## Contributors 🙌

Thanks goes to these wonderful people

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    <td align="center"><a href="https://gitlab.com/W1nst0n"><img src="https://avatars3.githubusercontent.com/u/55300518?v=4" width="90px;" alt=""/><br /><sub><b>0x192</b></sub></a><br /><a href="#security-0x192" title="Security">🛡️</a></td>
    <td align="center"><a href="https://keybase.io/pipboy96"><img src="https://avatars1.githubusercontent.com/u/46632672?v=4" width="90px;" alt=""/><br /><sub><b>pipboy96</b></sub></a><br /><a href="#security-pipboy96" title="Security">🛡️</a></td>
    <td align="center"><a href="https://aliciasykes.com"><img src="https://avatars1.githubusercontent.com/u/1862727?v=4" width="90px;" alt=""/><br /><sub><b>Alicia Sykes</b></sub></a><br /><a href="#security-Lissy93" title="Security">🛡️</a></td>
    <td align="center"><a href="https://twitter.com/mwleeds"><img src="https://avatars2.githubusercontent.com/u/7833263?v=4" width="90px;" alt=""/><br /><sub><b>Matthew Leeds</b></sub></a><br /><a href="#security-mwleeds" title="Security">🛡️</a></td>
    <td align="center"><a href="http://jaiminpandya.com"><img src="https://avatars0.githubusercontent.com/u/20967911?v=4" width="90px;" alt=""/><br /><sub><b>Jaimin Pandya</b></sub></a><br /><a href="#security-pndyjack" title="Security">🛡️</a></td>
    <td align="center"><a href="https://twitter.com/ilesinge"><img src="https://avatars3.githubusercontent.com/u/501674?v=4" width="90px;" alt=""/><br /><sub><b>Alexandre G.-Raymond</b></sub></a><br /><a href="#security-ilesinge" title="Security">🛡️</a></td>
    <td align="center"><a href="https://github.com/guestx86"><img src="https://avatars2.githubusercontent.com/u/56132403?v=4" width="90px;" alt=""/><br /><sub><b>guestx86</b></sub></a><br /><a href="#security-guestx86" title="Security">🛡️</a></td>
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    <td align="center"><a href="https://www.baturin.org"><img src="https://avatars0.githubusercontent.com/u/482212?v=4" width="90px;" alt=""/><br /><sub><b>Daniil Baturin</b></sub></a><br /><a href="#security-dmbaturin" title="Security">🛡️</a></td>
    <td align="center"><a href="https://transitiontech.ca"><img src="https://avatars2.githubusercontent.com/u/1264398?v=4" width="90px;" alt=""/><br /><sub><b>ansuz</b></sub></a><br /><a href="#security-ansuz" title="Security">🛡️</a></td>
    <td align="center"><a href="https://github.com/8264"><img src="https://avatars0.githubusercontent.com/u/23311938?v=4" width="90px;" alt=""/><br /><sub><b>8264</b></sub></a><br /><a href="#security-8264" title="Security">🛡️</a></td>
    <td align="center"><a href="https://github.com/101lols"><img src="https://avatars1.githubusercontent.com/u/29000894?v=4" width="90px;" alt=""/><br /><sub><b>101lols</b></sub></a><br /><a href="#security-101lols" title="Security">🛡️</a></td>
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*This project follows the [all-contributors](https://github.com/all-contributors/all-contributors) specification.*

[Contributions](/CONTRIBUTING.md) of any kind welcome!

Special Thanks to [Stefan Keim](https://github.com/indus) and [Matt (IPv4) Cowley](https://github.com/MattIPv4) from [JS.org](https://js.org), for providing the domain used for our GitHub Page ([security-list.js.org](https://security-list.js.org)).

And of course, and huge thank you to the awesome developers behind the projects listed in the [Privacy-Respecting Software list](/5_Privacy_Respecting_Software.md). The effort, time and love they've put into each one of those applications is immediately apparent, they've done an amazing job 💞


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**Above References apply to the Content in the Following Files**:<br>
[TLDR](/2_TLDR_Short_List.md) | [Intro](/0_Why_It_Matters.md) | [The Personal Security Checklist](/README.md) | [Privacy-Respecting Software](/5_Privacy_Respecting_Software.md) | [Security Hardware](/6_Privacy_and-Security_Gadgets.md) | [Further Links](/4_Privacy_And_Security_Links.md)

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