diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 2a17dfb..d09ba5a 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -894,44 +894,59 @@ No known alternatives. ## Resources -Everything you need to become a Privacy Wizard. - -- [Databunker](https://databunker.org/) - Network-based, self-hosted, GDPR compliant, secure database for personal data or PII. -- [Privacy Tools](https://www.privacytools.io/) (thanks u/yieldingTemporarily) -- [ethical.net](https://ethical.net/) (thanks u/yieldingTemporarily) -- [Go FOSS](https://www.gofoss.today/) - Another guide on ditching big-tech, with a focus on seven core areas. -- [AlternativeTo](https://alternativeto.net/) - Find alternatives for software. Used extensively to build this guide. Also check out [Switching.software](https://switching.software/) (thanks @mynamesleon) -- [Framasoft](https://framasoft.org/en/) - Lots of alternatives and software. Too many to fit into the list. Also check out [this link](https://degooglisons-internet.org/en/). Thanks @NicolasPA -- [r/Privacy wiki](https://old.reddit.com/r/privacy/wiki/index) -- [r/VPN](https://old.reddit.com/r/VPN/) - Read the sidebar and [wiki](https://old.reddit.com/r/VPN/wiki/index) to learn more about why you should consider using a VPN. I personally use [Mullvad](https://mullvad.net) but do your own research before choosing. +Everything you need to become a privacy wizard. This section has two subsections: The first has links with self-explanatory titles, the second has more detailed descriptions. + +#### Subsection 1 + +- [Android Privacy Guide - Take Control Of Your Data (GitLab)](https://gitlab.com/Attedz/AndroidPrivacyGuide) +- [DuckDuckGo's privacy newsletter](https://duckduckgo.com/newsletter) +- [EFF's Surveillance Self-Defense (eff.org)](https://ssd.eff.org/) +- [Everything You Need to Know About Password Managers](https://outline.com/NC69FD) +- [Firefox: Privacy Related "about:config" Tweaks](https://www.privacytools.io/browsers/#about_config) - [Four Methods to Create a Secure Password You'll Actually Remember](https://outline.com/XuMTFA) -- [How to Create a Strong Password (and Remember It)](https://outline.com/dqfuqL) -- Use a [password manager](https://outline.com/NC69FD) such as [Bitwarden](https://bitwarden.com) -- Set up [multi-factor/two-factor authentication](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-factor_authentication) on as many accounts as you can -- Don't save passwords to your browser: [Erase the entire password cache](http://www.wikihow.com/Delete-Remembered-Passwords) once you set up a password manager. -- [Remove bloatware from Android (without root)](https://www.xda-developers.com/uninstall-carrier-oem-bloatware-without-root-access/) -- [What are 5-eyes, 9-eyes, and 14-eyes?](https://restoreprivacy.com/5-eyes-9-eyes-14-eyes/) -- [Outline](https://outline.com/) is an awesome tool for getting all the junk out of news articles (I've used it a few times in this guide already). Sometimes it can get around paywalls for "premium" news sites. +- [How to create a strong password (and remember it)](https://outline.com/dqfuqL) +- [How to delete remembered passwords (WikiHow)](http://www.wikihow.com/Delete-Remembered-Passwords) +- [How to disable Telemetry and Data Collection in Windows 10 (Winaero)](https://winaero.com/blog/how-to-disable-telemetry-and-data-collection-in-windows-10/) +- [How to permanently delete a Facebook account (Delete Facebook)](https://deletefacebook.com/). +- [How to permanently delete a Facebook account (WikiHow)](https://www.wikihow.com/Permanently-Delete-a-Facebook-Account) +- [HTTP vs. HTTPS: What's the Difference and Why Should You Care? (Entrepreneur)](https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/281633) +- [Linux workstation security checklist (GitHub)](https://github.com/lfit/itpol/blob/master/linux-workstation-security.md) +- [Manage Windows 10 Telemetry and Data Collection settings (The Windows Club)](https://www.thewindowsclub.com/windows-10-telemetry) +- [Multi-factor authentication (Wikipedia)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-factor_authentication) +- [Remove bloatware from Android without root (XDA)](https://www.xda-developers.com/uninstall-carrier-oem-bloatware-without-root-access/) +- [Spread Privacy - The Official DuckDuckGo Blog](https://spreadprivacy.com/) +- [The what, why, and when of multi-factor authentication (MFA)](https://outline.com/8gL8ZG) +- [They Track You: A website to raise awareness of online privacy (TheyTrackYou.com)](https://theytrackyou.com/) +- [user.js - Firefox configuration hardening (GitHub)](https://github.com/pyllyukko/user.js) +- [What are 5-eyes, 9-eyes, and 14-eyes? (RestorePrivacy)](https://restoreprivacy.com/5-eyes-9-eyes-14-eyes/) +- [What is GDPR and how will it affect you? (Outline/The Guardian)](https://outline.com/exmSpf) +- [What is GDPR? Everything you need to know about the new EU data laws (Outline/TechRadar)](https://outline.com/6sjd76) - [What is Tor and should I use it?](https://outline.com/JRCscH) -- [HTTP vs. HTTPS](https://outline.com/xUXZMh) -- The EFF has an [excellent guide](https://ssd.eff.org/) on how to stay safe and secure online. It is incredibly useful and I suggest that everyone read through it. -- Click [here](https://www.thewindowsclub.com/windows-10-telemetry) and [here](https://winaero.com/blog/how-to-disable-telemetry-and-data-collection-in-windows-10/) for tips on disabling Windows 10 telemetry/data collection. -- Click [here](https://duckduckgo.com/newsletter) to sign up for DuckDuckGo's privacy newsletter, and [here](https://spreadprivacy.com/) for more tips, articles, and blog posts from DuckDuckGo. -- [Windows 10 Privacy Guide](https://fdossena.com/?p=w10debotnet/index_1903.frag) (thanks again u/rightknobhead) -- [Fix Windows Privacy](https://modzero.github.io/fix-windows-privacy/) - A tool to disable privacy breaches on Windows 10. -- [Delete Facebook](https://deletefacebook.com/). Another guide can be found [here](https://www.wikihow.com/Permanently-Delete-a-Facebook-Account). -- [Why you should put tape over your webcam](https://outline.com/fYCu98) -- [What is DNS and why should I change it?](https://outline.com/8jsWXw) Use [DNSPerf](https://www.dnsperf.com/#!dns-resolvers) to see which one is fastest for you. (Thanks @resynth1943) -- What is GDPR? [TechRadar](https://outline.com/6sjd76) and [The Guardian](https://outline.com/exmSpf) -- [Here](https://github.com/lfit/itpol/blob/master/linux-workstation-security.md) is a really good guide for configuring a super secure Linux workstation (thanks u/aoeudhtns) -- [A website to raise awareness of online privacy](https://theytrackyou.com/). Lot's of good tips in here (thanks u/brais33) -- [Android Privacy Guide](https://gitlab.com/Attedz/AndroidPrivacyGuide) (thanks u/rightknobhead) -- Check out [Prism Break](https://prism-break.org/en/) (thanks u/FrontierPsycho) -- [Guide for Linux users](https://github.com/wesaphzt/block-all-google) on blocking everything Google at the network level. This can and probably will break other alternatives that rely on Google to serve content. Thanks u/wesaphzt -- u/wesaphzt also provided [this](https://github.com/pyllyukko/user.js), [this](https://ffprofile.com/), and [this](https://www.privacytools.io/browsers/#about_config) for hardening Firefox. -- Check out [WindowsSpyBlocker](https://github.com/crazy-max/WindowsSpyBlocker) and [this tutorial](https://github.com/adolfintel/Windows10-Privacy) for even more Windows 10 tips (thanks u/rudolf323) -- [retiolus/privacysec](https://github.com/retiolus/privacysec) - Another list of free, open source, and privacy respecting alternatives to privacy-violating services, whose aim is to be translated into as many languages as possible. -- [VirusTotal](https://www.virustotal.com/) lets you upload files and scans them against multiple antivirus programs at once. Very helpful for checking false negatives. Unfortunately Alphabet Inc owns VirusTotal but there are no good alternatives. +- [Why You Really Should Put Tape Over Your Webcam](https://outline.com/fYCu98) +- [Windows 10 Privacy Guide (fdossena.com)](https://fdossena.com/?p=w10debotnet/index_1903.frag) +- [7 Reasons to Use a Third-Party DNS Service](https://outline.com/8jsWXw) + - Use [DNSPerf](https://www.dnsperf.com/#!dns-resolvers) to see which one is fastest for you. + +#### Subsection 2 + +- [AlternativeTo](https://alternativeto.net/) is a free service that helps you find better alternatives to the products you love and hate. Used extensively to build this guide. +- [block-all-google.sh](https://github.com/wesaphzt/block-all-google) is a script for blocking everything Google at the network level. This can and probably will break other alternatives that rely on Google to serve content. +- [Databunker](https://databunker.org/) is a network-based, self-hosted, GDPR compliant, secure database for personal data or PII. +- [ethical.net](https://ethical.net/) is a not-for-profit project building a collaborative, online directory of ethical companies of all kinds. +- [Firefox Profilemaker](https://ffprofile.com/) is a tool to help you create a Firefox profile with the defaults you like. +- [Fix Windows Privacy](https://modzero.github.io/fix-windows-privacy/) is a tool to disable privacy breaches on Windows 10. +- [Framasoft](https://framasoft.org/en/) is a collection of alternative software. Too many to fit elsewhere in the list. +- [Go FOSS](https://www.gofoss.today/) is a guide on ditching big-tech, with a focus on seven core areas. +- [Hybrid Analysis](https://www.hybrid-analysis.com/) a free malware analysis service for the community that detects and analyzes unknown threats using a unique Hybrid Analysis technology. Powered by [Falcon Sandbox](https://www.crowdstrike.com/endpoint-security-products/falcon-sandbox-malware-analysis/), which is developed by [CrowdStrike](https://www.crowdstrike.com/). +- [Outline](https://outline.com/) is an awesome tool for getting all the junk out of news articles (I've used it a few times in this guide already). Sometimes it can get around paywalls for "premium" news sites. +- [PRISM Break](https://prism-break.org/en/) is a guide on how to opt out of global data surveillance programs like PRISM, XKeyscore and Tempora. +- [PrivacyTools](https://www.privacytools.io/) provides services, tools and knowledge to protect your privacy against global mass surveillance. +- [retiolus/privacysec](https://github.com/retiolus/privacysec) is a collective guide built off the data of other guides, including this one, whose aim is to be translated into as many languages as possible. +- [r/Privacy wiki](https://old.reddit.com/r/privacy/wiki/index) has a lot of useful information. This guide also automatically mirrors itself to the wiki! +- [r/VPN wiki](https://old.reddit.com/r/VPN/wiki/index) to learn more about why you should consider using a VPN. +- [Switching.software](https://switching.software/) is a collection of ethical, easy-to-use and privacy-conscious alternatives to well-known software. +- [VirusTotal](https://www.virustotal.com/) lets you upload files and scans them against multiple antivirus programs at once. Very helpful for checking false negatives. Be aware that Alphabet Inc owns VirusTotal. +- [WindowsSpyBlocker (GitHub)](https://github.com/crazy-max/WindowsSpyBlocker) is a tool to block spying and tracking on Windows. ## Books