Awesome Privacy

Limiting personal data leaks on the internet

• Awesome Privacy
  • Windows 10 Privacy
  • Antivirus
  • Anonymous web browsing
    • Domain registration
    • VPN
    • Shadowsocks
    • VPN Guides and Tutorials
    • Self-hosted VPNs
    • Mix networks (Tor, etc.)
    • Http proxies
    • Browser testing
  • Search engines
  • Web browsers
    • Extensions & plugins for web browsers
    • Userscripts
  • Host file optimizations
  • Linux distros
  • Communication
    • Chat
    • Image
    • Video
    • Email
    • Password managment
    • Burner electronics
    • Payment
  • File hosting
    • Backup
  • System utilities
    • Command line tools
  • Blogs
  • Miscellaneous
  • Contribute
  • License

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 - 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 - Tallow is a transparent Tor firewall and proxying solution for Windows.

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.

Anonymous web browsing

Hide your IP address

Domain registration

• njal.la - Anonymous domain registration by the founder of thepiratebay.

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.

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 - 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.

Shadowsocks

• Shadowsocks - Encrypted proxy project, used in mainland China to circumvent Internet censorship
• Various plugins:
  • GoQuiet - Obfuscates traffic as normal HTTPS traffic through domain fronting
  • Cloak - Universal pluggable transport for Shadowsocks
  • v2ray-plugin - A plugin that is based v2ray

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).

Http proxies

Don't use http proxies

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.

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.

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.

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 - 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.

Userscripts

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

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) - List of malicious domains to block in host file.

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.

Communication

Chat

• Cherry - 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

Image

• ExifCleaner - Open source app to remove exif metadata from images.

Video

• jitsi - Secure open source video conferencing.

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.

Password managment

• LastPass - Password management.
• 1Password - Password management.
• Keepass - Open source password management.
• Passbolt - Open source password management.
• PasswordStore - Open source password management using gpg 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.

Burner electronics

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

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.

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.

System utilities

Command line tools

• lethe - A cross-platform data wiping tool that implements data destruction suggestions given by Bruce Schneier in his book Applied Cryptography.

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.

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 - 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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