awesome-privacy

Privacy toolkit

A curated collection of tools and resources for protecting personal data on the internet

đŸ’¡Limiting personal data leaks on the internet

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Awesome Privacy / Windows 10 Privacy

O&O ShutUp10 O&O ShutUp10 means you 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
Windows 10 Privacy Guide 1,410 over 5 years ago An in-depth guide on purging Windows 10 of Microsoft's attempts to track you
Windows Privacy Tweaker Freeware app from phrozen.io
Winaero Free, small and useful software for Windows
WPD The real privacy dashboard for Windows
Destroy-Windows-10-Spying Destroy Windows Spying tool
Tron Tron, an automated PC cleanup script
Tallow 524 about 3 years ago Tallow is a transparent Tor firewall and proxying solution for Windows

Awesome Privacy / Antivirus

MalwareBytes "Crushes malware so you are protected and your machine keeps running smoothly."
HitmanPro Antivirus product from Sophos
VirusTotal Web service for scanning files and URLs for viruses
How to remove viruses and malware on your Windows PC Helpful HowToGeek article on cleaning out the pipes

Awesome Privacy / Anonymous web browsing / Domain registration

njal.la Anonymous domain registration by the founder of thepiratebay

Awesome Privacy / Anonymous web browsing / VPN Guides and Tutorials

That One Privacy Site VPN section of That One Privacy Site with VPN comparisons
Choosing the best VPN (for you) That One Privacy Guy's - Guide to Choosing the Best VPN (for you)
/r/VPN wiki Helpful FAQ-type resource composed by the folks at /r/VPN
Choosing the VPN that's right for you Helpful guide from the EFF
Which VPN services keep you anonymous in 2018? TorrentFreak Article by Ernesto
privacytools.io "Encryption against global mass surveillance". Plenty of information to help protect your privacy online
VPN over SSH ArchWiki page describing how to achieve a poor man's VPN with SSH tunneling
/r/VPNTorrents This is for the discussion of torrenting (and similar P2P protocols) using VPN type technology
VPN comparison Comprehensive tool for comparing VPN services

Awesome Privacy / Anonymous web browsing / Self-hosted VPNs

Docker AWS VPN Guide for self-hosting VPN on AWS with Docker
DigitalOcean self hosted VPN Guide for self-hosted VPN on Digital Ocean
Firezone Self-hosted VPN server using WireGuard. Supports MFA, SSO, and has easy deployment options
n2n 6,291 3 months ago Peer-to-peer VPN
OpenVPN 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
WireGuard VPN 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

Awesome Privacy / Anonymous web browsing / Shadowsocks

Shadowsocks Encrypted proxy project, used in mainland China to circumvent Internet censorship

Awesome Privacy / Anonymous web browsing / Shadowsocks / Various plugins:

GoQuiet 821 over 2 years ago Obfuscates traffic as normal HTTPS traffic through domain fronting
Cloak 3,406 about 1 month ago Universal pluggable transport for Shadowsocks
v2ray-plugin 2,699 19 days ago A plugin that is based v2ray

Awesome Privacy / Anonymous web browsing / Mix networks (Tor, etc.)

Tor project Government grade anonymous web browsing
How to setup Tor relay Guide for setting up a Tor relay
Panoramix Provide privacy via mix-networks (Tor alternative).``
The Invisible Internet Project (I2P) Anonymous overlay network (Tor alternative)

Awesome Privacy / Anonymous web browsing / Browser testing

What is my IP address Check what IP is exposed to the internet
EFF browser privacy test Test privacy settings of your web browser
Privacy checkup Test privacy / trackability of your web browser
Privacy test by Tenta Test privacy settings on browser

Awesome Privacy / Search engines

DuckDuckGo Search engine that doesn't track you
Startpage The world's most private search engine
Ahmia Tor search engine
Have I been pwned? See if your email address or password has been found in a database hack

Awesome Privacy / Web browsers

Tor browser Encrypted and anonymous web browsing
Epic browser Privacy focused web browser
Net runner To cater to powerusers and meet the demands of 4chan's /g
Cliqz Ad blocking and private search mobile web browser
Firefox Privacy-first web browser with lots of addons to further increase privacy

Awesome Privacy / Web browsers / Extensions & plugins for web browsers

User agent changer Change user agent to prevent browser finger printing
Privacy badger - EFF Block ads and other tracking services
HTTPS everywhere - EFF Prefers encrypted sessions
Click&Clean Private data cleaner for Chrome and Firefox
Firefox Focus browser Automatic ad blocking and tracking protection on iOS and Android
DNS service Privacy-first consumer DNS service by Cloudflare
CanvasBlocker (FF) Prevents fingerprinting in Firefox
Cookie AutoDelete Deletes unnused cookies on tab close
Decentraleyes Protects against tracking with a local CDN (Content Delivery Network) emulation
uBlock Origin 47,504 5 days ago An efficient and essential blocker for Chromium and Firefox. Fast, lean, and powerful
TamperMonkey The world's most popular userscript manager
WebRTC Network Limiter Configures how WebRTC's network traffic is routed by changing Chrome's privacy settings
ScriptSafe A browser extension that gives users control of the web and more secure browsing while emphasizing simplicity and intuitiveness
NoScript Allow active content to run only from sites you trust, and protect yourself against XSS and clickjacking attacks
Violentmonkey An open-source userscript manager
Firefox Profilemaker Creates privacy focused Firefox profiles that you can easily configure to match your needs and preferences

Awesome Privacy / Web browsers / Userscripts

AntiAdware Remove forced download accelerators, managers, and adware on supported websites
AdGuard Popup Blocker 344 6 months ago Popup Blocker by AdGuard is a userscript that blocks all unwanted pop-up windows in different browsers

Awesome Privacy / Host file optimizations

How to make the internet not suck (as much) Block domains at host file level for faster more private web browsing
Hosts (GitHub project) 26,922 7 days ago List of malicious domains to block in host file

Awesome Privacy / Linux distros

Tails OS Live operating system that you can start on almost any computer. It aims at preserving your privacy and anonymity
Qubes OS Reasonably secure operating system
ipredia Linux distro with all network traffic is automatically and transparently encrypted and anonymized
Whonix High security method of surfing the internet
Discreete Linux Privacy focused flavor of Ubuntu

Awesome Privacy / Communication / Chat

Cherry 301 over 7 years ago A self-hosted webchat server that supports HTTPS
Signal Free peer reviewed scalable encryption chat
Wire End-to-end chats, calls, and documents
Ricochet End-to-end serverless Tor chat

Awesome Privacy / Communication / Image

ExifCleaner Open source app to remove exif metadata from images

Awesome Privacy / Communication / Video

jitsi Secure open source video conferencing

Awesome Privacy / Communication / Email

Nbox Hide your email for signups
Improvmx Forward email from your own domain name (allows for uniq emails for each website you register)
Yopmail Temporary email
Mailinator Temporary email
Throw Away Mail Temporary email
AnonAddy Open-source anonymous email forwarding (with optional PGP encryption)
ProtonMail Secure email based in Switzerland
Mailfence Based in Belgium – 500 MB free; 20 GB Pro
Tutanota Based in Germany – 1 GB free; 10 GB Pro
Mailbox.org Based in Germany – 2 GB storage
Mail-in-a-box Host your own email on your own server
Forward Email (@forwardemail) - the only 100% open-source, encrypted, and privacy-focused email service

Awesome Privacy / Communication / Password managment

LastPass Password management
1Password Password management
Keepass Open source password management
Passbolt Open source password management
PasswordStore Open source password management using to encrypt passwords
BitWarden Open source password management with Cloud syncing
LessPass No sync password management
Pass Simple GPG/Git password manager. Follows the Unix philosophy

Awesome Privacy / Communication / Burner electronics

Craigslist Meet people in real life to purchase physical electronics
Freecycle Free electronics for sale

Awesome Privacy / Communication / Payment

Localbitcoins Anonymously purchase bitcoins with cash
Bitcoin Core Sending and receiving online bitcoin payments
Bit Launderer Launder bitcoins
BTC Prepaid Credit Card Bitpay offers pre-paid credit cards with BTC
List of cryptocurrencies (wikipedia)
Over the counter btc Marketplace for people to conduct over-the-counter trading in bitcoin currency
CoinJoin Bitcoin transaction compression which aims to improve privacy

Awesome Privacy / File hosting / Backup

Synqion (Formerly TeamDrive) Cloud back up certified by the Independent Regional Centre for Data Protection of Schleswig-Holstein
Tresorit Cloud back up protected by Swiss data protection laws (but hosted on Microsoft Azure) with client side encryption
SpiderOak Cloud back up with client side decryption only
NextCloud Open source, self-hosted file share and communication platform based in Germany
Least Authority S4 think AWS S3 but with client-side encrypted

Awesome Privacy / System utilities / Command line tools

lethe 20 about 3 years ago A cross-platform data wiping tool that implements data destruction suggestions given by Bruce Schneier in his book

Awesome Privacy / Blogs

Do you need a vpn? (mozilla) Guide to choosing a VPN provider
Firefox privacy guide Firefox Configuration Guide for Privacy Freaks and Performance Buffs
A Better Online Experience (archive.org link, original content down) - macOS & iOS privacy configurations for email, browsing, and more
Google alternatives Privacy-focused alternaties to Google services
The Hitchhiker's Guide to Online Anonymity Guidance to creating (truly) anonymous identities

Awesome Privacy / Miscellaneous

Pi-hole Pi-hole is a Linux network-level advertisement and internet tracker blocking application which acts as a DNS sinkhole
Prism Break Opt out of global data surveillance programs like PRISM, XKeyscore, and Tempora
/r/privacy The intersection of technology, privacy, and freedom in a digital world
Any Soft Keyboard 2,873 6 days ago A privacy-focused keyboard
PrivacyTools Services, tools, and knowledge to protect your privacy against global mass surveillance
switching.software Ethical, easy-to-use and privacy-conscious alternatives to well-known software

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