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# Awesome Privacy



[![Awesome](https://cdn.rawgit.com/sindresorhus/awesome/d7305f38d29fed78fa85652e3a63e154dd8e8829/media/badge.svg)](https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome)



> Limiting personal data leaks on the internet



- [Awesome Privacy](#awesome-privacy)

  - [Windows 10 Privacy](#windows-10-privacy)

  - [Antivirus](#antivirus)

  - [Anonymous web browsing](#anonymous-web-browsing)

    - [Domain registration](#domain-registration)

    - [VPN](#vpn)

    - [Shadowsocks](#shadowsocks)

    - [VPN Guides and Tutorials](#vpn-guides-and-tutorials)

    - [Self-hosted VPNs](#self-hosted-vpns)

    - [Mix networks (Tor, etc.)](#mix-networks-tor-etc)

    - [Http proxies](#http-proxies)

    - [Browser testing](#browser-testing)

  - [Search engines](#search-engines)

  - [Web browsers](#web-browsers)

    - [Extensions & plugins for web browsers](#extensions--plugins-for-web-browsers)

    - [Userscripts](#userscripts)

  - [Host file optimizations](#host-file-optimizations)

  - [Linux distros](#linux-distros)

  - [Communication](#communication)

    - [Chat](#chat)

    - [Image](#image)

    - [Video](#video)

    - [Email](#email)

    - [Password managment](#password-managment)

    - [Burner electronics](#burner-electronics)

    - [Payment](#payment)

  - [File hosting](#file-hosting)

    - [Backup](#backup)

  - [System utilities](#system-utilities)

    - [Command line tools](#command-line-tools)

  - [Blogs](#blogs)

  - [Miscellaneous](#miscellaneous)

  - [Contribute](#contribute)

  - [License](#license)



## Windows 10 Privacy



- [O&O ShutUp10](https://www.oo-software.com/en/shutup10) - O&O ShutUp10 means you have full control over which comfort functions under Windows 10 you wish to use, and you decide when the passing on of your data goes too far.

- [Windows 10 Privacy Guide](https://github.com/adolfintel/Windows10-Privacy) -  An in-depth guide on purging Windows 10 of Microsoft's attempts to track you.

- [Windows Privacy Tweaker](https://www.phrozen.io/freeware/windows-privacy-tweaker/) - Freeware app from phrozen.io.

- [Winaero](https://winaero.com/blog/about-us/) - Free, small and useful software for Windows.

- [WPD](https://wpd.app/) - The real privacy dashboard for Windows.

- [Destroy-Windows-10-Spying](http://m.majorgeeks.com/files/details/destroy_windows_10_spying.html) - Destroy Windows Spying tool.

- [Tron](https://www.reddit.com/r/TronScript) - Tron, an automated PC cleanup script.

- [Tallow](https://github.com/basil00/TorWall) - Tallow is a transparent Tor firewall and proxying solution for Windows.

  

## Antivirus

- [MalwareBytes](https://www.malwarebytes.com/) - "Crushes malware so you are protected and your machine keeps running smoothly."

- [HitmanPro](https://www.hitmanpro.com) - Antivirus product from Sophos.

- [VirusTotal](https://www.virustotal.com/) - Web service for scanning files and URLs for viruses.

- [How to remove viruses and malware on your Windows PC](https://www.howtogeek.com/126911/what-to-do-if-you-get-a-virus-on-your-computer/) - Helpful HowToGeek article on cleaning out the pipes.



## Anonymous web browsing



Hide your IP address



### Domain registration



- [njal.la](https://njal.la/) - Anonymous domain registration by the founder of thepiratebay.



### VPN Guides and Tutorials



- [That One Privacy Site](https://thatoneprivacysite.net/) - VPN section of That One Privacy Site with VPN comparisons.

- [Choosing the best VPN (for you)](https://www.reddit.com/r/VPN/comments/4iho8e/that_one_privacy_guys_guide_to_choosing_the_best/?st=iu9u47u7&sh=459a76f2) That One Privacy Guy's - Guide to Choosing the Best VPN (for you).

- [/r/VPN wiki](https://www.reddit.com/r/VPN/wiki/index) - Helpful FAQ-type resource composed by the folks at /r/VPN.

- [Choosing the VPN that's right for you](https://ssd.eff.org/en/module/choosing-vpn-thats-right-you) - Helpful guide from the EFF.

- [Which VPN services keep you anonymous in 2018?](https://torrentfreak.com/vpn-services-keep-anonymous-2018/) - TorrentFreak Article by Ernesto.

- [privacytools.io](https://www.privacytools.io/) "Encryption against global mass surveillance". Plenty of information to help protect your privacy online.

- [VPN over SSH](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/VPN_over_SSH) - ArchWiki page describing how to achieve a poor man's VPN with SSH tunneling.

- [/r/VPNTorrents](https://www.reddit.com/r/VPNTorrents) - This is for the discussion of torrenting (and similar P2P protocols) using VPN type technology.

- [VPN comparison](https://thatoneprivacysite.net/simple-vpn-comparison-chart/) - Comprehensive tool for comparing VPN services.



### Self-hosted VPNs



- [Docker AWS VPN](https://gist.github.com/glennschler/63e3c3f93038cddb5204) - Guide for self-hosting VPN on AWS with Docker.

- [DigitalOcean self hosted VPN](https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-set-up-an-openvpn-server-on-ubuntu-16-04) - Guide for self-hosted VPN on Digital Ocean.

- [Firezone](https://www.firezone.dev/) - Self-hosted VPN server using WireGuard. Supports MFA, SSO, and has easy deployment options.

- [n2n](https://github.com/ntop/n2n) - Peer-to-peer VPN.

- [OpenVPN](https://openvpn.net/) - OpenVPN provides flexible VPN solutions to secure your data communications, whether it's for Internet privacy, remote access for employees, securing IoT, or for networking Cloud data centers.

- [WireGuard VPN](https://www.wireguard.com/) - WireGuard is an extremely simple yet fast and modern VPN that utilizes state-of-the-art cryptography. It aims to be faster, simpler, leaner, and more useful than IPSec.



### Shadowsocks



- [Shadowsocks](https://shadowsocks.org/en/index.html) - Encrypted proxy project, used in mainland China to circumvent Internet censorship

- Various plugins:

  - [GoQuiet](https://github.com/cbeuw/GoQuiet) - Obfuscates traffic as normal HTTPS traffic through domain fronting

  - [Cloak](https://github.com/cbeuw/Cloak) - Universal pluggable transport for Shadowsocks

  - [v2ray-plugin](https://github.com/shadowsocks/v2ray-plugin) - A plugin that is based v2ray



### Mix networks (Tor, etc.)



- [Tor project](https://www.torproject.org) - Government grade anonymous web browsing.

- [How to setup Tor relay](https://www.torproject.org/docs/tor-doc-relay.html.en) - Guide for setting up a Tor relay.

- [Panoramix](https://panoramix-project.eu/) - Provide privacy via mix-networks (Tor alternative).``

- [The Invisible Internet Project (I2P)](https://geti2p.net/en/) - Anonymous overlay network (Tor alternative).



### Http proxies



[Don't use http proxies](https://www.defcon.org/images/defcon-17/dc-17-presentations/defcon-17-edward_zaborowski-doppelganger.pdf)



### Browser testing



- [What is my IP address](http://whatismyipaddress.com/) - Check what IP is exposed to the internet.

- [EFF browser privacy test](https://panopticlick.eff.org/tracker) - Test privacy settings of your web browser.

- [Privacy checkup](https://ipinfo.info/html/privacy-check.php) - Test privacy / trackability of your web browser.

- [Privacy test by Tenta](https://tenta.com/test/) - Test privacy settings on browser.



## Search engines



- [DuckDuckGo](https://duckduckgo.com) - Search engine that doesn't track you.

- [Startpage](https://www.startpage.com/) - The world's most private search engine.

- [Ahmia](https://ahmia.fi) - Tor search engine.

- [Have I been pwned?](https://haveibeenpwned.com) - See if your email address or password has been found in a database hack.



## Web browsers



- [Tor browser](https://www.torproject.org/projects/torbrowser.html.en) - Encrypted and anonymous web browsing.

- [Epic browser](https://www.epicbrowser.com) - Privacy focused web browser.

- [Net runner](https://netrunner.cc) - To cater to powerusers and meet the demands of 4chan's /g.

- [Cliqz](https://cliqz.com) - Ad blocking and private search mobile web browser.

- [Firefox](https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/) - Privacy-first web browser with lots of addons to further increase privacy.



### Extensions & plugins for web browsers



- [User agent changer](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/user-agent-switcher-for-c/djflhoibgkdhkhhcedjiklpkjnoahfmg?hl=en-US) - Change user agent to prevent browser finger printing.

- [Privacy badger - EFF](https://www.eff.org/privacybadger) - Block ads and other tracking services.

- [HTTPS everywhere - EFF](https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere) - Prefers encrypted sessions.

- [Click&Clean](https://www.hotcleaner.com/clickclean_chrome.html) - Private data cleaner for Chrome and Firefox.

- [Firefox Focus browser](https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/focus/) - Automatic ad blocking and tracking protection on iOS and Android.

- [DNS service](https://1.1.1.1/) - Privacy-first consumer DNS service by Cloudflare.

- [CanvasBlocker (FF)](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/canvasblocker/) - Prevents fingerprinting in Firefox.

- [Cookie AutoDelete](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/cookie-autodelete/) - Deletes unnused cookies on tab close.

- [Decentraleyes](https://decentraleyes.org/) - Protects against tracking with a local CDN (Content Delivery Network) emulation.

- [uBlock Origin](https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock) - An efficient and essential blocker for Chromium and Firefox. Fast, lean, and powerful.

- [TamperMonkey](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/tampermonkey/dhdgffkkebhmkfjojejmpbldmpobfkfo?hl=en) - The world's most popular userscript manager.

- [WebRTC Network Limiter](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/webrtc-network-limiter/npeicpdbkakmehahjeeohfdhnlpdklia?hl=en) - Configures how WebRTC's network traffic is routed by changing Chrome's privacy settings.

- [ScriptSafe](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/scriptsafe/oiigbmnaadbkfbmpbfijlflahbdbdgdf?hl=en) - A browser extension that gives users control of the web and more secure browsing while emphasizing simplicity and intuitiveness.

- [NoScript](https://noscript.net/getit) - Allow active content to run only from sites you trust, and protect yourself against XSS and clickjacking attacks. 

- [Violentmonkey](https://violentmonkey.github.io/) - An open-source userscript manager.

- [Firefox Profilemaker](https://ffprofile.com/) - Creates privacy focused Firefox profiles that you can easily configure to match your needs and preferences.



### Userscripts



- [AntiAdware](https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/4294-antiadware) - Remove forced download accelerators, managers, and adware on supported websites.

- [AdGuard Popup Blocker](https://github.com/AdguardTeam/PopupBlocker) - Popup Blocker by AdGuard is a userscript that blocks all unwanted pop-up windows in different browsers.



## Host file optimizations



- [How to make the internet not suck (as much)](http://someonewhocares.org/hosts/) - Block domains at host file level for faster more private web browsing.

- [Hosts (GitHub project)](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts) - List of malicious domains to block in host file.



## Linux distros



- [Tails OS](https://tails.boum.org/) - Live operating system that you can start on almost any computer. It aims at preserving your privacy and anonymity.

- [Qubes OS](https://www.qubes-os.org/) - Reasonably secure operating system.

- [ipredia](http://www.ipredia.org/) - Linux distro with all network traffic is automatically and transparently encrypted and anonymized.

- [Whonix](https://www.whonix.org/) - High security method of surfing the internet.

- [Discreete Linux](https://www.privacy-cd.org/) - Privacy focused flavor of Ubuntu.



## Communication



### Chat



- [Cherry](https://github.com/rafael-santiago/cherry) - A self-hosted webchat server that supports HTTPS.

- [Signal](https://whispersystems.org/) - Free peer reviewed scalable encryption chat.

- [Wire](https://wire.com) - End-to-end chats, calls, and documents.

- [Ricochet](https://ricochet.im/) - End-to-end serverless Tor chat



### Image



  - [ExifCleaner](https://exifcleaner.com/) - Open source app to remove exif metadata from images.



### Video



- [jitsi](https://jitsi.org/) - Secure open source video conferencing.



### Email



- [Nbox](https://nbox.notif.me/) - Hide your email for signups.

- [Improvmx](http://improvmx.com/) - Forward email from your own domain name (allows for uniq emails for each website you register).

- [Yopmail](http://www.yopmail.com/en/email-generator.php) - Temporary email.

- [Mailinator](https://www.mailinator.com/) - Temporary email.

- [Throw Away Mail](http://www.throwawaymail.com/) - Temporary email.

- [AnonAddy](https://anonaddy.com) - Open-source anonymous email forwarding (with optional PGP encryption)

- [ProtonMail](https://protonmail.com/) - Secure email based in Switzerland.

- [Mailfence](https://mailfence.com) - Based in Belgium – 500 MB free; 20 GB Pro

- [Tutanota](https://tutanota.com) - Based in Germany – 1 GB free; 10 GB Pro

- [Mailbox.org](https://mailbox.org) - Based in Germany – 2 GB storage

- [Mail-in-a-box](https://mailinabox.email/) - Host your own email on your own server

- [Forward Email](https://forwardemail.net) (@forwardemail) - the only 100% open-source, encrypted, and privacy-focused email service.



### Password managment



- [LastPass](https://www.lastpass.com/) - Password management.

- [1Password](https://1password.com/) - Password management.

- [Keepass](http://keepass.info/) - Open source password management.

- [Passbolt](https://www.passbolt.com/) - Open source password management.

- [PasswordStore](https://www.passwordstore.org/) - Open source password management using `gpg` to encrypt passwords.

- [BitWarden](https://bitwarden.com) - Open source password management with Cloud syncing.

- [LessPass](https://lesspass.com/) - No sync password management

- [Pass](https://www.passwordstore.org/) Simple GPG/Git password manager. Follows the Unix philosophy.



### Burner electronics



- [Craigslist](https://craigslist.com) - Meet people in real life to purchase physical electronics.

- [Freecycle](https://www.freecycle.org/) - Free electronics for sale.



### Payment



- [Localbitcoins](https://localbitcoins.com/) - Anonymously purchase bitcoins with cash.

- [Bitcoin Core](https://bitcoin.org/en/download) - Sending and receiving online bitcoin payments.

- [Bit Launderer](https://bitlaunder.com/) - Launder bitcoins.

- [BTC Prepaid Credit Card](https://bitpay.com/card/) - Bitpay offers pre-paid credit cards with BTC.

- [List of cryptocurrencies (wikipedia)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cryptocurrencies)

- [Over the counter btc](https://bitcoin-otc.com/) - Marketplace for people to conduct over-the-counter trading in bitcoin currency.

- [CoinJoin](https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/CoinJoin) - Bitcoin transaction compression which aims to improve privacy.



## File hosting



### Backup



- [Synqion (Formerly TeamDrive)](https://synqion.com) - Cloud back up certified by the Independent Regional Centre for Data Protection of Schleswig-Holstein.

- [Tresorit](https://tresorit.com) - Cloud back up protected by Swiss data protection laws (but hosted on Microsoft Azure) with client side encryption.

- [SpiderOak](https://spideroak.com) - Cloud back up with client side decryption only.

- [NextCloud](https://nextcloud.com) - Open source, self-hosted file share and communication platform based in Germany.

- [Least Authority S4](https://leastauthority.com/) - think AWS S3 but with client-side encrypted.



## System utilities



### Command line tools



- [lethe](https://github.com/rafael-santiago/lethe) - A cross-platform data wiping tool that implements data destruction suggestions given by Bruce Schneier in his book ``Applied Cryptography``.



## Blogs



- [Do you need a vpn? (mozilla)](https://blog.mozilla.org/internetcitizen/2017/08/29/do-you-need-a-vpn/) - Guide to choosing a VPN provider.

- [Firefox privacy guide](http://12bytes.org/tech/firefox/firefoxgecko-configuration-guide-for-privacy-and-performance-buffs) - Firefox Configuration Guide for Privacy Freaks and Performance Buffs.

- [A Better Online Experience](https://web.archive.org/web/20180807021324/https://gacallea.github.io/posts/a-better-online-experience/) (archive.org link, original content down) - macOS & iOS privacy configurations for email, browsing, and more.

- [Google alternatives](https://restoreprivacy.com/google-alternatives/) - Privacy-focused alternaties to Google services.

- [The Hitchhiker's Guide to Online Anonymity](https://anonymousplanet.org/index.html) - Guidance to creating (truly) anonymous identities.



## Miscellaneous



- [Pi-hole](https://pi-hole.net/) - Pi-hole is a Linux network-level advertisement and internet tracker blocking application which acts as a DNS sinkhole.

- [Prism Break](https://prism-break.org/en/) - Opt out of global data surveillance programs like PRISM, XKeyscore, and Tempora.

- [/r/privacy](https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/) - The intersection of technology, privacy, and freedom in a digital world.

- [Any Soft Keyboard](https://github.com/AnySoftKeyboard/AnySoftKeyboard) - A privacy-focused keyboard.

- [PrivacyTools](https://www.privacytools.io/) - Services, tools, and knowledge to protect your privacy against global mass surveillance

- [switching.software](https://switching.software/) - Ethical, easy-to-use and privacy-conscious alternatives to well-known software.



## Contribute



Contributions welcome! Read the [contribution guidelines](contributing.md) first.



## License



[![License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0](https://licensebuttons.net/l/by-nc-sa/4.0/80x15.png)](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)