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Practical Privacy Tools
CD/USB Based Operating Systems
Tails: live operating system that can run from removable media without leaving tracks. Routes Internet traffic through the Tor network.
Internet Anonymizers, Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) and Proxy Servers
Tails: live operating system that can run from removable media without leaving tracks. Routes Internet traffic through the Tor network.
Tor (Windows, OSX, GNU/Linux, BSD, Unix): Internet anonymizing software that securely routes traffic through multiple nodes around the world. Open source, free.
Orbot (Android): Tor client for Android.
Anonymizer(Windows, OSX, Linux, iPhone, iPad, Android): Encrypts and anonymizes Internet traffic.
CyberGhost VPN
IPreadator
I2P Anonymous Network
Private Internet Access
proXPN
StrongVPN
torVPN
TorGuard
VyprVPN
WiTopia
Proxy.org: lists thousands of proxy sites.
Proxify
TunnelBear (Windows, OSX, Android, iOS)
Web Browser Ad-ons
HTTPS Everywhere (Firefox, Chrome): forces HTTPS versions of websites were they are available.
Adblock Plus (Firefox, Chome, Opera, Android): customizable ad-blocking plugin
NoScript (Firefox, derivatives of Mozilla): highly customizable plugin to selectively allow Javascript, Java, and Flash to run.
Disconect (Firefox, Chrome, Safari, Opera): stops 3rd party tracking sites around the web.
BetterPrivacy (Firefox): removes and deletes long-term “super-cookies”
Search Engines
DuckDuckGo: anonymous, encrypted web searches.
ixquick: anonymous, encrypted web searches. Hosted in the Netherlands.
Email/Communication Encryption
GPG(Windows, OSX, Linux): free implementation of OpenPGP.
Mailvelope(Chrome, Firefox): OpenPGP encryption for webmail.
Enigmail is and OpenPGP add-on for the Thunderbird and SeaMonkey email clients.
GPGMail is a plug in for Apple Mail, an open source implementation of OpenPGP for encrypting, decrypting, signing and verifying email.
Email Self Defense: a guide for using encrypted email (GNU/Linux, Mac OS, Windows).
Alternative Email Accounts
Guerrillamail: web-based disposable email accounts.
Tor Mail: anonymous email provider (Tor required).
CounterMail
MyKolab: Privacy-focused email, based in Switzerland
Neomailbox: email provider focused on privacy and anonymity, based in Switzerland
Anonymous Remailers
QuickSilver (Windows)
paranoia remailer
Mixmaster
noreply: additional information on remailers.
Disk/File Encryption
Symantec Drive Encryption (Windows): Uses strong PGP encryption.
Diskcryptor (Windows): Free, open-source, encryption solution
FileVault 2 (Mac): Built-in encryption software used by NSA to lock down their systems
Linux Unified Key System (Linux): Open-source option for full disk encryption
cryptonite (Android): implementation of TrueCrypt for android
GNU/Linux disk encryption through Ubuntu: a how-to guide from EFF.
Secure Instant Messaging
Cryptocat (Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Mac): encrypted instant messaging platform.
Off-the-Record (Windows, Pidgin): encrypted communications with authentication and deniability features.
TorChat (Windows, Linux): P2P instant messaging routed through the Tor network.
Pidgin is a third-party instant messaging/chat program that allows users to log in to multiple chat programs simultaneously (e.g., AIM, MSN, Google Talk) and to install a variety of privacy and security plugins.
Adium is a third-party instant messaging program that allows for encrypted chats across multiple networks, but for Macs.
Disk/File Erasing Programs
Darik's Boot and Nuke: self-contained bootable software that deletes all contents of attached drives.
Eraser: file-erasing software.
Ative @ Killdisk: bootable whole disk eraser.
CCleaner: Internet history and file shredder.
Password Vaults
Password Safe (Windows)
Lastpass (Windows, OSX, Linux, Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Opera, iOS, Android, Blackberry, Windows Mobile)
1Password (Windows, OSX, Android, iOS)
MasterPassword (iPhone/iPad, OS X, Destop (Java), Terminal (Java), Terminal (C)).
Firewalls
ZoneAlarm
Comodo (Windows, Android)
Kapersky: (Windows, OSX)
TinyWall (Windows)
Norton Internet Security (Windows)
Antivirus Software
AVG (Windows, Android, iOS, Windows Mobile)
ClamXav (OSX)
Norton Antivirus (Windows)
Bitdefender (Windows, Android)
Comodo (Windows, OSX, Linux, Android)
Ad-Aware (Windows)
Avast (Windows, OSX, iOS)
F-Secure (Windows, OSX, Android)
Panda Cloud Antivirus (Windows)
Avira (Windows, OSX)
Cookie/Cache/Internet History Cleaners
CCLeaner (Windows, OSX)
Bleachbit (Windows, Linux)
Mobile Privacy
SilentCircle (iOS, Android): encrypted voice, video, text, and file communications
Wickr (iOS, Android): encrypted, self-destructing text, picture, audio and video messages.
RedPhone/TextSecure (Android): open source application for encrypted voice and text communications.
K-9 Mail (Android): open source mail app for android that supports PGP.
iPGMail (iOS): app to send and decrypt PGP-encoded messages.
DuckDuckGo Search and Stories (Android): Secure, anonymous searches with Tor/Orbot integration.
ChatSecure is an encrypted chat client for Android and iPhone.
Encrypt your Android phone.
CyanogenMod open-source alternative: to avoid leaving your phone vulnerable to your carrier's customization of the Android OS, consider replacing the firmware (on select phone models) with CyanogenMod.
Orbweb is an exceptionally privacy-focused web browser for Android, based on Tor.
APG is an OpenPGP implementation for Android phones.
VoIP/Video Messaging
Jitsi (Windows, OSX, Linux): open source software for encrypted video, audio calls.
Silent Circle (Windows)
Social Networking
Diaspora: alternative social media; open source and allows users to own and control personal data.
buddycloud: decentralized social networking with strong privacy controls.
Meshnet (decentralized networks)
Hyperboria: encrypted, decentralized Internet alternative .
GNUnet: encrypted, anonymous, decentralized P2P networking.
Commotion: open-source tool that uses phones and computers to create mesh networks.
Alternative Currencies
Cash: the original anonymous currency.
Bitcoin: open source, P2P digital currency.
Publishing
Pastebin: multi-purpose text publishing.
Strongbox: for submitting files to The New Yorker.
Wikileaks: for submitting classified/sensitive information.
Temporary Mobile Phones
Burner Phone
CD/USB Based Operating Systems
Tails: live operating system that can run from removable media without leaving tracks. Routes Internet traffic through the Tor network.
Internet Anonymizers, Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) and Proxy Servers
Tails: live operating system that can run from removable media without leaving tracks. Routes Internet traffic through the Tor network.
Tor (Windows, OSX, GNU/Linux, BSD, Unix): Internet anonymizing software that securely routes traffic through multiple nodes around the world. Open source, free.
Orbot (Android): Tor client for Android.
Anonymizer(Windows, OSX, Linux, iPhone, iPad, Android): Encrypts and anonymizes Internet traffic.
CyberGhost VPN
IPreadator
I2P Anonymous Network
Private Internet Access
proXPN
StrongVPN
torVPN
TorGuard
VyprVPN
WiTopia
Proxy.org: lists thousands of proxy sites.
Proxify
TunnelBear (Windows, OSX, Android, iOS)
Web Browser Ad-ons
HTTPS Everywhere (Firefox, Chrome): forces HTTPS versions of websites were they are available.
Adblock Plus (Firefox, Chome, Opera, Android): customizable ad-blocking plugin
NoScript (Firefox, derivatives of Mozilla): highly customizable plugin to selectively allow Javascript, Java, and Flash to run.
Disconect (Firefox, Chrome, Safari, Opera): stops 3rd party tracking sites around the web.
BetterPrivacy (Firefox): removes and deletes long-term “super-cookies”
Search Engines
DuckDuckGo: anonymous, encrypted web searches.
ixquick: anonymous, encrypted web searches. Hosted in the Netherlands.
Email/Communication Encryption
GPG(Windows, OSX, Linux): free implementation of OpenPGP.
Mailvelope(Chrome, Firefox): OpenPGP encryption for webmail.
Enigmail is and OpenPGP add-on for the Thunderbird and SeaMonkey email clients.
GPGMail is a plug in for Apple Mail, an open source implementation of OpenPGP for encrypting, decrypting, signing and verifying email.
Email Self Defense: a guide for using encrypted email (GNU/Linux, Mac OS, Windows).
Alternative Email Accounts
Guerrillamail: web-based disposable email accounts.
Tor Mail: anonymous email provider (Tor required).
CounterMail
MyKolab: Privacy-focused email, based in Switzerland
Neomailbox: email provider focused on privacy and anonymity, based in Switzerland
Anonymous Remailers
QuickSilver (Windows)
paranoia remailer
Mixmaster
noreply: additional information on remailers.
Disk/File Encryption
Symantec Drive Encryption (Windows): Uses strong PGP encryption.
Diskcryptor (Windows): Free, open-source, encryption solution
FileVault 2 (Mac): Built-in encryption software used by NSA to lock down their systems
Linux Unified Key System (Linux): Open-source option for full disk encryption
cryptonite (Android): implementation of TrueCrypt for android
GNU/Linux disk encryption through Ubuntu: a how-to guide from EFF.
Secure Instant Messaging
Cryptocat (Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Mac): encrypted instant messaging platform.
Off-the-Record (Windows, Pidgin): encrypted communications with authentication and deniability features.
TorChat (Windows, Linux): P2P instant messaging routed through the Tor network.
Pidgin is a third-party instant messaging/chat program that allows users to log in to multiple chat programs simultaneously (e.g., AIM, MSN, Google Talk) and to install a variety of privacy and security plugins.
Adium is a third-party instant messaging program that allows for encrypted chats across multiple networks, but for Macs.
Disk/File Erasing Programs
Darik's Boot and Nuke: self-contained bootable software that deletes all contents of attached drives.
Eraser: file-erasing software.
Ative @ Killdisk: bootable whole disk eraser.
CCleaner: Internet history and file shredder.
Password Vaults
Password Safe (Windows)
Lastpass (Windows, OSX, Linux, Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Opera, iOS, Android, Blackberry, Windows Mobile)
1Password (Windows, OSX, Android, iOS)
MasterPassword (iPhone/iPad, OS X, Destop (Java), Terminal (Java), Terminal (C)).
Firewalls
ZoneAlarm
Comodo (Windows, Android)
Kapersky: (Windows, OSX)
TinyWall (Windows)
Norton Internet Security (Windows)
Antivirus Software
AVG (Windows, Android, iOS, Windows Mobile)
ClamXav (OSX)
Norton Antivirus (Windows)
Bitdefender (Windows, Android)
Comodo (Windows, OSX, Linux, Android)
Ad-Aware (Windows)
Avast (Windows, OSX, iOS)
F-Secure (Windows, OSX, Android)
Panda Cloud Antivirus (Windows)
Avira (Windows, OSX)
Cookie/Cache/Internet History Cleaners
CCLeaner (Windows, OSX)
Bleachbit (Windows, Linux)
Mobile Privacy
SilentCircle (iOS, Android): encrypted voice, video, text, and file communications
Wickr (iOS, Android): encrypted, self-destructing text, picture, audio and video messages.
RedPhone/TextSecure (Android): open source application for encrypted voice and text communications.
K-9 Mail (Android): open source mail app for android that supports PGP.
iPGMail (iOS): app to send and decrypt PGP-encoded messages.
DuckDuckGo Search and Stories (Android): Secure, anonymous searches with Tor/Orbot integration.
ChatSecure is an encrypted chat client for Android and iPhone.
Encrypt your Android phone.
CyanogenMod open-source alternative: to avoid leaving your phone vulnerable to your carrier's customization of the Android OS, consider replacing the firmware (on select phone models) with CyanogenMod.
Orbweb is an exceptionally privacy-focused web browser for Android, based on Tor.
APG is an OpenPGP implementation for Android phones.
VoIP/Video Messaging
Jitsi (Windows, OSX, Linux): open source software for encrypted video, audio calls.
Silent Circle (Windows)
Social Networking
Diaspora: alternative social media; open source and allows users to own and control personal data.
buddycloud: decentralized social networking with strong privacy controls.
Meshnet (decentralized networks)
Hyperboria: encrypted, decentralized Internet alternative .
GNUnet: encrypted, anonymous, decentralized P2P networking.
Commotion: open-source tool that uses phones and computers to create mesh networks.
Alternative Currencies
Cash: the original anonymous currency.
Bitcoin: open source, P2P digital currency.
Publishing
Pastebin: multi-purpose text publishing.
Strongbox: for submitting files to The New Yorker.
Wikileaks: for submitting classified/sensitive information.
Temporary Mobile Phones
Burner Phone
