personal-security-checklist/4_Privacy_And_Security_Links.md

**Personal Cyber Security: Useful Links**<br>
See also: [Personal Security Checklist](https://github.com/Lissy93/personal-security-checklist/blob/master/README.md) 🔐

# Awesome Privacy & Securty [![Awesome](https://awesome.re/badge-flat2.svg)](https://awesome.re) [![PRs Welcome](https://img.shields.io/badge/PRs-welcome-brightgreen.svg?style=flat-square)](http://makeapullrequest.com)
> A curated list of useful tools and resources online, that help protect your privacy and keep you safe.

## Resources
- Tips for safer online communications: https://ssd.eff.org/
- Tools to protect agains mass surveillance: https://www.privacytools.io
- Secure app alternatives: https://prism-break.org/en/all/
- Guides for securing mobile, web and home tech https://bit.ly/2ptl4Wm
- Complete guide to secure email: https://emailselfdefense.fsf.org/en/


## Foundations
- Contract for the Web: https://contractfortheweb.org/
- Electronic Frountier Foundation, Defending digital privacy + more: https://www.eff.org/
- OWASP Foundation: https://www.owasp.org
- The Privacy Project, by the NYT: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/opinion/internet-privacy-project.html
- 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/


## 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/


## How-To Guides & 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/


## 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/


## Installable Tools
- Block invisible trackers, Privacy Badger: https://www.eff.org/privacybadger
- Ensure HTTPS, HTTPSEverywhere: eff.org/https-everywhere
- Block ads that track you: Adblock Plus: https://adblockplus.org/
- Allows plugins to be executed only by trusted web sites of your choice, ScriptSafe: https://github.com/andryou/scriptsafe
- Client-side encryption for cloud storage, Cryptomator: https://cryptomator.org/
- Isolate Android apps for privacy, Island: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.oasisfeng.island&hl=en_GB
- Stay behind a secure connection with a VPN, Comparioson of VPN https://www.comparisonvpn.com/
- Get a password manager, to generate super-strong unique passwords and securly store autofill: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_password_managers


## Mobile Apps
- A sandbox environment to clone selected apps and isolate them from accessing your: [Island](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.oasisfeng.island&hl=en_GB)  
- Tor connection on phone:  [Orbot](https://guardianproject.info/apps/orbot/) 
- App firewall for Android. Shows detailed permissions, network activity per app, and allows for easy monitoring and restrictions: [NetGaurd](https://www.netguard.me/)
- Monitor trackers and permssions each of your installed apps has: [Exodus](https://exodus-privacy.eu.org/en/page/what/#android-app) 
- Easily enable CloudFlares secure DNS, and DNS over HTTPS with 1-tap: [1.1.1.1](https://1.1.1.1/)
-Detect network intruders. identify connected devices and monitor home WiFi:  [Fing App](https://www.fing.com/products/fing-app)
- Grant temporary app permissions: [Bouncer](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.samruston.permission)
- Learn about Encryption & Cryptography: [Crypto](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kokoschka.michael.crypto) 
- PiHole dashboard and control panel for your phone (requires an installation of PiHole): [FlutterHole](https://github.com/sterrenburg/flutterhole)
-Mobile privacy browser, that erases history, cookies and session data when closed:  [Firefox Focus](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.mozilla.focus)
- Encrypts data before it is uploaded to cloud storage: [Cryptomator](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.cryptomator)
- Simple, fast encrypted notepad: [Safe Notes](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.protectedtext.android) 


## Books
- Permanent Record (by Edward Snowden): https://amzn.to/30wxxXi
- Sandworm (by  Andy Greenberg): https://amzn.to/2FVByeJ

## 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

## Papers and Academic Journals
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/


## 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

## Government Cyber Security Organisations
- UK National Cyber Security Center: https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/
- US Cybersecurity: National Institue of Standards and Technology https://www.nist.gov/topics/cybersecurity

## 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


## Other GitHub Security Lists
- privacy-respecting by @nikitavoloboev: https://github.com/nikitavoloboev/privacy-respecting
- awesome-privacy by @KevinColemanInc: https://github.com/KevinColemanInc/awesome-privacy
- Security_list by @zbetcheckin: https://github.com/zbetcheckin/Security_list


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			`# Awesome Privacy & Securty [![Awesome](https://awesome.re/badge-flat2.svg)](https://awesome.re) [![PRs Welcome](https://img.shields.io/badge/PRs-welcome-brightgreen.svg?style=flat-square)](http://makeapullrequest.com)`
			`> A curated list of useful tools and resources online, that help protect your privacy and keep you safe.`

			`## Resources`
			`- Tips for safer online communications: https://ssd.eff.org/`
			`- Tools to protect agains mass surveillance: https://www.privacytools.io`
			`- Secure app alternatives: https://prism-break.org/en/all/`
			`- Guides for securing mobile, web and home tech https://bit.ly/2ptl4Wm`
			`- Complete guide to secure email: https://emailselfdefense.fsf.org/en/`


			`## Foundations`
			`- Contract for the Web: https://contractfortheweb.org/`
			`- Electronic Frountier Foundation, Defending digital privacy + more: https://www.eff.org/`
			`- OWASP Foundation: https://www.owasp.org`
			`- The Privacy Project, by the NYT: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/opinion/internet-privacy-project.html`
			`- 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/`


			`## 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/`


			`## How-To Guides & 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/`


			`## 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/`


			`## Installable Tools`
			`- Block invisible trackers, Privacy Badger: https://www.eff.org/privacybadger`
			`- Ensure HTTPS, HTTPSEverywhere: eff.org/https-everywhere`
			`- Block ads that track you: Adblock Plus: https://adblockplus.org/`
			`- Allows plugins to be executed only by trusted web sites of your choice, ScriptSafe: https://github.com/andryou/scriptsafe`
			`- Client-side encryption for cloud storage, Cryptomator: https://cryptomator.org/`
			`- Isolate Android apps for privacy, Island: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.oasisfeng.island&hl=en_GB`
			`- Stay behind a secure connection with a VPN, Comparioson of VPN https://www.comparisonvpn.com/`
			`- Get a password manager, to generate super-strong unique passwords and securly store autofill: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_password_managers`


			`## Mobile Apps`
			`- A sandbox environment to clone selected apps and isolate them from accessing your: [Island](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.oasisfeng.island&hl=en_GB)`
			`- Tor connection on phone: [Orbot](https://guardianproject.info/apps/orbot/)`
			`- App firewall for Android. Shows detailed permissions, network activity per app, and allows for easy monitoring and restrictions: [NetGaurd](https://www.netguard.me/)`
			`- Monitor trackers and permssions each of your installed apps has: [Exodus](https://exodus-privacy.eu.org/en/page/what/#android-app)`
			`- Easily enable CloudFlares secure DNS, and DNS over HTTPS with 1-tap: [1.1.1.1](https://1.1.1.1/)`
			`-Detect network intruders. identify connected devices and monitor home WiFi: [Fing App](https://www.fing.com/products/fing-app)`
			`- Grant temporary app permissions: [Bouncer](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.samruston.permission)`
			`- Learn about Encryption & Cryptography: [Crypto](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kokoschka.michael.crypto)`
			`- PiHole dashboard and control panel for your phone (requires an installation of PiHole): [FlutterHole](https://github.com/sterrenburg/flutterhole)`
			`-Mobile privacy browser, that erases history, cookies and session data when closed: [Firefox Focus](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.mozilla.focus)`
			`- Encrypts data before it is uploaded to cloud storage: [Cryptomator](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.cryptomator)`
			`- Simple, fast encrypted notepad: [Safe Notes](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.protectedtext.android)`


			`## Books`
			`- Permanent Record (by Edward Snowden): https://amzn.to/30wxxXi`
			`- Sandworm (by Andy Greenberg): https://amzn.to/2FVByeJ`

			`## 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`

			`## Papers and Academic Journals`
			`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/`


			`## 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`

			`## Government Cyber Security Organisations`
			`- UK National Cyber Security Center: https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/`
			`- US Cybersecurity: National Institue of Standards and Technology https://www.nist.gov/topics/cybersecurity`

			`## 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`


			`## Other GitHub Security Lists`
			`- privacy-respecting by @nikitavoloboev: https://github.com/nikitavoloboev/privacy-respecting`
			`- awesome-privacy by @KevinColemanInc: https://github.com/KevinColemanInc/awesome-privacy`
			`- Security_list by @zbetcheckin: https://github.com/zbetcheckin/Security_list`


			`---`

			Contributions are welcome, and appreciated - to propose an edit [open an issue](https://github.com/Lissy93/personal-security-checklist/issues/new/choose), or [open a PR](https://github.com/Lissy93/personal-security-checklist/pull/new/master). See: [`CONTRIBUTING.md`](/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md).

			`Licensed under [Creative Commons, CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), © [Alicia Sykes](https://aliciasykes.com) 2020`

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