Privacy

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“The Cypherpunks are actively engaged in making the networks safer for privacy. Let us proceed together apace. Onward” - Eric Hughes*

Privacy is a fundamental tenet of a free society. Corporations and governments are gathering data at record rates and will happily sell it to the highest bidder. In the era of social media, doxxing, twitter mobs and rising crime, take back your privacy to protect yourself and your family.

All in one Privacy Solutions #

  • Cloaked - Cloaked is an all in one privacy solution. Still early in its development, Cloaked offers a password manager, phone and email aliases and a semi automated system that helps you to create fake name accounts. Cloaked is also working on offering a private credit card system to that of privacy.com. If you’re a non technical user who cares about privacy Cloaked is one of the best options you can find. Cloaked is not Open Source. Though they do plan to open source their project in the future. Users can use discount code “LIBERTY25” for 25% off their first year.

  • MySudo - All in one privacy solution. MySudo offers services for phones, profiles, emails, virtual credit cards and more. MySudo doesnt always work well on non Android OSes like Calyx and you often need a google supported phone for activation, but once you activate it, it should work fine on Graphene.

Browsers #

  • Brave - From the original creators of Firefox, Brave aims to use maximum privacy as a default. With ad blocking, phishing blocking, fingerprint and cookie blocking all enabled by default. Brave does offer ad payments in its own crypto token BAT, which has drawn some criticism from privacy advocates - In Depth Review

  • Decentr - Brand new blockchain-based browser. Pays out in their own token for browsing search, much like Brave.

  • Firefox - Firefox has a long-established history of competing with the most well-known browsers as the longest-serving open-source alternative. However, due to recent changes by Firefox in order to gain more revenue, we NO longer recommend them. Check out more here.

  • LibreWolf - LibreWolf is a Firefox fork that focuses on privacy and security by eliminating telemetry and adding other perks.

  • Mullvad Browser - The Mullvad Browser is a privacy-focused web browser developed in a collaboration between Mullvad VPN and the Tor Project. It’s designed to minimize tracking and fingerprinting. You could say it’s a Tor Browser to use without the Tor Network. Instead, you can use it with a trustworthy VPN. The idea is to provide one more alternative – beside the Tor Network – to browse the internet with more privacy. To get as many people as possible to fight the big data gathering of today. To free the internet from mass surveillance.

  • Privacy Tests - In-depth comparison of browser privacy.

  • Tor Browser - Tor Browser is your choice if you need an extra layer of anonymity. It’s a modified version of Firefox, which comes with pre-installed privacy add-ons, encryption, and an advanced proxy. It’s not recommended to install additional browser addons. Plugins or addons may bypass Tor or compromise your privacy. While TOR is the best in privacy, it is also notoriously slow.

  • Waterfox - Waterfox is a Firefox fork that focuses on privacy and security by eliminating telemetry and adding other perks. Not quite as private as something like LibreWolf, but makes up for it in speed and functionality.

Browser Exposure Checks #

  • Cover Your Tracks and EFF Tool - A project from the EFF. Cover Your Tracks is two things: a tool for users to understand how unique and identifiable their browser makes them online, and a research project to uncover the tools and techniques of online trackers and test the efficacy of privacy add-ons. In Depth Breakdown and Review

  • Ipleak - Checks your IP and browser public info.

  • DNSLeaktest - Checks your IP and browser public info.

  • DeviceInfo - Checks computer hardware and software specs

  • Am I Unique -Checks your IP and browser public info.

  • Blacklight- Check third party trackers

  • Browserspy - When you surf around the internet your browser leaves behind a trail of digital footprints. Websites can use these footprints to check your system. BrowserSpy.dk is a service where you can check just what information it’s possible to gather from your system, just by visiting a website.

  • Privacy.net - What information can a website find out about you when you visit it? A lot more than you probably realize. This tool lists information that any website, advertisement, and widget can collect from your web browser. Such information could be used to identify you and/or track your behavior using tactics like IP lookups and browser fingerprinting. While none of this may be considered personally identifiable information (PII), the profile drawn from all these pieces of information can be so distinct that it can only plausibly match a single person.

  • Personaldata.info - Check what data your browser is leaking, and other tools.

Browser Extensions #

  • AdNauseam - Extension that randomly opens ads to obfuscate tracking.

  • Bypass Paywalls - App that lets you get past paywalls to view otherwise paid content.

  • Canvas Fingerprint Defender - Creates fake Canvas IDs to prevent fingerprinting.

  • Clear Browsing Data - Clear browsing data like cookies, history, and cache directly from the browser toolbar.

  • Dissenter - Browser extension that allows you to comment on any web page free of censorship.

  • Google Teller - App that beeps every time a connection with Google is made.

  • HTTPS Everywhere - Encrypts your communications with many major websites, making your browsing more secure.

  • LibRedirect - Redirects multiple apps to privacy front ends like Newpipe, Nitter, Wikiless, etc.

  • LocalCDN - Emulates Content Delivery Networks to improve your online privacy by intercepting traffic and injecting supported resources locally.

  • Mailvelope - Privacy-focused email web extension to securely encrypt your emails with PGP using webmail providers.

  • Mozilla Containers - Allows you to separate your browsing experience into different color-coded tabs to help protect your privacy.

  • NoScript - Allows JavaScript and other potentially harmful content to be executed only by trusted websites of your choice.

  • Privacy Badger - Stops advertisers and trackers from secretly tracking where you go and what pages you look at on the web.

  • Privacy Possum - Monkey wrenches common commercial tracking methods by reducing and falsifying the data gathered by tracking companies.

  • SnowFlake - Helps people in censored countries access the Internet without restrictions by acting as a proxy.

  • Terms of Service; Didn’t Read - Provides short and quick summaries about the terms and privacy policies of websites you browse.

  • TrackMeNot - Protects privacy in web-search by issuing randomized queries to common search engines.

  • uBlock Origin - Free, open-source ad content blocker that increases security and privacy in your browser.

  • Watch on Odysee - Redirects you from YouTube to Odysee, a decentralized YouTube alternative.

Computers #

Computer Manufacturers #

  • Purism - Open Source company. Makes Open Source Laptops, Phones and Servers. Partners with other liberty focused companies like Start 9. Accepts Bitcoin as a method of payment. Also offers a private phone data plan. Shipping is known to be very slow in some cases. Purism is an amazing ideologically driven company, but it should be noted that they have had significant issues delivering products in the past. We cannot recomend them at this time, though we hope to see that change in the future.

  • StarLabs - A computer company that sells a wide range of linux computers that come preconfigured with multiple different distros. Also includes a linux based tablet. Accepts Bitcoin

  • System76 - Well known American Linux Company. Developed and pioneered Pop-OS operating system, A user friendly Ubuntu/Debian Fork.

  • TuxedoComputers - High quality Linux focused computers. German company, only communicates in German.

Computer Operating Systems #

  • CNIX - A simple Linux distro that puts privacy first, but it’s much less intense than TAILS or QUBES.

  • Distro Watch - Distro Watch tracks and rates all Linux Operating systems.

  • LinuxMint - Linux distro for beginners.

  • Pop!_OS - Ubuntu Fork built by a dedicated Linux Hardware Company System76. Pop!_OS is one of the easiest and cleanest Linux distros around.

  • QubesOS - a privacy-preserving and security-focused Linux distro. Qubes requires a bit more hardware as it runs several virtual machines to segregate your applications to better ensure your privacy.

  • ReactOS - An Open Source OS designed to mimic the Windows file system.

  • TAILS - A privacy-preserving and security-focused Linux distro. With TAILS all traffic is routed through TOR and all of your data is deleted as soon as the computer is turned off.

  • Ubuntu - The long term gold standard for beginner Linux users.

Data Removal #

  • AccountKiller- Website that helps you find and delete a wide range of old accounts across multiple platforms through specific account/platform targeting.

  • CreditFreeze- Freeze your Credit in the event of a data breach

  • CyberOneIntel - CyberOneIIntel claims to find what other services can’t - including social media accounts, employment history, dating profiles, gaming profiles, dark web credential breaches, indexed search engine occurrences, and much more.

  • Data Broker Opt Out List - massive list of data sites to opt out of manually.

  • Data Brokers List - Links to purge your data manually from data brokers

  • Data Opt Out - Links to requests to manually delete data from multiple websites and platforms.

  • DeleteMe - Purges your data from data brokers and regularly checks to make sure that it has not been added back. Deleteme is known for having employee’s manually and regularly check your data to insure it has not been added back to data broker pages. Has parternships with Abine. In Depth Discussion

  • EasyOptOuts - Cheap service to remove your accounts from Data Brokers

  • Hacked - Paid service that helps you recover from hacks and exposed personal data. Service can help with deleting videos or images from website or social media platforms. Service can also help you recover hacked accounts if you have lost access.

  • JustDeleteMe - A directory of direct links to delete your account from web services. If you would like to delete a wide range of your accounts manually, JustDeleteMe can link you directly to the section of page where you can easily delete your account.

  • MyDataRemoval - Another competitor for purging personal information, Name, Home address etc. Review

  • OneRep - Alternative to DeleteMe. Offers a free trial and more deletion services but does have some negative reviews. One Rep is known for automating this process and not using employee manual checks. In Depth Review

  • Optery - Removes Your Home Address, Phone and Other Private Info from Google, and 220+ Sites Review

  • Redact - App that will delete your social media presence including specific comments and posts on multiple platforms. Includes FB, Reddit, Discord, Twitter etc…

  • Remove Data from web Archive - Guide to remove your data from archive sites

  • SayMine- Automated service that pulls your emails to find accounts created and sends them emails for data removal request. Be careful though, as this can sometimes cause you to send information to companies that you may have received emails from, but do not actually have an account with and thus actually giving them more information than they had in the first place. Saymine also offers corporate privacy services.

Dead Mans Switch #

  • BqETH - BeQth is a trustless dead mans switch based on the Polygon network, an Ethereum Layer 2. BeQth lets you create a smart contract on the polygon blockchain that will send out our secret data via email to whoever you wish after an allotted amount of time. Transactions are all encrypted and totally on chain. Users can essentially mine the algorithm to unlock secret keys by the allotted time, essentially allowing for users to mine secrets. Does not require KYC.
  • CipherWill - A non crypto based E2E dead mans switch service. Your secrets are encrypted with 256 AES encryption and zero knowledge proofs for the best possible security. Requires basic KYC.
  • Gone Mans Switch - Gone Man’s Switch is a simple web application that allows you to create messages that will be delivered when you are absent (gone) for a certain period. Fully Self-hosted and open source. You can schedule long term messages to yourself via Telegram, Email or SMS.
  • Sarcophagus - Similar to BeQTH Sarcophagus is also built on the polygon blockchain. Sarcophagus is decentralized, open-source and DAO owned + operated. They believe bringing dead man’s switch functionality to the web3 ecosystem can empower and provide security infrastructure for an entire generation of applications, regardless of their size

Email #

Email Providers #

Email cannot offer the same fundamental privacy of other communication protocols. Use better tools when it matters. Nevertheless, it remains an essential tool in every day life, and the following providers offer excellent privacy.

  • 10 Minute Mail - Free Temporary Email that expires after 10 minutes.- Free Temporary Email that expires after 10 minutes.

  • 33Mail - Unlimited private email aliases.

  • Beeble - Encrypted email and data storage. Uses hybrid AED and PGP encryption methods. Uses decentralized server infrastructure.

  • FastMail - No free version. In Depth Review.

  • Lavabit - The company responsible for setting the Seppuku Pledge precedent. Originally used by Edward Snowden, Lavabit refused to give up information on him to the US Government. Lavabit shut down before handing over information and re-opened years later.

  • Mailbox - Private email with cloud services. In Depth Review.

  • Mailcow - Self-hosting email isn’t recommended, but Mailcow is an application that can help simplify the process. Article on the difficulties with Email.

  • Mailfence - Encrypted email service based in Belgium.

  • Migadu - Email hosting service that doesn’t track and lets you add in unlimited domains and accounts for cheap.

  • Pax Mail - A lesser-known privacy-focused email provider, Pax offers paid-only accounts to provide full email services that do not compromise their values. Specifically created for Freedom lovers. Their values are listed clearly here.

  • ProtonMail - All data is stored in an encrypted state, and decrypted by the client. Emails between Proton users are end-to-end encrypted. The client-side code is open source. Proton servers are located in Switzerland. Basic accounts are free. Additional storage and features are available through paid plans, which can be paid for in Bitcoin. In-depth review from Restore Privacy.

  • Tutanota - Similar to Proton, all data is stored in an encrypted state, and emails between users are end-to-end encrypted. Tutanota servers are located in Germany, which is part of the 14 Eyes. Free and paid options available.

Email Clients #

  • FairEmail - Fully featured, open source, privacy friendly email app for Android. Uses OpenKeychain to decrypt messages and optionally encrypt messages. Review

  • K-9 - Mobile open source email client. Review

  • MailSpring - Opensource. Great free email client, works with a variety of email providers. Does not work with Protonmail.

  • Thunderbird - Thunderbird is a free and open-source cross-platform email client developed by the Mozilla Foundation, the people who are behind the Firefox web browser. Been around for awhile, can be a bit buggy at times.

Email Aliases #

File Encryption #

  • Cryptomator - Non Cloud based Encryption Software

  • OpenPGP - Lists of several differnt applications that all use the OpenPGP standard.

  • PGPTool - Based off the original PGP Alogrithim, PGP tool is a A simple and secure online client-side PGP Key Generator, Encryption and Decryption tool. Generate your PGP Key pairs, encrypt or decrypt messages easily with a few clicks.

  • PicoCrypt - Lightweight open source encryption client that’s easy to use, completely free and focuses on only encrypting files and nothing else. Most Encryption apps tend to use AES-256 while Pico uses the new and improved XChaCha20 for encryption. It also uses Argon 2 for key derivation as opposed to SHA for further protection

  • Veracrypt - Non Cloud based Encryption Software

Firewalls #

  • Little Snitch - Inbound and Outbound firewall blocking for desktop. MAC OS only.

  • OPNsense is a free and open source network FreeBSD-based firewall

  • PFSense - Well supported free Open Source network Firewall Software

  • Pihole - Network wide Ad-Blocker and DNS sinkhole. Can also be used as a DHCP server

  • Port Master - Application Firewalls. This program works as a VPN replacement. May break your VPN connection while installed. Works in Linux and Windows.

  • Simplewall - Simple Open Source Windows only Firewall

  • Snort - Open Source Intrusion Prevention System (IPS)

Internet Service Providers #

  • FemtoStar - Open Source Satellite internet.

  • Nomadinternet - Internet for off grid living.

  • Ukama - A project empowering everyone to build a decentralized cell phone network powered by you to connect the world.

Killswitches #

  • Buskill - USB ‘dead man’s switch’ locks down (or kills) snatched laptops

  • USBGuard - The USBGuard software framework helps to protect your computer against rogue USB devices (a.k.a. BadUSB) by implementing basic whitelisting and blacklisting capabilities based on device attributes.

  • USBKill - USBKill Python Script allows your computer to lock out if any unapproved USB devices are inserted into your computer. Directly inspired by the arrest of Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht

Messengers #

  • Briar - Briar doesn’t rely on a central server - messages are synchronized directly between the users’ devices. If the internet’s down, Briar can sync via Bluetooth or Wi-Fi, keeping the information flowing in a crisis. If the internet’s up, Briar can sync via the Tor network for additional privacy.

  • Comparison and Ranks - Detailed comparison of all major messaging apps features and privacy.

  • Keet - Peer-to-Peer Chat with high quality Video & Text. Private & Encrypted. Has BTC payment methods built in.

  • Matrix - Also commonly known as Element for the most popular Matrix front end. Matrix is a chat Protocol with several different applications that cab be used to participate in the network. Element has full End-to-End encryption, completely open source, fully self hostable and comes with most of the same functionality of Discord or Slack. Also has the ability to Bridge with other chat apps, meaning you can connect Matrix directly to Telegram, or Slack or most other chat apps and mangage those communications via whichever matrix client you choose. Probably the best option for self hosting small companies. Matrix Instance Testing

  • Molly- Hardened Signal Fork that is fully open source.

  • Signal - An easy-to-use end-to-end encrypted messenger. Long considered the gold standard. Built in auto-delete of messages. standard of chat privacy. Not fully open source. Signal used to require a phone number, but you can now use a username if you prefer. One of the easiest apps to convert normies.

  • Silence - A signal fork that picked up SMS direct encryption after Signal decided to no longer pursue it. While you should stay away from SMS whenever possible, it is sometimes still necessary to communicate with certain people this way. And with Silence you can protect yourself. Signal on SMS

  • SimpleX - The first messenger without user IDs. SimpleX uses the smart client dumb server model. Meaning you can setup a simple relay to forward your fully encrypted messages to recievers. SimpleX is still early. It has a simple desktop but this isnt fully features currently. In Depth Podcast with the creator.

  • Session - Session is an end-to-end encrypted messenger that minimises sensitive metadata, designed and built for people who want absolute privacy and freedom from any form of surveillance. No phone numbers and completely open source.

  • Telegram - Easy to use encrypted messaging app. Telegram is NOT End-to-End encrypted by default but does have the option to create E2E secret chats. While its not E2E encrypted it does still encrypt your traffic to the Telegram Servers which is an improvement over SMS. Telegram is simple and is heavily used all across the world, and is a good introduction to a more privacy preserving chat app. However Telegram does have access to user data in its internal servers and has been known to hand that information over at times. Telegram is one of the most used encrypted apps around and as a result can be a haven for scammers.

  • Threema - an end-to-end encrypted messenger, similar to Signal. Not a free app. Good overall app, but relatively low userbase due to the non free nature of it.

  • Wire - E2E by default. Lots of functionality. Fully open source. Self hosting options available. Built in auto-delete of messages. Can be a bit buggy at times, smaller userbase.

Metadata Removal #

Mesh Networks #

  • PKT.Cash - PKT uses PacketCrypt, the world’s first bandwidth-hard proof of work. When you connect your home or office internet to the PKT Network, you earn PKT Cash (PKT).PKT mining does not require permission from a centralized company. Miners power the network in a decentralized way, which scales to provide low cost, high speed internet access worldwide.

  • Threefold - To build an open-source peer-to-peer Internet infrastructure that removes all forms of centralization from the global IT systems. Anything we do needs to improve the planet’s situation and benefit the people around us. Internet access is a human right and it can change everything for the lives of people as an infinite source of tools and information. Our technology was designed to scale ThreeFold anywhere electricity and bandwidth are present.

Mobile #

Aliasing #

Alternative App Stores #

  • Accrescent - Accrescent is a private and secure Android app store built with modern features in mind. It aims to provide a developer-friendly platform and pleasant user experience while enforcing modern security and privacy practices and offering robust validity guarantees for installed apps.

  • APK-Pure - A site to download and install APK’s (install files for phone OSes) this is an easy way to completely bypass app stores. The downside is that your software needs to be updated manually through APK-Pure and is not managed automatically by an app store.

  • Aptoide - A competitor to the google app store. With over 1 millon apps. While its not specifically privacy focused its a nice alternative when you cant use the regular good app store, or if you cant find what you need in F-Droid.

  • Aurora Store - A privacy front end for the Google App store. You can find anything you need from google through Aurora. However as this is a front end, it connects to the google app store so that you dont have too. This does require an account. Aurora provides anonymous accounts for you to use, however Google will rate limit these accounts to make them difficult to use sometimes. You can just create your own Gmail account to bypass this if necessary.

  • F-Droid - F-Droid is the premier app store for open source apps. For anyone truly intrested in privacy should first check for apps in F-droid before going to mainstream appstores as Fdroid only carries Open Source apps. Completely free, open source and does not require an account.

  • Obtainium - Obtainium allows you to install and update apps directly from their releases pages, and receive notifications when new releases are made available.

Burner Phone Numbers #

  • 5sim - Over 500,000 Numbers Originating from Around 180 Countries Online. Low fees. Does not take cryptocurrency.

  • BurnerApp - Burner Phone numbers. Usually work for services like Amazon and Twitter

  • Crypton - Affordability meets security: For the cost of a movie ticket per month, get a physical SIM phone number. All your messages are encrypted with your personal key, protecting them from prying eyes.

  • FreePhoneNum - One time Use burner numbers. Many services wont accept these.

  • Phone Blur - offers the use of non-VoIP US phone numbers for account verification, multi-factor authentication, and other needs. Formerly Text Secure.

  • SMSPool - Privacy focused non voip SMS burner numbers with area codes from all over the world. Company accepts cryptocurrency including Monero. Cheap options that are known to work with difficult providers like Discord or Twitter.

  • SMS4SATS - Bitcoin focused SMS numbers that utilize Bitcoins Layer 2, Lightning network.

  • Telnum - Burner Numbers and permanent numbers via Monero

  • Tossable Digits - Alternative to Google voice for phone porting. Also provides multiple phone numbers.

Mobile Operating Systems #

  • CalyxOS - A privacy focused de-Googled Android Alternative that’s more privacy focused than Lineage but more user friendly than Graphene. Only available on Google Pixel models.

  • E.foundation - Degoogled Phone OS that works with most major phone models

  • Graphene OS - The king of Privacy phones. Completely de-googled heavily privacy focused phone App Store. Only available on Google Pixel models. Install Guide and Another install guide

  • Havoc-OS - Similar to Lineage with large compatibility of devices. Works on over 150 devices. Still available but not a lot of updates.

  • Lineage – An open source Android alternative that’s compatible with most major Smart Phone and other Android Devices. Does not have a locked bootloader, which is a slight security concern.

  • Plexus - App that lists compatibility of over 1000 phone apps for Open source phone roms.

  • Ubuntu Touch - Open Source Phone and Tablet Rom.

Mobile Phones #

  • Above Phone - The Above Phone offers Graphene OS phones for sale along with their own services like “Above VPN” along with additional support to help you get fully migrated over to their ecosystem.

  • De-googled - Sells De-googled phones, Lineage Calyx and Graphene - Takes crypto

  • Efani - Company that offers Sim Swap protection and prevention. “Efani works like any other carrier, except Efani adds exceptional security to your plan via an impressive security tech stack.”

  • Fairphone - Sustainable phone that lets your replace all parts in the phone. Will support CalyxOS soon. currently only available in the UK. Also offers sustainable headphones and other items.

  • Freedomphone - NOT RECOMMENDED. Privacy focused phone marketing towards conservatives. OS Is closed source and no details or privacy are provided at this time. Backed by conservative commentator Candace Owens.

  • Frequency Check - App that lets you check what plans and locations your phone is compatible with.

  • Island - Sandboxing app for Stock Android

  • Purism - Completely Open Source Phone. Purism has been known to have very late deliveries in some cases. Order with caution.

  • Mamushi- Specializes in Calyx OS , Accepts Monero.

  • Nitrokey - Phones with Mics and Cameras removed

  • Pine64 - Completely Open Source Phone. May have some compatibility issues.

  • Private Phone Shop - Fully configured privacy focused phones you purchase. Primarily offers Lineage and Graphene OS. Also offers other privacy services.

  • Project Guardian - A physical phone silencing device. A new machine that silences all noise going into your phone from your micophone. All you have to do is set your phone on top of the device and it blocks all incoming sound. Also provides wireless charging. Can be used with two phones at a time.

  • RoninMobile - RoninDojo a bitcoin privacy company, now makes pixel based phones with options for both Calyx and Graphene.

  • Unplugged Phone - Unplugged phone is a closed source privacy phone touted by many conservative influencers. It offers its own ecosystem of privacy apps. However many of these apps arent likely to be very useful since you need their phone in order to use them. Given this and the closed source nature of the software we cannot recomend this phone at this time. You are better off with known Open-source alternatives.

  • Volla Phone - A minimalist design and new operating concept with the springboard, quick menu and collections. Comes with either Volla OS or Ubuntu Touch installed.

Mobile Service Providers #

  • AweSIM - Privacy focused phone service. Purism is an amazing ideologically driven company, but it should be noted that they have had significant issues delivering products in the past. We cannot recomend them at this time, though we hope to see that change in the future.

  • FreedomPop - Cheap and in some cases free VOIP plans.

  • Invisv - Privacy focused phone service. INVISV Relay brings Multi-Party Relay (MPR) privacy to Android, offering a service that decouples trust: where INVISV’s job is to ensure that nobody but you has all your critical information. In effect, your requests for data from the Internet, whether with a web browser or with any other app, are unlinked from your identity, and neither INVISV nor our infrastructure partners nor your broadband Internet provider nor a mobile operator can link your identity and your Internet usage and location together.

  • SIMXL - e-SIMs Accessible for Everyone, that accepts Monero.

  • Silent Link - A real phone number provider not a VOIP number, that can be acquired anonymously. Only allows for incoming calls, but also provides a cheap data plan. Does not always provide the best service. A backup data plan is not a bad idea with this service while using Silent link primarily for privacy.

VOIP Providers #

  • Hushed - Hushed is a private Voip app. Hushed lets you purchase multiple phone VOIP Phones lines all managed from one app and from several differnt area codes. While Hushed does accept crypto, this can only be done with pre-paid lines, not pay as you go plans. Hushed does not require any KYC. Hushed is primarily a phone app, and does not currently have a desktop app. While Hushed will run just fine on privacy based phone roms like Graphene OS, it does utilize Google pay services for any purchase which will not work on Graphene OS. This can be bypassed by using the website to pay, or utilizing a regular android phone app. Utilize our Affiliate Link to purchase a one time phone number that renews every year, for a one time cost of only 25$.

  • JMP - Private VOIP numbers. Uses the company Telnyx on the back end, but it try’s to make this process simpler for a small fee, as you can use Telnyx directly for cheaper fees and good privacy but the process is quite difficult.

Password Managers #

Password managers are one of the few security tools that makes your life easier. With all of your passwords in one place, often including a password autofill so that you don’t have to even type your password, which also helps to keep you safe from keylogging or should surfing attacks.

  • Bitwarden - FOSS password manager. Free cloud password management, or you can completely self host. 2FA is easily configurable as well. Decryption happens on your client device not on the server, meaning your passwords are encrypted if the server is compromised. Bitwarden also has a password generator, and allows for multiple password encrypted password accounts making it perfect for a small enterprise solution.

  • Keepass - The top local password manager. Instead of setting up a server you can run your password manager directly on your personal work machine.

  • PasswordSafe - A local password Manager that utilizes Blowfish. Created by security expert and old school cypherpunk Bruce Schneier. Works on windows and Linux.

  • VPNMentor Secure Password Generator - Online Password generator for when you aren’t working with a standard password manager. Provides other high quality VPN and password related tools as well, like a password strength checker.

Privacy for Cars #

  • 49dollarmontanaregisteredagent - Montana based company that creates LLC’s and will register your car to that LLC in Montana thus keeping your name unattached to the car. Montana has the added benefit of a one time registration for cars over 11 years old and no emissions or safety checks

  • Deflock - Deflock is a site that tracks “Flock” ALPR camera readers. Automated License Plate Readers (ALPRs) are cameras that capture images of all passing license plates, storing details like the car’s location, date, and time. These cameras collect data on millions of vehicles—regardless of whether the driver is suspected of a crime. While these systems can be useful for tracking stolen cars or wanted individuals, they are mostly used to track the movements of innocent people.

  • Freedomev - Open source software for Tesla cars. Still in development.

  • GhostPlate - Physical device that lets you temporarily obscure your license plate.

  • NotmyPlate - App that lets you request to legally opt out of License plate collection data via the GDPR. Not likely to be super helpful in non EU countries.

  • Open XC - OpenXC is a combination of open source hardware and software that lets you extend your vehicle with custom applications and pluggable modules. It uses standard, well-known tools to open up a wealth of data from the vehicle to developers, even beyond OBD-II.

  • PrivacyforCars - Delete your data from rental cars after you are no longer using them. Website also provides a lot of other privacy education on vehicles.

  • VehiclePrivacyreport - Check for status of vehicles internet connection to the manufacturers

Privacy Resources and Education #

Podcasts #

  • Citadel Dispatch - Hosted by Matt Odell a Freedom and Bitcoin Advocate.

  • Closed Network - Privacy and security podcast focused on the everyday person and using simple tools and techniques to become a smaller target for online attacks.

  • OptOut - Hosted by privacy and freedom advocate Seth for Privacy, covering a wide range of privacy related issues.

  • Privacy Security and Osint - Hosted by the king of privacy, Micahel Bazzell, covers a wide range of privacy, security and Osint. Currently on a hiatus.

  • Surveillance Report - Joint hosted by Privacy advocates Henry from Techlore and Nate from the New Oil. Break down of weekly data leaks and privacy incursions.

  • WatchMan Privacy - Hosted by Gabriel Custodiet, a principled privacy and freedom advocate.

Other Privacy Lists #

Purchase Proxys #

  • America’s Mailbox - Shipping Privacy intermediary based out of South Dakota

  • AnonShop - This one works a bit different. You pick a product you want and send the link to AL. AL will then purchase the item and send it to a nearby locker based on your zip code. All paid with Monero. This currently only works for Amazon orders.

  • Privacy Post - Shipping Privacy intermediary based out of South Dakota

  • Purse.io - A purchase proxy that offers up to 15% discounts with crypto and users will purchase products for you. Currently takes BTC, BCH and lightning.

Routers #

  • Anyone - A harward based internet router/proxy that provides privacy by default.

  • Flash Routers - New and repurposed routers that are flashed with Open Source Software OSes. The company also provides subscription models for router level support. They also have a specific Privacy Hero router,that prioritizes network wide VPN usage.

  • GLinet Routers - Routers that come per-configured with OpenWrt an Opensource OS. Allows has built in VPN and TOR support so you can route all network traffic through TOR with a few simple config changes. Company also sells travel size routers so you can create your own private networks anywhere you go. Performance reviews are mixed for many of the routers.

  • Invizabox - Plug and play wireless routers than can be easily configured to use a VPN. No Ethernet ports.

  • Protectli - Hardware all purpose device built on open source firmware via coreboot. You can run your own VPN, Router or hypervisor software on powerful but affordable hardware. Recommended for use with PFSense for home routing by both privacy expert Michael Bazzell and Cypherpunk Jameson Lopp. Does not come with WIFI by default. You can custom add wifi in, but PFSense and OPNSense do not currently support wifi.

  • Turris Omnia - Omnia is an open source router that thats forked from OpenWrt. Includes automatic updates, distributed adaptive firewalls and a virtual server seperate from the Firewall OS.

  • Brave Search - Private search results, using its own indexer, with full search transparency. Aims to be one of the biggest competitors to google. In Depth Review

  • DuckDuckGo - Biggest privacy focused search engine, they have admitted to censoring in some cases, but overall still better than Google.

  • Kagi - Privacy respecting search engine does not track any info or provide any ads and no data mining or IP collecting. Requires an account and limits amount of searches per day for free accounts. Offers paid accounts as well. Not Open Source. Privacy policy

  • Mojeek - Search engine that claims to use its own indexer and does not rely on search results from Bing or Google

  • Presearch - Decentralized search engine that pays you out per search with their own token. You can also run a node and get paid out in their token provided you meet the minimum requirements.

  • Searx - Searx is probably the most hard-core of the options, but provides a very solid experience and search results across multiple sources.

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  • Whoogle - A google search proxy that can be hosted. Check out Seth for Privacys public instance of Whoogle It’s easy to self-host, if desired.Public instances

Shipping Services #

  • America’s Mailbox - Shipping Privacy intermediary based out of South Dakota
  • Privacy Post - Shipping Privacy intermediary based out of South Dakota
  • Proxysto.re - Physical forwarding service. Based out of Germany, they will re-ship your products anywhere in the EU wide.
  • Sovereignstack.tools/rerouter/ - Sovereign Stack will stand between the data marketers and your personal information. Pick an item you want and have it purchased. Only accepts orders via PGP encryption.
  • Traveling Mailbox - Traveling Mailbox has been providing Virtual Mailbox solutions since 2011 that allows individuals, travelers, RVers, expats, small businesses and others to view their postal mail online anywhere in the world. We provide a real physical street address that is unique to you and as your mail arrives, we scan the outside of the envelope and then you tell us to scan the contents, forward the item, shred it, return it, or hold it.

Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) #

  • Cloak - Experimental new program. it works by masquerading proxied traffic as normal web browsing activities. In contrast to traditional tools which have very prominent traffic fingerprints and can be blocked by simple filtering rules, it’s very difficult to precisely target Cloak with little false positives. This increases the collateral damage to censorship actions as attempts to block Cloak could also damage services the censor state relies on.

  • Guardster - Anonymizer service that provides an alternative to VPN.

  • IVPN - No logs, regularly audited VPN service, No customer data stored, Clear privacy policy, Transparent ownership and team, Strong ethics: no trackers, no false promises, no surveillance ads. In Depth Reviews

  • Kagi - (Note: appears in search section as well, if you want to keep just one mention, you can.)

  • LN VPN - VPN service based on the lightning network. You can purchase and use wireguard based VPN services all on lightning. Also offers phone numbers per country all paid via lightning.

  • LokiNet - New experimental TOR competitor.

  • Mullvad - Mullvad has a long reputation of preserving privacy. Mullvad does not log traffic, proven by a police raid. Allows anonymous sign ups, Accepts Monero for payment for Premium accounts. Uses a killswitch and uses Wireguard for speed and security. Provides a mobile app and desktop app. The Mobile app can be a bit finicky for some people. Does not have an app kill switch. In Depth Review

  • Nym - A new VPN project that works to implement new tech inlcuding mixnets, zk-nyms, post quantum tech and more. Backed by Wikileaks Chelsea Manning.

  • PIA - PIA is a solid VPN provider that accepts BTC, uses Wireguard offers cheap rates. PIA is also well known for providing static Ip’s for your VPN. This can be useful for some services that block general VPN access. PIA does not keep logs for privacy concerns. Does not include a kill switch In Depth Review

  • Sentinel- A decentralized crypto currency backed VPN built on the Cosmos blockchain that aims to provide a decentralized VPN.

  • Vopono - App for managing Split tunneling in VPN’s. Split tunneling lets you send some traffic through a VPN and delegate specific traffic exempt to the VPN Encrypted tunnel or traffic. This can be useful when trying to use certain apps locally on a LAN. Some VPN Apps have this built in, but this isnt always accessible on all VPN’s or on all versions of the VPN. For Example Proton VPN has this function built in on the Windows version and the Mobile version but not on the linux desktop version.

  • VPN Rankings and breakdowns by privacy advocate Techlore more VPN Rankings and More Rankings

  • VPNMentor - Offers a wide range of VPN related education, in addition to VPN related tools and more VPN Rankings.