Internet-privacy-guide

Collection of Services/Software/Websites that are open source and privacy respecting.

I encourage everyone to use libredirect (open source front-end) instances for everyday use.

VPN Providers:

• Mullvad VPN - $5/M , No-log policy , XMR/BTC/CASH and other, Available in all platforms

• Air VPN - $7/M , No-log policy , XMR/BTC/CASH and other, Available in all platforms

• IVPN - $6/M , No-log policy , XMR/BTC/CASH and other, Available in all platforms

• ProtonVPN - $5/M , No-log policy , BTC and other, Available in all platforms

DNS Providers:

• Quad9 - Non-Profit, No-log policy

• Mullvad DNS - Commercial:free , No-log policy

• NextDNS - Commercial; offers free tier , Logs are optional

• Adguard - Commercial , Some logs

• Cloudflare - Commercial; free , Some logs

Browsers:

• Find out the right one for you on privacytests

• Firefox - Open source , Gecko engine , Avaiable in all platforms

• Thorium - Open source, Blink engine, Win/MacOS/Linux

• Brave Open source , Blink engine , Avaiable in all platforms

• Tor Open source , Gecko engine , Avaiable in all platforms

• Mullvad Browser Open source , Gecko engine , Avaiable in Win/MacOS/Linux

• LibreWolf Open source , Gecko engine , Avaiable in Win/MacOS/Linux

Browser Extensions:

• uBlock Origin - Block ads, tracking, malware, and more.

• Noscript - Javascript blocker

• Privacy Badger - Stops advertisers and third-party trackers from secretly tracking where you go.

• HTTPS Everywhere - Ensures that the websites you visit use TLS/SSL

• UserAgent Switcher - Switch the user agent of the browser.

Search Engines:

• Duduckgo - "Never log IP addresses or any unique identifiers to disk"

• Startpage - "We don’t log your searches"

• Brave - "What you say or type in the service is not logged or saved"

• SearX - No logging IF self-hosted

Email Providers:

Keep in mind that E-MAIL is an insecure protocol by design and if you are looking for definitive privacy you probably should not be using this protocol at all.

• Tutanota - Open source , Available on all platforms

• ProtonMail - Open source , Available on all platforms

• SimpleLogin - Open source , Available on all platforms

• Skiffmail - Open source , Available on all platforms

Password Managers:

• KeePassXC - Open source , Win/MacOS/Linux , No sync , Offline

• Vault - Open source , Win/MacOS/Linux , No sync , Offline

• Bitwarden - Open source , Available on all platforms, Sync , Cloud-based

• Lesspass - Open source , Available on all platforms , No sync , Offline

Instant-Messaging:

• Session - Open source , Decentralized , Available on all platforms

• Signal - Open source , Centralized , Available on all platforms

• Speek - Open source , Decentralized , Available on all platforms

• Briar - Open source , Decentralized , Android

File-Encryption Software:

• VeraCrypt - Open source , Win/MacOS/Linux

• 7-Zip Open source , Win/Linux

• Cryptomator - Open source , Available on all platforms

Torrent Clients:

• qbittorrent - Open Source , Win/MacOS/Linux

• Transmissionbt - Open Source , Win/MacOS/Linux

• Deluge - Open Source , Win/MacOS/Linux

Disk-Cleaners:

• BleachBit - Open source , Win/Linux

• ExifCleaner - Open source , Win/MacOS/Linux

• Czkawka - Open source , Win/MacOS/Linux

Operating System:

• Tails - Based on debian

• Whonix - Based on kicksecure

• Qubes OS - Based on fedora

Improve your Windows Privacy:

• Checkout my Debloating/Antispyware guide on Windows