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# Table of Contents



- [Table of Contents](#table-of-contents)

- [Internet](#internet)

  - [Web Browsers](#web-browsers)

  - [Browser Hardening](#browser-hardening)

  - [Password Manager](#password-manager)

  - [Browser Extensions](#browser-extensions)

  - [Search Engines](#search-engines)

  - [Email](#email)

  - [Torrenting client](#torrenting-client)

  - [Useful Sites](#useful-sites)

- [Operating Systems](#operating-systems)

  - [PC](#pc)

    - [Windows](#windows)

    - [Linux](#linux)

  - [Mobile](#mobile)

    - [Refer Custom Rom](#refer-custom-rom)

- [Piracy](#piracy)

  - [Software](#software)

  - [Entertainment](#entertainment)

- [Mobile](#mobile-1)

  - [Custom Rom](#custom-rom)

  - [Video/Music Streaming](#videomusic-streaming)

  - [App Stores](#app-stores)

  - [Two Factor Authenticator](#two-factor-authenticator)

  - [Anime/Manga](#animemanga)

  - [Social Media](#social-media)

  - [Password Manager](#password-manager-1)

  - [Web Browsers](#web-browsers-1)

  - [VPN and Proxy](#vpn-and-proxy)

  - [Email](#email-1)

  - [Other Apps](#other-apps)



# Internet



## Web Browsers



- [Firefox 🌟](https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/) - A fast, lightweight, privacy-focused browser that works across all your devices.

- [Tor Browser 🌟](https://www.torproject.org/) - Defend yourself against tracking and surveillance. Circumvent censorship.

- [Zen Browser](https://zen-browser.app/) - Firefox fork that is beautifully designed, privacy-focused, and packed with features.

- [Librewolf](https://librewolf.net/) - Privacy focused Firefox fork.

- [Brave](https://brave.com/download/) - Privacy focused chromium browser.



## Browser Hardening



>  ⚠️ This is more advanced, it would break some sites, so I don't recommend hardening anymore. Just use the [recommended browser extensions](#browser-extensions)



- [Arkenfox user.js](https://github.com/arkenfox/user.js) - Firefox privacy, security and anti-fingerprinting: a comprehensive user.js template for configuration and hardening.

- [BetterFox](https://github.com/yokoffing/BetterFox) - user.js file to harden Firefox and optimize privacy, security, and speed.



## Password Manager



- [Bitwarden 🌟](https://bitwarden.com/) - A secure and free password manager for all of your devices.

- [KeypassXC](https://keepassxc.org/) - Free, open source, light-weight, and easy-to-use password manager.



## Browser Extensions



> 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.



- [Bitwarden 🌟](https://bitwarden.com) - A secure and free password manager for all of your devices.

- [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.**

- [Dark Reader](https://darkreader.org/) - Dark Mode in all sites.



## Search Engines



- [SearXNG 🌟](https://searx.space/) - A Privacy-respecting metasearch engine.

- [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.



## Email



- [Protonmail 🌟](https://protonmail.com/) - Secure Email based in Switzerland.

- [Tutanota](https://tutanota.com/) - Encrypted email & calendar service - easy to use, secure by design.



## Torrenting client



- [qBittorrent 🌟](https://www.qbittorrent.org/) - An open-source software alternative to µTorrent.

- [Transmission](https://transmissionbt.com/) - Simple and lightweight open-source torrent client.



## Useful Sites



- [lingva-translate](https://lingva.ml/) - a Free and Open Source Alternative front-end for Google Translate.

- [VirusTotal.com](https://www.virustotal.com/) - Analyze suspicious files and URLs to detect types of malware, automatically share them with the security community.

- [kutt.it](https://kutt.it/) - An open source modern URL shortener.



# Operating Systems



## PC



### Windows



> ⚠️ 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.



- [Windows LTSC 🌟](https://massgrave.dev/windows_ltsc_links) - The best version of Windows. Use Microsoft Activation Scripts to activate.

- [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.

- [Simplewall 🌟](https://github.com/henrypp/simplewall) - Simple to use Open-Source Firewall for Windows.

- [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.



### Linux



- [Arch linux](https://archlinux.org/) - A lightweight and flexible Linux distribution that tries to keep it simple.

- [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.

- [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.

- [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.

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



## Mobile



### Refer [Custom Rom](#custom-rom)



# Piracy



> ⚠️ I do not condone piracy. These links are only for educational purposes.



## Software



- [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.



- [SpotX](https://github.com/SpotX-Official/SpotX) - Patched version of Spotify to give an ad-free experience.



## Entertainment



- [FMHY 🌟](https://fmhy.net/) - A collection of media piracy sites, tools and guides.



### Anime

- [The Index 🌟](https://theindex.moe/) - A curated list of websites for Japanese media like Anime and other weeb stuff.



# Mobile



## Custom Rom



- [Graphene OS 🌟](https://grapheneos.org/) - An open source privacy and security focused mobile OS.

- [Calyx OS](https://calyxos.org/) - An open source Android mobile operating system that puts privacy and security into the hands of everyday users.

- [Lineage OS](https://lineageos.org/) - A free and open-source operating system for various devices, based on the Android mobile platform



## Video/Music Streaming



- [Newpipe 🌟](https://newpipe.net/) - Open Source YouTube client.

- [xManager](https://github.com/xManager-v2/xManager-Spotify) - Modded Spotify Client.



## App Stores



- [Fdroid 🌟](https://f-droid.org/) - Find open source apps.

- [Aurora Store](https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.aurora.store/) - Alternative to Google Play Store.

- [Obtainium](https://github.com/ImranR98/Obtainium) - Get Android App Updates Directly From the Source.



## Two Factor Authenticator



- [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.

- [Ente Auth 🌟](https://ente.io/auth/) - End to end, open source and cross-platform 2FA authenticator.



## Anime/Manga



- [Mihon](https://github.com/mihonapp/mihon/) - Free and open source manga reader for Android.



## Social Media



- [Signal 🌟](https://www.signal.org/) - An open source secure messenger, alternative to whatsapp.



## Password Manager



- [Bitwarden 🌟](https://bitwarden.com/) - A secure and free password manager for all of your devices.

- [KeePassDX](https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.kunzisoft.keepass.libre/) - Secure and open source password manager compatible with KeePass files.



To install apps from The Gaurdian Project (Tor browser and Orbot) you need to add their [Fdroid repo](https://guardianproject.info/fdroid/)



## Web Browsers



- [Mull Browser 🌟](https://f-droid.org/en/packages/us.spotco.fennec_dos/) - A privacy oriented and deblobbed web browser based on Mozilla firefox.

- [Tor Browser](https://www.torproject.org/download/) - Defend yourself against tracking and surveillance. Circumvent censorship.

- [Bromite](https://www.bromite.org/) - Bromite is a Chromium fork with ad blocking and enhanced privacy.



## VPN and Proxy



> ℹ️ I would recommend self-hosting your own VPN on a VPS or a home server to avoid trusting a third-party VPN provider.



- [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.



- [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).



- [Mullvad](https://mullvad.net/en/) - Probably the only third-party VPN provider I would recommend.



## Email



- [Protonmail 🌟](https://protonmail.com/) - Secure Email based in Switzerland.

- [Tutanota](https://f-droid.org/en/packages/de.tutao.tutanota/) - Encrypted email & calendar service - easy to use, secure by design.

- [K9 mail](https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.fsck.k9/) - Open source email client.



## Other Apps



Add the [ IzzyOnDroid F-Droid Repository](https://apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid/)



- [TrackerControl](https://f-droid.org/en/packages/net.kollnig.missioncontrol.fdroid/) - TrackerControl allows to monitor and control hidden data collection in apps.

- [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.

- [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.

- [Simple Mobile Tools 🌟](https://www.simplemobiletools.com/) - A group of simple, open source Android apps without ads and unnecessary permissions, with customizable widgets.