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**Personal Cyber Security: Useful Links**< br >
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See also: [Personal Security Checklist ](https://github.com/Lissy93/personal-security-checklist/blob/master/README.md ) 🔐
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# Awesome Privacy & Securty [](https://awesome.re) [](http://makeapullrequest.com) [](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
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> A curated list of useful tools and resources online, that help protect your privacy and keep you safe.
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- **Main Content**
- [Resources ](#resources )
- [Foundations ](#foundations )
- [How-To Guides ](#how-to-guides-and-specific-articles )
- **Media**
- [Blogs ](#blogs )
- [Books ](#books )
- [Podcasts ](#podcasts )
- [Videos ](#videos )
- **Research**
- [Data and API's ](#data-and-apis )
- [Academic Journals ](#academic-journals )
- [Implementations and Standards ](#implementations-and-standards )
- **Tools and Services**
- [Online Tools ](#online-tools )
- [Anonymous Services ](#anonymous-services )
- **More Lists**
- [Mega Guides ](#mega-guides )
- [Other GitHub Security Lists ](#other-github-security-lists )
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## Resources
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- Tips for safer online communications: https://ssd.eff.org
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- Tools to protect agains mass surveillance: https://www.privacytools.io
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- Secure app alternatives: https://prism-break.org/en/all
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- Guides for securing mobile, web and home tech https://bit.ly/2ptl4Wm
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- Complete guide to secure email: https://emailselfdefense.fsf.org
- Check which websites support 2FA: https://twofactorauth.org
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- Great advise for beginners: https://securityplanner.org
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## Foundations
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- Contract for the Web: https://contractfortheweb.org
- Electronic Frountier Foundation, Defending digital privacy + more: https://www.eff.org
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- OWASP Foundation: https://www.owasp.org
- The Privacy Project, by the NYT: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/opinion/internet-privacy-project.html
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- Freedom House, Fighting for freedom on the net: https://freedomhouse.org
- Privacy International: https://privacyinternational.org
- Open Tech Fund: https://www.opentech.fund
- Freedom of the Press Foundation: https://freedom.press
- Open Rights Group: https://www.openrightsgroup.org
- LEAP Encryption Access Project: https://leap.se
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- The Guardian Project: https://guardianproject.info
- Foundation for Applied Privacy: https://applied-privacy.net
- Safe + Secure (advise for journalists and film makers): https://safeandsecure.film
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- Citizen Lab: https://citizenlab.ca
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## How-To Guides and Specific Articles
- Complete guide to configureing Firefox for Privacy + Speed: https://12bytes.org/7750
- Overview of projects working on next-generation secure email: https://github.com/OpenTechFund/secure-email
- ISP and DNS privacy tips: https://bluz71.github.io/2018/06/20/digital-privacy-tips.html
- Layers of Personal Tech Security: https://thewirecutter.com/blog/internet-security-layers/
- Improving security on iPhone: https://lifehacker.com/the-privacy-enthusiasts-guide-to-using-an-iphone-1792386831
- Protect against SIM-swap scam: https://www.wired.com/story/sim-swap-attack-defend-phone/
- Is your Anti-Virus spying on you: https://restoreprivacy.com/antivirus-privacy/
- How to use Vera Crypt: https://www.howtogeek.com/108501/the-how-to-geek-guide-to-getting-started-with-truecrypt
- How to enable DNS over HTTPS: https://geekwire.co.uk/privacy-and-security-focused-dns-resolver
- How to resolve DNS leak issue: https://www.dnsleaktest.com/how-to-fix-a-dns-leak.html
- Windows data sending: https://thehackernews.com/2016/02/microsoft-windows10-privacy.html
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- How to spot a phishing attack: https://ssd.eff.org/en/module/how-avoid-phishing-attacks
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## Blogs
- Spread Privacy, Raising the standard of trust online, by DuckDuckGo: https://spreadprivacy.com/
- Restore Privacy, tools and guides about privacy and security: https://restoreprivacy.com/
- That One Privacy Site, impartial comparisons and discussions: https://thatoneprivacysite.net/
- The Hated One, Privacy and security videos: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjr2bPAyPV7t35MvcgT3W8Q
- 12Bytes, Opinion Articles about Tech, Privacy and more: https://12bytes.org/articles/tech
- BringBackPrivacy, easy-reading, sharable privacy articles: https://bringingprivacyback.com/
- Heimdal, Cyber Security Blog: https://heimdalsecurity.com/blog/
- Tech Crunch, Cyber Security 101: https://techcrunch.com/tag/cybersecurity-101/
- OONI, Internet freedom and analysis on blocked sites: https://ooni.org/post/
- Cyber Security Discusions on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/cybersecurity/
- Pixel Privacy: https://pixelprivacy.com/resources/
## Books
- Permanent Record (by Edward Snowden): https://amzn.to/30wxxXi
- Sandworm (by Andy Greenberg): https://amzn.to/2FVByeJ
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## Podcasts
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- Darknet Diaries (by Jack Rhysider): [https://darknetdiaries.com]. Or listen on [Stitcher][da-stitch]
- CYBER (by Motherboard, Vice): [Motherboard CYBER]. Or listen on [Stitcher][cy-stitch]
[https://darknetdiaries.com]: https://darknetdiaries.com
[da-stitch]: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/darknet-diaries
[Motherboard CYBER]: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/59vpnx/introducing-cyber-a-hacking-podcast-by-motherboard
[cy-stitch]: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/vice-2/cyber
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## Videos
- Why you should switch you should switch off your home WiFi: https://youtu.be/2GpNhYy2l08
- You are being watched, by The New York Times: https://youtu.be/c8jDsg-M6qM
- The Power of Privacy, by The Guardian: https://youtu.be/KGX-c5BJNFk
- Why Privacy matters, even if you have nothing to hide: https://youtu.be/Hjspu7QV7O0
## Data and API's
- A database or Current software vulnerabilities, Exploit Database: https://www.exploit-db.com/
- Detailed VPN Comparison Data: https://thatoneprivacysite.net/#detailed-vpn-comparison
- Trackers in Android Apps, Exodus: https://reports.exodus-privacy.eu.org/en/trackers/stats/
- Hosts to block: https://someonewhocares.org/hosts/ and https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts
- Service scanning for malisious domains, URLScan: https://urlscan.io/
- Data Breaches and Credentials: https://www.dehashed.com/breach
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## Academic Journals
- Crypto Paper: https://github.com/cryptoseb/cryptopaper/
- WireGuard White Paper: https://www.wireguard.com/papers/wireguard.pdf
## Implementations and Standards
- The GNU Privacy Guard: https://www.gnupg.org/
- OpenPGP JavaScript Implementation: https://openpgpjs.org/
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- Nym- Next Generation of Privacy infrastructure: https://as93.link/nym-blog-post
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## Government Cyber Security Organisations
- UK National Cyber Security Center: https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/
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- US Cybersecurity: https://www.nist.gov/topics/cybersecurity
## Anonymous Services
- NixNet: https://nixnet.services
- Snopyta: https://snopyta.org
- Disroot: https://disroot.org
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## Online Tools
- Check if your details have been compromised: https://haveibeenpwned.com and https://www.dehashed.com/
- Check where a suspicious URL redirects to, Redirect Detective: https://redirectdetective.com/
- Check which trackers any app on the Play Store has, εxodus: https://reports.exodus-privacy.eu.org/en/
- Analyse a suspicious web resource for malware, VirusTotal: https://www.virustotal.com/
- Check if a website is a scam, before buying from it, ScamAdviser: https://www.scamadviser.com/
- Clean up your online presence: https://www.deseat.me/
- Avoid revealing your real email address, by auto-generating aliases for each accound, 33Mail: http://33mail.com/Dg0gkEA
- Check if your browser is checking you, Panopticlick: https://panopticlick.eff.org/
- A suit of online tools, with online freedom in mind, Disroot: https://disroot.org/
- Check if your website is blocked by certain ISPs, Blocked by ORG: https://www.blocked.org.uk/
- Find, understand and use information from privacy policies, Data Rights Finder: https://www.datarightsfinder.org/
- Check which information is being leaked by your browser, Browser Leaks: https://browserleaks.com/
- Check for, and fix a DNS leak: https://www.dnsleaktest.com/
- Shows your IP address, and other associated details, IP Leak: https://ipleak.net
- Remove Meta/ EXIF data online, ExifRemove: https://www.exifremove.com/
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## Mega Guides
- https://fried.com/privacy
- https://www.ivpn.net/privacy-guides
- https://proprivacy.com/guides/the-ultimate-privacy-guide
- https://heimdalsecurity.com/blog/cyber-security-mega-guide
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- https://www.wired.com/2017/12/digital-security-guide
- https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/d3devm/motherboard-guide-to-not-getting-hacked-online-safety-guide
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