====== Tools ====== ===== Difficulty Levels ===== * easy: no prior knowledge necessary * medium: easy to learn * hard: complex knowledge necessary ===== Android ===== ^Topic^Link^Difficulty^Description^ |//Anonymous browsing// |[[https://www.torproject.org/download/#android|Tor Browser]] |easy| Onion-routed, hardened Firefox from the Tor Project| |//Anonymous chats// |[[https://briarproject.org/|Briar]] |medium| Onion-routed anonymous messaging| |//Browsing// |[[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.mozilla.focus|Firefox Focus]]|easy|Open-source browser| |//End-to-end encrypted calls and chat// |[[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.thoughtcrime.securesms|Signal]]|easy|End-to-end encrypted phone calls, video calls, and messages; WhatsApp alternative| | |[[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.wire|Wire]]|easy|End-to-encrypted phone calls, video chats and messages; WhatsApp alternative| |//End-to-end encrypted chat// |[[https://github.com/siacs/Conversations#conversations|Conversations]]|medium|End-to-encrypted chat (jabber plus OTR & OMEMO)| |//Client-side encrypted cloud// |[[https://nextcloud.com/files/|Nextcloud]]|easy|Self-hosting and contact/calendar synchronization ("cloud")| |//End-to-end encrypted email// |[[http://www.openkeychain.org/|OpenKeyChain]]/[[https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.fsck.k9/|K9Mail]] |hard| End-to-end encrypted e-mail| |//Passwords// |[[https://www.keepassdx.com/|KeePassDX]]|medium|Password manager| |//File Sync// |[[https://syncthing.net/|Syncthing]]|medium|Encrypted, decentralized file sync| |//Operating System// |[[https://lineageos.org/|LineageOS]]|hard|Alternative operating system based on Android| |//Other// |[[https://f-droid.org|F-Droid]]|medium|"App-Store" for free software| | |[[https://github.com/grote/Liberario|Transportr]]|easy|Map for Public Transport (formerly known as Liberario)| | |[[https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.github.axet.maps/|Maps]]|medium|OpenStreetMapc client with offline maps and navigation| | |[[https://f-droid.org/en/packages/net.typeblog.shelter/|Shelter]]|medium|Shelters apps e.g. from your contact list| ===== iOS ===== ^Topic^Link^Difficulty^Description^ |//Anonymous Browsing// |[[https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/onion-browser/id519296448?mt=8&at=10l9R4|Onion Browser]]|easy|Proxy With Tor/Private Web Browser| |//Phone Calls, Chat// |[[https://itunes.apple.com/app/id874139669|Signal]]|easy|End-to-end encrypted phone calls, video chats, and messages; WhatsApp alternative| | |[[https://itunes.apple.com/de/app/wire-sicherer-messenger/id930944768?mt=8|Wire]]|easy|End-to-end encrypted phone calls, video chats, and messages; WhatsApp alternative| |//Chat// |[[https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/chatsecure/id464200063?mt=8|ChatSecure]]|medium|End-to-end encrypted chat (with jabber plus OTR & OMEMO)| |//Cloud// |[[https://nextcloud.com/yourdata/|Nextcloud]]|easy|Self-hosting and contact/calendar synchronization ("cloud")| |//Password-Management// |[[https://apps.apple.com/us/app/keepassium-password-manager/id1435127111|Keepassium]]|medium|Password manager| ===== Firefox/Chrome ===== ^Topic^Link^Difficulty^Description^ |//Adblocker// |[[https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ublock-origin/|uBlock Origin]]|easy|More than a multiple ad blocker| |//Privacy plugin//|[[https://www.eff.org/privacybadger|Privacy Badger]]|easy|Self-learning tracking blocker| | |[[https://noscript.net/|NoScript]]|hard|Manage javascript, flash, anti-xss, java, anti-clickjacking| | |[[https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/umatrix/|uMatrix]]|hard|Blocks scripts, iframes, ads, facebook, etc.| | |[[https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/happy-bonobo-disable-webrtc/|Disable WebRTC]]|easy|Browser add-on to disable Web-RTC based leak of IP-address| |//Cookies// |[[https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/cookie-autodelete/|Cookie AutoDelete]]|medium|Auto-delete for cookies without closing the browser| |//Browser Fingerprint// |[[https://github.com/kkapsner/CanvasBlocker/|CanvasBlocker]]|easy|Browser add-on to change JS-API for modifying canvas to prevent Canvas-Fingerprinting| |//HTTPS// |[[https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere|HTTPS Everywhere]]|easy|Switch to encrypted (=HTTPS) version of websites automatically| |//Search Engine//|[[https://duckduckgo.com|DuckDuckGO]] ([[http://3g2upl4pq6kufc4m.onion/|Onion URL]])|easy|Private search engine| | |[[https://searx.me/|Searx]]|easy|(self-hosted e.g. as https://search.fuckoffgoogle.net/)| ===== Windows ===== ^Topic^Link^Difficulty^Description^ |//Anonymous Browsing// |[[https://www.torproject.org/download/download-easy.html.en|Tor Browser]]|easy|Onion-routed, hardened Firefox from the Tor Project| |//Browsing// |[[https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/|Firefox]]|easy|Open-source browser| |//End-to-end encrypted chat// |[[https://signal.org/download/|Signal]]|easy|End-to-encrypted phone calls, video chats and messages; WhatsApp alternative| | |[[https://wire.com/download/|Wire]]|easy|End-to-encrypted phone calls, video chats and messages; WhatsApp alternative| |//Client-side encrypted cloud// |[[https://nextcloud.com/yourdata/|Nextcloud]]|hard|Self hosting and contact/calendar synchronization ("cloud")| |//End-to-end encrypted email// |[[https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/|Thunderbird]]+[[http://www.enigmail.net/download/|Enigmail]]|hard|Secure Email: client (Thunderbird) & Enigmail (PGP-encryption)| |//File Sharing// |[[https://onionshare.org/|OnionShare]]|easy|Secure and anonymous file sharing| |//File Encryption// |[[https://www.veracrypt.fr/en/Home.html|VeraCrypt]]|medium|Continuation of TrueCrypt| |//​Metadata// ​|[[http://codewelt.com/stripper|MetaData Stripper]]|easy|Remove metadata from photos| |//Passwords// |[[https://keepassxc.org/|KeePassXC]]|easy|Offline password manager| |//File Sync// |[[https://syncthing.net/|Syncthing]]|medium|Encrypted, decentralized file sync| ===== Linux ===== ^Topic^Link^Difficulty^Description^ |//Anonymous Browsing// | [[https://www.torproject.org/download/download-easy.html.en|Tor Browser]] |easy | Onion-routed, hardened Firefox from the Tor Project| |//Anonymous Messaging// | [[https://www.publish0x.com/fav/privacy-how-to-install-and-run-briar-in-linux-mint-xvreqod?a=WZdP83ydKg&tid=briar|Briar]] |medium | Onion-routed anonymous messaging| |//Browsing// | [[https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/|Firefox]] |easy | Open-source browser| |//End-to-end encrypted chat// | [[https://signal.org/download/|Signal]] |easy | End-to-end encrypted phone calls, video chats, and messages; WhatsApp alternative| | | [[https://wire.com/download/|Wire]] |easy | End-to-end encrypted chats with other computers and with mobile phones. Video chats possible| |//Cloud// | [[https://nextcloud.com/yourdata/|Nextcloud]] |hard | Self-hosting and contact/calendar synchronization ("cloud")| |//Email// |Thunderbird+Enigmail |hard | By installing the ''enigmail'' package Thunderbird will be installed, too; ''seahorse-nautilus'' integrates gpg-commands into the Nautilus file explorer| | |kmail+kleopatra |hard | kmail is part of the KDE desktop| |//Full Disk / File Encryption// |[[https://www.veracrypt.fr/en/Home.html|VeraCrypt]] |medium |Continuation of TrueCrypt | | | [[http://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/LUKS|LUKS+dmcrypt]] |hard |Disc encryption for Linux (package name: ''cryptsetup'') | |//File Sharing// |[[https://onionshare.org/|OnionShare]] |easy |Secure and anonymous file sharing (package name: ''onionshare'') | |//Metadata// |[[https://mat.boum.org/|Metadata Anonymisation Toolkit]] |easy |Remove metadata from photos, text files, etc. (package name:''mat'') | |//Passwords// |[[https://keepassxc.org/|KeepassXC]] |easy | Offline password manager| |//File Sync// |[[https://syncthing.net/|Syncthing]] |medium |Encrypted, decentralized file sync | ===== Privacy focused Linux distributions ===== ^Topic^Link^Difficulty^Description^ |//Anonymity// | [[https://tails.boum.org/|Tails]]|medium|Amnesic, Incognito Live OS| | | [[https://www.whonix.org/|Whonix]]|medium|Anonymizing virtual machine and gateway| |//High-security//|[[https://qubes-os.org|Qubes]]|hard|Security through Xen-hypervisor based isolation. Also provides anonymity.| ===== MacOSX ===== ^Topic^Link^Difficulty^Description^ |//Anonymous Browsing// |[[https://www.torproject.org/download/download-easy.html.en|Tor Browser]]|easy| Onion-routed, hardened Firefox from the Tor Project| |//Browsing// |[[https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/|Firefox]]|easy|Open-source browser| |//End-to-end encrypted chat// |[[https://signal.org/download/|Signal]]|easy|End-to-end encrypted phone calls, video chats, and messages; WhatsApp alternative| | |[[https://wire.com/download/|Wire]]|easy|End-to-end encrypted phone calls, video chats and messages; WhatsApp alternative| |//Cloud// |[[https://nextcloud.com/yourdata/|Nextcloud]]|hard|Self-hosting and contact/calendar synchronization ("cloud")| |//Email// |[[https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/|Thunderbird]]+[[http://www.enigmail.net/download/|Enigmail]]|hard|Email encryption: client (Thunderbird) & Enigmail (encryption)| | |[[https://gpgtools.org/|gpgtools]]+Mail.app|hard|Email encryption with Mail| |//File Encryption// |[[https://www.veracrypt.fr/en/Home.html|VeraCrypt]] (requires [[https://osxfuse.github.io/|FUSE for MacOS]])|medium|Continuation of TrueCrypt| |//File Sharing// |[[https://onionshare.org/|OnionShare]]|easy|Secure and anonymous file sharing| |//Metadata// |[[http://codewelt.com/stripper|MetaData Stripper]]|easy|Remove metadata from photos| |//Passwords// |[[https://keepassxc.org/|KeePassXC]]|easy|Offline-password manager| |//File Sync// |[[https://syncthing.net/|Syncthing]]|medium|Encrypted, decentralized file sync|