currently in alpha stage).
- 8VIM - Open-source. A "text editor inside a keyboard, drawing it's inspiration from 8pen and Vim."
🌐Web Hosting
- 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.
- Njalla - VPS & Domain - 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, Zcash, DASH, Bitcoin Cash and PayPal.
- Orangewebsite - An Iceland-based freedom of speech web hosting provider. They never actually ask for your name, at least when you pay in Bitcoin.
- 1984hosting - a green ethical hosting company in Iceland
📈Site Analytics
🔍Search Engines
- 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.
- Searx - is an open-source, self-hostable, metasearch engine, aggregating the results of other search engines while not storing information about its users. There is a list of public instances
- StartPage - is a search engine that provides Google search results with complete privacy protection. Startpage BV is a Netherlands-based company that has been dedicated to privacy-respecting search since 2006.
- Qwant - doesn't plant any cookies, nor have any trackers or third-party advertising. It returns non-biased search results, with no promotions.
- MetaGer - An open-source, metasearch engine run as a non-profit based in Germany.
- Mojeek - An independent search engine based in the UK, and the first search engine to have a policy of not tracking its users. (Privacy Policy)
- Search Engine Party - Compare popular search engines across security and privacy related data points.
🖥System OS
- Whonix - Whonix is a desktop operating system designed for advanced security and privacy. It realistically addresses attacks while maintaining usability. It makes online anonymity possible via fail-safe, automatic, and desktop-wide use of the Tor network.
- Tails - is a portable operating system that protects against surveillance and censorship. Tails uses the Tor network to protect your privacy online and help you avoid censorship. Enjoy the Internet like it should be.
- Qubes OS - Qubes OS is an open source operating system designed to provide strong security for desktop computing using Security by Compartmentalization approach. Qubes is based on Xen, X Window System, and Linux, and can run most Linux applications and utilize most of the Linux drivers.
- GalliumOS - A fast and lightweight Linux distro for ChromeOS devices. Based on Xubuntu.
- ParrotOS - Debian-based and privacy focused. Fully sandboxed.
- PureOS - A user friendly, secure and freedom respecting OS for your daily usage.
- GhostBSD - This is a secure open-source OS based on FreeBSD, preconfigured to be a sane desktop environment for all users.
- Another other form of Linux - Ubuntu / Debian / Mint / Fedora / Arch / Manjaro.
⌚Wear OS
- AsteroidOS - The cleanest (and only) open-source alternative for Wear OS. Make sure you buy a watch that supports it!
💡Android OS
- GrapheneOS - Open-source Android-based OS with an emphasis on security and privacy. Features advanced hardening and privacy protections throughout the system.
- LineageOS - Open-source and based on Android, but without the crap.
- CalyxOS - Open-source Android-based OS with an emphasis on security and privacy. Provides good combination of privacy and security together with usability. Optional support for MicroG.
- SailfishOS - Privacy-focused mobile OS by Jolla with a proprietary UI and Android compatibility layer on top of an open-source Mer GNU/Linux base.
- postmarketOS - Open-source mobile Linux OS. Can install different user interfaces such as Plasma Mobile.
- Replicant - Free Android distribution. Puts the emphasis on "freedom and privacy/security".
- DivestOS - LineageOS fork with increased security and privacy.
- UBPorts - Ubuntu Touch is the touch-friendly mobile version of Ubuntu.
- postmarketOS - Touch optimised and pre-configured version of Alpine Linux.
- PureOS - Operating system developed by purism for the Librem 5.
- Plasma Mobile - Plasma, in your pocket. Privacy-respecting, open source and secure phone ecosystem.
- mobian - Debian for mobile.
Based on Linux
👨💻Code Editors
- VSCodium - VSCodium is Visual Studio Code but without all the Microsoft telemetry and branding.
- Vim - Open-source text editor.
- Emacs - Another open-source text editor.
- Atom - Atom is a free and open-source text and source code editor, written in Node.js, and embedded Git Control, developed by GitHub.
⛳Play Store
- F-Droid - Catalogue of FOSS apps for Android. Easy to install and keeps track of updates. Also has a browser version if you don't want to install the app.
- Yalp Store - Yalp downloads Play Store apps as APK files. Helpful if you want to stay away from the Play Store, but require an app that is only available there. This version is a fork of the original project that is no longer active.
- Aurora Store - Aurora Store is an unofficial, FOSS client to Google's Play Store with an elegant design. Not only does Aurora Store download, update, and search for apps like the Play Store, it also empowers the user with new features.
- Aurora Droid - Yet another F-Droid client
- FossDroid - Uses the same library as F-Droid, but with a modern UI similar to that of the Play Store and the ability to view apps by popularity.
- APKGrabber - A great tool for avoiding App stores on android.
- G-Droid - Also uses the F-Droid repo but with a different UI.
🎞️YouTube
Android
- NewPipe⭐ - Powerful ad-free & lightweight open-source YouTube front-end. Supports Downlods, Background player, Popup player, Subscriptions, Bookmarks, History. (No Login Required)
- NewPipe x SponsorBlock - A fork of NewPipe with SponsorBlock functionality.
- YouTube Vanced - Stock Android YouTube app, but better! Includes adblocking, true amoled dark mode and a lot more. (Prefer to use with burner email)
- Vanced MicroG - microG is framework to allow applications designed for Google Play Services to run on systems, where Play Services is not available.
- SkyTube - is an alternative, free, open-source YouTube application for Android. It allows you to use YouTube comfortably without the need for Google/YouTube account.
Desktop
- FreeTube - Private YouTube Client
👥Social Networks
- Mastodon - Twitter Alternative - Mastodon is a social network based on open web protocols and free, open-source software. It is decentralized like email, users can exist on different servers or even different platforms but still communicate with each other. It also has the most users, and the most diverse (in terms of interests) users, it looks good, and it is easy to setup yourself
- diaspora* - Google+ Alternative - diaspora* is based on three key philosophies: Decentralization, Freedom, and Privacy. It is intended to address privacy concerns related to centralized social networks by allowing users set up their own server (or "pod") to host content. Pods can then interact to share status updates, photographs, and other social data.
- Minds - Anonymous & open-source social network with encrypted conversations.
- Friendica - Facebook Alternative - Friendica has an emphasis on extensive privacy settings and easy server installation. It aims to federate with as many other social networks as possible. Currently, Friendica users can integrate contacts from Facebook, Twitter, Diaspora, GNU social, App.net, Pump.io and other services in their social streams.
- PixelFed - Instagram Alternative - 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 an existing one.
- Pleroma - Twitter Alternative - Pleroma is a free, federated social networking server built on open protocols. It is compatible with Mastodon and many other ActivityPub and OStatus implementations.
- Invidious - Alternative front-end to YouTube.
- Nitter - Alternative Twitter front-end.
- Bibliogram - An alternative front-end for Instagram.
- Libreddit - Private front-end for Reddit written in Rust.
Private Front-ends
✍🏻Blogging
- BearBlog - A privacy-first, no trackers, no ad, no Javascript blog
- Mataroa - Naked blogging platform, for minimalists. No ads/tracking
- Havenweb - Self-hosted, private blogging platform
- Emanates - Build a blog on top of GitHub
- twtxt - Decentralized, minimalist microblogging service for hackers.
- prose.sh - A blog for hackers.
- lists.sh - A microblog for lists.
🗃Office Suites
- Libre Office - Free and open source offline office.
- Arcane Office - Blockchain-based private online office suite.
- Apache OpenOffice - The Free and Open Productivity Suite
- OnlyOffice - Free and open source online office for collaboration.
- Cryptpad - Collaboration suite, encrypted and open-source.
- Etherpad - Highly customizable open source online editor
- Collabora Office - Cross-device, fully Open Source Office suite.
🎥Video Sharing
- PeerTube - PeerTube, developed by Framasoft, is a free and decentralized alternative to video platforms, with over 400,000 videos published by over 50,000 users and viewed over 10 million times.
- LBRY.tv - a digital library or place where you can find great videos, music, ebooks, and more.
- BitChute - Peer to Peer Video Shairng Platform
📽AV Conferencing
- Jitsi Meet - More secure, more flexible, and completely free video conferencing. No account needed, no installation needed.
- Jmai - P2P audio and video conferences.
- BigBlueButton - BigBlueButton is a web conferencing system designed for online learning.
- PeerCalls - Group peer to peer video calls for everyone written in Go and TypeScript.
- Jam - Jam is your own open source Clubhouse for mini conferences, friends, communities.
- Mumble - Mumble is an open source voice communication application with advanced features.
🗺Maps / Navigation
- OpenStreetMap - OpenStreetMap is built by a community of mappers that contribute and maintain data about roads, trails, cafés, railway stations, and much more, all over the world.
- OpenStreetMap - Android/iOS Navigation app using OSM. It is a feature-rich app with all you expect.
- Qwant Maps - Maps from the makers of Qwant search engine.
- BenMaps - Another maps alternative based on OpenStreetMap.
- OrganicMaps - Great offline maps for hikers and cyclists.
🖥Remote Access
- RustDesk - Open-source remote desktop client software, written in Rust. Works out of the box, full control of your data, with no concerns about security.
- Screego - Screen sharing for developers.
- Remmina - Remote access screen and file sharing to your desktop (RDP).
- UVNC - a powerful, easy to use and free - remote pc access softwares - that can display the screen of another computer (via internet or network) on your screen.
- MeshCentral - The open source, multi-platform, self-hosted, feature packed web site for remote device management.
📝Notes & Tasks
- Tiny List - Create and share notes and checklists, without sacrificing your privacy.
- HedgeDoc - An awesome platform to write and share markdown.
- Standard Notes - A free, open-source, and completely encrypted notes app.
- Joplin - Note taking and to-do application with synchronisation capabilities.
- YankNote - A Hackable Markdown Note Application for Programmers.
- Logseq - A privacy-first alternative to WorkFlowy.
- Vikunja - The open-source to-do app to organize your life.
- Appflowy - Open Source Notion Alternative. You are in charge of your data and customizations.
- Notally - A beautiful notes app.
- Quillnote - Take beautiful markdown notes and stay organized with task lists.
🧭Browsers
Multi-Platform
Tor, Ungoogled Chromium, Librewolf, Librewolf Linux, Librefox, Netsurf, Wexond, Dot (Linux / Alpha), Brave, Otter, BadWolf, Sphere, dumb-browser, Breeze, Dot HQ / Discord
Android
Bromite, Fennec F-Droid, Mull, DuckDuckGo Privacy Browser, BiscuitBrowser, SmartCookieWeb, 2 / YTDL, Privacy Browser
iOS
SnowHaze Onion Browser🗜️Extensions
- ClearURLs / 2, Link Cleaner or Link Sanitizer - Removes tracking elements from URLs
- LocalCDN, WhatCampaign or TrackMeNot - Tracking Protection
- File Guard - File Encryption / Decryption
- Trace - Privacy Toolkit
- Site Bleacher - Auto remove cookies, local storages, IndexedDBs, service workers, cache storages, filesystems & webSQLs
- Privacy Redirect - Redirects Twitter, YouTube, Instagram & Google Maps to alt interfaces
- Invidition - Redirect YouTube / Twitter requests to their alt interfaces
- Invidious Redirect - Redirects all YouTube links to Invidous
- Privacy Badger or Privacy Possum - Blocks invisible trackers
- Anti-Grabify - Block IP Grabbers
- Anti-Fp - Disrupt Fingerprint Targeting
- CSS Exfil Protection - Stops CSS data exfiltration attacks
- CanvasBlocker or Canvas Defender - Prevent Canvas Fingerprinting
- PortAuthority - Block Javascript Port Scan on Sites
- First Party Isolation - Like blocking Third-party cookies, but more exhaustively
- Location Guard or Manual Geolocation - Hide Browsers Geolocation
- Language Switch - Change Language Identifier
- Spoof Timezone - Hide Real Timezone
- Cloud Firewall - Block Major Cloud Services
- UglyEmail or PixelBlock - Block Email Trackers
- Chameleon, UA Switcher & Manager or User-Agent Switcher - User-Agent Spoofer
- Firefox Privacy Settings or SnowHaze - Firefox Privacy Settings Manager
- Smart Referer - Limit Referer Information Leaks
- Privacy-Oriented Origin Policy - Prevents Sending Origin Headers
- GAOptOut - Google Analytics Opt Out
- Opt Out Tools - Prevents JavaScript from sending Google info
- Luminous - JavaScript Events Blocker
- Behave! - IP Protection
- WebRTC Control - Enable / Disable WebRTC
- WebRTC Network Limiter - WebRTC Network Traffic Config
- GPSDetect - Alerts user when JPEG contains EXIF GPS coordinates
- Forget Me Not - Only keeps website data for sites you choose
- Secure Password Generator or Password Generator - Password Generator
- Private Bookmarks - Password Protected Bookmarks
- Permission Inspector - Extension Permissions Inspector
- History-AutoDelete - Browser History Manager
- eCleaner - Quickly Clear Browser Data
- Nuke-Reddit-History - Reddit Auto Post Delete
- AudioContext Fingerprint Test - AudioContext / Canvas API Fingerprinting Test
- AudioContext Fingerprint Defender - Stop AudioContext fingerprinting
- zero-width - Replaces zero-width characters
- Temporary Containers - Disposable Containers
- Redirect AMP to HTML - Redirects AMP Pages to Regular Web Pages
- HTTPZ, Smart HTTPS or HTTPS Everywhere- HTTPS Encryption
- HTTP Header Live - Display / Edit the HTTP Header
- Open Two Factor Authenticator - Two-Factor Authentication Addon
- Social Book Post Manager - Delete Facebook Posts in Bulk
- Who's Selling My Info? - Detect Pages with "Do Not Sell My Information" Links
- IndicateTLS - Display a Sites the TLS Protocol Version
- Lightbeam - Tracker Visualization
📧Burner Emails
- Smail Pro (gmail) - This is a tool that helps you create a temporary email address quickly and for free.
- Gmailnator (gmail) - Gmailnator offers you to use a Gmail email address in which other temp mail providers are not supported.
- getnada - Temp mail generator with multiple domains. Mailboxes are not deleted and can be used for as long as the domain is active.
- tmpmail - A command line utility written in POSIX sh that allows you to create a temporary email address and receive emails to the temporary email address.
- Guerrilla Mail - Disposable Temporary E-Mail Address. No registration, lasts 60 mins. Protection from Spam.
- 10minutemail - Get temporary email address, temporary email, get 10 minute email. best temporary send email site in Turkey. It's completely free!
- YOPMail - Use ‘any-name-of-your-choice’@YOPmail.com to sign up anywhere. Email sent to the ‘address’@YOPmail.com is instantaneously created at YOPmail server. No registration required
- Temp Mail - Disposable email - is a free email service that allows to receive email at a temporary address that self-destructed after a certain time elapses.
- Maildrop - A free throwaway email address. Just give someone any alias in the maildrop.cc domain, come back here, put in the email address, and you can see that inbox.
- anonbox - Provides you free, completely anonymous one-time email addresses.
- edumail - Temp edu mail generator.
- AnonAddy - lets users create aliases that forward to their email address. Can be self-hosted.
- SimpleLogin - allows you to easily create aliases for your email. Can be self-hosted.
- 33mail - Forwards all mail to your existing e-mail address. You can even reply anonymously to emails forwarded by 33Mail. Never receive unwanted e-mail again!
- Firefox Relay - easy to create email masks that forward your messages to your true inbox
Email Forwarding
🈂Translations
- Libretranslate - Open Source Machine Translation - 100% Self-Hosted. No Limits. No Ties to Proprietary Services.
- Apertium - A free/open-source machine translation platform, runs offline on your computer
- Softcatala - Open Source Translation tool - Only Catalan/Spanish/English/French (uses apertium)
- TranslateLocally - Free/open-source neural MT, runs offline on your computer
- Lingva - Alternative front-end for Google Translate.
- Simplytranslate - Alternative front-end for Google Translate and LibreTranslate.
Google Translate Frontends
🕵Windows Antispy
📋Pastebins
- 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 256-bit AES. It is the improved version of ZeroBin.
- CryptPad - is an open-source, zero knowledge, and real-time collaborative editor. Data is encrypted/decrypted in the browser, using Salsa20 with Poly1305 to encrypt pads.
- Disroot - is a minimalist, open-source online pastebin and discussion board. The data of every pastebin is end to end encrypted/decrypted in the browser so that the server has zero knowledge of hosted data.
- p.ip.fi - Another minimal paste bin.
🔑Password Managers
- Bitwarden⭐ - Bitwarden, the best open source password manager, Lock your passwords and private information with end-to-end AES-256 bit encryption, salted hashing, and PBKDF2 SHA-256. Audited as well.
- KeePassXC - Free & open source password manager. Complete database encryption using industry standard 256-bit AES, Your password database works offline and requires no internet connection.
- Strongbox - leading password manager for iPhone and Mac.
- Dashline - Intuitive with advanced security extras like VPN.
- Padloc - The last password manager you'll ever want to use.
- Passky - Simple, modern, lightweight, open-source and secure password manager.
- Firefox Lockwise - Securely access the passwords you’ve saved in Firefox from anywhere — even outside of the browser.
- PSONO - Self Hosted Open source Password Manager.
- Passbolt - Free, open source, self-hosted, extensible, OpenPGP based password manager for teams.
- buttercup - Free password manager with support for all major OS.
🎤Voice Changers
🔐Authenticator
- andOTP - andOTP is a free & open source authenticator app for Android, requires minimal permissions and supports multiple backups.
- Aegis - Aegis Authenticator is a free, secure and open source app for Android to manage your 2-step verification tokens for your online services.
- Authenticator - Authenticator is a simple, free, and open source two-factor authentication app fro iOS.
- Tofu - An easy-to-use, open-source two-factor authentication app designed specifically for iOS.
- Raivo OTP - A native, lightweight and secure one-time-password (OTP) solution for iOS users.
- Gnome Authenticator - Open source 2FA authenticator for Linux
💳Payments
- Hard Cash - Where possible use hard cash to make payments, it's the best bet you can have.
- Monero - Monero is truely private, untraceable and secure.
- ⚠️Bitcoin - Bitcoin is not anonymous nor private. Bitcoin is traceable, transparent and pseudonymous. You need to be really careful when using Bitcoin so you don't leave any traces that can later be used against you to harm your privacy.
🎙️Podcasts
- The Privacy, Security, & OSINT Show - This weekly podcast presents ideas to help you become digitally invisible, stay secure from cyber threats, and make you a better online investigator.
- Darknet Diaries - Highlights real-life hackers and their stories. Covers privacy topics a fair bit.
- Security Now - TechTV's Leo Laporte and I spend somewhat shy of two hours each week to discuss important issues of personal computer security.
📳Android Privacy
- Guardian Project / 2, Divestos Apps, CookieJarApps or InviZible - Privacy Based Apps / Tools
- Authy, Aegis or andOTP - Two-factor authentication
- Island - App Isolation
- UntrackMe - Frontend Redirect / Link Unshorten / URL Cleanup
- Stealth - Privacy-Based Reddit Frontend
- XPrivacyLua or Xumi - Privacy Manager
- AppWarden or TrackerControl - Disable App Trackers
- Exodus - Android App Tracker & Permission Index / APK
- TrackerControl - Manage / Monitor Trackers
- Privacy Dashboard - Android 12-like Privacy Dashboard
- NetGuard - Block Internet Access Per App
- AFWall+ or NoRoot Firewall - Firewall
- SuperFreezZ - Freeze App Background Activities
- SnoopSnitch - Check Mobile Network Security
- FairEmail - Open Source, Privacy Oriented Email for Android / f-Droid
- Orbot - Tor Proxy
- TorServices - Tor App Proxy / GitLab
- Barinsta - Privacy Based Instagram Client
- Fritter - Privacy Based Twitter Client
- Bluer - Privacy-Focused Facebook Client
- GrapheneOS - Privacy and security focused mobile OS
- Intra - System Wide DoH for Android
- AnySoftKeyboard or Florisboard - Incognito Keyboard
- Adgaurd VPN - Free VPN
- PowerTunnel - Proxy
- Sagernet - Proxy Tools
- Access Dots - Camera / Mic Access Indicator
- CamWings - Camera Protection
- ScreenWings - Screen Protection
- Stingle Photos - Private Photo / Video Gallery
- Threema, Session, Status, Signal / 2 / 3, Confide, ChatSecure, surespot, Snikket or RetroShare - Encrypted Messaging
- Silence - Encrypt SMS/MMS Messages
- Wickr, MySudo, Jami or Element / 2 - Encrypted Messaging / Video Calls
- OVERSEC - Add Text / Image Encryption to any App
- DPITunnel - Bypass Deep Packet Inspection
- adb-clear-packages - Clear Android Packages Data
- Greentooth - Automatic Bluetooth Disabler
- Private Lock - Lock your Phone via Movement
- Catch the Man-in-the-Middle - Check if HTTPS Traffic is being Monitored
- Gadget Bridge - Connect to Smartwatches without Vendor Apps / Accounts
- Scrambled Exif - Remove Image Metadata
🍎iOS Privacy
- Authy, Authenticator, Obsidian or Tofu - Two-factor authentication
- Onion Browser - Onion Browser for iOS
- DuckDuckGo Privacy Browser - Privacy Based Browser
- Anti-Social - Block social media trackers / iOS
- Signal, surespot, Status, Session, Confide or chatsecure - Encrypted Messaging
- Wickr, Jami, MySudo or Element - Encrypted Messaging / Video Calls
- Bluer - Privacy-Based Facebook Client
🎭Alternate Apps
- Ethical - an open list of resources for ethical living — from browsers to books, TED talks to apps.
- Alternativeto - lets you find apps and software for Windows, Mac, Linux, iPhone, iPad, Android, Android Tablets, Web Apps, Online, Windows Tablets and more by recommending alternatives.
- Slant - Trustworthy product rankings for all your shopping needs.
- SaaShub - Find the best software and alternatives. Our goal is to be objective and helpful.
- Switching.software - Ethical, easy-to-use and privacy-conscious alternatives to well-known software.
- GCMetery - Google Alternatives
- Alternatives - A dedicated index on alternatives to bloatware.
🔖Books to Read
Title | Published | Author |
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Permanet Record | 2019 | Edward Snowden |
The Age of Surveillance Capitalism | 2019 | Shoshana Zuboff |
The Attention Merchants | 2016 | Tim Wu |
Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts | 2018 | Jaron Lanier |
Zucked - Waking Up to the Facebook Catastrophe | 2019 | Roger McNamee |
Eyes in The Sky | 2019 | Arthur Michel |
1984 | 1949 | George Orwell |
Extreme Privacy | 2019 | Michael Bazzell |
No Place to Hide | 2014 | Glenn Greenwald |
Dragnet Nation | 2014 | Julia Angwin |
The Art of Invisibility | 2017 | Kevin Mitnick |
Ghost in the Wires | 2011 | Kevin Mitnick |
The Art of Intrusion | 2005 | Kevin Mitnick |
Steal This Computer Book 4.0 | 2006 | Wallace Wang |
Note: You can download the collection from my Keybase profile.
🎬Documentaries
- The Social Dilemma (2020) - Explores the dangerous human impact of social networking, with tech experts sounding the alarm on their own creations.
- Snowden (2016) - Based on the true story of Edward Snowden, the CIA/NSA/etc whistleblower. Directed by Oliver Stone.
- Deep Web (2015) - Documentary (narrated by Keanu Reeves) about Ross Ulbricht aka. Dread Pirate Roberts and the infamous "Silk Road" dark market. Directed by Alex Winter.
- The Great Hack (2019) - Documentary about the Facebook–Cambridge Analytica data scandal.
- Mr. Robot - Hacker-drama starring Rami Malek. Producers hired actual hackers as consultants to ensure the show is as accurate as possible; real-world tools used in the show.
- Silicon Valley - Satirical tech comedy about a compression startup struggling to take off in Silicon Valley, California.
- Shoshana Zuboff on surveillance capitalism - In this documentary, Zuboff takes the lid off Google and Facebook and reveals a merciless form of capitalism in which no natural resources, but the citizen itself, serves as a raw material.
Note You canshoot me email for media files.
📰Miscellaneous
- ffprofile or ghacks-user.js - Privacy hardened Firefox profile tool / user.js warning
- Tor Browser - Stops tracking & bypasses censorship / Unblock Tor / Security Leak Scan
- PrivacySpy - Grades a Sites Privacy Policies
- TrackingTheTrackers - Check if a website is disguising third-party trackers as first-party trackers
- WhoTracksMe - Tracker Statistics / Information
- I2P - Encrypted Private Network Layer / Resource Index
- NothingPrivate, Privacy Test or BrowserAudit - Browser Data Leak Test
- BrowserLeaks, Comparitech, Do I leak? or DNS Leak Test - IP / DNS Leak Tests
- Turn off IPv6 to Prevent Leaks + IPv6 Leak Test
- WhatsMyUA? - User-Agent Detection
- Pribot - Automated Analysis for Privacy Policies
- How Secure is My Password - Password Strength Checker
- Snusbase, Leak Lookup or leakpeek - Data Breach Search Engine
- Canarytokens - Discover have you’ve been breached
- Vigilante.pw - Search for sites that have been breached
- RS Lookup - Check if your RuneScape data has been breached
- Fake-it or Fake Data - Create fake form data
- ACCOUNTKILLER or JustDeleteMe, 2 - Find / Terminate Old Accounts
- JustGetMyData - Links to Obtain Your Data from Websites
- Google Takeout - Google Data Request
- De-google-ify, degoogle or No More Google - Google App Alternatives
- Crx4Chrome - Alt Google App Store
- no-google - Block All Google Services
- Nixory - Antispyware Browser Tool
- What is my Referer or Dark Launch Referer Test - Check link referrer
- whoer or f.vision - Check Network / Browser Security
- browserrecon or AmIUnique / Timeline - Web Browser Fingerprinting
- dataskydd or Blacklight - Check what data-protecting measures a site has taken
- uBO-Scope - Measure 3rd Party Exposure
- Invidious / 2, FreeTubeApp, Piped or Youtube-local - YouTube frontend / Free / No Account Required / Instances
- Yotter - Youtube / Twitter Frontend
- Bibliogram - Instagram frontend / Open Source
- nitter - Twitter frontend
- xeddit, Reeddit, libreddit or teddit, 2 - Reddit Frontends
- Metalune / 2 - Google Translate Frontend
- Social Amnesia - Reddit / Twitter Auto Post Delete
- Forget - Twitter / Mastodon Auto Post Delete
- delete-likes-from-twitter - Delete Twitter Likes / Favorites
- TweetDelete or TweetEraser - Delete Twitter Posts in Bulk
- GeoSocial Footprint or tinfoleak - View Your Geosocial Footprint
- PowerDeleteSuite - Reddit Auto Post Delete
- Panopticlick - Test if your Browser Blocks Tracking
- GoodbyeDPI - Bypass DPI which blocks access to sites
- Make Internet Noise - Randomize Browser History
- Freenet Project - Browse / Publish Freenet Sites
- Cache Monkey - Convert, Browse & Clear Cached Images & Files
- Image Scrubber - Blur Images / Scrub Metadata
- pdf-redact-tools - Strip Metadata from Documents / PDF Files
- SecLists - Security Mailing List Archive
- OpenPhish - Phishing Threat Data