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⭐ or - Opt out of global data surveillance programs like PRISM, XKeyscore, and Tempora.
⭐ - Encrypted Messaging App Index
⭐ - List of Sites with 2FA Support
⭐ - "Encryption against global mass surveillance". Plenty of information to help protect your privacy online.
- Online fraud & abuse tracker.
- List of websites recently taken down in the UK by the High Court. Use a VPN to access them, they must be pretty good!
- PDF from weboas.is. There are also , , and - versions.
- VPN and email service comparisons.
- Two-Factor Authentication
- URL shortener to de-referer or null-referer your links.
- Generate Two-Factor Codes /
- Combine Two-Factor Authenticator Services
, or - Privacy & Safety Guides / Tools
- Anti-Censorship tool index
- Privacy Based Services
- Privacy Scripts
- Find and fix Windows 10 Privacy / Security Issues
- Simple tool to configure Windows Filtering Platform (WFP) which can configure network activity on your computer.
- Use Tor to encrypt your Internet traffic
- List of Data Broker Opt-Out Resources
- Protect Passwords & Personal Information
- Create a fake Address
- Generator Fake User Details
- Linux OS that protects privacy / avoids censorship
- Anonymous Link / Download Generator
- Confuse Personal Advertising by opening 100 tabs
or - Disk Encryption Software
- Mac Disk Encryption
, or - Cloud File Encryption
- Encrypted File Upload
or - File Encryption Tool
- PDF File Encryption
or - Encrypt & Sign Data / Communications
- Private / Temporary Image Host
- Remove / Overwrite Hard Drive Data
or - Hide Folders / Files
- Stop telemetry data leaks
- Check for what internet knows about you download history.
or - Firewall / Network Monitor
- Test Firewall
- Mac Firewall
or - Linux Firewall
- Delete your Discord Messages
- Spyware Program Index
- TLDR TOS
- Build your own privacy network
or - Anonymous Chat Room / .onion
- Private IRC Client
- Phone Number Lookup / Safety Check
- Get Telephone Carrier Data
- The intersection of technology, privacy, and freedom in a digital world.
- Creates secure virtual cards / US only
- Cloud Storage Encryption
- One-Time Password Client
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Avoid using Private Intenet Access. On November 18, 2019, Private Internet Access announced that it would be merged into Kape Technologies.
...we may share your personal information with third party service providers that we may engage to improve the Service...
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- Google Chromium, sans integration with Google.
- Allows adding extensions from chrome web store on ungoogled-chromium.
- A Chromium fork with ad blocking and privacy enhancements.
- Firefox with privacy enhancements.
⭐ or - Blocks invisible trackers
⭐ , or - Removes tracking elements from URLs
⭐ , , or - Tracking Protection
- Privacy Toolkit
- Auto remove cookies, local storages, IndexedDBs, service workers, cache storages, filesystems & webSQLs
- Redirects Twitter, YouTube, Instagram & Google Maps to alt interfaces
- Redirect YouTube / Twitter requests to their alt interfaces
- Redirects all YouTube links to Invidous
- Stops CSS data exfiltration attacks
- Like blocking Third-party cookies, but more exhaustively
or - Block Email Trackers
, or - User-Agent Spoofer
or - Firefox Privacy Settings Manager
- Limit Referer Information Leaks
- Prevents Sending Origin Headers
- Prevents JavaScript from sending google info
- JavaScript Events Blocker
- IP Protection
- Enable / Disable WebRTC
- WebRTC Network Traffic Config
- Alerts user when JPEG contains EXIF GPS coordinates
- Extension Permissions Inspector
- Browser History Manager
- Quickly Clear Browser Data
- Reddit Auto Post Delete
- Stop AudioContext fingerprinting
- Replaces zero-width characters
- Disposable Containers
- Redirects AMP Pages to Regular Web Pages
, or - HTTPS Encryption
- Two-Factor Authentication Addon
- Delete Facebook Posts in Bulk
- Display a Sites the TLS Protocol Version
- Tracker Visualization
⭐ , ⭐ , - Privacy hardened Firefox profile tool /
⭐ - Stops tracking & bypasses censorship / /
⭐ - Grades a Sites Privacy Policies
- Check if a website is disguising third-party trackers as first-party trackers
- Tracker Statistics / Information
- Encrypted Private Network Layer /
, or - Browser Data Leak Test
, , or - IP / DNS Leak Tests
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- User-Agent Detection
- Automated Analysis for Privacy Policies
- Password Strength Checker
- Discover have you’ve been breached
- Search for sites that have been breached
- Check if your RuneScape data has been breached
or , - Find / Terminate Old Accounts
- Links to Obtain Your Data from Websites
- Google Data Request
, , or - Google App Alternatives
- Alt Google App Store
- Block All Google Services
- Antispyware Browser Tool
or - Check link referrer
or - Check Network / Browser Security
or / - Learn how identifiable you are on the Internet.
or - Check what data-protecting measures a site has taken
- Measure 3rd Party Exposure
/ , , or - YouTube frontend / Free / No Account Required /
- Youtube / Twitter Frontend
- Instagram frontend /
, , or , - Reddit Frontends
/ - Google Translate Frontend
- Twitter / Mastodon Auto Post Delete
- Delete Twitter Likes / Favorites
or - View Your Geosocial Footprint
- Test if your Browser Blocks Tracking
- Bypass DPI which blocks access to sites
- Randomize Browser History
- Browse / Publish Freenet Sites
- Convert, Browse & Clear Cached Images & Files
- Blur Images / Scrub Metadata
- Strip Metadata from Documents / PDF Files
- Security Mailing List Archive
- Phishing Threat Data
- Check if Chrome Ad-Targeting is Enabled
⭐ - DuckDuckGo is an internet search engine that emphasizes protecting searchers' privacy and avoiding the filter bubble of personalized search results.
⭐ - Searx is a free internet metasearch engine which aggregates results from more than 70 search services.
- Easy to self-host SE with Google results
- Search engine made in Germany.
- An alternative search engine for Reddit, Google etc which comes with pre-defined tags to find some things faster.
- Ecosia's search results are provided by Bing and enhanced by the company's own algorithms to strip away tracking.
- The Privacy Based Search Engine.
- Private and secure Search engine made from Swiss.
- A search engine that doesn't track you.
- Another private search engine and replacement for Google Search.
- Yet another search engine.
⭐ - Create email aliases that forward to your real inbox.
- Email aliases
- Email aliases
- Email aliases
- Email aliases
- Email aliases
- Email aliases
- Email Privacy Tests
, or - Email Forwarding Telegram Bots
or - Check if a email is valid
- Email Encryption
- Check if your email has been sold to third parties
- Discussion of Email Privacy / Security / Anonymity
- Block unwanted emails
- Spam Email Filter
- Connect to Mozilla Thunderbird via Tor
⭐ - Secure Email Based in Switzerland.
- Yeah it's mail with cocks.
- Secure, open source email service.
- Mailbox.org fights for privacy eMails since years and is a big player when it comes to eMail.
- Dismail provides a reliable eMail service wich is cheap.
- First of his kind, fully transparent eMail provider.
- A german eMail service which offers a transparent eMail service.
- Confidant Mail is an open-source non-SMTP cryptographic email system optimized for large file attachments.
- Emaildrop is a free disposable email provider.
- Disposable, private mailboxes.
- Disposable is a robust disposable email (burner emails) - API designed to help you verify whenever email address is coming from disposable service.
- Fast & free.
- Offering Temporary Email Service.
- Keep spam out of your mail and stay safe - just use a disposable temporary email address!
- Similar service like Temp Mail, it's from the same provider.
- A fullstack but simple mailserver (smtp, imap, antispam, antivirus, ssl, etc.) - using Docker.
- Email, calendars and contacts done right.
- SIMPLE, MODERN & FAST WEB-BASED EMAIL CLIENT.
- MIME support, address book, folder manipulation, message searching and spell checking.
- Email alias/forwarding and identity provider service.
- Well-known open source eMail Client from Mozilla.
- Another secure eMail provider, apps are planned.
- Electron based wrapper for ProtonMail & Tutanota.
- Those guys are back and they are now developing their own mail protocol for secure communication.
- Pretty Easy Privacy (p=p) - email client encrypts all communications in your email without the need for you to create new accounts.
- Email client with a strong focus on security and privacy that lets you encrypt emails on all your devices.
⭐ + - Ranks VPNs based on privacy polices & more
⭐ - Self hosted VPN guide by /u/Kaxry
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- This is for the discussion of torrenting (and similar P2P protocols) - using VPN type technology.
- Helpful Wiki resource written by the community from /r/VPN.
- VPN Coupon Subreddit
- VPN section of "That One Privacy Site" with VPN comparisons.
- That One Privacy Guy's - Guide to Choosing the Best VPN (for you).
- Helpful guide from EFF.org.
- ArchWiki page which explains how to achieve a poor man's VPN via SSH tunneling.
- TorrentFreak article by Ernesto about which VPN you could use.
- The guide still works on newer Ubuntu releases without any problems.
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⭐ - + - free version available (no torrenting with free version)
⭐ - + + / Unlimited Accounts via temp mail / free version available
⭐ - Free VPN
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- VPN Extension / 3GB Free /
- VPN Extension / / Mullvad Servers
- Wireguard VPN w/ Adblocking Capabilities
- Free VPN
- Free VPN, 10gb a month / No Account Required
- Free VPN / 200 MB per day / No Account Required
- Free VPN
- Free VPN
- Free VPN
- Free VPN / /r/SENT /
- Free Open Source P2P VPN
- Free VPN / 500mb only
- Free VPN List
- Free VPN Accounts
- Raspberry Pi VPN /
- Anti-Censorship VPN Setup
- With NordVPN, encrypt your online activity to protect your private data from hackers or snoopy advertisers.
- A set of Ansible scripts that simplify the setup of a personal WireGuard and IPsec VPN.
- A solution that allows anybody to create private clouds instantaneously.
- Linux - DSVPN is a dead simple VPN, designed to address the most common use case for using a VPN.
- Yet another self-hosted VPN.
- A scalable overlay networking tool with a focus on performance, simplicity and security.
- Cisco AnyConnect-compatible VPN server.
- Multiplatform VPN compatible with Cisco's AnyConnect. Uses well-tested, standard TLS connections which easily bypass DPI.
- OpenVPN provides flexible VPN solutions to secure your data communications, whether it's for Internet privacy, remote access for employees, securing IoT, or for networking Cloud data centers.
- Not a traditional VPN but it might work with Google Cloud, AWS & more.
- PeerVPN is a software that builds virtual ethernet networks between multiple computers.
- Enterprise Distributed OpenVPN and IPsec Server.
- Cross-platform multi-protocol VPN software.
- Tailscale is a mesh VPN that makes it easy to connect your devices, wherever they are. No more fighting configuration or firewall ports.
- 1-click, self-hosted deployment of OpenVPN with DNS ad blocking sinkhole.
- WireGuard is an extremely simple yet fast and modern VPN that utilizes state-of-the-art cryptography. It aims to be faster, simpler, leaner, and more useful than IPSec.
- A Peer-to-peer VPN.
- Peer-to-peer multi-platform VPN.
- Peer-to-peer VPN software with mesh routing.
- Decentralized VPN.
- Claims to be world’s 1st decentralized free VPN which uses OpenVPN & WireGuard.
- A Decentralized VPN that is secured by Tachyon Protocol.
- Ignores DMCA requests, starts with 2,50€ a month, servers are based in Sofia.
- Rusian based host provider which allows Warez.
- Designed for Whistleblower, ignores DMCA requests, starts with 2,99€ a month, servers are located in Bukarest, Reykjavik or Helsinki. Servers are known to be slow.
- Dedicated Servers & more.
- Russian based VPS, starting for 15,44€ a month.
- They use offshore data centers in Romania, Luxembourg and the Netherlands.
- Rent professional web hosting of high quality and cheap price with cPanel.
- Ignores DMCA requests, no name required for the registration, starting with 8,17€ a month. Servers are located in Moskow or Warschau.
- VPS, Dedicated Server & more. Multiple server located around the world. Starts with 4,54€ a month.
- Provides a free domain, starts with 0,00€, multiple server locations, e.g. Moskow, New York, Amsterdam.
- RapidLeechHost only allows warez linking on their offshore plans, using servers based in Netherlands.
- DDoS protection, Bitcoin & Co.
- Truly Hidden Hosting.
- Private & Anonymous VPS Hosting!
- Powerful Offshore cpanel shared hosting provider.
- WrzHost specializes in allowing warez, and acts as a safe-haven for people wanting to start warez-related projects with anonymity. They offer shared hosting, Linux VPS’s and dedicated servers.
- VpnMentor - WIRED - TorrentFreak
- A proxy wrapper for Android and Windows.
- A secure socks5 proxy, designed to protect your Internet traffic.
- Transparent proxy server that works as a poor man's VPN.
- Transparent proxy through Tor for Kali Linux OS.
- A flexible DNS proxy, with support for modern encrypted DNS protocols.
or - Proxy browser extension
- Advanced Proxy Settings Addon
- Limit proxy usage by private windows
- SSL / TLS proxy
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- Proxies
- Piracy Site Proxies
, , , - Piracy Site Proxies
- Piracy Site Proxies
- Piracy Site Proxies
- Torrent Site Proxies
- Torrent Site Proxies
, , , , - Cloudflare Workers Proxies
- Python Library for Retrieving Free Proxies
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- Iranian Proxies
- Open source automated malware analysis system.
- Forensic workstation made by SANS.
- Complete list of security related operating systems.
- Website dedicated to talking about, reviewing, and keeping up to date with open source operating systems.
- Tails is a live operating system that you can start on almost any computer from a USB stick or a DVD.
- Qubes OS is a security-oriented operating system.
- Fedora Workstation is a secure, reliable, and user-friendly Linux distribution developed by the Fedora Project.
- Keystroke-level online anonymization kernel: obfuscates typing behavior at the device level.
- This guide details the planning and the tools involved in creating a secure Linux production systems - work in progress project!
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- An In-depth guide on purging Windows 10 of Microsoft's attempts to track you.
- Destroy Windows Spying tool.
- Tron, an automated PC cleanup script.
- Windows 10 hardening without gimmicks.
- Blocks telemetry, Ads etc.
- Uses some known methods that attempt to disable tracking in Windows 10.
- Have full control over which comfort functions under Windows 10 you wish to use, and you decide when the passing on of your data goes too far.
- Tallow is a small program that redirects all outbound traffic from a Windows machine via the Tor anonymity network.
- Yet another little utility similar to O&O ShutUp.
- A customizable script to setup script via PowerShell/CMD.
- Free, small and useful software for Windows.
- Freeware app from phrozen.io.
- The real privacy dashboard for Windows.
- GUI to manage Software Restriction Policy (SRP) - and harden Windows.
- Hardentools is a utility that disables a number of risky Windows features.
- Free program to customize Windows similar like NTLite but without a nice looking GUI.
- Paid program to remove integrated telemetry, integrate updates & more.
- Helpful HowToGeek article on cleaning out the pipes.
⭐ - Android security resources
- Intra gives you safer, more open internet access.
- No-root ad-blocker and DNS changer.
- DNS Changer for DNS over HTTPS/TLS.
, , or - Privacy Based Apps / Tools
, or - Two-factor authentication
- App Isolation
- Frontend Redirect / Link Unshorten / URL Cleanup
- Privacy-Based Reddit Frontend
or - Privacy Manager
or - Disable App Trackers
- Android App Tracker & Permission Index /
- Block Internet Access Per App
or - Firewall
- Freeze App Background Activities
- Check Mobile Network Security
- Open Source, Privacy Oriented Email for Android /
- System wide tor for android
, , or - Privacy-Focused Browser
- Privacy Based Instagram Client
- Privacy and security focused mobile OS
- System Wide DoH for Android
or - Incognito Keyboard
- Free VPN
- Proxy
- Camera / Mic Access Indicator
- Camera Protection
- Screen Protection
- Private Photo / Video Gallery
, , , , , or - Encrypted Messaging
- Encrypt SMS/MMS Messages
, , , , or - Encrypted Messaging / Video Calls
- Add Text / Image Encryption to any App
- Bypass Deep Packet Inspection
- Automatic Bluetooth Disabler
- Lock your Phone via Movement
- Check if HTTPS Traffic is being Monitored
- Secure SMS Cloud service.
- Send & recieve SMS securely.
- Rent a temporary phone number and give it out to whomever you want.
- (Registration required) - Bulk SMS provider.
- Just use one of the numbers listed, then select one of the numbers and you can see the SMS that reach that number.
- The service offers a very temporary number for verification or any other purpose.
- Receive Free SMS Online For Any SMS verification.
- Free Receive SMS Online.
- (RU) - Russian service to get virtual SMS numbers.
- Navigate to Google Voice and register or select a phone number via fake account ().
- Receive SMS Online For Free.
- Receive text messages for online verifications as in WhatsApp or Facebook.
- (RU) - Russian paid service to send and get SMS.
- Send and Receive SMS - As Easy As You'd Expect!
- Virtual numbers from United States, United Kingdom, Sweden, Canada and more.
- Free service to verify your membership without giving out my own number.
- Get your text messages through the internet with a free virtual phone number Stay anonymous with FREE phone verification, terms and conditions apply.
- Receive SMS Online,Get SMS numbers Online, Temporary phone numbers, Disposable Mobile numbers, Get SMS Online, Virtual Phone Online, Receive Voice.
- (RU) - Russian and international numbers online.
- Another free SMS provider.
- Webservice to vie SMS.
- Free Receive SMS Online, does not work with Google phone verification!
- Receive SMS Online.
- Receive SMS Online For FREE. Get Free SMS here to Verify your Services and APP. Receive Free sms text Online Worldwide.
- Receive Your SMS Online With Our Virtual Numbers For Free! Without Registration!
- Get SMS online for free, it will not work with Google phone number verification!
- A free service for receiving SMS messages and voice mails online. There is no need to register.
- Receive SMS Online without register. You can receive SMS online for free. Receive bypass sms without registration, Verify whatsapp, LINE, any type of account.
- Receive SMS Online for Free, will not work with Google number registration!
- Receive SMS and voice mail online.
- RU - Share SMS.
- (needs registration) - Offers Russian and Ukrainian numbers.
- SMS service located in USA, UK, France, Canada, Sweden.
- (RU) - Yet another free russian virtual number provider.
- Temporary SMS and Disposable Numbers.
- Yet another free SMS service.
- Free and paid service for virtual sms numbers.
- (RU) - Keep spam out of your phone and stay safe - just use a free disposable temporary phone number!
- The Zadarma VoIP project enables you to setup your business telephone system without the heavy hardware and wiring expenses.
⭐ - Check if you have an account that has been compromised in a data breach.
⭐ - Free Database Lookup of Recent 1.4 billion password breach compilation, GhostProject allows you to Search by email or username.
⭐ - Have your accounts been leaked or stolen in a data breach? Find out at Firefox Monitor.
- Collecting information regarding users that became victims of a phishing attack by entering their password on a phishing website.
- Paid database engine to check if your eMail, online accounts have been compromised.
- Paid Database Search Engine to check for latest database breaches.
- Data Breach Search Engine
- Data Breach Search Engine
- Finland based non-profit DNS that doesn't keep.
- An uncensored alternative to the internet providers filtered DNS servers.
- Another uncensored DNS servers.
- A privacy conscious DNS service.
- Uncensored DNS that doesn't keep logs.
+ - A protocol to improve DNS security.
- Stubby is the name given to a mode of using getdns which enables it to act as a local DNS Privacy stub resolver (using DNS-over-TLS).
- YogaDNS automatically intercepts DNS requests at the system level and allows you to process them over user-defined DNS servers using modern protocols and flexible rules.
- First step towards the uncensored Internet.
- Cloud-based private DNS service that gives you full control over what is allowed on the ().
- Generate full fake identities with random Name, Address, SSN, Credit Card, Phone Number, and more!
- Fake data generator.
- Automatically deletes your old posts that everyone has forgotten about.
- Keybase Extension Brings End-to-End Encrypted Chat To Twitter, Reddit & GitHub.
- Delete old reddit posts.
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- Random AI generated profile pictures.
- Chrome extension that brings encrypted messaging to Internet sites such as Reddit, Facebook or Twitter., it is a bit outdated but still works. (Keep in mind that this extension has a security hole which might reveal your encrypted messages).
- Deletes Twitter and Reddit content based on your terms.
- Protect your privacy by automatically deleting posts older than a specified age from your Twitter feed.
- Delete Twitter Posts in Bulk
- Mastodon instance of - A nonprofit organization focusing on free-software alorisation.
- Mastodon instance of the - A French advocacy group that promotes digital rights and freedoms of citizens.
- Mastodon is an open-source self-hosted, federated social media networking service.
- Google+ replacement.
- Movim is a social network, based on XMPP, with Chat and chatrooms, news & communities features.
- Nitter is a free and open source alternative Twitter front-end focused on privacy.
- Host your own social media.
- Mastodon instance by PrivacyTools, a volunteer-run privacy centered collective.
- Tries to combine all social networks into one place (currently beta).
- Basically, Hangouts via NextCloud.
- Decrentralized chat, eMail platform.
- Anoher video calling app focused on privacy and usability.
- US only so far.
- Hong Kong-based exchange.
- (iOS app) - Cryptocurrency exchange service that allows for instant transfers from one cryptocurrency wallet to another across various cryptocurrencies.
- (iOS App) - Claims to not collect any data!
- (Beta!) - Audit but still in beta!
- Domainr allows you to find domain names and short URLs. Instantly check availability and register for all top-level domains.
- Magic domain name that provides wildcard DNS for any IP address.
- Namecheap accepts Bitcoin and offers domain registration, hosting, email, SSL certs, and a variety of other products.
- Privacy-focused domain registration service based in Nevis.
- Anonymous domain registration services and also accepts cryptocurrency payments, based in Iceland.
- A minimalist, open source online pastebin where the server has zero knowledge of pasted data.
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- mat2 cleans metadata.
- Bundleware - Make sure CCLeaner is blocked via firewall - It removes unused files from your system.
- Unless CCleaner it works on all operating systems and is fully open source but comes with less "cleaning features".
- Most reliable photo exif cleaning tool.
- Exiv2 is a C++ library and a command line utility to manage image metadata.
- Read, Write and Edit Meta Information!
- Adds a GUI to ExifTool by Phil Harvey.
- EXIF Purge is a small portable application to remove EXIF meta data from multiple images at once.
