Privacy & Security

Privacy hygiene:

• Delete apps that spy.
• Never give more personal information than is required.
• Delete accounts when you're done using them. Remember to delete your info before closing.
• Turn off devices as needed.
• Turn off location services always - only on when needed.
• Get rid of always-on home and mobile assistants.
• Stop using biometrics to unlock devices.
• Take off your Ring Doorbell and cameras.
• Use encrypted mail.
• Use a VPN
• Use cash
• Lock your SIM.

Privacy Protection Guides:

• De-Phoning - using your phone less to minimize harvestable data
• SSD.EFF.org - security self defense by the EFF
• OptOutProject.net - If data is the new oil, I'm here to help you go electric
• PrivacyGuides.org - not-for-profit, volunteer-run project that hosts online communities and publishes news and recommendations surrounding privacy and security
• PETGuide.pdf - Guide to Peer-to-peer and Encrypted messaging over Tor
• DigitalDefense.NoBlogs.org - instructions on how to handle digital security threats and general practices
• How to use Signal without a phone number - by The Intercept
• Doxcare - a zine
• Affinity Fraud & Exploitable Empathy - a zine

Privacy Tools & Resources

• nbtv.media - Videos on privacy by tech journalist Naomi Brockwell and the Ludlow Institute, a research and media non-profit dedicated to advancing human freedom through technology.
• PrivacyTools.io - provides services, tools and privacy guides to counter global mass surveillance
• EFF.org - The leading nonprofit defending digital privacy, free speech, and innovation
• Unshakled.org - Non-Profit dedicated to defending digital freedom through secure technologies, education, and advocacy
• CSRC.Link - Counter Surveillance Resource Center
• AtlasOfSurveillance.org - Documenting Police Tech in Our Communities with Open Source Research
• NoTrace.How - tools to help rebels understand the capabilities of their enemies, undermine surveillance efforts, and ultimately act without getting caught
• Monocles.eu/more - monocles is a project founded to move to a more secure, ecofriendly, privacy respecting, fair and open source technical and digital life for everyone
• PrivacyInternational.org - to protect democracy, defend people's dignity, and demand accountability from institutions who breach public trust
• DataRequests.org - A non-profit association helping you use your rights to access and delete your data from companies' databases
• RejectConvenience.com/privacy-visualizer/ - tool to help you visualize privacy policies
• TBlock.me - Free open source ad-blocker
• Cryptomator.org - Lets you add E2E encrypted folder to any online cloud
• TOSDR.org - Summarising small print of online services, grades privacy-friendliness
• AvoidTheHack.com - US-based site encouraging people to protect their privacy
• https://www.lealternative.net - Italian-language site about privacy-friendly apps & services
• https://direitosdigitais.pt - Non-profit in Portugal campaigning to protect privacy (in Portuguese)
• https://eirenicon.org/resilient-desktop/ - a work-in-progress Arch-based setup that balances usability with hardened layers
• Prism-Break.org - Opt out of global data surveillance programs
• SecurityInABox.org - Helping people at risk protect their digital security and privacy
• TinEye.com - reverse image search
• Topio.Info - German non-profit helping people de-Google phones (in German)
• Check.getsafeonline.org - check if a website is likely a scam
• RebelTechAlliance.org - non-profit whose main objective is to stop Big Tech spying on us and monetising our personal data
• Opsec.RiotMedicine.net
• HaveIBeenPwned.com - Check if your email address is in a data breach
• GCAToolkit.org - free and effective tools that individuals and organizations of any size can use right now to reduce cyber risk
• We Are Being Doxxed - a zine