Privacy Link List
A list of lists and overviews on the topic privacy tools. Please be aware that using "better" tools do not improve your privacy much; it's just a small step.
Links
- Briar
- Browser Fingerprint
- Defensive Computing Checklist
- EFF Surveillance Self-Defense
- Magisk
- Mobile Messenger overview
- Open Source alternatives
- Open Source alternatives
- Prism-break
- Privacy Guides
- privacy is sexy
- privacy test
- Switching software
- The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Online Anonymity
- use plaintext in emails
Platform alternatives
TODO
Client Alternatives
If you can't or don't want to use platform alternatives you can at least use different clients/alternative websites, text only offerings from a given source.
Great Browser Plugin to automatically redirect to some of these services: https://github.com/libredirect/libredirect
| Service | Client |
|---|---|
| Video | newpipe and Piped and Invidious |
| Social | Twitter, Instagram, Reddit or old Reddit, Tumblr |
| World News | NPR, Google News, CNN, CBC, The Guadian, New York Times |
| Tech News | skimfeed, Hacker News |
| Search | SearXNG, instances, startpage, DuckDuckGo, millionshort |
| Maps | OSM, qwant |
| Music | libre.fm |
Fediverse
More info about the Fediverse.
Alternatives to:
- Facebook: Friendica
- GoodReads: BookWyrm
- Instagram: Pixelfed
- MeetUp: Mobilizon
- Podcasting: Castopod
- Reddit: Lemmy
- Social Media: Mastodon
- Soundcloud: Reel2Bits
- Spotify: Funkwhale
- Twitter: Pleroma and Misskey
- YouTube: PeerTube
Android Apps
Open board
100% FOSS keyboard, based on AOSP
- Github: https://github.com/dslul/openboard
- f-droid: https://f-droid.org/packages/org.dslul.openboard.inputmethod.latin/
Gadgetbridge
- homepage: https://gadgetbridge.org/
- f-droid: https://f-droid.org/packages/nodomain.freeyourgadget.gadgetbridge/
- Source: https://codeberg.org/Freeyourgadget/Gadgetbridge/
DRM
Buy DRM free products (Media, Software,..)