Privacy, Security and OpSec
Privacy hygiene:
- 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 a password manager.
- Use encrypted mail.
- Use a VPN
- Use cash.
- Delete apps that spy.
- Lock your SIM.
Privacy
- https://www.privacytools.io
- https://www.eff.org
- https://www.optoutproject.net/ - If data is the new oil, I'm here to help you go electric
- https://unshakled.org/ - Non-Profit dedicated to defending digital freedom through secure technologies, education, and advocacy
- https://www.privacyguides.org/ - not-for-profit, volunteer-run project that hosts online communities and publishes news and recommendations surrounding privacy and security tools, services, and knowledge.
- https://atlasofsurveillance.org/ - Documenting Police Tech in Our Communities with Open Source Research
- https://www.notrace.how/ - A collection of tools to help anarchists and other rebels understand the capabilities of their enemies, undermine surveillance efforts, and ultimately act without getting caught
- https://safeguar.de
- https://monocles.eu/more
- https://privacyinternational.org - to protect democracy, defend people's dignity, and demand accountability from institutions who breach public trust
- https://www.datarequests.org
- https://www.joanwestenberg.com/american-tech-is-compromised-heres-my-replacement-stack-2/
- https://rejectconvenience.com/privacy-visualizer/
- https://tblock.me - Free open source ad-blocker
- https://cryptomator.org - Lets you add E2E encrypted folder to any online cloud
- https://tosdr.org - Summarising small print of online services, grades privacy-friendliness
- https://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
Counter Surveillance & OpSec
- https://securityinabox.org/en/
- https://tineye.com/ - reverse image search
Mobile Phone Security
- https://opsec.riotmedicine.net/
- https://www.topio.info - German non-profit helping people de-Google phones (in German)
- https://www.thetechedvocate.org/how-to-jailbreak-your-phone/
- https://iode.tech - De-Googled Android phones from established manufacturers
- https://murena.com/ - smartphones and an online workspace that are private, sustainable & open-source
- https://calyxos.org/ - FOSS mobile phone OS
Communication Infrastructure Guide for Anarchists
- https://itsgoingdown.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/petguide_read.pdf
- https://briarproject.org/ - Messenger app designed for maximum privacy
- https://openprivacy.ca/work/cwtch/ - decentralized, privacy-preserving, multi-party messaging protocol that can be used to build metadata resistant applications
- Digital Protection Guides:
- https://ssd.eff.org/ - security self defense by the EFF
- https://securityinabox.org/en/
- Counter Surveillance Resource Center:
- https://www.csrc.link/no-javascript/