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Tools
Difficulty Levels
- easy / no prior knowledge necessary
- medium / easy to learn
- hard / complex knowledge necessary
Android
| Topic | Link | Difficulty | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Browsing | Firefox | easy | open-source browser |
| Brave | easy | open-source browser | |
| Anonymous Browsing | OrBot + OrFox | easy | Proxy With Tor/Private Web Browser |
| Phone Calls, Chat | Signal | easy | encrypted phone calls, video calls, and messages; WhatsApp alternative |
| Wire | easy | encrypted phone calls, video chats and messages; WhatsApp alternative | |
| Chat | Conversations | medium | encrypted chat (jabber plus OTR & OMEMO) |
| OpenKeyChain/K9Mail | hard | encrypted e-mail | |
| Passwords | KeePassDX | medium | password manager |
| Other | Wi-Fi Privacy Police | easy | prevent leaking which WiFis you've been logged into before |
| F-Droid | medium | “App-Store” for free software | |
| Transportr | easy | Map for Public Transport (formerly known as Liberario) | |
| Maps | medium | OpenStreetMapc client with offline maps and navigation | |
| Operating System | LineageOS | hard | alternative operating system based on Android |
| File Sync | Syncthing | medium | encrypted, decentralized file sync |
| Cloud | Nextcloud | easy | self hosting and contact/calendar synchronization (“cloud”) |
iOS
| Topic | Link | Difficulty | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anonymous Browsing | Onion Browser | easy | Proxy With Tor/Private Web Browser |
| Phone Calls, Chat | Signal | easy | encrypted phone calls, video chats, and messages; WhatsApp alternative |
| Wire | easy | encrypted phone calls, video chats and messages; WhatsApp alternative | |
| Chat | ChatSecure | medium | encrypted chat (with jabber plus OTR & OMEMO) |
| Password-Management | MiniKeepass | medium | password management |
| Cloud | Nextcloud | easy | self hosting and contact/calendar synchronization (“cloud”) |
Firefox/Chrome
| Topic | Link | Difficulty | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adblocker | uBlock Origin | easy | more than a multiple ad blocker |
| Privacy Badger | easy | self learning tracking blocker | |
| NoScript | hard | manage javascript, flash, anti-xss, java, anti-clickjacking | |
| uMatrix | hard | blocks scripts, iframes, ads, facebook, etc. | |
| Cookies | Cookie AutoDelete | medium | auto delete for cookies without closing the browser |
| Browser Fingerprint | CanvasBlocker | easy | Browser Add-on to change JS-API for modifying canvas to prevent Canvas-Fingerprinting |
| HTTPS | HTTPS Everywhere | easy | switch to HTTPS version of websites automatically |
| Search Engine | https://duckduckgo.com (Tor only) | easy | meta search engine |