Maybe even more important than knowing these tools is to stay informed, which is why we also would like to draw your attention to a couple of organisations that fight for our digital freedom online:
... news: digital rights & civil liberties
- Privacy International: https://www.privacyinternational.org/
- Access Now: https://www.accessnow.org/
- Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF): https://www.eff.org/
- The Citzen Lab: https://citizenlab.ca/
- European Digital Rights (EDRi): https://edri.org/
... domain name services & hosting provider (VPS)
- 1984: https://1984.hosting/
- njal.la: https://njal.la/
... social media & online publishing
- Ghost (self-hosted): https://ghost.org/docs/install/
- Mastodon (self-hosted): https://mastodon.social/about
- GitHub: https://github.com/
... cloud services: cross-platform, open-source & self-hosted
- Nextcloud (self-hosted): https://nextcloud.com/
- Turtl (self-hosted): https://turtlapp.com/
... browser, search engine, Tor & VPN: better privacy
- Mozilla Firefox (+ privacy extensions): https://www.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/
- arkenfox (Firefox Configuration): https://github.com/arkenfox/user.js
- Tor Project (we run relays too): https://www.torproject.org/
- Tails: https://tails.boum.org/
- Whonix: https://www.whonix.org/
- WireGuard VPN (self-hosted): https://www.wireguard.com/
- SearX (self-hosted): https://searx.space/
- ProtonMail: https://proton.me/mail
... router firmware
- OpenWrt (i.e. on Turris Omnia): https://openwrt.org/
... ad-block, firewall & intrusion detection
- Pi-Hole (self-hosted): https://pi-hole.net/
- Lulu (MacOS): https://objective-see.org/products/lulu.html
- KnockKnock (MacOS): https://objective-see.org/products/knockknock.html
- BlockBlock (MacOS): https://objective-see.org/products/blockblock.html
... encryption & password manager
- KeePass XC: https://keepassxc.org/
- Picocrypt: https://github.com/HACKERALERT/Picocrypt
- VeraCrypt: https://veracrypt.fr/
- NitroKey: https://www.nitrokey.com/
... messenger: anonymous, end-to-end encrypted
- Signal (caution: Signal is a centralized service): https://www.signal.org/
- Element Matrix (self-hosted): https://element.io/
- Briar: https://briarproject.org/
- Profanity XMPP: https://profanity-im.github.io/
... mobile OS: free from Google - Android alternatives
- GrapheneOS (only Google Pixel devices): https://grapheneos.org/
- LineageOS (i.e. if you prefer to use a Fairphone): https://www.lineageos.org/
... crypto & web3
- Monero (XMR): https://www.getmonero.org/
- Protocol Labs: https://protocol.ai/
... online tools
- ';--have i been pwned?: https://haveibeenpwned.com/
- CoverYourTracks: https://coveryourtracks.eff.org/
- LocateJS: https://locatejs.com/
- BrowserLeaks: https://browserleaks.com/
- DNS leak test: https://dnsleaktest.com/
... special mention: privacy tools & guides
- Hitchhiker’s Guide to Online Anonymity: https://anonymousplanet.org/guide.html
- IVPN Privacy Guides: https://www.ivpn.net/privacy-guides/
- Prism Break: https://prism-break.org/en/
- RiseUp: https://riseup.net/
- Surveillance Self-Defense Guides: https://ssd.eff.org/