Privacy
Privacy
- Awesome Cryptography – Cryptography Resources
- Awesome Vehicle Security – Vehicle Security Resources
- SMS Verification Sites
- Password Data Breach Detection
- File Encryption
- Drive Formatting / File Deletion
- Privacy.Sexy – Privacy Scripts
- Password Strength Chart
- Tails, whonix or Qubes – Privacy-Based Operating Systems
- ShutUp10, W10Privacy or private-secure-windows – Antispy Tools
- Telemetry.md – Disable Windows 10/11 Telemetry
- PasswordMonster – Password Strength Check
- PasswordsGenerator – Secure Password Generator
- Frigate, Smart Sec Cam or ZoneMinder – Security Camera Systems
- Team Elite or Technet24 – Security Software / Translator
- Big Ass Data Broker Opt-Out List – List of Data Broker Opt-Out Resources
- Gauth – Google Authenticator for Laptops
- F-Secure Identity Theft Checker – Identity Theft Check
- FakePhoneNumber – Generate Fake Phone Numbers
- PDFEncrypt – PDF File Encryption
- PrivNote, SafeNote, Burn.Link, ThisLinkWillSelfDestruct, s.cr or OneTimeSecret – Send Self-Destructing Messages
- chausies encrypt, Steg Cloak or spam mimic – Send Encrypted Text
- Paper Age – Create Paper Backups of Secrets
- USBKill – Anti-Forensic USB Killswitch
- HiddenVM – Run an Oracle VM on TailsOS
- V2Ray, V2Fly, V2RayN or v2ray-core – DIY Privacy Network
- V2Ray Tools – GUI, 2 / GeoIP / Free Server / Cloudflare Scan/ Tutorial
- FreeCarrierLookup – Get Telephone Carrier Data
- /r/Privacy, /r/TheHatedOne or /r/privatelife/ – Privacy Discussion, News & Tools
- Facebook Doc Stories – Facebook Malpractices Index
- Privacy.com – Make Secure Payments / US only
- OTPClient – One-Time Password Client
- image-scrubber – Anonymize Protest Photos
- Mobile Verification Toolkit – Test for Potential Compromises on Android / iOS
- GoFOSS – Why You Should Use FOSS Alternatives
- If An Agent Knocks – Best Practices if Contacted by Agents
Privacy Indexes
- Awesome Privacy / 2 – List of Privacy Software & Services
- Digital Defense – Personal Checklist for Privacy & Security
- The Hitchhiker’s Guide – Extensive Guide to Online Anonymity
- Privacy Guides – Educational Guide
- Surveillance Self-Defense – Educational Guide
- The New Oil – Educational Guide
- Defensive Computing Checklist – Educational Guide
- Ken Harris – Educational Guide
- AvoidTheHack – Educational Blog
- Privacy Tools List – Privacy Tools
- Hostux – Privacy Tools
- Privacy Settings – Privacy Setting Guides
- Alternative Internet – Collection of Decentralised Tools
- EncryptedList – List of Encrypted Services/Apps
- ProductivePrivacy – Privacy-Focused Productivity Apps
Web Privacy
- Awesome Web Security – Web Security Resources
- Awesome Anti Censorship or Geneva, – Anti-Censorship Resources
- de-google, De-google-ify, Degoogle, Google Alt List, /r/DeGoogle or No More Google – Google App Alternatives
- Awesome I2P – I2P Resources
- Encrypted Messaging Apps / 2 / 3
- Encrypted XMPP Servers
- PrivacySpy or Terms of Service; Didn’t Read – Sites Privacy Policies
- JustGetMyData – Links to Obtain Your Data from Websites
- simplewall, WFC, pfSense / How-to or Tinywall – Firewall / Network Monitors
- Cryptomator, Boxcryptor or Tahoe-LAFS – Cloud File Encryption
- How Secure is My Password – Password Strength Checker
- h8Mail or FirefoxMonitor – Data Breach Check
- BreachDirectory, Snusbase, Leak Lookup, Trufflehog or leakpeek – Data Breach Search Engines
- I2P – Encrypted Private Network Layer / Guide
- JustDeleteMe – Find / Terminate Old Accounts
- OpenPhish, Netcraft Report, PhishStats or PhishTank – Report Phishing Sites
- encrypted-sni – Check Network / Browser Security
- Element, qTox, Utopia, linphone, Jami, Tox, Bitmask or Wickr – Encrypted Messaging / Video Calls
- SimpleDiscordCrypt – Discord Message Encryption
- Hexchat – Private IRC Client
- ssh-chat or Devzat – SSH Chat / Info
- GPGTools – Encrypt & Sign Data / Communications
- PeerTube / 2 / 3 – Decentralized Video Hosting / Instances
- Redact – Delete Twitter / Reddit Posts
- Undiscord, discord-delete, or QuickDeleteMessages – Delete Discord Messages / Warning
- Social Amnesia – Reddit / Twitter Auto Post Delete
- delete-likes-from-twitter – Delete Twitter Likes / Favorites
- Unfavinator – Delete Twitter Favorites
- TweetDelete or TweetEraser – Delete Twitter Posts in Bulk
- PowerDeleteSuite – Reddit Auto Post Delete
- telegram-delete-all-messages – Delete Telegram Message
- Freenet Project – Browse / Publish Freenet Sites
- Mat2 / Desktop, 2, metadata-cleaner – Remove Metadata from Files
- Yggdrasil, 2 – IPv6 Network / yggdrasil-go
Browser Privacy
- Tor Browser – Onion-Routed Browser / Default Gateway
- Mullvad Browser – Tor Browser Fork (w/o Tor network)
- arkenfox– Firefox Privacy Tweak / Video
- Librewolf– Pre-tweaked Firefox Fork / Use Auto-Updater
- CookieStatus or PrivacyTests – Browser Tracking Protection Comparisons
- Whack or Earthling – Browser History Leak Example Games
- SSL Labs – SSL/TLS Browser Capabilities Test
Email Privacy
- Have I been Pwned? – Monitor Email Breaches
- Proton Mail – Encrypted Email
- Tuta – Encrypted Email
- Disroot – Encrypted Email
- EmailPrivacyTester – Email Privacy Test
- OpenPGP – Email Encryption / Guide
- /r/emailprivacy – Discussion of Email Privacy / Security / Anonymity
- SecLists – Security Mailing List Archive
- Phish.ly – Scan Suspicious Emails
Fingerprinting / Tracking
- ClearURLs – Remove Tracking Elements from URLs / Features, 2
- CanvasBlocker – Prevent Canvas Fingerprinting
- GameIndustry – Block Trackers in Desktop / Mobile Games
- Creepjs, BrowserRecon, Device Info, AmIUnique?, CoverYourTracks / 2 or PersonalData – Tracking / Fingerprinting Tests
- WhoTracksMe, Privacy Score, dataskydd, Blacklight or Trackography – Site Tracking Info
- Data Removal Guide – Remove Online Data
- BrowserLeaks, Astrill, Comparitech, Do I leak? or IPLeak / 2 / 3 – IP Leak Tests
- DNS Leak Test, Bash DNS Test or DNS Check – DNS Leak Tests
- Voidsec – WebRTC Leak Tests
- WhatIsMyBrowser – User-Agent Detection
- Safing Portmaster – Monitor Network / Block Trackers / Discord / GitHub
- TrackMeNot – Tracking Protection
- JShelter – Prevent Fingerprinting / Warning
- Extension Detector – Extension Fingerprinting Tests
- NoScriptFingerprint – Non-JavaScript Fingerprinting
- AnonymousRedirect – Anonymize Links
- Simple Opt Out – Turn off Targeted Ads
- AdNauseam – Adblocker / Fakes Clicks to Confuse Tracking
- Twitter Direct – Removes t.co Tracking from Twitter
Privacy Extensions
- uBlock Origin – Privacy Extension / Adblock / Guide / Advanced
- Language Switch – Change Language Identifier
- SocialSharePrivacy – Turn Off Social Sharing Buttons
- WhatsApp Privacy Extension – Hide WhatsApp Messages Until Hovered Over / GitHub
- WAIncognito – Disable WhatsApps Read Receipts & Presence Updates
Frontends
- Alt Frontends / 2, Farside or alternative-frontends – Frontend Indexes
- YouTube Frontends
- LibRedirect / 2, Predirect or Proxy Redirect – Frontend Redirect Extensions
- Numblr – Self-Hosted Frontend Redirect
- Photon or redlib – Reddit Frontends
- Invidious Redirect – YouTube Frontend Redirect
- Proxigram or Imginn – Instagram Frontends
- Proxitok or TikNot / Redirect – TikTok Frontends
- Tumlook or PriviBlur – Tumblr Frontends
- MikuInvidious – BiliBili Frontend
- SafeTwitch or Twineo – Twitch Frontends
- Whoogle – Google Search Frontend
- Lingva Translate – Google Translate Frontend
- Scribe, medium.rip or LibMedium – Medium Frontends
- Quetre – Quora Frontend
- Rimgo – Imgur Frontend
- Binternet – Pinterest Frontend
- Pixivfe – Pixiv Frontend
- Gothub – GitHub Frontend
- AnonymousOverflow – StackOverflow Frontend
- BreezeWiki – Fandom Frontend
- Tent – Bandcamp Frontend
- Dumb or Intellectual – Genius Frontend
- Rural Dictionary – Urban Dictionary Frontend
- BiblioReads – Goodreads Frontend
- LibreMDb – IMDb Frontend
- Neuters – Reuters Frontend
Search Engines
- nixnet, searx.space or Searx Index – Searx Instance Indexes
- searx.fmhy – Searx Instance
- Metager
- Stract
- Araa
- DuckDuckGo – Shortcuts
- whoogle.fmhy – Whoogle Instance
- searx-qt – Searx Desktop App
- Fuck Off Google – Searx Instance
- searx – Searx Instance
- tiekoetter – Searx Instance
- monocles – Searx Instance
- LibreY or LibreX
- 4get
- Mojeek
- Qwant
- Swisscows
- YaCy
- Startpage
- Search Encrypt
- ekoru
- Gibiru
- SearXNG – Self-Hosted
- Whoogle – Self-Hosted
Two-Factor Authentication
- 2FA Directory – List of Sites with 2FA Support
- Aegis – Android 2FA
- Ente – Android / iOS 2FA / Audit
- 2FAS – Android / iOS 2FA / Discord
- AuthenticatorPro – Android 2FA
- Mauth – Android 2FA
- KeePassXC – Windows / Mac / Linux 2FA / Guide
- AuthMe – Windows / Mac / Linux 2FA
- Tauthy – Windows / Mac / Linux 2FA
- Yubioath – Windows / Android 2FA / YubiKeys
- Protecc – Windows 2FA
- 2FAuth – Web App 2FA / Self-hosted
- Sentinel – iOS / Mac 2FA
- Raivo OTP – iOS 2FA
- OTP Auth – iOS 2FA
- Tofu – iOS 2FA
- Authenticator – Generate Two-Factor QR Codes / GitHub
- Android OTP Extractor or OTP Helper – Extract OTP Tokens
- SteamGuard – Generate Steam 2FA Codes
Encode / Decode
- CyberChef – Encode / Decode Text
- Universal Encoding Tool – Encode / Convert Text
- Base64 Decode / Encode / Dynamic / Chrome, 2, 3 / Firefox / Opera
- Txtmoji – Text to Emoji Encryption / Decryption
- Ciphey – Automated Decryption Tool
- cryptii, DenCode – Text / URL Encoding
- Online Tools – Text / URL Encoding and Decoding
- URL Decode / Encode – URL Encoding / Decoding
VPN
For torrenting, it’s recommended to use a paid rather than free VPN. Free VPNs are only really useful for things like viewing sites blocked by your ISP / country.
- VPN Comparison Chart or Techlore Chart– VPN Comparisons
- /r/VPNs – VPN Help and Discussion
- AirVPN – Pricing
- Windscribe – Pricing / Free Version Available
- Proton – Pricing / Config Generation / No Torrenting w/ Free Version
- Warp, 2 – Traffic Encryption VPN / Client / Warp+ Data, 2, 3, 4, 5 / Warp+ Warning / WireGuard Guide
- Riseup – Free VPN
- Mullvad – Pricing / No-Logging / Port Warning
- IVPN – Pricing / Free Trial / No Logging / Port Warning
- OVPN – Pricing / No Logging
- VPN Gate – Free VPN / Note
- PrivadoVPN – Free VPN / Unlimited Accounts via Temp Mail
- Leap VPN – Free VPNs
- VPNBook – Free VPN Accounts
VPN Tools
- Free VPN Configs
- How-to Bind VPN to Client – Bind VPN to Client to Avoid ISP Letters
- WireGuard – VPN Tunnel / Setup Guide / Tools / Manager / WebUI
- OpenVPN or TincVPN – VPN Tunnels
- WireHole – Wireguard VPN w/ Adblocking Capabilities
- Syntropy, Self Hosted VPN, VpnHood, n2n, ipsec-vpn or Outline – Self-Hosted VPN
- OpenConnect – SSL VPN / GUI
- Gluetun – Tunnel your Docker containers through a VPN
- Pritunl – VPN Server
- Algo VPN – Cloud VPN
- Amnezia – Self-hosted VPN
- VPNHotspot – Share VPN Connection over Hotspot
Proxy – Proxy Apps
- Lantern or Psiphon – Free Proxy / VPN
- SecureDNSClient – DNS Proxy GUI / Guide
- Bypass ISP Blocks – Bypass ISP censorship with Firefox
- No Thought is a Crime – Internet Censorship Discussion
- GoodbyeDPI / GUI, PowerTunnel, Green Tunnel or GFW-knocker / Test – DPI Circumvention Local Proxies
- Hola Proxy – Alternative Client for Hola Free Proxy Service
- Hide.me Firefox / Chrome or anonymoX – Free Proxy Service Browser Extension
- Snowflake – Tor Proxy Browser Extension
- CensorTracker, FoxyProxy or SwitchyOmega – Proxy Extensions
- Acrylic – DNS Cache Local Proxy
- SimpleDnsCrypt – DNS Encryption Local Proxy
- Proxifier – Add Proxy Functionality to Apps / Keys
- wireproxy – Use VPNs as proxies
- Hiddify – Auto-Proxy Client
- NginxProxyManager – Self-Hosted Proxy Server
- Shadowsocks / Free Servers, 2, 3 / Client – Proxy Client and Self-Hosted Server
- Hysteria – Proxy Client and Self-Hosted Server
- Xray – Proxy Client and Self-Hosted Server / Telegram
- Ultraviolet or Tsunami – Self-Hosted Proxy Websites
- 1337x Proxy – 1337x Proxy Guide / Example
Proxy Sites
- Proxy Lists
- Piracy Site Proxies
- ProxySite
- GenMirror
- Hide.me
- SSLSecureProxy
- HideIP
- 4EverProxy
- KProxy
- Free Proxy
- Blockaway
- VPN Book
- CroxyProxy
- ProxyPx
- ProxySite
- ProxyOf2
- Proxy-URLs
- Sitenable
- UnblockSites
- Proxyium
- Proxy Site
- Google Translate – How to use
- Proxy Scrape – Python Library for Retrieving Free Proxies
- Proxy-Checker, proxy-scraper, What is my Proxy, proxy-scraper-checker, Socker or Unfx Proxy Checker – Proxy Scrapers / Checkers
- CheckSocks5 – Socks5 Proxy Checker
- Proxynova – Iranian Proxies