Privacy Guides
Practical, vendor-neutral guides, kept current as tools and threats change.
The Relaunch: A Faster Way to Escape Big Tech
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Open Source CapCut Alternatives That Respect Your Privacy
Phone and Laptop Seizures at Airports and Borders - Privacy Travel Guide
Internxt Unveiled: Safeguarding Your Encrypted Files and Photo Memories
Android: Simple, open-source apps without ads, tracking and unnecessary permissions
7 Publicly Known LastPass Security Breaches since 2011
Exodus for Android: Finds trackers embedded in all your apps
AirDrop feature limited ahead of protests in China
The Eufy Security Camera Privacy Scandal: Unencrypted Cloud Footage
Encrypted Twitter DMs soon for improved privacy with Signal Protocol
Berty Messenger: Private, secure, distributed. Even works offline!
Data Breach Prevention to Protect Your Privacy
Is the Five Eyes Alliance a Threat to Your Privacy?
WireGuard vs. OpenVPN: Which VPN protocol is better?
Proxy vs. VPN: Which One Should You Choose?
Sentinel dVPN Guide: New, Exciting and Decentralized. Everything Explained
VPN vs Tor: Which one is right for you?
Privacy, Cybersecurity and Anonymity - Difference Explained
Grammarly Alternative: LanguageTool an open-source grammar and spell checker
Top 10: Privacy Tools List with Out-of-the-Box Solutions
How to access reddit without ads and tracking while benefiting from faster page load times
Enforce Privacy & Security Best-Practices on Windows and macOS: privacy.sexy
Introduction of GitHub 💎 Gems by PrivacyTools.io
Open Source Portfolio Managers and Trackers for Wealth Management
Whistleblower Guide: How Privacy Tools Can Protect You From Retaliation
8 Simple Stupid Flat File CMS: Free, User-Friendly and Open Source
Acceptable Places to Communicate Securely with Another Party
Advanced Encryption Chapter
Advanced Password Management and Storage
Emergency Preparedness: A Plan for Worst Case Scenarios
File-Change Detection or Integrity Monitoring Systems
Manufacturer Tools for Wiping HDD and SSD Drives
The Issues with Free and Open-Source Software for Privacy Tools
Using Virtual Private Networks (VPN) and Tor Together
A Complete Guide to Virtual Private Networks (VPNs)
A Guide for Firewalling Your Network Connections: Windows, MacOS and Linux
A Starting Place for Business and Tech Geeks
Apple's iMessage Service and Privacy
Breaking Down a Privacy Service: What's Really Under the Rug?
Cell Phones are not Devices that Aid in Being Anonymous
Choosing and Using Strong Passwords and Manage them easily
Daily go-to Secure Messaging Apps for Better Privacy
Defining Your Threat-Model
Deleting and Decluttering Data to Improve Privacy
Full Disk Encryption: Strongest Counter to Surveillance, Attack and Theft of Your Devices
Gaining Anonymity: The Tor Network & Tor Browser Bundle
GPG/PGP Based Encryption & Authentication for Emails
Hashing & Authentication: How are your passwords stored on websites?
How does HTTPS / Browser Encryption work?
How is the Five Eyes Intelligence Alliance Related to Your Privacy?
Keeping Personal Information Out and Using an Alias to Hide Your Real Identity
Messaging privately and securely with the XMPP/Jabber Protocol
Messaging with Signal by Open Whisper Systems
Once it is out on the Internet, it's impossible to take it back or erase for good
Privacy Tools: Securely Transmitting Information - Messaging & Calling
Secure Email in Switzerland: ProtonMail
Secure Operating Systems: Tails, Debian and Qubes OS
Securing Online Accounts: Always use Two-Factor Authentication
The Crypto Paper
Storing & Sharing in the Cloud: Finding the Right Provider to Protect Your Privacy
The difference between Privacy, Security and Anonymity explained
The Importance of Free and Open-Source Software for Privacy Tools
Your first choice for better internet privacy: Firefox Browser
What is Metadata and how can it hurt your Privacy?
Your primary tool to keep data secure: Encryption
Devices can be tracked even when offline and invade your privacy
Geolocation: How Wi-Fi and Bluetooth devices track you
Here is how even your CPU can be used to track you
How DNS and IP requests can be used to track you and how to avoid it
How your anonymized Tor/VPN traffic can be used to track you down
How to Counteract Forensic Linguistics
How your public IP address can lead back to you. Use these IP tools to find out what is exposed
How your RFID enabled devices is tracking you
Man-in-the-middle attacks with malicious & rogue Wi-Fi access points
Smart Devices: Accepted Tracking for Convenience?
Tracking your digital fingerprint, footprint and online behavior
Tracking: Your Operating Systems and Apps telemetry services
Virtualization: Three big reasons how Virtual Machines can help to improve your privacy
Warning about smartphones and smart devices
You can be tracked via your Bluetooth MAC address
You can be tracked via your IMEI, IMSI and by extension, your phone number
You can be tracked via your Wi-Fi or Ethernet MAC address
Accessing the internet as safely as possible when Tor and VPNs are not an option
Finding safe places with decent public Wi-Fi for better privacy
Installing and using desktop Tor Browser
Using long-range Antenna to connect to Public Wi-Fis from a safe distance
Using Tor bridges in hostile environments
