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Circumvent censorship.\n- [Zen Browser](https://zen-browser.app/) - Firefox fork that is beautifully designed, privacy-focused, and packed with features.\n- [Librewolf](https://librewolf.net/) - Privacy focused Firefox fork.\n- [Brave](https://brave.com/download/) - Privacy focused chromium browser.\n\n## Browser Hardening\n\n\u003e  ⚠️ This is more advanced, it would break some sites, so I don't recommend hardening anymore. Just use the [recommended browser extensions](#browser-extensions)\n\n- [Arkenfox user.js](https://github.com/arkenfox/user.js) - Firefox privacy, security and anti-fingerprinting: a comprehensive user.js template for configuration and hardening.\n- [BetterFox](https://github.com/yokoffing/BetterFox) - user.js file to harden Firefox and optimize privacy, security, and speed.\n\n## Password Manager\n\n- [Bitwarden 🌟](https://bitwarden.com/) - A secure and free password manager for all of your devices.\n- [KeypassXC](https://keepassxc.org/) - Free, open source, light-weight, and easy-to-use password manager.\n\n## Browser Extensions\n\n\u003e ℹ️ The lesser number of extensions you have the better it is for privacy and security. It is easier to fingerprint users with many extensions.\n\n- [Bitwarden 🌟](https://bitwarden.com) - A secure and free password manager for all of your devices.\n- [Ublock Origin 🌟](https://ublockorigin.com/) - Free, open-source ad content blocker. **It will not work in manifest v3, use [Ublock Origin Lite](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ublock-origin-lite/ddkjiahejlhfcafbddmgiahcphecmpfh) instead.**\n- [Dark Reader](https://darkreader.org/) - Dark Mode in all sites.\n\n## Search Engines\n\n- [SearXNG 🌟](https://searx.space/) - A Privacy-respecting metasearch engine.\n- [Duckduckgo](https://duckduckgo.com/) - Due to recent controversies regarding Russian Censorship, I no longer use ddg however it is still a better choice than Google or Bing.\n\n## Email\n\n- [Protonmail 🌟](https://protonmail.com/) - Secure Email based in Switzerland.\n- [Tutanota](https://tutanota.com/) - Encrypted email \u0026 calendar service - easy to use, secure by design.\n\n## Torrenting client\n\n- [qBittorrent 🌟](https://www.qbittorrent.org/) - An open-source software alternative to µTorrent.\n- [Transmission](https://transmissionbt.com/) - Simple and lightweight open-source torrent client.\n\n## Useful Sites\n\n- [lingva-translate](https://lingva.ml/) - a Free and Open Source Alternative front-end for Google Translate.\n- [VirusTotal.com](https://www.virustotal.com/) - Analyze suspicious files and URLs to detect types of malware, automatically share them with the security community.\n- [kutt.it](https://kutt.it/) - An open source modern URL shortener.\n\n# Operating Systems\n\n## PC\n\n### Windows\n\n\u003e ⚠️ Avoid using Windows for privacy and security, it has been proven time and time again that Microsoft does not care about it's users. Use [Linux](#linux) instead. If you have no choice, then use the LTSC version.\n\n- [Windows LTSC 🌟](https://massgrave.dev/windows_ltsc_links) - The best version of Windows. Use Microsoft Activation Scripts to activate.\n- [Chris Titus Tech WinUtil 🌟](https://github.com/ChrisTitusTech/winutil) - Chris Titus Windows utility, use it to debloat and tweak Windows. It's almost always a good idea to run it during each update/install of Windows.\n- [Simplewall 🌟](https://github.com/henrypp/simplewall) - Simple to use Open-Source Firewall for Windows.\n- [Microsoft Activation Scripts](https://massgrave.dev) - A Windows and Office activator using HWID / Ohook / KMS38 / Online KMS activation methods, with a focus on open-source code and fewer antivirus detections.\n\n### Linux\n\n- [Arch linux](https://archlinux.org/) - A lightweight and flexible Linux distribution that tries to keep it simple.\n- [Debian 🌟](https://www.debian.org/) - A free and open source distribution that is the base for other major distros like Ubuntu, MX Linux, Linux Mint, etc. It is the second oldest actively maintained GNU/Linux distribution.\n- [Linux Mint 🌟](https://linuxmint.com/) - Linux Mint is a community-driven Linux distribution based on Ubuntu, bundled with a variety of free and open-source applications.\n- [Tails](https://tails.boum.org/) (**Live operating system for using the Tor/Onion network**) - Tails is a portable operating system that protects against surveillance and censorship.\n- [Qubes OS](https://www.qubes-os.org/) - A reasonably secure operating system.\n\n## Mobile\n\n### Refer [Custom Rom](#custom-rom)\n\n# Piracy\n\n\u003e ⚠️ I do not condone piracy. These links are only for educational purposes.\n\n## Software\n\n- [r/Piracy Megathread 🌟](https://old.reddit.com/r/Piracy/wiki/megathread) - A very carefully curated list of sites for anything Piracy related. Probably the only site you will need to bookmark.\n\n- [SpotX](https://github.com/SpotX-Official/SpotX) - Patched version of Spotify to give an ad-free experience.\n\n## Entertainment\n\n- [FMHY 🌟](https://fmhy.net/) - A collection of media piracy sites, tools and guides.\n\n### Anime\n- [The Index 🌟](https://theindex.moe/) - A curated list of websites for Japanese media like Anime and other weeb stuff.\n\n# Mobile\n\n## Custom Rom\n\n- [Graphene OS 🌟](https://grapheneos.org/) - An open source privacy and security focused mobile OS.\n- [Calyx OS](https://calyxos.org/) - An open source Android mobile operating system that puts privacy and security into the hands of everyday users.\n- [Lineage OS](https://lineageos.org/) - A free and open-source operating system for various devices, based on the Android mobile platform\n\n## Video/Music Streaming\n\n- [Newpipe 🌟](https://newpipe.net/) - Open Source YouTube client.\n- [xManager](https://github.com/xManager-v2/xManager-Spotify) - Modded Spotify Client.\n\n## App Stores\n\n- [Fdroid 🌟](https://f-droid.org/) - Find open source apps.\n- [Aurora Store](https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.aurora.store/) - Alternative to Google Play Store.\n- [Obtainium](https://github.com/ImranR98/Obtainium) - Get Android App Updates Directly From the Source.\n\n## Two Factor Authenticator\n\n- [Aegis](https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.beemdevelopment.aegis/) - a free, secure and open source app to manage your 2-step verification tokens for your online services.\n- [Ente Auth 🌟](https://ente.io/auth/) - End to end, open source and cross-platform 2FA authenticator.\n\n## Anime/Manga\n\n- [Mihon](https://github.com/mihonapp/mihon/) - Free and open source manga reader for Android.\n\n## Social Media\n\n- [Signal 🌟](https://www.signal.org/) - An open source secure messenger, alternative to whatsapp.\n\n## Password Manager\n\n- [Bitwarden 🌟](https://bitwarden.com/) - A secure and free password manager for all of your devices.\n- [KeePassDX](https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.kunzisoft.keepass.libre/) - Secure and open source password manager compatible with KeePass files.\n\nTo install apps from The Gaurdian Project (Tor browser and Orbot) you need to add their [Fdroid repo](https://guardianproject.info/fdroid/)\n\n## Web Browsers\n\n- [Mull Browser 🌟](https://f-droid.org/en/packages/us.spotco.fennec_dos/) - A privacy oriented and deblobbed web browser based on Mozilla firefox.\n- [Tor Browser](https://www.torproject.org/download/) - Defend yourself against tracking and surveillance. Circumvent censorship.\n- [Bromite](https://www.bromite.org/) - Bromite is a Chromium fork with ad blocking and enhanced privacy.\n\n## VPN and Proxy\n\n\u003e ℹ️ I would recommend self-hosting your own VPN on a VPS or a home server to avoid trusting a third-party VPN provider.\n\n- [Wireguard 🌟](https://www.wireguard.com/) - Extremely simple yet fast and modern VPN. Easy to self host, also check out [PiVPN](https://www.pivpn.io/) for an installation script.\n\n- [Tailscale 🌟](https://tailscale.com/) - Zero config VPN, I use this to remotely access my home server despite being under a [ISP CGNAT](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrier-grade_NAT).\n\n- [Mullvad](https://mullvad.net/en/) - Probably the only third-party VPN provider I would recommend.\n\n## Email\n\n- [Protonmail 🌟](https://protonmail.com/) - Secure Email based in Switzerland.\n- [Tutanota](https://f-droid.org/en/packages/de.tutao.tutanota/) - Encrypted email \u0026 calendar service - easy to use, secure by design.\n- [K9 mail](https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.fsck.k9/) - Open source email client.\n\n## Other Apps\n\nAdd the [ IzzyOnDroid F-Droid Repository](https://apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid/)\n\n- [TrackerControl](https://f-droid.org/en/packages/net.kollnig.missioncontrol.fdroid/) - TrackerControl allows to monitor and control hidden data collection in apps.\n- [Openboard 🌟](https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.dslul.openboard.inputmethod.latin/) - A 100% foss keyboard based on AOSP, with no dependency on Google binaries, that respects your privacy.\n- [OsmAnd~](https://f-droid.org/en/packages/net.osmand.plus/) - A map and navigation application with access to the free, worldwide, and high-quality OpenStreetMap data.\n- [Simple Mobile Tools 🌟](https://www.simplemobiletools.com/) - A group of simple, open source Android apps without ads and unnecessary permissions, with customizable widgets.\n","project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fsajayprakash%2Fmegathread","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2Fsajayprakash%2Fmegathread","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fsajayprakash%2Fmegathread/lists"}