List of Tools for Security and Data Privacy

Are you wondering how to keep your privacy despite using the No. 1 threat that can expose you to unauthorized data collection, cyberattacks, and malware?

You came to the right place!

Let’s talk about the Internet!

In the past few years, nobody would probably know that you’re a dog, or so goes the old joke. But nowadays, they not only know you’re a dog, they know what breed, when you last got wormed, where your vet is, and what your favorite treat is. The Internet collects so much data that even if a profiler compiles your preferences, they’d know what kind of person you are. You might say it’s impossible. But alas! You could have never been more wrong.

Trackers and advertisers follow your web surfing by collecting those teeny tiny bits of cookie crumbs that you leave. Data brokers scrape public records to create detailed and profitable personal profiles (even got information about your grandma’s favorite set of teeth, maybe). Hackers do their best to exploit, collect, and steal all the valuable information about you in your long-lost account on a malicious website that you’ve deleted many times in your search history (Am I right?).

Enough of the jokes. Let’s go check out some amazing tools that can help you protect your data privacy:

Web Browser

-- Firefox, Tor, Bromite, Onion Browser

Browser Add-ons

-- uBlock Origin, HTTPs everywhere, Decentraleyes, ClearURLs, Cookie Autodelete

Password Manager

-- Bitwarden, Lesspas, KeePassXC, Spectre

2FA Tools

-- Aegis Authenticator, Raivo OTP, andOTP, Tofu

File Encryption Software

-- Veracrypt, GNU Privacy Guard, 7-zip, Cryptomator, Picocrypt

File Sharing

-- Internxt Send, OnionShare, Syncthing

Encrypted Digital Notebook

-- Joplin, Standard Notes, Cryptee

Operating System

-- Ubuntu, Tails, Whonix, Qubes OS, Fedora Workstation

Privacy and Security Tools for Windows 10 & 11

-- O&O ShutUp 10++, Simplewall, Safing portmaster

Mobile Operating System

-- LineageOS, Ubuntu Touch, CalyxOS, GrapheneOS

Open Source Router Firmware

-- OpenWrt, PfSense, LibreCMC

Encrypted DNS Clients

-- Dnscrypt-proxy, Unbound, Nebulo, DNSCloak

Self-contained Anonymizing Network

-- Tor, I2P, Freenet, ZeroNet, Retroshare, IPFS, GNUnet

Disk & File Cleaner

-- BleachBit, Exifcleaner, Czkawka

Anonymous Email Forwarding Aliases

-- SimpleLogin, AnonAddy

Encrypted and Secure Instant Messaging

-- Session, Status, Signal, Threema, Delta Chat,

Encrypted Video & Voice Messengers

-- Brave Talk, Jami, LinPhone, Jitsi Meet

Decentralized Social Networks

-- Redact, Mastodon, Diaspora, PixelFed, Aether

Blog Software for Self and Managed Hosting

-- Bludit, Write.as, Wordpress.com, Ghost

Encrypted DNS Resolver

-- AdGuard DNS, Quad9, NextDNS

VPN

-- Mullvad, IVPN

Web Hosting & Domain Provider

-- OrangeWebsite, Privex, Njalla

Cloud Storage Services

-- Internxt, Filen, Nextcloud

Check out this amazing list of software that can definitely help you secure your data and connection! Help us keep the list updated with better tools that can surely help to protect data privacy!

Always remember,”If you’re not paying for the product, you are the product!”, so be safe on browsing the internet and have a great day!

Thank you for reading!