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A curated list of useful tools and resources online, that help protect your privacy and keep you safe.

See also: Personal Security Checklist | Privacy-Respecting Software | Security Gadgets | Why Privacy Matters | TLDR🔐

How-To Guides

  • Threat Protection
  • Netowkring
    • How to enable DNS over HTTPS: via geekwire
    • How to resolve DNS leak issue: via DNSLeakTest
    • Protect against WebRTC Leaks: via Restore Privacy
    • ISP and DNS privacy tips: via bluz71
    • Complete guide to configureing Firefox for Privacy + Speed: via 12bytes
    • Beginners guide on getting started with Tor: via ProPrivacy
    • Beginners guide to I2P: via The Tin Hat
    • How to Use a VPN and Tor together: via ProPrivacy
  • Communication
    • Email Self-Defense, Configure your mail client securly, from scratch - via FSF.org
    • How to avoid Phishing Attacks: via EFF
    • How to use PGP: Via EFF - Windows, MacOS and Linux
  • Devices
    • Layers of Personal Tech Security: via The Wire Cutter
    • Improving security on iPhone: via lifehacker
    • Guide to scrubbing Windows OSs from forensic investigation: by u/moschles, via Reddit
    • A curated list of Windows Domain Hardening techniques: by @PaulSec, via: GitHub
    • How to Delete your Data Securely: Via EFF - Windows, MacOS and Linux
  • Software
    • How to use Vera Crypt: via howtogeek
    • How to use KeePassXC: via EFF
  • Physical Security
  • Enterprise
  • Reference Info
    • A direcory of websites, apps and services supporting 2FA: via TwoFactorAuth.org
    • A directory of direct links to delete your account from web services: via JustDeleteMe.xyz
    • Product reviews from a privacy perspective, by Mozilla: via Privacy Not Included
    • Surveillance Catalogue - A database secret of government and military surveillance equipment, leaked in the Snowden files: via The Intercept

Articles

  • Encryption
    • Overview of projects working on next-generation secure email: via OpenTechFund
  • Surveillance
  • Breaches
    • Grindr and OkCupid Spread Personal Details Study Says: via NY Times
  • Threats

Blogs

Books

  • Permanent Record by Edward Snowden
  • Sandworm by Andy Greenberg: A New Era of Cyberwar and the Hunt for the Kremlin's Most Dangerous Hackers
  • Extreme Privacy by Michael Bazzell: Very thorough and detailed guide outlining the many critical steps needed, to protect your privacy both electronically and physically
  • Ghost in the Wires by Kevin Mitnick: Kevin tells his story of being the world's most wanted hacker

Podcasts

More Security Podcasts on player.fm

More Podcasts (Verification Required): Naked Security | Open Source Security Podcast | Defensive Security Podcast | Malicious Life | Down the Security Rabbit Hole | Cyber Wire | Hacking Humans | Security Now | Cyber Security Interviews | Security Weekly | The Shared Security Podcast | Risky Business | Crypto-Gram Security Podcast | Off the Hook

Videos

See also: awesome-sec-talks by @PaulSec

Online Tools

  • Check and Test
  • Utilities
    • ExifRemove - Remove Meta/ EXIF data online
    • Secure Password Check - Fun little tool, to demonstrate how long it could take to crack a password
    • 33Mail or Anonaddy or SimpleLogin Protect your email address, by auto-generating unique permeant aliases for each account, so all emails land in your primary inbox
    • Deseat Me - Clean up your online presence
  • Anti-Tracking Analysis
  • Phishing, Hacking and Abuse
    • VirusTotal - Analyse a suspicious web resource for malware
    • ScamAdviser - Check if a website is a scam, before buying from it
    • Abuse IP DB - Report an IP address for abuse, spam or attacks, and check the status of any IP
    • Phish Tank - Check if a link is a known phishing URL, Submit a phishing URL, browse recent phishing URLs
    • Is It Hacked? - Check if a website or page appears to be hacked, hijacked or generally suspicious
  • IP Tools
  • Public Domain and Website Scanning Tools
    • URL Scan - Scan and analyse websites, shows IP, DNS, domain and host data, as well as info about resources and requests
    • Security Trails - Shows all DNS records, historical DNS data and sub domains
    • crt.sh - Shows current and previous SSL/ TLS certificates for a given domain, has advanced search option
    • Virus Total - Scans any URL, web asset or file for malware
    • DomainTools WhoIs - Who Is Lookup. Check who registered a domain name, and find contact details
    • Pentest Tools Vulnerability Scanner - Light scan searches for client and server-side vulnerabilities and missing HTTP security headers
    • Qualys SSL Server Test - Perform a deep analysis of the configuration of any SSL web server on the public Internet
    • Abuse IP DB - Check if an IP or domain has been reported for abuse, or file a report
    • RIPEstat - Detailed analysis of IP Addresses (Routing, DNS, Abuse History, Activity etc)
    • Multirbl - Complete IP check for sending Mailservers
    • IPVoid - Full suit of Domain, IP, and DNS tools for Tracing, Lookup, Checking and Pinging
  • Net Neutrality
  • Anonymous Services - The following sites host a veriety of anonymous online services
  • Archives

Privacy-Respecting Software

This section has moved to here. Complete list of privacy-respecting software and services

Security Hardware

This section has moved to here. Products, gadgets and DIY projects to help improve security

Data, API's and Visualisations

Academic

  • Journals

    • Rethinking information privacysecurity: Does it really matter? By Waseem Afzal: via Wiley
    • Crypto Paper: Privacy, Security, and Anonymity For Every Internet User, by Crypto Seb: via GitHub
    • Challenges in assessing privacy impact, Tales from the Front Line: via Wiley
    • A privacypreserving multifactor authentication system: via Wiley
    • Web Browser Privacy: What Do Browsers Say When They Phone Home?: via scss.tcd.ie
    • Online Tracking, A 1-million-site Measurement and Analysis: via Princeton University
    • Detecting and Defending Against Third-Party Tracking on the Web: via Franziska Roesner
    • Is Google degrading search? Consumer Harm from Universal Search: via law.berkeley.edu
    • A Comprehensive Evaluation of Third-Party Cookie Policies: via WhoLeftOpenTheCookieJar.com
  • Implementations and Standards

Foundations

Government Organisations

Mega Guides

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