2022 Guide to Internet Privacy Resources and Tools

The implementation and maintenance of reliable applications in all sectors to secure and protect against cybercrime and security breaches is increasingly important as we move toward a return to an onsite work posture. This comprehensive guide identifies a wide swath of privacy resources from which you can choose to apply to secure online and mobile activities in personal, academic, government or corporate environments.  It includes best practices resources as well as online privacy applications, tools and strategies including: email, search and browsing, mobile phone calls, and enterprise wide data security.

2022 Guide to Internet Privacy Resources and Tools

5 Free Privacy Tools for Protecting Your Personal Data
https://www.pcworld.com/article/553284/5-free-privacy-tools-for-protecting-your-personal-data.html

6 Ways to Delete Yourself from the Internet
https://www.wired.com/story/delete-yourself-from-internet/

8 Easy Ways to Stay Anonymous Online
https://flipboard.com/@pcmag/8-easy-ways-to-stay-anonymous-online-chr2klutt735lm3n

10 Privacy Gadgets To Help You Keep a Secret
https://www.popsci.com/keep-your-secrets-a-secret

10 Tips to Avoid Leaving Tracks Around the Internet by David Pogue
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/04/smarter-living/10-tips-internet-privacy-crowdwise.html

12 Tech Experts Discuss the Distinctions Between Data Privacy and Data Protection
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestechcouncil/2021/12/20/12-tech-experts-discuss-the-distinctions-between-data-privacy-and-data-protection/?sh=d18cfdb4bedc

12VPN – Unblock Websites and Improve Privacy
https://12vpn.com/

28 January –  Data Protection Day
https://www.coe.int/en/web/portal/28-january-data-protection-day

2019 Global Inventory of Organized Social Media Manipulation
https://comprop.oii.ox.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/93/2019/09/CyberTroop-Report19.pdf

Abine – The Online Privacy Company [DeleteMe and BLUR}
https://www.abine.com/

Accountable – Secure, Cloud-Based HIPAA Compliance Management Platform
https://accountablehq.com/

Account Killer – Delete Online Accounts or Profiles
https://www.accountkiller.com/

AES Crypt – Advanced Open Source File Encryption
https://www.aescrypt.com/

A Guide for Guarding Personal Information in the Workplace
https://www.sharefile.com/datasecurity.aspx

A Guide for Internet Safety for Teens, Kids and Students
https://cooltechzone.com/threats/internet-safety-guide

All The Privacy Apps You Should Have Downloaded in 2020+
https://mashable.com/article/best-privacy-apps-ios-iphone-android/

Aloha Browser – Private and Secure Mobile Browser
https://alohabrowser.com/

A Model Regime of Privacy Protection by Daniel J. Solove and Chris Jay Hoofnagle
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=881294

Aniscartujo VPN
https://aniscartujo.com/vpn/

Anonabox – Original Plug and Play TOR Router
https://www.anonabox.com/index.html

Anonybit – Decentralized Biometrics Where Personal Privacy Meets Digital Security
https://anonybit.io/

Anonymity and Privacy On the Internet
https://www.iusmentis.com/technology/remailers/index.html

AnonyMouse.org
https://anonymouse.org/

Anonymous eMail
https://www.5ymail.com/

Anonymous Email Forwarding – Create Unlimited Email Aliases for Free
https://anonaddy.com/

Anonymous Remailer FAQ – Email Privacy FAQ
https://www.andrebacard.com/remail.html

Anonymous Voting System
https://sourceforge.net/projects/anonymousvoting/

An Overview of Steganography for the Computer Forensics Examiner by Gary C. Kessler
https://www.garykessler.net/library/fsc_stego.html

AntiOnline – Maximum Security for a Connected World
https://www.antionline.com/

Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG)
https://www.antiphishing.org/

APAS Anonymous Remailer Use [FAQ 1/8]: Overview
https://www.faqs.org/faqs/privacy/anon-server/faq/use/part1/

Apple’s commitment to privacy
https://www.apple.com/privacy/

Aqua Project
https://aqua.mpi-sws.org/

AT&T Privacy Bird
https://privacybird.org/

A Taxonomy of Privacy by Daniel J. Solove
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=667622

Awesome Machine Learning for Cyber Security
https://github.com/jivoi/awesome-ml-for-cybersecurity

AZSecure-data.org – Intelligence and Security Informatics Data Sets
https://www.azsecure-data.org/

Basic Cryptanalysis
https://www.umich.edu/~umich/fm-34-40-2/

Behind the One-Way Mirror: A Deep Dive Into the Technology of Corporate Surveillance by Bennett Cyphers
https://www.eff.org/wp/behind-the-one-way-mirror

Berklett Cybersecurity
https://cyber.law.harvard.edu/research/cybersecurity#

Be Safe On the Internet
https://securitycheckli.st/

Be Smart – Shop Safe
https://www.bbb.org/article/news-releases/23348-shop-safe

Beyond Platforms: Private Censorship, Parler, and the Stack
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/01/beyond-platforms-private-censorship-parler-and-stack

Binfer – One Suite for All Your Secure Communication and File Sharing
https://www.binfer.com/

Bishop Fox Cybersecurity
https://bishopfox.com/

BitClave – Secure and Private Online Search Experience
https://www.bitclave.com

Bitmessage – P2P Communication Protocol To Send Encrypted Messages
https://bitmessage.org/wiki/Main_Page

BleachBit – Clean Your System and Free Disk Space
https://www.bleachbit.org/

Blockchain – Security and Privacy Infrastructure
https://www.Blockchain.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blockchain

Block Survey – Privacy Focused Surveys, Polls and Forms
https://blocksurvey.org/

Blur – Protects Your Passwords, Payments, and Privacy
https://dnt.abine.com/#login/dashboard

Boxcryptor – Highest Security for Your Files In the Cloud
https://www.boxcryptor.com/

Brave Web Browser – Best Privacy Online
https://www.brave.com/

Bridgefy – Make Your Mobile App Work Without Internet
https://www.bridgefy.me/

BugMeNot.com
https://www.BugMeNot.com/

Building a New Tor That Can Resist Next-Generation State Surveillance
https://arstechnica.com/security/2016/08/building-a-new-tor-that-withstands-next-generation-state-surveillance/

CalECPA and the Legacy of Digital Privacy
https://medium.com/@maassive/an-open-letter-to-gov-jerry-brown-c1f45f3b704a

Censorship Can’t Be The Only Answer To Disinformation Online
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/05/censorship-cant-be-only-answer-disinformation-online

CCleaner
https://www.ccleaner.com/

ccrypt – Secure Encryption and Decryption of Files and Streams
https://ccrypt.sourceforge.net/

ChatSecure – Encrypted Messenger for iOS
https://www.chatsecure.org/

Chot.us– Private and Privacy Focused Chatting Rooms for Free
https://chot.us/

Cloakmy – Secure Messages
https://cloakmy.org/

CloudSafe – Safe Harbor for Sensitive Data
https://cloudsafe.com/

Cluster – Private Spaces For You and Your Friends
https://cluster.co/

Code.org: CS Principles Unit 4 – Big Data and Privacy
https://curriculum.code.org/csp-19/unit4

COGIPAS.com – Complete Online Guide to Internet Privacy, Anonymity and Security
https://cogipas.com/

Conceptualizing Privacy by Daniel J. Solove
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=313103

Confidentiality is Not Privacy, but Privacy May Include Confidentiality
https://thecorkboard.org/2021/04/15/confidentiality-is-not-privacy-but-privacy-may-include-confidentiality/

Confide – Your Confidential Messenger
https://GetConfide.com/

Consumer Industry Group Creates Connected Home Security Checklist by Chase Martin
https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/297751/consumer-industry-group-creates-connected-home-sec.html

COTSE- Privacy Resources – Privacy Watch
https://www.cotse.net/privacy/

COWL: A Confinement System for the Web
https://cowl.ws/

Cryptography and Security
https://people.csail.mit.edu/rivest/crypto-security.html

Cryptomator – Free Client-Side Encryption for Your Cloud Files
https://cryptomator.org/

Crystal Security
https://www.crystalsecurity.eu/

CTEMPLAR – Armored Email
https://ctemplar.com/

Cyber Dust – Freely Available Fully Encrypted and Self Destructing Messages
https://www.Cyberdust.com/

CyberGhost VPN
https://www.CyberGhostVPN.com/

Cybersecurity in the Classroom
https://niccs.cisa.gov/formal-education/integrating-cybersecurity-classroom

DAO Resources 2022
https://www.DAOResources.com/

Data & Society
https://datasociety.net/

Data Ethics Canvas
https://theodi.org/article/the-data-ethics-canvas-2021/?kjhkjh

Data Privacy: Our Current and Future Commitment
https://www.instructure.com/canvas/blog/data-privacy-our-current-and-future-commitment

Data Protection & Privacy Law (DPO) Weekly Newsletter
https://dponewsletter.com/

DBAN – Free Open-Source Data Wiping Software for Personal Use
https://www.dban.org/

Decentralized AI Alliance
https://daia.foundation/

Deeper Connect Pico
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/deepernetworkpico/deeper-connect-pico

Deep Web Research and Discovery Resources 2022
https://www.DeepWeb.us/

Detectify – SaaS Based Website Security Scanner
https://detectify.com/

Digital Private Vault
https://www.digitalprivatevault.com/

Digital Security Advice for Journalists Covering the Protests Against Police Violence
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/06/digital-security-advice-journalists-covering-protests-against-police-killings

Digital Shadows – Cyber Threat Intelligence – Minimize Digital Risk
https://www.digitalshadows.com/

Disconnect Search – Take Control of Your Privacy
https://disconnect.me/

Dissent – Accountable Anonymous Group Communication
https://dedis.cs.yale.edu/dissent/

DNS Stuff
https://www.dnsstuff.com/

DNS.Watch
https://dns.watch/index

Documentation of Internet Filtering Worldwide by Jonathan Zittrain and Benjamin Edelman
https://cyber.law.harvard.edu/filtering/

DocuSign
https://www.docusign.com/

Do Not Track Me
https://www.abine.com/dntdetail.php

Dooble Web Browser – Fast, Simple and Secure
https://textbrowser.github.io/dooble/

DuckDuckGo – Privacy Search Engine
https://duckduckgo.com/

Easy, Expert Setup Tips for Maximum Privacy On Your New Device by Allen St. John
https://www.consumerreports.org/privacy/easy-expert-setup-tips-for-maximum-privacy-on-your-new-device/

Economic Crime Investigation Institute
https://www.ecii.edu/

EFF – Electronic Frontier Foundation
https://www.eff.org/

EFF Releases – Protect Yourself From Electronic Spying with “Surveillance Self-Defense
https://ssd.eff.org/

Electronic Privacy Information Center
https://www.epic.org/

Element – Decentralized, Encrypted and Collaboration Powered by Matrix
https://riot.im/app/#/welcome

Elsa Browser – Fast, Private and Minimal
https://elzabrowser.com/

Elza Browser – No Nonsense Fast, Private and Minimal Browser
https://elzabrowser.com/

Encrypted Messaging – What Is It, Why Should You Use It and What Are the Best Apps?
https://pixelprivacy.com/resources/encrypted-messaging/

Encryption Technology Could Protect the Privacy of Your DNA
https://gizmodo.com/encryption-technology-could-protect-the-privacy-of-your-1797986274

Encrypt.to – Send Encrypted Messages By One Click
https://encrypt.to/

End-To-End – Encrypy, Decrypt, Dogital Sign and Verify Signed Messages
https://code.google.com/p/end-to-end/

Enigma Project – A Decentralized Computation Network With Guaranteed Privacy
https://medium.com/@enigmaMPC

Epic Privacy Browser – What You Browse and Search Should Always Be Private
https://www.epicbrowser.com/

EPIC Online Guide to Practical Privacy Tools
https://www.epic.org/privacy/tools.html

EPIC Online Guide to Privacy Resources
http://epic.org/privacy/privacy_resources_faq.html

Eraser – Advanced Security Tool Remove Sensitive Data From Your Hard Drive
https://eraser.heidi.ie/

etherpad – Collaborating In Really Real-Time
https://etherpad.org/

EULAlyzer – Analyze License Agreements for Interesting Words and Phrases
https://www.brightfort.com/eulalyzer.html

EveryCloud – Spam Filtering and Email Archiving
https://www.EveryCloud.com/

Everykey – The Master Key To Your Phone, Laptop, Website, Accounts and More
https://everykey.com/

ExpressVPN – The VPN that Just Works
https://www.ExpressVPN.com/

Faceless.me VPN – Surf the Web Anonymously and Protect Your Data
https://faceless.me/

Fake Mail Generator
https://www.fakemailgenerator.com/

Fathom – Fast, Simple and Privacy-Focused Website Analytics
https://usefathom.com/

Federal Privacy Council (FPC)
https://www.fpc.gov/

Figure 1 – Free, Safe Photo Sharing for Healthcare Professionals
https://figure1.com/

Firefox Focus – Privacy Browser
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/focus

Firefox Send – Simple, Private File Sharing
https://send.firefox.com/

For Your Eyes Only: Online Privacy
https://medium.com/@AltNSA/for-your-eyes-only-online-privacy-2eecac94b85a

FoxyProxy – Set of Proxy and VPN Management Tools
https://getfoxyproxy.org/

Freedom of Information Act Electronic Reading Room
https://www.foia.cia.gov

FreedomPop – Communicate Securely and Anonymously
https://www.freedompop.com/

Free File Shredder 4.1.2
https://www.kakasoft.com/file-shredder/

FreeNode – Free and Open Source Communities
https://freenode.net/

FRONTLINE: United States of Secrets
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/united-states-of-secrets/

Frost – Freenet Client Providing Newsgroup-Like Private Encrypted Messages
https://jtcfrost.sourceforge.net/

GDPR in Action – Step by Step Guide by Tanmay Deshpande
https://medium.com/@tanmay.avinash.deshpande/gdpr-in-action-step-by-step-guide-7eb489577425

Genetic Privacy
https://epic.org/privacy/genetic/

Ghostery – Faster, Safer and Smarter Browsing
https://www.ghostery.com/

GhostPath – It’s Your Data … We Keep It Private
https://ghostpath.com/

GhostVolt – Smart Encryption Built for Teamwork
https://ghostvolt.com/

Gibiru – Uncensored Private Search
https://gibiru.com/

GishPuppy – Take Back Your eMail
https://www.gishpuppy.com/

GlassWire – Network Security Monitor and Firewall Tool
https://www.glasswire.com/

Global Internet Freedom Consortium – Inform, Connect and Empower the People
https://www.internetfreedom.org/

Global Voices Online
https://globalvoicesonline.org/

GnuPG (The GNU Privacy Guard)
https://www.gnupg.org/

Go Anonymous: How To Erase Your Social Media Presence: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Snapchat by Megan Ellis
https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/delete-social-media/

GoldBug – Private Communication
https://sourceforge.net/projects/goldbug/

Guardster – Your Privacy Headquarters
https://guardster.com/

Guerrilla Mail – Disposable Temporary eMail Address
https://www.guerrillamail.com/

Guide To Privacy Resources 2022
https://www.StealthMode.info/

Hashgraph – Hedera – Ensuring Decentralized Governance at Scale
https://hashgraph.com/
https://www.hedera.com/

Haven: Keep Watch
https://guardianproject.github.io/haven/

Health Privacy Project
https://www.cdt.org/issue/health-privacy

Helpy – Customer Support Software for Organizations Serious About Data Control
https://helpy.io/

Hide My Ass (HMA) – Free Web Proxy
https://hidemyass.com/

Homomorphic Encryption
https://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/definition/homomorphic-encryption

HotspotShield – Internet Privacy and WiFi Security Wherever You Are
https://www.hotspotshield.com/

How Can You Become Anonymous Online?
https://understandingdata.com/how-can-you-become-anonymous-on-the-internet/

How Do I Protect My Online Privacy From “Surveillance Capitalism”? by Jack Schofield
https://www.theguardian.com/world/askjack/2019/dec/05/how-do-i-protect-my-online-privacy-from-surveillance-capitalism

How Pretty Good Privacy Works, and How You Can Use It for Secure Communications by Radu Raicea
https://medium.freecodecamp.org/how-does-pretty-good-privacy-work-3f5f75ecea97

How To Add a Layer of Privacy To Your Conversations Using Tor Messenger by Jack Wallen
https://www.techrepublic.com/article/how-to-add-a-layer-of-privacy-to-your-conversations-using-tor-messenger/

How to Blog Safely (About Work or Anything Else)
https://www.eff.org/wp/blog-safely

How To Browse the Web As Anonymously As Possible: 2022 Edition
https://pixelprivacy.com/resources/browse-web-anonymously/

HOWTO ByPass Internet Censorship
https://www.zensur.freerk.com/

How To Create an Anonymous Email by Dana Jackson
https://thebestvpn.com/anonymous-email/

How To Deep Clean Your Online Activity
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-41735619

How To Delete Yourself From the Internet by Kim Komando
https://www.foxnews.com/tech/2017/06/25/how-to-delete-yourself-from-internet.html

How to Ditch Big Brother and Disappear Forever
https://lifehacker.com/5676149/how-to-ditch-big-brother-and-disappear-forever

How To Encrypt All Your Data by Ben Dickson
https://www.dailydot.com/layer8/encrypted-email-messaging-apps/

How To Encrypt and Protect Your eMail by Paul Bischoff
https://www.comparitech.com/blog/vpn-privacy/how-to-encrypt-email/

How To Encrypt (almost) Anything Article
https://www.pcworld.com/article/2025462/how-to-encrypt-almost-anything.html

How To Encrypt Your Internet Traffic
https://choosetoencrypt.com/tech/how-to-encrypt-your-internet-traffic/

How To Go Invisible Online by Kevin Mitnick
https://www.wired.com/2017/02/famed-hacker-kevin-mitnick-shows-go-invisible-online/?mbid=social_twitter

How to Hide from Machines
http://dismagazine.com/dystopia/evolved-lifestyles/8115/anti-surveillance-how-to-hide-from-machines/

How To Keep Your Web Browsing Private by Jennifer Golbeck, Ph.D.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/your-online-secrets/201703/how-keep-your-web-browsing-private

How To Make A Website GDPR Compliant by Daniel Tannenbaum
https://www.techradar.com/news/how-to-make-a-website-gdpr-compliant

How To Make Your Offline Self Harder To Find Online
https://www.theverge.com/22509928/internet-security-privacy-personal-data

How To Navigate the Internet Around PRISM
https://www.salon.com/2013/06/09/can_you_use_the_internet_without_prism_partner/

How To Opt Out of Everything From Credit Card Offers to Group Texts
http://www.vox.com/2015/3/25/8287793/how-to-opt-out

How To Opt Out of Unwanted Communications
https://www.bespacific.com/how-to-opt-out-of-unwanted-communications/

How To Pick a VPN To Keep Your Internet Browsing Secure and Private
https://qz.com/948506/how-to-pick-a-vpn-to-keep-your-internet-browsing-secure-and-private/

How To Protect Your Digital Privacy
https://www.nytimes.com/guides/privacy-project/how-to-protect-your-digital-privacy

How to Run Your Own Secure, Portable PC From a USB Stick
https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-run-tails-secure-portable-pc-usb-stick/

How To Set Up a Secure Phone by David Koff
https://medium.com/@TheTechTutor/how-to-set-up-a-secure-phone-c8f3ad090871

How To Stay Anonymous Online
https://www.csail.mit.edu/how_to_stay_anonymous_online

How To Stay (Mostly) Anonymous Online by Christopher Elliott
https://www.newsweek.com/how-stay-mostly-anonymous-online-557985

How to Survive GDPR: The Essential Guide to the Web’s New Privacy Regulations
https://getonwebs.wordpress.com/2018/04/03/how-to-survive-gdpr-the-essential-guide-to-the-webs-new-privacy-regulations/

How to Use the Tor Browser’s Tools to Protect Your Privacy</strong
https://www.theverge.com/2020/2/21/21138403/tor-privacy-tools-private-network-browser-settings-security

HTTPS-Only Standard
https://https.cio.gov/

Hulbee – Intelligent Answer Engine
https://hulbee.com/

Hushed – Your Private Phone App
https://hushed.com/

Hushmail Free Encrypted Web-mail, IM and Documents
https://www.hushmail.com/

I2P Anonymous Network
https://www.i2p2.de/

IBM Privacy Practices on the Internet
https://www.ibm.com/privacy/us/

Incapsula – CDN, DDoS protection, Load Balancing
https://www.incapsula.com/

Information Disorders 2022
https://www.InformationDisorders.com/

Information Trust Exchange Project
https://informationvalet.wordpress.com/

Instapass – Single Sign-On Compliance for DeFi
https://instapass.io/

Instars – Earn Crypto for Consensual Data Exchange
https://instars.com/

International Association of Privacy Professionals
https://www.privacyassociation.org/

International  Global Data Protection, Privacy and Surveillance Law Library
https://www.worldlii.org/int/special/privacy/

Internet Censorship 2022: A Global Map of Internet Restrictions
https://www.comparitech.com/blog/vpn-privacy/internet-censorship-map/

Internet Hoaxes 2021
https://www.InternetHoaxes.info/

Internet Privacy Guide – Keeping Your Data Safe Online by Christian Stewart
https://hackernoon.com/internet-privacy-guide-keeping-your-data-safe-online-be3d823f05f5

Internet Privacy in the Age of Surveillance
https://www.cyberghostvpn.com/privacyhub/internet-privacy-surveillance/

Internet Privacy: New Browser PlugIns Hide User Activity From ISPs By Creating Digital Noise
http://www.ibtimes.com/internet-privacy-new-browser-plugins-hide-user-activity-isps-creating-digital-noise-2533083

Introduction to Cyber Security and Data Protection
https://online.york.ac.uk/resources/introduction-to-cyber-security-data-protection/

IPsec – Internet Protocol Security
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPsec

IPVanish
https://www.IPVanish.com/

IRL Podcast
https://irlpodcast.org/

Is Data Privacy Real? Don’t Bet On It
https://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/data-privacy-real-dont-bet/

Iubenda – Privacy Policy Generator
https://www.iubenda.com/

IVPN – Protect Your Online Privacy From Anywhere
https://www.ivpn.net/

IXmaps – Map Your Internet
https://ixmaps.ca/

Jigsaw – Finding the Missing Pieces
https://jigsaw.google.com/vision/

JotOnce – Password Protected, Shareable Notes
https://jotonce.com/

JUMPTO – Trusted Name In Online Security and Identity Protection Solutions
https://www.jumpto.com/

JustDeleteMe – Escape From the Web and Leave No Trace
https://www.justdeleteme.com/

k-anonymity – Propert Possessed by Certain Anonymized Data
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K-anonymity

KeePassX – Cross Platform Password Manager
https://www.keepassx.org/

Keeping Your Kids Safe Online: All You Need to Know About Internet Safety at School and Home by David Anders
https://www.allconnect.com/blog/keeping-kids-safe-online/

Kleopatra – Certificate Manager and Unified Crypto GUI
https://www.kde.org/applications/utilities/kleopatra/

LastPass … Password Management from Anywhere
https://lastpass.com/

Laverna – Note Taking Application With Privacy
https://laverna.cc/

Let’s Encrypt – Free, Automated and Open New Certificate Authority
https://letsencrypt.org/

LogDog – Don’t Get Hacked
https://getlogdog.com/

MagicPad – Free and Open Source Encryption Suite for Files, Messages and More
https://www.magicpad.io/

MailDrop – Save Your Inbox From Spam
https://maildrop.cc/

Mailinator – Instant and Temporary Spam Free eMail Address
https://www.mailinator.com/

Mailvelope – OpenPGP Encryption for Webmail
https://www.mailvelope.com/

Mario’s Brief Report About Your Internet Access Connection
http://mprofaca.cro.net/report.html

Markle Foundation – Addressing Crticial Public Needs in the Information Age
http://www.markle.org/

Martus – The Global Social Justice Monitoring System
https://www.martus.org/

Mattermost – High Trust Messaging for the Enterprise
https://mattermost.com/

Mega – The Privacy Company
https://mega.co.nz/

MIT Researchers Devise a Secure Anonymity Network That’s 10x Faster Than Tor
https://www.extremetech.com/internet/231817-mit-researchers-devise-a-secure-anonymity-network-thats-10x-faster-than-tor

Mozilla Privacy Not Included
https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/privacynotincluded/

myTrashMail.com – Temporary and Anonymous eMail
https://www.mytrashmail.com/

nCrypted Cloud – Enterprise Grade Security e-Share
https://www.e-share.us/

New Normal Startup Resources 2022
https://www.NewNormalStartUpResources.com/

New Quantum-Entanglement Record Could Spur Hack-Proof Communications
https://www.livescience.com/59502-new-quantum-entanglement-record.html

Neil’s Security and Privacy Resources
https://www.jjtc.com/Security/

No Place to Hide – A 6-Episode Podcast On the State of Privacy
https://bobsullivan.net/cybercrime/privacy/announcing-no-place-to-hide-a-6-episode-podcast-on-the-state-of-privacy/

Nordic Privacy Center – Empowering Privacy-Focused Research Led by Shared Nordic Values
https://nordicprivacy.org/

NordVPN – Take Your Cybersecurity to the Next Level
https://www.NordVPN.com/

NoteShred – Send Encrypted, Password Protected Notes That Automatically Shred After Reading
https://www.noteshred.com/

Novo Ordo – eMail Privacy
https://www.novo-ordo.com/

Ntrepid – Trusted Solutions for Managing Your Online Presence
https://ntrepidcorp.com/

Obin – Client Side Encrypted PasteBin
https://0bin.net/

Off-the-Record (OTR)Messaging
https://www.cypherpunks.ca/otr/

One Startup’s Vision To Reinvent the Web for Better Privacy
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/603352/one-startups-vision-to-reinvent-the-web-for-better-privacy/

Onion Browser – An Open-Source Privacy Enhancing Web Browser for iOS
https://mike.tig.as/onionbrowser/

Onion Routing: What is Tor and How it Enhances Online Privacy
https://beebom.com/onion-routing-what-is-tor-how-enhances-online-privacy/

OnionShare – Securely and Anonymously Share Files of Any Size
https://onionshare.org/

Online Privacy Guide for Journalists 2022
https://www.vpnmentor.com/blog/online-privacy-journalists/

Online CyberSecurity 101: Protect Your Privacy from Hackers, Spies and the Government by Charlie Osborne and Zack Whittaker
https://www.zdnet.com/article/online-security-101-how-to-protect-your-privacy-from-hackers-spies-and-the-government/

Open Data Institute
https://theodi.org/

Open Data Privacy
https://dash.harvard.edu/handle/1/30340010

OpenNet Initiative
https://opennet.net/

Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI)
https://ooni.torproject.org/

OpenPrivacy Initiative
https://www.openprivacy.org/

OpenPuff – Professional Steganography Tool
https://embeddedsw.net/OpenPuff_Steganography_Home.html

OpenScape – Secure Web Collaboration – Unify
https://www.unify.com/us/products-services/unified-communications/applications/web-collaboration/

Open Society Foundations
https://www.osi.am/

Open Whisper Systems – Signal Private Messenger
https://whispersystems.org/

Opinion: How to be Truly Anonymous in the Digital World
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/how-to-be-truly-anonymous-in-the-digital-world-11611954937

Orbot – Tor for Android
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.torproject.android&hl=en

Oscobo Search Engine for Privacy
https://www.oscobo.com/

Panopticlick – How Unique and Trackable Is Your Browser Test
https://panopticlick.eff.org/

PaperKarma™ – Kill Unwanted Mail, Not Trees
https://www.paperkarma.com/

Papyrus – Modern, Blazing-Fast, Privacy-First Platform for Blogs and Newsletters
https://papyrus.so/

ParanoidPaul – Track Changes to Privacy Policies, Terms, Conditions and User Agreements
https://www.paranoidpaul.com/

Pass Generator
https://passgenerator.com/

PassPack – Free Anonymous Online Password Manager
https://www.passpack.com/

Password Safe
https://pwsafe.org/

Patient Privacy Rights
https://www.patientprivacyrights.org/

PauBox – Encrypted eMail for Modern Healthcare
https://www.paubox.com/

Peekier – Privacy Oriented Search Engine
https://peekier.com/

Pew Research Center: Americans and Cybersecurity
https://www.pewinternet.org/2017/01/26/americans-and-cybersecurity

Pixel Privacy – Protect Your Online Privacy
https://pixelprivacy.com/

Plagiarism Checker Free
https://www.plagiarismcheckerfree.com/

Platform for Privacy Preferences (P3P) Project
https://www.w3.org/P3P/

PlusPrivacy – Unified Dashborad for Privacy Protection
https://plusprivacy.com/

Ponemon Institute – Advancing Responsible Information Management
http://www.ponemon.org/

Populr – Create and Share Secure, Trackable WebPages
https://populr.me/

PORTIA – Privacy, Obligations, and Rights in Technologies of Information Assessment
https://crypto.stanford.edu/portia/

Pretty Good Privacy (PGP)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pretty_Good_Privacy

PriBot – Chat with PriBot About Any Privacy Policy – AI Powered Privacy Policies
https://pribot.org/

Privacy and Security Portal Magazine
https://flipboard.com/@picartsan/privacy-and-security-portal-magazine-hj09sas2y

Privacy Angel – Protect Your Privacy Online
https://privacyangel.com/

Privacy Badger – Blocks Spying Ads and Invisible Trackers
https://www.eff.org/privacybadger/

PrivacyBee – Your Privacy Is at Risk
https://privacybee.com/

Privacy Eraser – Clean Your Tracks and Protect Your Privacy
https://www.cybertronsoft.com/products/privacy-eraser/

Privacy-Focused Surveys, Polls and Forms
https://blocksurvey.io/

Privacy Forum
https://www.vortex.com/privacy/

Privacy Icons
https://disconnect.me/icons

Privacy.li – Privacy Tool Website for Anonymity
https://www.privacy.li/

Privacy Matters! 5 Apps That Keep Your Data Safe and Private by Mihir Patkar
https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/privacy-matters-5-apps-keep-data-safe-private/

Privacy Online: VPN Beginner’s Guide
https://thebestvpn.com/what-is-vpn-beginners-guide/

PrivacyPage – Create Your Own Branded Privacy Page
https://www.privacypage.com/

Privacy Policy Generator for Websites and Apps
https://www.iubenda.com/en

Privacy Resources 2022
https://www.PrivacyResources.info/

Privacy Rights Clearinghouse
https://www.privacyrights.org/

Privacy Tech’s Third Generation – A Review of the Emerging Privacy Tech Sector
https://fpf.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/FPF-PTA-Report_Digital.pdf

Privacy Tools for Sharing Research Data
https://privacytools.seas.harvard.edu/

Privado Search Engine
https://www.privado.com/

Privately – Swiss Privacy and Data Protection Solutions
https://www.privately.eu/

Privnote – Send Notes That Will Self Destruct After Being Read
https://privnote.com/

Privoxy – Free Software Privacy Enhancement
https://www.privoxy.org/

Protect Your Online Business from Legal Liability – Privacy Policy
https://www.disclaimertemplate.com/

ProtonMail – Securing Privacy Rights for Everyone
https://protonmail.ch/

ProtonVPN
https://www.protonvpn.com

Proxify® – Anonymous Proxy Protects Your Online Privacy Without Installing Software
https://proxify.com/

PureVPN
https://www.PureVPN.com/

Quad9 – Internet Security and Privacy In a Few Easy Steps
https://www.quad9.net/

Qubes OS – A Reasonably Secure Operating System
https://www.qubes-os.org/

Qwant – Search Engine That Respects Your Privacy
https://www.qwant.com/

Reciprocity – Compliance and Risk Management Made Simple
https://reciprocitylabs.com/

Reconstructing Electronic Surveillance Law by Daniel J. Solove
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=445180

Reputation Defender
https://www.reputation.com/

Retroshare – Comunicate Secure with Friends
https://retroshare.sourceforge.net/

Riffle – An Efficient Communication System With Strong Anonymity
https://people.csail.mit.edu/devadas/pubs/riffle.pdf

Riposte: An Anonymous Messaging System Handling Millions of Users
https://www.scs.stanford.edu/~dm/home/papers/corrigan-gibbs:riposte.pdf

Safe Share – The Right Way To Share Private Information
https://www.safeshare.io/

SafeWeb
https://safeweb.norton.com/

Search Encrypt – The Privacy Based Search Engine
https://www.searchencrypt.com/

Secure Passwords 101: Why They Matter and How To Create Them
https://vpnmash.com/privacy/secure-passwords/

Secure Virtual Data Room
https://www.sharefile.com/virtual-data-room/

Security In-A Box – Tools and Tactics for Digital Security
https://securityinabox.org/en

Seecrypt – Privacy Smartphone App for Secure Voice Calls and Text Messages
https://www.seecrypt.com/

Send Files Securely
https://www.sendfilessecurely.com/

ShareFileVDR – Secure Virtual Data Room
https://www.sharefile.com/virtual-data-room/

SharpMail – Anonymous eMail and SMS
https://sharpmail.co.uk/

Signal Private Messenger
https://whispersystems.org

Silent Circle – Enterprise Solutions for Mobile Communications
https://www.silentcircle.com/

SimplySecure – Usably Secure Technologies
https://simplysecure.org/

SiteLock – The Global Leader in Website Security
https://www.sitelock.com/

Skiff – Private and Decentralized Workspace
https://www.skiff.org/

SlashNext – Real-Time Phishing Threat Intelligence
https://www.slashnext.com/real-time-phishing-threat-intelligence/

SlyDial – Connects You Directly to Someone’s Mobile Voicemail
https://www.slydial.com/

Sneakemail – the Anonymizer Anti Spam Service and Spam Filter
https://sneakemail.com/

SoftPerfect WiFi Guard
https://www.softperfect.com/products/wifiguard/

Somebody Proxy Servers and Anonymizer
https://www.somebody.net/

Sookasa – Protect Files Across Cloud Services and Mobile Devices
https://www.sookasa.com/

SpamGourmet – Anti-Spam Tool
https://www.spamgourmet.com/

Spectre and Meltdown: Cheat Sheet by Nick Heath
https://www.techrepublic.com/article/spectre-and-meltdown-cheat-sheet/

SpiderOak – 100% Private Online Backup, Sync and Sharing
https://spideroak.com/

Standard Notes – A Simple and Private Notes App
https://standardnotes.org/

StartMail – Take Back Your eMail Privacy
https://www.startmail.com/

Startpage – World’s Most Private Search Engine
https://www.startpage.com/

Stealth Mode – 2022 Guide to Interrnet Provacy Resources and Tools
https://www.StealthMode.info/

Stop Trackers Dead: The Best Private Browsers for 2022
https://www.pcmag.com/picks/stop-trackers-dead-the-best-private-browsers

Substack, RSS and Privacy
https://www.gardnercampbell.net/blog1/substack-rss-and-privacy/

SurfEasy – Online Privacy
https://www.surfeasy.com/

Surveillance Self-Defense – Tips, Tools and How-Tos for Safer Online Communications
https://ssd.eff.org/

Swirlds – The Platform for Distributed Applications
https://www.swirlds.com/

SwissCows – Privacy Safe Web Search
https://swisscows.com

Switzerland Network Testing Tool
https://www.eff.org/pages/switzerland-network-testing-tool

Sync.com – Everything in Sync
https://www.sync.com/

Tails – Amnesic Incognito Live System – Privacy for Anyone Anywhere
https://tails.boum.org/

Talk.net – Do Phone Numbers Say Enough About You
https://mtalk.net/

Tauria – The Private Communication Platform You Need
https://www.tauria.com/

Teen Essential Internet Safety Guide
https://www.usdish.com/teen-internet-safety

Telegram – SMS on Steroids
https://telegram.org/

Telescope – Platform to Write, Publish and Distribute
https://telescope.ac/

Temporary Private Message
https://privatemessages.co/

Terbium Labs – Mitigate Digital Risks OutSide Your Perimeter
https://terbiumlabs.com/

Terms of Service – Didn’t Read
https://tosdr.org/

TextPort – Online Text Messaging Service
https://www.textport.com/

TextSecure Private SMS/MMS
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.thoughtcrime.securesms

The 4 Best Phones for Privacy and Security by Dallas Thomas

https://time.com/4993095/smartphones-best-privacy/

The Apps To Use If You Want To Keep Your Messages Private
https://www.recode.net/2017/4/15/15297316/apps-whatsapp-signal-imessage-hacking-hackers-messages-privacy

 

The Beginner’s Guide To Online Privacy by Iulian Gulea
https://medium.freecodecamp.org/the-beginners-guide-to-online-privacy-7149b33c4a3e

The Best VPN Services
https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/best-vpn-services/

The Coming EU Privacy Regulation Will End Up Remaking the World’s Web
https://boingboing.net/2018/02/03/race-to-the-top.html

The Consumer-data Opportunity and the Privacy Imperative
https://www.mckinsey.com/business-functions/risk/our-insights/the-consumer-data-opportunity-and-the-privacy-imperative

 

The Daily Swig – Cybersecurity News and Views
https://portswigger.net/daily-swig/

The Digital Journalist’s Legal Guide – First Amendment Handbook
https://www.rcfp.org/resources/first-amendment-handbook/

The Freenet Project – Peer to Peer Platform for Censorship Resistant and Privacy Respecting Publishing and Communication
https://freenetproject.org/

The Global Disinformation Order
https://comprop.oii.ox.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/93/2019/09/CyberTroop-Report19.pdf

 

The Good To Know Campaign from Google
http://www.google.co.uk/goodtoknow/

The Invisible Internet Project (I2P)
https://geti2p.net/en/

The Most Secure Browser for Transmitting Sensitive Data is Definitely Not Chrome
https://www.techrepublic.com/article/the-most-secure-browser-for-transmitting-sensitive-data-is-definitely-not-chrome/

The National Security Archive
https://www2.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/index.html

The Origins and Growth of Information Privacy Law by Daniel J. Solove
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=445181

The Paranoid Person’s Guide To Online Privacy
https://www.fastcompany.com/90316917/the-paranoid-persons-guide-to-online-privacy

The Parents’ Guide to Teaching Your Teen Online Privacy
https://www.mytutor.co.uk/blog/the-parents-guide-to-teaching-your-teen-online-safety/

The Privacy Enthusiast’s Guide to Using an iPhone
https://lifehacker.com/the-privacy-enthusiasts-guide-to-using-an-iphone-1792386831

The Privacy Page – Electronic Privacy Information Cener (EPIC)
https://www.privacy.org/

The Privacy Panic Cycle: A Guide to Public Fears About New Technologies
https://www2.itif.org/2015-privacy-panic.pdf

The Privacy Surfer – We Blog About Protecting Your Online Privacy
https://privacysurfer.com/

The Quest for Quantum-Proof Encryption Just Made A Leap Forward
https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/08/03/1005891/search-for-quantum-proof-encryption-computing-nist/

The Right to be Forgotten and Its Unintended Consequences to Intelligence Gathering
https://www.bespacific.com/the-right-to-be-forgotten-and-its-unintended-consequences-to-intelligence-gathering/

These Are the Best VPNs We Found for iOS by Mark Kaufman
https://mashable.com/2018/02/19/best-vpns-for-ios-devices-iphone-ipad/

The Secretive Company That Might End Privacy as We Know It
https://theoreti.ca/?p=7273

The State of Online Privacy
https://watchdogreviews.com/state-online-privacy/

The Surveillance Self-Defense Project
https://ssd.eff.org/

The Surveillance-Industrial Complex – ACLU Report
https://www.aclu.org/national-security/combatting-surveillance-industrial-complex

The Ultimate Guide To Online Privacy
https://fried.com/privacy/

The Ultimate Online Privacy Guide 2021
https://www.vpngeeks.com/online-privacy-guide/

The Ultimate Online Privacy Guide
https://proprivacy.com/guides/the-ultimate-privacy-guide

ThreatPost – Independent News Site for IT and Business Security
https://threatpost.com/

Threema – The Messenger That Puts Security and Privacy First
https://threema.ch/

ThrowAwayMail.com
https://www.throwawaymail.com/

Tickle – Escape an Awkward Encounter
https://www.usetickle.com/

TigerConnect – How Care Teams Connect and Collaborate
https://tigerconnect.com/

TinyCert – Simple, Free, PKI-as-a-Service
https://www.tinycert.org/

Top 5 Privacy PlugIns
https://www.techrepublic.com/article/top-5-privacy-plugins/

Top 10 Podcast Episodes About Online Privacy
https://blog.mozilla.org/internetcitizen/2019/09/19/top-10-podcast-episodes-about-online-privacy/

TOR: An Anonymous Internet Communication System
https://www.torproject.org/

Tor Browser Bundle
https://www.torproject.org/projects/torbrowser.html.en

TorChat – Peer to Peer Anonymous Instant Messenger
https://github.com/prof7bit/TorChat/wiki

TOR For Newbies – When Should You Use It?
https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/tor-for-newbies/

Tor Project
https://www.torproject.org/

Tor Stack Exchange
http://tor.stackexchange.com/

TrackMeNot
https://cs.nyu.edu/trackmenot/

Tradespace – Buy, Sell and License Intellectual Property
https://www.tradespace.io/

Transactions on Data Privacy (TDP)
https://www.tdp.cat/

Tresorit – Secure Cloud Collaboration Made Easy
https://tresorit.com/

Trove – Privacy-Focused Bookmark Organizer
https://trovenow.com/

TrueVault – HIPAA Compliant File Storage
https://www.TrueVault.com/

TunnelBear – A More Secure Way to Browse the Web
https://www.tunnelbear.com/

Two Factor Auth (2FA)
https://twofactorauth.org/

uMark – Photo Watermark Software for Windows and Mac
https://www.uconomix.com/Products/uMark/

UseGuard – Discover the Hidden Secrets in Privacy Policies
https://useguard.com/

Vanish – Enhancing the Privacy of the Web with Self-Destructing Digital
https://vanish.cs.washington.edu/

Viber Secure Messaging
https://www.Viber.com/

Virtru – Secure Your Emails and Attachments, Choose Who Can View Them, And Revoke Access At Any Time
https://www.virtru.com/

VPN Beginner’s Guide
https://thebestvpn.com/what-is-vpn-beginners-guide/

VPN Guide for Newbies
https://www.vpnmentor.com/blog/vpns-101-vpnmentors-vpn-guide-newbies/

Vuvuzela.io – Private Chat System That Protects Metadata
https://vuvuzela.io/

VyprVPN – The World’s Fastest VPN
https://www.goldenfrog.com/vyprvpn

Walnote – Secure Notes Online Free
https://www.walnote.com/

Wanna Protect Your Online Privacy? Open A Tab and Make Some Noise by Emily Dreyfuss
https://www.wired.com/2017/03/wanna-protect-online-privacy-open-tab-make-noise/

Want to Erase Yourself from the Internet? Here’s How
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/columnist/komando/2021/05/27/how-erase-yourself-internet-and-regain-some-privacy/7438183002/

Web Privacy Check
https://ipinfo.info/html/privacy-check.php

What Is a VPN and Why You Need One
https://privacyangel.com/

What Is a VPN – Beginner’s Guide to Virtual Private Networks
https://www.vpnsrus.com/what-is-a-vpn/

What Is Encryption by Aditi Chaudhry
https://medium.com/@aditi.chaudhry92/what-is-encryption-954b5083532d

Where Does the U.S. Rank in the Global Data Privacy Landscape? By Samer Kamal
https://www.cpomagazine.com/data-privacy/where-does-the-u-s-rank-in-the-global-data-privacy-landscape

Which VPN Providers Really Take Privacy Seriously in 2021
https://torrentfreak.com/best-vpn-anonymous-no-logging/

WhisperSystems – Open Source Security for Mobile Devices
https://whispersystems.org/

WhiteOut.io – Email Encryption For the Rest Of Us
https://whiteout.io/

Wickr – Most Secure and Private Collaboration Platform
https://www.wickr.com/

WikiPedia – Privacy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Privacy

WikiPedia – SMS
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMS

WikiPedia – Text Messaging
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Text_messaging

Will a VPN Protect Me? Defining Your Threat Model by Mirimir
https://www.ivpn.net/privacy-guides/will-a-vpn-protect-me

Windscribe – Internet Privacy and Security As It Should Be
https://windscribe.com/

WinMagic Data Security SecureDoc – Making It Easy To Secure Data
https://www.winmagic.com/

WiredSafety – Helping Everyone Stay Safer Online Since 1995
https://www.wiredsafety.org/

World Privacy Forum
https://www.worldprivacyforum.org/

Worldwide Survey of Encryption Products by Bruce Schneier, Kathleen Seidel and Saranya Vijayakumar
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2731160

Write.as – Less Distraction, More Writing
https://write.as/

YaCy – Distributed P2P Based Web Indexing and Anonmymous Search Engine
https://www.yacy.net/

Yandex Browser – Secure and Anonymous Browser
https://browser.yandex.com/

Yippy – Welcome To Your Data
https://www.yippyinc.com/

You Are Being Watched Online
https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/youre-watched-online/

You Need To Encrypt All Your Data …. This Is How It’s Done by Ben Dickson
https://thenextweb.com/contributors/2017/07/03/encrypt-data-email-files-hard-drive/#.tnw_jYN29E7R

Your Cybersecurity Self-Defense Cheat Sheet
https://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2017/02/your_cybersecurity_self_defense_cheat_sheet.html

Your First Privacy Tools by Kirsten Morel
https://medium.com/@kfmorel/your-first-privacy-tools-bec2f79fc8b6</a

ZeroNet – Open, Free and Uncensorable Websites Using Bitcoin Cryptography and BitTorrent Network
https://zeronet.io/

Zero Trust Security Model
https://media.defense.gov/2021/Feb/25/2002588479/-1/-1/0/CSI_EMBRACING_ZT_SECURITY_MODEL_UOO115131-21.PDF

Zimperium – Advanced Mobile Security
https://www.zimperium.com/

ZLTECH – Where Information Management Meets Analytics
https://www.zlti.com/

Zfone – Secure Voice Over IP
https://zfone.com/

Zoho eMail Service
http://www.zoho.com/

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