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] - 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 [website] - The leading nonprofit defending digital privacy, free speech, and innovation
✦ ObscuraCam [website] [git] [app] - Blur faces and remove camera and location metadata with this privacy camera app
SinceYouArrived.World/Taken [website]
Unshakled.org [website] [mastodon] [bsky] - Non-Profit dedicated to defending digital freedom through secure technologies, education, and advocacy
GuardianProject.Info [website] [mastodon] [liberapay] [git] - Founded in 2009, Guardian Project is a global collective of designers, trainers, researchers, and developers building open software to enhance privacy and security for all.
✦ Ripple [website] [app] [git] - Trigger apps to protect your privacy when in anxious or panic situations
✦ Encirculo.org [website] - Safety starts with community. Círculo helps connect you to a reliable network of six peers. Establish protocols, send alerts and keep those in your circle informed.
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
✦ PixelKnot: Hidden Messages [website] [git] [app] - Have a secret that you want to share? Why not hide it in a picture
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
✦ 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