Repositories & Links
General¶
General sources for all kinds of topics and links.
- Awesome Awesomeness - A curated list of awesome awesomeness.
- Awesome List - Awesome lists about all kinds of interesting topics.
- Awesome Privacy (Kevin Coleman) - Limiting personal data leaks on the internet.
- Awesome Privacy (Pluja) - A curated list of services and alternatives that respect your privacy because PRIVACY MATTERS.
- Awesome Security - A collection of awesome software, libraries, documents, books, resources and cools stuffs about security.
- Awesome Self-Hosted - Alternatives to popular online services that can be self-hosted without giving up privacy.
- Personal security checklist - checklist of 300+ tips for protecting digital security and privacy. (site)
- The Book of Secret Knowledge - A collection of inspiring lists, manuals, cheatsheets, blogs, hacks, one-liners, cli/web tools and more.
Courses¶
Courses in many subjects (Including programming and mathematics)
- Coursera - Coursera is an online learning platform that offers online courses, specializations, and degrees.
- CampusIL - Free online courses from Israeli universities.
- MIT Open Courses - MIT Open Courses is a free and open educational resource.
- Udemy - Udemy is an online learning platform that offers online courses.
Forums¶
- XDA Forums - XDA Developers was founded by developers, for developers. It is now a valuable resource for people who want to make the most of their mobile devices.
- Dev.to - developers focused community.
- Medium - Medium is an online publishing platform that enables users to discover, read, and interact with stories that matter most to them.
Network Related¶
DNS¶
- Wikipedia's public DNS service comparison table
if you're not sure what DNS server to use, try DNS Benchmark Tool 1 - AdGuard DNS - AdGuard DNS is a free and open source DNS server that provides a free and open source DNS service for your network.
- CloudFlare - CloudFlare DNS is a free, global, public DNS service that provides reliable, secure, and reliable DNS services.
- NextDNS - NextDNS is a DNS service that provides a free, reliable, and secure DNS service.
- Quad9 - Quad9 is a free, global, public DNS service that provides reliable, secure, and reliable DNS services.
- Pi-Hole - The Pi-hole® is a DNS sinkhole that protects your devices from unwanted content, without installing any client-side software.
You might also want to check Google DNS - Note that Google is a data mining company, and they probably do collect data on your DNS queries.
Email Services¶
- Mailfence - Mailfence is an encrypted email service from Belgium, that offers OpenPGP based end-to-end encryption and digital signatures.
- Tutanota - Tutanota is a free, secure email provider based in Germany. Its name comes from the Latin words “Tuta” and “Nota,” which translate to “secure note.”
- ProtonMail - ProtonMail is a free, secure, Swiss email provider. Using open-source and zero-knowledge architecture.
Additional Info
Check out this This Email Security Checklist.
For deeper reviews of email security. 2
Additional providers worth checking Mailbox.org, cTemplar, Disroot, Posteo and Soverin.
Alternatively, you can self host using Mail-in-a-Box or check this guide.
Hosts Lists¶
- Peter Lowe Hosts
- Someone Who Cares Hosts
- Steven Black Hosts - Unified hosts file + Extensions to choose from.
- Hagezi DNS Blocklist - Unified hosts file that prevents your system from connecting to adware sites.
VPN¶
VPN Comparison Guide - VPNs ranked based on privacy polices & more. may not be up to date
- IVPN - Premium VPN service. Based in Gibraltar.
- Mullvad - Privacy oriented, fast and easy to use VPN. Based in Sweden.
- NordVPN - VPN service.
- ProtonVPN - ProtonVPN is a free, open-source VPN service that provides secure, fast, and reliable VPN services.
- WireGuard - Simple yet fast and modern VPN that utilizes state-of-the-art cryptography.
Web¶
- EFF - The Electronic Frontier Foundation is the leading nonprofit organization defending civil liberties, digital privacy, free speech, and innovation in the digital world.
Search Providers¶
- Brave Search - Privacy-focused search engine based in the USA.
- DuckDuckGo - Privacy-focused search engine based in the USA.
- MetaGer - Privacy-focused search engine based in Germany.
- SearX - Privacy-focused search engine, hosted in multiple locations around the world. Self-hostable, open source metasearch engine.
- StartPage - Privacy-focused search engine based in the Netherlands.
- SwissCow - Privacy-focused search engine based in Switzerland.
- Whoogle Search - A self-hosted, Google search results, but without any ads, privacy-respecting engine.
Search Better¶
- Advanced Search Operators For Google
- Guide to Google Advanced Search Operators
- FireFox Address bar search tips - Tips for searching from the address bar in Firefox.
Privacy Related¶
- Privacy Guide - Privacy focused site with suggested apps, extensions and more. .
- PrivacyTools - PrivacyGuide's old site.3
- PrivacyToolsList - Safe internet, privacy tools for your desktop, here you will find best anonymity tools list for desktop, mobile, android, iphone.
- Prism Break - Opt out of global data surveillance programs.