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title: Privacy Tools

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# Privacy Tools

## Tools

### Browser Extensions
- HTTPS Everywhere
- Privacy Badger
- uBlock Origin
- Multi-Account Containers
- Temporary Containers
    - [Enhance your privacy](https://medium.com/@stoically/enhance-your-privacy-in-firefox-with-temporary-containers-33925cd6cd21)

> Tools from EFF: https://www.eff.org/pages/tools 


## Service

### Search Engine
- [DuckDuckGo](duckduckgo.com/)
    - Duck Duck Go, Inc. (U.S.)
    - Open Source: O
    - metasearch engine


### Messaging Service
- [Signal](https://signal.org/)
    - Signal Technology Foundation
    - Open Source: O
    - E2EE by default
- [Telegram](https://telegram.org/)
    - Telegram Messenger Inc.
    - Open Source: Client Side
    - allow E2EE 

> Further Reading: [國安法通過，全民反監控。常用通訊軟體哪個最安全？](https://medium.com/@thehacksbetweenus/%E5%9C%8B%E5%AE%89%E6%B3%95%E9%80%9A%E9%81%8E-%E5%85%A8%E6%B0%91%E5%8F%8D%E7%9B%A3%E6%8E%A7-%E5%B8%B8%E7%94%A8%E9%80%9A%E8%A8%8A%E8%BB%9F%E9%AB%94%E5%93%AA%E5%80%8B%E6%9C%80%E5%AE%89%E5%85%A8-c85b642649e1)

### Mail Service
- [ProtonMail](https://protonmail.com/)
    - Proton Technologies AG (Switzerland)
    - Open Source: 
        - Client Side
        - Core Crypto. Lib.
    - E2EE
    - PGP based PKI
- [Tutanota](https://tutanota.com/)
    - Germany
    - Open Source: O
    - E2EE

### Password Manager
- [Bitwarden](https://bitwarden.com/)
    - Bitwarden, Inc. (U.S.)
    - Open Source: Completely 
    - Audit: Cure53
    - E2EE
- [LastPass](https://www.lastpass.com/)
    - LogMeIn, Inc. (U.S.)
    - Open Source: X
    - Audit: SOC 3
    - E2EE
- [KeePass](https://keepass.info/)
    - Community
    - Open Source: O
    - Offline + Extensions

### Cloud Storage
- [Tresorit](tresorit.com/)
    - Tresorit (Switzerland)
    - Open Source: X
    - Audit: [EY Cybersecurity](https://tresorit.com/resources) 
        1. Penetration Testing
        2. Source code review
        3. Cryptography review
    - E2EE
        - Token in the fragment of URL 
    - Expensive
        - Free plan only for sending files
- [Sync.com](https://www.sync.com/)
    -  Sync.com Inc. (Canada)
    -  Open Source: X
    -  E2EE
    -  Slow

## OS

### Windows 
- https://github.com/adolfintel/Windows10-Privacy
- [w10privacy](https://www.w10privacy.de/english-home/instructions-1/)
    - no source code
    - [Discussion](https://github.com/privacytools/privacytools.io/issues/938)


## TODO
- VPN
- DNS
- Social Media
- Mobile APP
- OS
- GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation)

## Sites
- Restore Privacy: https://restoreprivacy.com/
- ThinkPrivacy: https://thinkprivacy.ch/ 
- AlternativeTo: https://alternativeto.net/ 
- EncryptedList: https://encryptedlist.xyz/
- switching.software: https://switching.software/
- No More Google: https://nomoregoogle.com/
- Privacy Tools: https://www.privacytools.io/
- PrivacySpy: https://privacyspy.org/