Do your part to resist Government surveillance and take back your privacy:
- Browser Privacy: HTTPS Everywhere, AdBlock Plus + EasyList, Disconnect, NoScript (FireFox), NotScript (Chrome)
- VPNs: Private Internet Access (US), BTGuard (Canada), ItsHidden (Africa), Ipredator (Sweden), Faceless.me (Cyprus / Netherlands)
- Internet Anonymization: Tor, Tor Browser Bundle, I2P
- Disk Encryption: TrueCrypt (Windows / OSX / Linux), File Vault (Mac).
- File/Email Encryption: GPGTools + GPGMail (Mac), GPG4Win (Windows), Enigmail (Windows / OSX / Linux)
- IM Encryption: Pidgin + Pidgin OTR
- IM/Voice Encryption: Mumble, Jitsi
- Phone/SMS Encryption: WhisperSystems, Ostel, Spore, Threema, Silent Circle ($$$)
- Google Alternative: DuckDuckGo, StartPage
- Digital P2P Currency: BitCoin
- Live Anonymous/Secure Linux: TAILS Linux
If you have any problems installing or using the above software, please contact the projects. They would love to get feedback and help you use their software.
Have no clue what Cryptography is or why you should care? Checkout the Crypto Party Handbook or the EFF's Surveillance Self-Defense Project.
Just want some simple tips? Checkout EFF's Top 12 Ways to Protect Your Online Privacy.
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My own list of privacy tools https://privacytoolslist.com. I list as many worthy open source & free privacy tools as possible so that a person has a choice what tool to use. Any any comments and suggestions are welcome at my issue tracker.