FAQ
This is an introductory guide for those looking for an answer to their digital security concerns. It assumes common threat scenarios and asks a series of iterative questions to direct you to a solution, whether that’s a tool, a technique or a link to one of the excellent resources listed herein. Treat every recommendation as one piece of the security puzzle you need to solve.
Guides and reference manuals
- Prism Break – a directory of Internet services and software for protecting oneself from online surveillance
- Privacy Tools – a huge collection of privacy-oriented tools, services and guides
- Email Self Defense – Free Software Foundation
- Digital First Aid Kit – Digital Defenders
- Digital Security Toolkit – Tactical Technology Collective & Front Line Defenders
- Security Guides – Riseup
- Surveillance Self Defense guide – Electronic Frontier Foundation
- Protecting Your Security Online – AccessNow
- My Shadow – Tactical Technology Collective
- Gender and Tech Resources – Tactical Technology Collective
- Digital Security Manual for Human Rights Defenders – Front Line Defenders
- What to do when your website goes down – Jon Camfield
- Basic Internet Security – FLOSS manuals Greenhost, Free Press Unlimited
- Encryption Works – Freedom of the Press Foundation
- Privacy and security conscious browsing – Andrew Case
Software and services index
- Avast
- BitMask
- BittorrentSync
- Bleachbit
- Bleep
- CCleaner
- Comodo
- Cryptocat
- DiskCryptor
- Dm-crypt
- Eraser
- Firechat
- FlashBlock
- FlashControl
- GPG4USB
- Ghostery
- HTTPS Everywhere
- Herdict
- Jitsi
- Jitsi Meet
- KeePass Password Safe
- Lantern
- LibreCrypt
- Lightbeam
- Linphone
- LinuxLive USB Creator
- Mailpile
- Mailvelope
- Mega
- Nessus
- NetCraft
- Nmap
- NoRoot Firewall
- NoScript
- Onion Browser
- Orbot
- Orweb
- Panicbutton
- Peerio
- Pidgin Adium
- Psiphon
- Purify
- Qubes OS
- Recuva
- Ricochet IM
- SMSSecure
- ScriptBlock
- Signal
- SilentPhone
- SpoofMac
- SureSpot
- Symantec Endpoint
- Tails OS
- Telegram
- Tor Browser
- Tor Messenger
- Tor2Web
- TorBirdy
- Truecrypt
- UBlock
- UProxy
- Veracrypt
- Virtualbox
- Whonix
- WorldIP
Contacts
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