This page is a memo that lists several projects focused on privacy in the broad sense and user security.
Information Security Watch
My online infosec RSS feed: inoreader.com
OPML File: here
HardeningKitty
System and user hardening measures audit and deployment (PowerShell & GPO). Based on lists from: CIS, DoD STIG, Microsoft baselines, SiSyPHus…
Privacy Guides (formerly privacytools.io)
Massive organizations are monitoring your online activities. Privacy Guides is your central resource for privacy and security to protect yourself online.
Restore Privacy
We give you the tools and information you need to restore your privacy, secure your devices, and stay safe online.
Prism Break
Help make mass surveillance of entire populations uneconomical!
We all have the right to privacy, which you can exercise today by
encrypting your communications and stopping reliance on proprietary services.
Awesome Privacy
A list of privacy-respecting services and alternatives because privacy matters.
techlore
Spreading privacy and security to the masses.
the newoil
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Online Anonymity
This is a guide maintained to provide an introduction to various online tracking techniques, online identity verification techniques, and detailed advice for creating and maintaining anonymous online identities.
It is written with hope for activists, journalists, scientists, lawyers,
whistleblowers and oppressed, censored, harassed good people wherever they may be!
EFF’s Surveillance Self-Defense
Published by the Electronic Frontier Foundation, an independent non-profit organization that has been working for nearly thirty years to protect online privacy. Here’s Surveillance Self-Defense: our expert guide to protect you and your friends from online surveillance.
Define your Threat Model or security plan:
Privacy redirect
A web extension that redirects Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, Google Maps, Reddit, Google, and Google Translate requests to privacy-respecting alternatives - Nitter, Invidious, FreeTube, Bibliogram, OpenStreetMap, SimplyTranslate, and private search engines like DuckDuckGo.
Privacy Spy
PrivacySpy is an open project for rating and monitoring privacy policies for convenience and accountability.
Privacy.sexy
✔️ Script generator to harden security and privacy of WindowsOS/MacOS and other software.
✔️ No need to run compiled software on your system, just run the generated scripts.
✔️ Have total visibility on what tweaks do when you enable them.
✔️ Open-source and free.
Safing (Portmaster/SPN)
Offers 2 FOSS projects:
- Portmaster (advanced firewall (acts directly at the Windows/Linux kernel level) also uses domain name lists for DNS filtering, with a simple or advanced interface.
- SPN (Tor Alternative) uses the same principle as Tor with nodes and encryption layers, but with more configuration options and bandwidth, acts on the entire operating system (included with portmaster, subscription needed).
Linux Journey
Interactive GNU/Linux training online.