This guide is a comprehensive listing of free privacy applications, tools and services that users may implement across multiple devices. These applications are from a range of sources that include small and large tech companies as well as subject matter specific websites, consumer industry groups and organizations. The focus of this article is on leveraging the latest technology and information that allows users to: (1) identify privacy issues and (2) implement privacy protections specific to their requirements, that span email, phone calls, chats, text messages, web browsing, computer drives and files, networks, collaboration spaces, and your photos.
It is critical that users remain vigilant regarding privacy issues and to understand that it is increasingly the responsibility of the user/customer to actively identify and exercise controls (and to follow those controls applied in the workplace) to limit, block or otherwise curtail access to your organization’s network, as well as to your personal data, email, social media, personal identifying information (PII), search histories, IM/chats, e-commerce transactions, and identity management actions.
Each of us must take the time to determine the risks that are present in our use of the web, and proactively implement services to add requisite layers of defense against malicious actors as well as organizations that are aggregating our data outside the scope of our knowledge. The uses of aggregated data include: marketing and sales, spam, phishing, and to undermine legitimate communications between individuals, teams, groups, organizations. The resources in this guide are in a sense a pick-list from which you may choose based on whether online privacy is a matter that is important enough to spend time exploring your options from among the many tools available. In addition, you must determine whether you will accept a certain level of inconvenience to implement security protections that may in some measure slow down the speed of your internet connection.
Guide To Privacy Resources 2019
10 Best Security and Privacy Apps for Smartphones and Tablets
http://drippler.com/drip/10-best-security-privacy-apps-smartphones-tablets
10 Minute Mail
http://10minutemail.com/10MinuteMail/index.html
10 Privacy Gadgets To Help You Keep a Secret
http://www.popsci.com/keep-your-secrets-a-secret
10 Reasons to Use a VPN for Private Web Browsing
http://netforbeginners.about.com/od/readerpicks/tp/Reasons-to-Use-a-VPN-Service.htm
10 Secure Apps To Try
https://www.airsassociation.org/services-new/airs-knowledge-network-n/airs-articles/item/17541-10-secure-apps-to-try-in-2017
12VPN – Unblock Websites and Improve Privacy
http://12vpn.com/
20+ Free VPN’s Rated Side By Side 2018 List by Paul Bischoff
https://www.comparitech.com/blog/vpn-privacy/free-vpn/
Accountable – Secure, Cloud-Based HIPAA Compliance Management Platform
http://accountablehq.com/
Account Killer – Delete Online Accounts or Profiles
https://www.accountkiller.com/
AES Crypt – Advanced Open Source File Encryption
https://www.aescrypt.com/
A Guide for Guarding Personal Information in the Workplace
http://www.sharefile.com/datasecurity.aspx
A Guide To Protecting Children’s Privacy Online
https://www.bestvpnrating.com/guide-children-privacy
Aloha Browser – Private and Secure Mobile Browser
https://alohabrowser.com/
A Model Regime of Privacy Protection by Daniel J. Solove and Chris Jay Hoofnagle
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=881294
Aniscartujo VPN
https://aniscartujo.com/vpn/
Anonabox – Original Plug and Play TOR Router
https://www.anonabox.com/index.html
Anonymity and Privacy On the Internet
http://www.iusmentis.com/technology/remailers/index.html
Anonymizer – Anonymous Web Surfing, Anti Spyware, Anonymous Proxy, & Identity Protection
http://www.anonymizer.com/
AnonyMouse.org
http://anonymouse.org/
Anonymous Email
http://www.anonymous.to/
Anonymous eMail
http://www.5ymail.com/
Anonymous Remailer FAQ – Email Privacy FAQ
http://www.andrebacard.com/remail.html
Anonymous Voting System
http://sourceforge.net/projects/anonymousvoting/
An Overview of Steganography for the Computer Forensics Examiner by Gary C. Kessler
http://www.garykessler.net/library/fsc_stego.html
AntiOnline – Maximum Security for a Connected World
http://www.antionline.com/
Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG)
http://www.antiphishing.org/
AOL.com Privacy Policy – Oath Privacy International
http://privacy.aol.com/
APAS Anonymous Remailer Use [FAQ 1/8]: Overview
http://www.faqs.org/faqs/privacy/anon-server/faq/use/part1/
Apple’s commitment to privacy
http://www.apple.com/privacy/
Aqua Project
https://aqua.mpi-sws.org/
AT&T Privacy Bird
http://privacybird.org/
A Taxonomy of Privacy by Daniel J. Solove
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=667622
Awesome Machine Learning for Cyber Security
https://github.com/jivoi/awesome-ml-for-cybersecurity
AxCrypt File Encryption Software – Free Personal Privacy and Security for Windows
http://www.axantum.com/
Basic Cryptanalysis
http://www.umich.edu/~umich/fm-34-40-2/
Berklett Cybersecurity
https://cyber.law.harvard.edu/research/cybersecurity#
Best Secure Mobile Messaging Apps
https://www.airsassociation.org/services-new/airs-knowledge-network-n/airs-articles/item/18203-the-best-secure-mobile-messaging-apps-2017-how-to-send-messages-privately-most-private-messaging-apps
Binfer – File Transfer – eMail – Instant Messaging
http://www.binfer.com/
Bishop Fox Cybersecurity Style Guide
https://www.bishopfox.com/blog/2018/02/hello-world-introducing-the-bishop-fox-cybersecurity-style-guide/
Bitmessage – P2P Communication Protocol To Send Encrypted Messages
https://bitmessage.org/wiki/Main_Page
Blackberry Workspaces – The Most Secure Enterprise-grade File Sync & Share
https://www.blackberry.com/us/en/products/communication/blackberry-workspaces-efss
BlackPhone – A Foundation Built for Privacy Including PrivatOS and Silent Space
https://blackphone.ch/
BleachBit – Clean Your System and Free Disk Space
https://www.bleachbit.org/
Blockchain – Security and Privacy Infrastructure
https://www.Blockchain.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blockchain
Blur – Protects Your Passwords, Payments, and Privacy
https://dnt.abine.com/#login/dashboard
Boxcryptor – Highest Security for Your Files In the Cloud
https://www.boxcryptor.com/
Brandeis Privacy Technologies
https://www.fbo.gov/utils/view?id=922756545ce4b04915600da88d5de598
Brave Web Browser
http://www.brave.com/
BugMeNot.com
http://www.BugMeNot.com/
Building a New Tor That Can Resist Next-Generation State Surveillance
http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/08/building-a-new-tor-that-withstands-next-generation-state-surveillance/
CalECPA and the Legacy of Digital Privacy
https://medium.com/@maassive/an-open-letter-to-gov-jerry-brown-c1f45f3b704a
Call-Safely – Protect Your Privacy and Call Safely
http://www.call-safely.com/
Can Commercial VPNs Really Protect Your Privacy?
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130402/02421422545/can-commercial-vpns-really-protect-your-privacy.shtml
Cato Networks – Network Security As a Service
http://www.catonetworks.com/
CCleaner
http://www.ccleaner.com/
ccrypt – Secure Encryption and Decryption of Files and Streams
http://ccrypt.sourceforge.net/
ChatGrape – Communicate Efficiently with Secure Enterprise Messenger
https://chatgrape.com/
Chat Secure
https://guardianproject.info/apps/chatsecure
CLIQZ Browser – Surf and Find Ultra Safe and Ultra Fast
https://cliqz.com/en/
Cloakmy – Secure Messages
https://cloakmy.org/
CloudFogger – Secure File Encryption for Dropbox, SkyDrive, Google Drive and Others
http://www.cloudfogger.com/
CloudSafe – Safe Harbor for Sensitive Data
https://cloudsafe.com/
Cluster – Private Spaces For You and Your Friends
https://cluster.co/
COGIPAS.com – Complete Online Guide to Internet Privacy, Anonymity and Security
http://cogipas.com/
Confide – Your Off-The Record Messenger
https://GetConfide.com/
Consumer Industry Group Creates Connected Home Security Checklist by Chase Martin
https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/297751/consumer-industry-group-creates-connected-home-sec.html
COTSE-Privacy Resources – Privacy Watch
http://www.cotse.net/privacy/
COWL: A Confinement System for the Web
http://cowl.ws/
Cryptocat – Open Source Encrypted Private Alternative To Other Chat Services
https://crypto.cat/
Cryptography and Security
http://people.csail.mit.edu/rivest/crypto-security.html
CryptoHeaven – Secure and Anonymous eMail, Online Storage and File Sharing
http://www.cryptoheaven.com/
CryptoHippie – Protect Individuality and Privacy On the Internet With Encryption and Anonymity
https://secure.cryptohippie.com/products.php
Cryptomator – Free Client-Side Encryption for Your Cloud Files
https://cryptomator.org/
Crystal Security
http://www.crystalsecurity.eu/
Cyber Dust – Freely Available Fully Encrypted and Self Destructing Messages
http://www.Cyberdust.com/
CyberGhost – One of the World’s Most Trusted and Secure Virtual Private Networks
http://www.cyberghostvpn.com/
Cybersecurity Curriculum Resources
https://niccs.us-cert.gov/education/curriculum-resources
Darik’s Boot and Nuke (Hard Drive Disk Wipe)
http://www.dban.org/
Data & Society
https://datasociety.net/
Data Selfie
https://dataselfie.it/
DarkWeb News – The Ultimate Dark Web Resource
https://darkwebnews.com/
Decing – Decisions Through Secret and Private Votes
http://www.decing.com/
Deep Web Research and Discovery Resources 2018
http://www.DeepWeb.us/
Deseat.me – Clean Up Your Existence
https://www.deseat.me/
Detectify – SaaS Based Website Security Scanner
https://detectify.com/
Digital Shadows – Cyber Threat Intelligence
http://www.digitalshadows.com/
Disconnect Search – Take Back Your Privacy
https://disconnect.me/
Dissent – Accountable Anonymous Group Communication
http://dedis.cs.yale.edu/dissent/
DNS Stuff
http://www.dnsstuff.com/
DNS.Watch
https://dns.watch/index
Documentation of Internet Filtering Worldwide by Jonathan Zittrain and Benjamin Edelman
http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/filtering/
Do Not Track Me
https://www.abine.com/dntdetail.php
Dooble Web Browser – Fast, Simple and Secure
https://textbrowser.github.io/dooble/
DuckDuckGo – Privacy Search Engine
https://duckduckgo.com/
Easy, Expert Setup Tips for Maximum Privacy On Your New Device by Allen St. John
https://www.consumerreports.org/privacy/easy-expert-setup-tips-for-maximum-privacy-on-your-new-device/
Economic Crime Investigation Institute
http://www.ecii.edu/
EEXCESS – Enhancing Europe’s eXchange in Cultural Educational and Scientific reSources
http://eexcess.eu/
EFF – Electronic Frontier Foundation
http://www.eff.org/
EFF Releases – Protect Yourself From Electronic Spying with “Surveillance Self-Defense
https://ssd.eff.org/
Electronic Privacy Information Center
http://www.epic.org/
Encrypted Messaging – What Is It, Why Should You Use It and What Are the Best Apps?
https://pixelprivacy.com/resources/encrypted-messaging/
Encryption Technology Could Protect the Privacy of Your DNA
https://gizmodo.com/encryption-technology-could-protect-the-privacy-of-your-1797986274
Encryptr – Free Open Source Password Manager and eWallet – Zero-Knowledge, Cloud-Based and Private
https://encryptr.org/
Encrypt.to – Send Encrypted Messages By One Click
https://encrypt.to/
End-To-End – Encrypy, Decrypt, Dogital Sign and Verify Signed Messages
https://code.google.com/p/end-to-end/
Enigma Project – A Decentralized Computation Network With Guaranteed Privacy
https://medium.com/@enigmaMPC
Epic Browser – What You Browse and Search Should Always Be Private
https://www.epicbrowser.com/
EPIC Online Guide to Practical Privacy Tools
http://www.epic.org/privacy/tools.html
EPIC Online Guide to Privacy Resources
http://epic.org/privacy/privacy_resources_faq.html
Eraser – Advanced Security Tool Remove Sensitive Data From Your Hard Drive
http://eraser.heidi.ie/
etherpad – Collaborating In Really Real-Time
http://etherpad.org/
EULAlyzer – Analyze License Agreements for Interesting Words and Phrases
http://www.brightfort.com/eulalyzer.html
EveryCloud – Spam Filtering and Email Archiving
http://www.everycloudtech.com/
Everykey – The Master Key To Your Phone, Laptop, Website, Accounts and More
https://everykey.com/
ExpressVPN
http://www.ExpressVPN.com/
Faceless.me VPN – Surf the Web Anonymously and Protect Your Data
http://faceless.me/
Fake Mail Generator
http://www.fakemailgenerator.com/
Fakena.me – Generates Random Fake Names, Addresses, Usernames, Passwords and eMail Address
https://fakena.me/
Federal Privacy Council
https://www.fpc.gov/
Figure 1 – Free, Safe Photo Sharing for Healthcare Professionals
https://figure1.com/
Firefox Focus – Privacy Browser
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/firefox-focus-privacy-browser/id1055677337?mt=8
Focus on the Data – Unique Insights and Practical Guidance on Privacy and Data Security Issues Worldwide
http://www.focusonthedata.com/
For Your Eyes Only: Online Privacy
https://medium.com/@AltNSA/for-your-eyes-only-online-privacy-2eecac94b85a
FoxyProxy – Set of Proxy and VPN Management Tools
https://getfoxyproxy.org/
Freedom of Information Act Electronic Reading Room
http://www.foia.cia.gov
FreedomPop – Communicate Securely and Anonymously
http://www.freedompop.com/
Free File Shredder 4.1.2
http://www.kakasoft.com/file-shredder/
FreeNode – Free and Open Source Communities
http://freenode.net/
Free Public Proxy Servers List: WWW, FTP, IRC, SOCKS, TELNET, WINGATE
http://tools.rosinstrument.com/proxy/
FRONTLINE: United States of Secrets
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/united-states-of-secrets/
Frost – Freenet Client Providing Newsgroup-Like Private Encrypted Messages
http://jtcfrost.sourceforge.net/
GDPR in Action – Step by Step Guide by Tanmay Deshpande
https://medium.com/@tanmay.avinash.deshpande/gdpr-in-action-step-by-step-guide-7eb489577425
Genetic Privacy
http://epic.org/privacy/genetic/
Ghostery – Faster, Safer and Smarter Browsing
https://www.ghostery.com/
GlassWire – Network Security Monitor and Firewall Tool
https://www.glasswire.com/
Glitchi – Share Privately Messaging App That Protects You From Getting Hacked
http://glitchi.me/
Global Internet Freedom Consortium – Inform, Connect and Empower the People
http://www.internetfreedom.org/
Global Privacy Resources
http://it.ojp.gov/default.aspx?area=globalJustice&page=2328
Global Voices Online
http://globalvoicesonline.org/
GnuPG (The GNU Privacy Guard)
http://www.gnupg.org/
http://freecode.com/projects/gnupg?branch_id=10426&release_id=178151
Go Anonymous: How To Delete Your Entire Social Media Presence by Megan Ellis
https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/delete-social-media/
GoldBug – Private Communication
https://sourceforge.net/projects/goldbug/
Guardster – Your Privacy Headquarters
http://guardster.com/
Guerrilla Mail – Disposable Temporary eMail Address
http://www.guerrillamail.com/
Guide To Privacy Resources 2018
http://www.StealthMode.info/
Hashgraph – The Future of Decentralized Technology – Superior Distributed Ledger Technology
http://hashgraph.com/
Haven: Keep Watch
https://guardianproject.github.io/haven/
Health Privacy Project
https://www.cdt.org/issue/health-privacy
Herd: A Scalable, Traffic Analysis Resistant Anonymity Network for VoIP Systems
https://www.mpi-sws.org/~stevens/pubs/sigcomm15.pdf
Hide My Ass – Free Web Proxy
http://hidemyass.com/
Hiding Your IP Address, Anonymous Internet Surfing HOWTO
http://www.proxies.by/proxy/howto.htm
HotspotShield – Internet Privacy and WiFi Security Wherever You Are
http://www.hotspotshield.com/
How Planting False Digital Footprints Can Help You Regain Some Privacy Online
http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2015/09/an_interview_with_obfuscation_co_author_finn_brunton_about_online_privacy.html
How Pretty Good Privacy Works, and How You Can Use It for Secure Communications by Radu Raicea
https://medium.freecodecamp.org/how-does-pretty-good-privacy-work-3f5f75ecea97
How To Add a Layer of Privacy To Your Conversations Using Tor Messenger by Jack Wallen
https://www.techrepublic.com/article/how-to-add-a-layer-of-privacy-to-your-conversations-using-tor-messenger/
How to Blog Safely (About Work or Anything Else)
https://www.eff.org/wp/blog-safely
How To Browse the Web As Anonymously As Possible
https://pixelprivacy.com/resources/browse-web-anonymously/
HOWTO ByPass Internet Censorship
http://www.zensur.freerk.com/
How To Create an Anonymous Email by Dana Jackson
https://thebestvpn.com/anonymous-email/
How To Deep Clean Your Online Activity
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-41735619
How To Delete Yourself From the Internet by Kim Komando
http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2017/06/25/how-to-delete-yourself-from-internet.html
How to Ditch Big Brother and Disappear Forever
http://lifehacker.com/5676149/how-to-ditch-big-brother-and-disappear-forever
How To Encrypt All Your Data by Ben Dickson
https://www.dailydot.com/layer8/encrypted-email-messaging-apps/
How To Encrypt and Protect Your eMail by Paul Bischoff
https://www.comparitech.com/blog/vpn-privacy/how-to-encrypt-email/
How To Encrypt (almost) Anything Article
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2025462/how-to-encrypt-almost-anything.html
How To Go Invisible Online by Kevin Mitnick
https://www.wired.com/2017/02/famed-hacker-kevin-mitnick-shows-go-invisible-online/?mbid=social_twitter
How to Hide from Machines
http://dismagazine.com/dystopia/evolved-lifestyles/8115/anti-surveillance-how-to-hide-from-machines/
How To Keep Your Web Browsing Private by Jennifer Golbeck, Ph.D.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/your-online-secrets/201703/how-keep-your-web-browsing-private
How To Make A Website GDPR Compliant by Daniel Tannenbaum
https://www.techradar.com/news/how-to-make-a-website-gdpr-compliant
How To Navigate the Internet Around PRISM
http://www.salon.com/2013/06/09/can_you_use_the_internet_without_prism_partner/
How To Opt Out of Everything From Credit Card Offers to Group Texts
http://www.vox.com/2015/3/25/8287793/how-to-opt-out
How To Opt Out of Unwanted Communications
http://www.bespacific.com/how-to-opt-out-of-unwanted-communications/
How To Pick a VPN To Keep Your Internet Browsing Secure and Private
https://qz.com/948506/how-to-pick-a-vpn-to-keep-your-internet-browsing-secure-and-private/
How To Stay Anonymous Online
https://www.csail.mit.edu/how_to_stay_anonymous_online
How To Stay (Mostly) Anonymous Online by Christopher Elliott
http://www.newsweek.com/how-stay-mostly-anonymous-online-557985
HTTPS-Only Standard
https://https.cio.gov/
Hulbee – Intelligent Answer Engine
https://hulbee.com/
Hushed – Your Private Phone App
http://hushed.com/
Hushmail Free Encrypted Web-mail, IM and Documents
https://www.hushmail.com/
I2P Anonymous Network
http://www.i2p2.de/
IBM Privacy Practices on the Internet
http://www.ibm.com/privacy/us/
Incapsula – CDN, DDoS protection, Load Balancing
http://www.incapsula.com/
Information Disorders 2018
http://www.InformationDisorders.com/
Information Privacy Law Textbook
http://docs.law.gwu.edu/facweb/dsolove/Information-Privacy-Law/
Information Valet Project
http://informationvalet.wordpress.com/
International Association of Privacy Professionals
https://www.privacyassociation.org/
International Privacy Law Library
http://www.worldlii.org/int/special/privacy/
Internet Hoaxes 2018
http://www.InternetHoaxes.info/
Internet Privacy and eMail Security
http://www.privacyresources.org/
Internet Privacy and Security Resources
http://www.internetprivacysecurity.net/
Internet Privacy: New Browser PlugIns Hide User Activity From ISPs By Creating Digital Noise
http://www.ibtimes.com/internet-privacy-new-browser-plugins-hide-user-activity-isps-creating-digital-noise-2533083
iPrivacyTools
http://www.iprivacytools.com/
IPsec – Internet Protocol Security
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPsec
IPVanish
http://www.IPVanish.com/
IRL Podcast
https://irlpodcast.org/
Iubenda – Privacy Policy Generator
https://www.iubenda.com/
IVPN – Protect Your Online Privacy From Anywhere
https://www.ivpn.net/
IXmaps – Map Your Internet
https://ixmaps.ca/
Ixquick Search Engine – Protects Your Privacy
https://www.ixquick.com/
iZSearch – More Privacy and Less Ads
http://izsearch.com/
JASYPT – JAva Simplified EncrYPTion
http://www.jasypt.org/
Jigsaw – Finding the Missing Pieces
https://jigsaw.google.com/vision/
JotOnce – Password Protected, Shareable Notes
http://jotonce.com/
JUMPTO – Trusted Name In Online Security and Identity Protection Solutions
http://www.jumpto.com/
Kaboom Share Messages and Photos That Disappear On Any Social Network
http://www.kaboomit.com/
KeePassX – Cross Platform Password Manager
https://www.keepassx.org/
Keeping Your Kids Safe Online by Meg Cannistra
https://www.allconnect.com/blog/keeping-kids-safe-online/
Kleopatra – Certificate Manager and Unified Crypto GUI
https://www.kde.org/applications/utilities/kleopatra/
LastPass …
https://lastpass.com/
Laverna – Note Taking Application With Privacy
https://laverna.cc/
Let’s Encrypt – Free, Automated and Open New Certificate Authority
https://letsencrypt.org/
Lockify – Securely Send Private Information To Anyone
https://aboutlockify.com/
LogDog – Don’t Get Hacked
https://getlogdog.com/
Lunar Messaging – Keeping You and Your Messages Safe
https://lunarmessaging.net/
MailDrop – Save Your Inbox From Spam
http://maildrop.cc/
Mailinator – Instant and Temporary Spam Free eMail Address
http://www.mailinator.com/
Mailvelope – OpenPGP Encryption for Webmail
https://www.mailvelope.com/
Mario’s Brief Report About Your Internet Access Connection
http://mprofaca.cro.net/report.html
Markle Foundation – Addressing Crticial Public Needs in the Information Age
http://www.markle.org/
Martus – The Global Social Justice Monitoring System
http://www.martus.org/
Me and My Shadow
https://myshadow.org/
Mega – The Privacy Company
https://mega.co.nz/
MIT Researchers Devise a Secure Anonymity Network That’s 10x Faster Than Tor
http://www.extremetech.com/internet/231817-mit-researchers-devise-a-secure-anonymity-network-thats-10x-faster-than-tor
MixMaster
http://mixmaster.sourceforge.net/
nCrypted Cloud – Enterprise Grade Security
https://www.encryptedcloud.com/
New Quantum-Entanglement Record Could Spur Hack-Proof Communications
https://www.livescience.com/59502-new-quantum-entanglement-record.html
Neil’s Security and Privacy Resources
http://www.jjtc.com/Security/
NordVPN
http://www.NordVPN.com/
NoteShred – Send Encrypted, Password Protected Notes That Automatically Shred After Reading
https://www.noteshred.com/
Novo Ordo – eMail Privacy
http://www.novo-ordo.com/
Obin – Client Side Encrypted PasteBin
https://0bin.net/
Off-the-Record (OTR)Messaging
http://www.cypherpunks.ca/otr/
One Startup’s Vision To Reinvent the Web for Better Privacy
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/603352/one-startups-vision-to-reinvent-the-web-for-better-privacy/
Omlet – Open Messaging Platform
http://www.omlet.me/
Onion Browser – An Open-Source Privacy Enhancing Web Browser for iOS
https://mike.tig.as/onionbrowser/
OnionShare – Securely and Anonymously Share Files of Any Size
https://onionshare.org/
Online Information Sellers: How to Opt Out
http://www.privacyrights.org/ar/infobrokers.htm
Online Privacy Guide for Journalists 2018
https://www.vpnmentor.com/blog/online-privacy-journalists/
Online Security 101: Tips for Protecting Your Privacy from Hackers and Spies by Zack Whittaker
http://www.zdnet.com/article/simple-security-step-by-step-guide/
Open Data Privacy
https://dash.harvard.edu/handle/1/30340010
OpenNet Initiative
https://opennet.net/
Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI)
https://ooni.torproject.org/
OpenPrivacy Initiative
http://www.openprivacy.org/
OpenPuff – Professional Steganography Tool
http://embeddedsw.net/OpenPuff_Steganography_Home.html
OpenScape – Secure Web Collaboration
http://www.unify.com/us/products-services/unified-communications/applications/web-collaboration/
Open Society Institute
http://www.osi.am/
Open Whisper Systems – Signal Private Messenger
https://whispersystems.org/
Orbot – Proxy with Tor
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.torproject.android&hl=en
Oscobo Search Engine for Privacy
https://www.oscobo.com/
Panopticlick – How Unique and Trackable Is Your Browser Test
http://panopticlick.eff.org/
PaperKarma™ – Kill Unwanted Mail, Not Trees
https://www.paperkarma.com/
ParanoidPaul – Track Changes to Privacy Policies, Terms, Conditions and User Agreements
http://www.paranoidpaul.com/
PassPack – Free Anonymous Online Password Manager
http://www.passpack.com/
Password Safe
https://pwsafe.org/
Patient Privacy Rights
http://www.patientprivacyrights.org/
PauBox – Encrypted eMail and File Sharing
https://www.paubox.com/
Peekier – Privacy Oriented Search Engine
https://peekier.com/
Peerio – Secure Messaging and File Sharing Made Easy
https://www.peerio.com/
Pew Research Center: Americans and Cybersecurity
http://www.pewinternet.org/2017/01/26/americans-and-cybersecurity
PhoneDynamo – Accept Calls Anonymously Without Revealing Your Phone Number
http://www.phonedynamo.com/
PirateBox – DIY Anonymous Offline File-Sharing and Communications System
http://piratebox.cc/
Pixel Privacy – Protect Your Online Privacy
https://pixelprivacy.com/
Places – Privacy for the Masses
http://www.joinplaces.com/
Platform for Privacy Preferences (P3P) Project
http://www.w3.org/P3P/
PlusPrivacy – Unified Dashborad for Privacy Protection
https://plusprivacy.com/
Ponemon Institute
http://www.ponemon.org/
Populr – Create and Share Secure, Trackable WebPages
https://populr.me/
PORTIA – Privacy, Obligations, and Rights in Technologies of Information Assessment
http://crypto.stanford.edu/portia/
Pretty Good Privacy (PGP)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pretty_Good_Privacy
PriBot – Chat with PriBot About Any Privacy Policy – AI Powered Privacy Policies
https://pribot.org/
Privacy and Security Portal Magazine
https://flipboard.com/@picartsan/privacy-and-security-portal-magazine-hj09sas2y
Privacy APIs for the Internet of Things
http://iotprivacyapis.quickmvp.com/
Privacy.li – Privacy Tool Website for Anonymity
http://www.privacy.li/
Privacy Badger – Blocks Spying Ads and Invisible Trackers
https://www.eff.org/privacybadger/
Privacy Eraser – Clean Your Tracks and Protect Your Privacy
http://www.cybertronsoft.com/products/privacy-eraser/
Privacy Forum
http://www.vortex.com/privacy/
Privacy Icons
https://disconnect.me/icons
Privacy Matters! 5 Apps That Keep Your Data Safe and Private by Mihir Patkar
https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/privacy-matters-5-apps-keep-data-safe-private/
Privacy Online: VPN Beginner’s Guide
https://thebestvpn.com/what-is-vpn-beginners-guide/
Privacy Policy Generator for Websites and Apps
http://www.iubenda.com/en
Privacy Resources
http://www.PrivacyResources.info/
Privacy Rights Clearinghouse
http://www.privacyrights.org/
Privacy Tools for Sharing Research Data
http://privacytools.seas.harvard.edu/
Privately – Swiss Privacy and Data Protection Solutions
http://www.privately.eu/
Private.me – Empowers Internet Users To Keep Their Personal Data Private
https://we.private.me/
Privatize
http://privatize.io/
Privnote – Send Notes That Will Self Destruct After Being Read
https://privnote.com/
Privoxy – Free Software Privacy Enhancement
http://www.privoxy.org/
Protect Your Online Business from Legal Liability – Privacy Policy
http://www.disclaimertemplate.com/
ProtonMail – Securing Privacy Rights for Everyone
https://protonmail.ch/
Proxify® – Anonymous Proxy Protects Your Online Privacy Without Installing Software
http://proxify.com/
Proxy 4 Free
https://www.proxy4free.com/
PureVPN
http://www.PureVPN.com/
Quad9 – Internet Security and Privacy In a Few Easy Steps
https://www.quad9.net/
Qubes OS – A Reasonably Secure Operating System
https://www.qubes-os.org/
Reconstructing Electronic Surveillance Law by Daniel J. Solove
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=445180
Reputation Defender
http://www.reputation.com/
Retroshare – Comunicate Secure with Friends
http://retroshare.sourceforge.net/
RFDump
http://www.rfdump.org/
Ricochet – Anonymous Instant Messaging for Real Privacy
https://ricochet.im/
Riffle – An Efficient Communication System With Strong Anonymity
https://people.csail.mit.edu/devadas/pubs/riffle.pdf
Riposte: An Anonymous Messaging System Handling Millions of Users
http://www.scs.stanford.edu/~dm/home/papers/corrigan-gibbs:riposte.pdf
SafeWeb
http://safeweb.norton.com/
Saydoc – Share, Track, and eSign Your Sales Documents
https://www.saydoc.com/
ScramPhoto – Safer Photo Sharing
https://scramphoto.com/
Secure Messaging Scorecard by the EFF Campaign for Secure and Usable Crypto
https://www.eff.org/secure-messaging-scorecard
Secure Virtual Data Room
http://www.sharefile.com/virtual-data-room/
Security In-A Box – Tools and Tactics for Digital Security
https://securityinabox.org/en
Seecrypt – Privacy Smartphone App for Secure Voice Calls and Text Messages
https://www.seecrypt.com/
Send Files Securely
https://www.sendfilessecurely.com/
ShareFileVDR – Secure Virtual Data Room
http://www.sharefile.com/virtual-data-room/
SharpMail – Anonymous eMail and SMS
http://sharpmail.co.uk/
Sher.ly – Private, Sharable P2P Cloud Designed For Sharing Sensitive Data
https://sher.ly/
Signal Private Messenger
https://signal.org
Silent Circle – Enterprise Solutions for Mobile Communications
https://www.silentcircle.com/
SimplySecure – Usably Secure Technologies
https://simplysecure.org/
SiteLock – The Global Leader in Website Security
https://www.sitelock.com/
SlyDial – Connects You Directly to Someone’s Mobile Voicemail
http://www.slydial.com/
Sneakemail – the Anonymizer Anti Spam Service and Spam Filter
http://sneakemail.com/
SoftPerfect WiFi Guard
http://www.softperfect.com/products/wifiguard/
Somebody Proxy Servers and Anonymizer
http://www.somebody.net/
Sookasa – Protect Files Across Cloud Services and Mobile Devices
https://www.sookasa.com/
Spectre and Meltdown: Cheat Sheet by Nick Heath
https://www.techrepublic.com/article/spectre-and-meltdown-cheat-sheet/
SpiderOak – 100% Private Online Backup, Sync and Sharing
https://spideroak.com/
Standard Notes – A Simple and Private Notes App
https://standardnotes.org/
StartMail – Take Back Your eMail Privacy
https://www.startmail.com/
SurfEasy – Online Privacy
https://www.surfeasy.com/
Swirlds – The Platform for Distributed Applications
http://www.swirlds.com/
Switzerland Network Testing Tool
https://www.eff.org/pages/switzerland-network-testing-tool
Tails – Amnesic Incognito Live System – Privacy for Anyone Anywhere
https://tails.boum.org/
Talk.net – Do Phone Numbers Say Enough About You
http://mtalk.net/
Teen Internet Safety: A Parents Guide by Elody Furni
https://www.top10vpn.com/guides/teen-internet-safety-a-parents-guide/
Teen Internet Safety Guide
http://www.usdish.com/teen-internet-safety
The Privacy Panic Cycle: A Guide to Public Fears About New Technologies
http://www2.itif.org/2015-privacy-panic.pdf
Telegram – SMS on Steroids
https://telegram.org/
Tenebril GhostSurf
http://www.tenebril.com/products.html
Terbium Labs – Matchlight Proactive Security In an Insecure World
https://terbiumlabs.com/
Terms of Service – Didn’t Read
https://tosdr.org/
TextPort – Free Online Texting
http://www.textport.com/
The 4 Best Phones for Privacy and Security by Dallas Thomas
http://time.com/4993095/smartphones-best-privacy/
The Anonymous Email Website
http://www.TheAnonymousEmail.com/
The Apps To Use If You Want To Keep Your Messages Private
https://www.recode.net/2017/4/15/15297316/apps-whatsapp-signal-imessage-hacking-hackers-messages-privacy
The Beginner’s Guide To Online Privacy by Iulian Gulea
https://medium.freecodecamp.org/the-beginners-guide-to-online-privacy-7149b33c4a3e
The Best VPN Services
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/best-vpn-services/
The Coming EU Privacy Regulation Will End Up Remaking the World’s Web
https://boingboing.net/2018/02/03/race-to-the-top.html
The Daily Swig – Web Security Digest
https://portswigger.net/daily-swig/
The Definitive Guide to Internet Privacy and Online Security
https://www.premierchoiceinternet.com/online-privacy/
The Digital Journalist’s Legal Guide
http://www.rcfp.org/browse-media-law-resources/digital-journalists-legal-guide
The Freenet Project
https://freenetproject.org/
The Good To Know Campaign from Google
http://www.google.co.uk/goodtoknow/
The Invisible Internet Project (I2P)
https://geti2p.net/en/
The National Security Archive
http://www2.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/index.html
The Origins and Growth of Information Privacy Law by Daniel J. Solove
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=445181
The Privacy Enthusiast’s Guide to Using an iPhone
http://lifehacker.com/the-privacy-enthusiasts-guide-to-using-an-iphone-1792386831
The Privacy Page
http://www.privacy.org/
The Privacy Place – An Academic Privacy Research Center
http://theprivacyplace.org/
These Are the Best VPNs We Found for iOS by Mark Kaufman
https://mashable.com/2018/02/19/best-vpns-for-ios-devices-iphone-ipad/
The State of Online Privacy 2018
https://watchdogreviews.com/state-online-privacy-2018/
The Surveillance Self-Defense Project
https://ssd.eff.org/
The Surveillance-Industrial Complex – ACLU Report
http://www.aclu.org/national-security/combatting-surveillance-industrial-complex
The Ultimate Guide To Online Privacy
http://fried.com/privacy/
The Ultimate Privacy Guide
https://www.bestvpn.com/the-ultimate-privacy-guide/
The World Wide Web & Internet Privacy
http://www.whoishostingthis.com/resources/world-wide-web-privacy/
ThreatPost – Independent News Site for IT and Business Security
https://threatpost.com/
Threema – Seriously Secure Mobile Messaging
https://threema.ch/
ThrowAwayMail.com
http://www.throwawaymail.com
TigerText – Securely Text Your Cp-Workers
http://www.tigertext.com/
TinyCert – Simple, Free, PKI-as-a-Service
https://www.tinycert.org/
TOR2Web – Onion.to Tor Hidden Services Gateway
https://www.onion.to/
TOR: An Anonymous Internet Communication System
https://www.torproject.org/
Tor Browser Bundle
https://www.torproject.org/projects/torbrowser.html.en
TorChat – Peer to Peer Anonymous Instant Messenger
https://github.com/prof7bit/TorChat/wiki
TOR For Newbies – When Should You Use It?
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/tor-for-newbies/
Tor Project
https://www.torproject.org/
Tor Stack Exchange
http://tor.stackexchange.com/
TrackDuck – Visual Feedback for Web Design and Development
https://trackduck.com/
TrackMeNot
http://cs.nyu.edu/trackmenot/
Transactions on Data Privacy (TDP)
http://www.tdp.cat/
Tresorit – End-to-End Encrypted File Sync and Sharing
https://tresorit.com/
TrueCrypt – Free Open-Source On-The-Fly Disk Encryption
http://www.truecrypt.org/
TrueVault – HIPAA Compliant File Storage
http://www.TrueVault.com/
TunnelBear – Simple, Private, Free Access to the Global Internet
https://www.tunnelbear.com/
Two Factor Auth (2FA)
http://twofactorauth.org/
uMark – Photo Watermark Software for Windows and Mac
http://www.uconomix.com/Products/uMark/
Unseen – Secure Your Privacy
https://unseen.is/
uProxy – Share Your Pathway To the Internet
http://uproxy.org/
Vanish – Enhancing the Privacy of the Web with Self-Destructing Digital
http://vanish.cs.washington.edu/
VeraCrypt – Free Disk Encryption Software
https://veracrypt.codeplex.com/
Viber Secure Messaging
http://www.Viber.com/
Virtru – Secure Your Emails and Attachments, Choose Who Can View Them, And Revoke Access At Any Time
https://www.virtru.com/
VPN Beginner’s Guide
https://thebestvpn.com/what-is-vpn-beginners-guide/
Vuvuzela.io – Private Chat System That Protects Metadata
https://vuvuzela.io/
VyprVPN – The World’s Fastest VPN
http://www.goldenfrog.com/vyprvpn
Walnote – Secure Notes Online
http://www.walnote.com/
Wanna Protecy Your Online Privacy? Open A Tab and Make Some Noise by Emily Dreyfuss
https://www.wired.com/2017/03/wanna-protect-online-privacy-open-tab-make-noise/
Web Privacy Check
http://ipinfo.info/html/privacy-check.php
We Should All Have Something To Hide
http://www.thoughtcrime.org/blog/we-should-all-have-something-to-hide/
What Is a VPN and Do You Need One
https://www.vpnmentor.com/blog/what-is-a-vpn-and-do-you-need-one/
What Is a VPN – Beginner’s Guide to Virtual Private Networks
https://www.vpnsrus.com/what-is-a-vpn/
What Is Encryption by Aditi Chaudhry
https://medium.com/@aditi.chaudhry92/what-is-encryption-954b5083532d
WhiteOut.io – Email Encryption For the Rest Of Us
https://whiteout.io/
Wickr – Protecting Your Privacy Always
https://www.wickr.com/
WikiPedia – Privacy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Privacy
WikiPedia – SMS
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMS
WikiPedia – Text Messaging
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Text_messaging
Will a VPN Protect Me? Defining Your Threat Model by Mirimir
https://www.ivpn.net/privacy-guides/will-a-vpn-protect-me
Windscribe – Internet Privacy and Security As It Should Be
https://windscribe.com/
WinMagic Data Security SecureDoc – Making It Easy To Secure Data
http://www.winmagic.com/
WiredSafety
http://www.wiredsafety.org/
World Privacy Forum
http://www.worldprivacyforum.org/
Worldwide Survey of Encryption Products by Bruce Schneier, Kathleen Seidel and Saranya Vijayakumar
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2731160
Write.as – Easily Share Text Online
https://write.as/
YaCy – Distributed P2P Based Web Indexing and Anonmymous Search Engine
http://www.yacy.net/
Yandex Browser – Secure and Anonymous Browser
https://browser.yandex.com/
You Are Being Watched Online
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/youre-watched-online/
You Need To Encrypt All Your Data …. This Is How It’s Done by Ben Dickson
https://thenextweb.com/contributors/2017/07/03/encrypt-data-email-files-hard-drive/#.tnw_jYN29E7R
Your Cybersecurity Self-Defense Cheat Sheet
http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2017/02/your_cybersecurity_self_defense_cheat_sheet.html
Your First Privacy Tools by Kirsten Morel
https://medium.com/@kfmorel/your-first-privacy-tools-bec2f79fc8b6
Zimperium – Mobile Security
https://www.zimperium.com/
ZipLip
http://www.ziplip.com/
Zfone – Secure Voice Over IP
http://zfone.com/
Zoho eMail Service
http://www.zoho.com/