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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.

In 3 lists

Windows 10 Privacy Guide

An in-depth guide on purging Windows 10 of Microsoft's attempts to track you.

In 2 lists

Windows Privacy Tweaker

Freeware app from phrozen.io.

In 2 lists

Winaero

Free, small and useful software for Windows.

In 2 lists

WPD

The real privacy dashboard for Windows.

In 3 lists

Destroy-Windows-10-Spying

Destroy Windows Spying tool.

In 2 lists

Tron

Tron, an automated PC cleanup script.

In 2 lists

Tallow

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

In 2 lists

Antivirus

MalwareBytes

"Crushes malware so you are protected and your machine keeps running smoothly."

In 4 listsDetails

HitmanPro

Antivirus product from Sophos.

In 2 lists

VirusTotal

Web service for scanning files and URLs for viruses.

In 13 listsDetails

How to remove viruses and malware on your Windows PC

Helpful HowToGeek article on cleaning out the pipes.

In 2 lists

Anonymous web browsing >Domain registration

njal.la

Anonymous domain registration by the founder of thepiratebay.

In 3 lists

Anonymous web browsing >VPN Guides and Tutorials

That One Privacy Site

VPN section of That One Privacy Site with VPN comparisons.

In 2 lists

Choosing the best VPN (for you)

That One Privacy Guy's - Guide to Choosing the Best VPN (for you).

In 2 lists

/r/VPN wiki

Helpful FAQ-type resource composed by the folks at /r/VPN.

In 2 lists

Choosing the VPN that's right for you

Helpful guide from the EFF.

In 2 lists

Which VPN services keep you anonymous in 2018?

TorrentFreak Article by Ernesto.

In 2 lists

privacytools.io

"Encryption against global mass surveillance". Plenty of information to help protect your privacy online.

In 2 lists

VPN over SSH

ArchWiki page describing how to achieve a poor man's VPN with SSH tunneling.

In 2 lists

/r/VPNTorrents

This is for the discussion of torrenting (and similar P2P protocols) using VPN type technology.

In 2 lists

VPN comparison

Comprehensive tool for comparing VPN services.

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.

In 9 listsDetails

n2n

Peer-to-peer VPN.

In 4 lists

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.

In 7 listsDetails

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.

In 9 listsDetails

Anonymous web browsing >Shadowsocks

Shadowsocks

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

GoQuiet

Obfuscates traffic as normal HTTPS traffic through domain fronting

In 2 lists

Cloak

Universal pluggable transport for Shadowsocks

In 2 lists

v2ray-plugin

A plugin that is based v2ray

Anonymous web browsing >Mix networks (Tor, etc.)

Tor project

Government grade anonymous web browsing.

In 14 listsDetails

How to setup Tor relay

Guide for setting up a Tor relay.

Panoramix

Provide privacy via mix-networks (Tor alternative).``

In 2 lists

The Invisible Internet Project (I2P)

Anonymous overlay network (Tor alternative).

In 3 lists

Anonymous web browsing >Http proxies

Don't use http proxies

are all too common. Always use open source software, host it yourself or pay for a reputable cloud service. Never use a free proxy; it can monitor your connection, steal cookies and contain malware. VPNs are a better option, better still - use the Tor network.

In 2 lists

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.

Search engines

DuckDuckGo

Search engine that doesn't track you.

In 8 listsDetails

Startpage

The world's most private search engine.

In 4 listsDetails

Ahmia

Tor search engine.

In 5 listsDetails

Have I been pwned?

See if your email address or password has been found in a database hack.

In 8 listsDetails

Web browsers

Tor browser

Encrypted and anonymous web browsing.

In 2 lists

Epic browser

Privacy focused web browser.

In 2 lists

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.

In 2 lists

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.

In 3 lists

HTTPS everywhere - EFF

Prefers encrypted sessions.

In 3 lists

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.

In 4 listsDetails

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.

In 3 lists

uBlock Origin

An efficient and essential blocker for Chromium and Firefox. Fast, lean, and powerful.

In 10 listsDetails

TamperMonkey

The world's most popular userscript manager.

In 2 lists

WebRTC Network Limiter

Configures how WebRTC's network traffic is routed by changing Chrome's privacy settings.

In 2 lists

ScriptSafe

A browser extension that gives users control of the web and more secure browsing while emphasizing simplicity and intuitiveness.

In 3 lists

NoScript

Allow active content to run only from sites you trust, and protect yourself against XSS and clickjacking attacks.

In 2 lists

Violentmonkey

An open-source userscript manager.

In 2 lists

Firefox Profilemaker

Creates privacy focused Firefox profiles that you can easily configure to match your needs and preferences.

Web browsers >Userscripts

AntiAdware

Remove forced download accelerators, managers, and adware on supported websites.

In 2 lists

AdGuard Popup Blocker

Popup Blocker by AdGuard is a userscript that blocks all unwanted pop-up windows in different browsers.

In 2 lists

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.

In 4 listsDetails

Linux distros

Tails OS

Live operating system that you can start on almost any computer. It aims at preserving your privacy and anonymity.

In 8 listsDetails

Qubes OS

Reasonably secure operating system.

In 9 listsDetails

ipredia

Linux distro with all network traffic is automatically and transparently encrypted and anonymized.

Whonix

High security method of surfing the internet.

In 4 listsDetails

Discreete Linux

Privacy focused flavor of Ubuntu.

Communication >Chat

Cherry

A self-hosted webchat server that supports HTTPS.

In 2 lists

Signal

Free peer reviewed scalable encryption chat.

In 2 lists

Wire

End-to-end chats, calls, and documents.

Ricochet

End-to-end serverless Tor chat

In 2 lists

Communication >Image

ExifCleaner

Open source app to remove exif metadata from images.

In 5 listsDetails

Communication >Video

jitsi

Secure open source video conferencing.

In 6 listsDetails

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.

In 2 lists

Throw Away Mail

Temporary email.

AnonAddy

Open-source anonymous email forwarding (with optional PGP encryption)

In 3 lists

ProtonMail

Secure email based in Switzerland.

In 7 listsDetails

Mailfence

Based in Belgium – 500 MB free; 20 GB Pro

In 2 lists

Tutanota

Based in Germany – 1 GB free; 10 GB Pro

In 5 listsDetails

Mailbox.org

Based in Germany – 2 GB storage

In 3 lists

Mail-in-a-box

Host your own email on your own server

In 5 listsDetails

Forward Email

(@forwardemail) - the only 100% open-source, encrypted, and privacy-focused email service.

In 6 listsDetails

Communication >Password managment

LastPass

Password management.

In 7 listsDetails

1Password

Password management.

In 9 listsDetails

Keepass

Open source password management.

Passbolt

Open source password management.

In 9 listsDetails

PasswordStore

Open source password management using gpg to encrypt passwords.

In 9 listsDetails

BitWarden

Open source password management with Cloud syncing.

In 13 listsDetails

LessPass

No sync password management

In 4 listsDetails

Communication >Burner electronics

Craigslist

Meet people in real life to purchase physical electronics.

Freecycle

Free electronics for sale.

Communication >Payment

Localbitcoins

Anonymously purchase bitcoins with cash.

In 3 lists

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.

In 2 lists

SpiderOak

Cloud back up with client side decryption only.

In 6 listsDetails

NextCloud

Open source, self-hosted file share and communication platform based in Germany.

In 11 listsDetails

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.

In 2 lists

Miscellaneous

Pi-hole

Pi-hole is a Linux network-level advertisement and internet tracker blocking application which acts as a DNS sinkhole.

In 7 listsDetails

Prism Break

Opt out of global data surveillance programs like PRISM, XKeyscore, and Tempora.

In 3 lists

/r/privacy

The intersection of technology, privacy, and freedom in a digital world.

In 2 lists

Any Soft Keyboard

A privacy-focused keyboard.

In 2 lists

privacytools.io

"Encryption against global mass surveillance". Plenty of information to help protect your privacy online.

In 2 lists

switching.software

Ethical, easy-to-use and privacy-conscious alternatives to well-known software.

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A list of Free Software network services and web applications which can be hosted on your own servers

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Awesome Hacker Search Engines

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A curated list of awesome search engines useful during Penetration testing, Vulnerability assessments, Red/Blue Team operations, Bug Bounty and more

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Awesome Privacy

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Awesome Bug Bounty Tools

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A curated list of various bug bounty tools

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android-security-awesome

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A collection of android security related resources

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Awesome Web Security

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🐶 A curated list of Web Security materials and resources.

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