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  <h1 id="calendar_contacts" class="anchor"><a href="#calendar_contacts"><i class="fas fa-link anchor-icon"></i></a> Calendar and Contacts Sync</h1>
  <div class="alert alert-warning" role="alert">
    <strong>If you are currently using a calendar and or contacts synchronization service like Google Sync or iCloud, you should pick an alternative here.</strong>
  </div>
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    {% include card.html color="success"
    title="Nextcloud"
    image="assets/img/provider/Nextcloud.png"
    url="https://nextcloud.com/"
    footer="Client OS: Windows, macOS, Linux, BSD, Unix, iOS, Android, Fire OS. Server: Linux."
    description="NextCloud is a suite of client-server software for creating and using file hosting services. This includes calendar sync via CalDAV and contacts sync via CardDAV. Nextcloud is free and open-source, thereby allowing anyone to install and operate it without charge on a private server."
    %}

    {% include card.html color="primary"
    title="Email Providers"
    image="assets/img/misc/email.png"
    url="#email"
    website="Email Providers section"
    footer="OS: depends on email provider."
    description="Many email providers also offer calendar and or contacts sync services. Refer to the <a href=\"#email\">Email Providers section</a> to choose an email provider and check if they also offer calendar and or contacts sync."
    %}

    {% include card.html color="warning"
    title="EteSync"
    image="assets/img/provider/etesync.png"
    url="https://www.etesync.com/"
    footer="Client OS: Android, Web. Server OS: Linux."
    description="EteSync is a secure, end-to-end encrypted and journaled personal information (e.g. contacts and calendar) cloud synchronization and backup for Android and any OS that supports CalDAV/CardDAV. It costs $14 per year to use, or you can host the server yourself for free."
    %}

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  <h3>Worth Mentioning</h3>
  <ul>
    <li>
      <a href="https://fruux.com/">fruux</a> - a unified contacts/calendaring system that works across platforms and devices.
    </li>

    <li>
      <a href="https://signal.org/blog/flock/">Flock</a> - a discontinued calendar and contacts sync service by Open Whisper Systems. Despite being shut down the <a href="https://github.com/signalapp/Flock">source code</a> is still available on GitHub.
    </li>

    <li>
      <a href="#cloud">cloud backups</a> - consider regularly exporting your calendar and or contacts and backing them up on a separate storage drive or uploading them to cloud storage (ideally after <a href="#encrypt">encrypting</a> them).
    </li>
  </ul>

  <h1 id="encrypt" class="anchor"><a href="#encrypt"><i class="fas fa-link anchor-icon"></i></a> File Encryption Software</h1>
  <div class="alert alert-warning" role="alert">
    <strong>If you are currently not using encryption software for your hard disk, emails or file archives, you should pick an encryption software here.</strong>
  </div>
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    {% include card.html color="success"
    title="VeraCrypt - Disk Encryption"
    image="assets/img/tools/VeraCrypt.png"
    url="https://veracrypt.fr/"
    footer="OS: Windows, macOS, Linux."
    description="VeraCrypt is a source-available freeware utility used for on-the-fly encryption. It can create a virtual encrypted disk within a file or encrypt a partition
    or the entire storage device with pre-boot authentication. VeraCrypt is a fork of the discontinued TrueCrypt project. It was initially released on June 22, 2013. According to its developers, security improvements have been implemented and issues
    raised by the initial TrueCrypt code audit have been addressed."
    %}

    {% include card.html color="primary"
    title="GNU Privacy Guard - Email Encryption"
    image="assets/img/tools/GnuPG.png"
    url="https://gpgtools.org/"
    footer="OS: Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, BSD."
    description="GnuPG is a GPL Licensed alternative to the PGP suite of cryptographic software. GnuPG is compliant with RFC 4880, which is the current IETF standards track specification
    of OpenPGP. Current versions of PGP (and Veridis' Filecrypt) are interoperable with GnuPG and other OpenPGP-compliant systems. GnuPG is a part of the Free Software Foundation's GNU software project, and has received major funding from the German
    government. <a href=\"https://gpgtools.org/\">GPGTools for macOS</a>."
    %}

    {% include card.html color="warning"
    title="PeaZip - File Archive Encryption"
    image="assets/img/tools/PeaZip.png"
    url="http://www.peazip.org/"
    footer="OS: Windows, Linux, BSD."
    description="PeaZip is a free and open-source file manager and file archiver made by Giorgio Tani. It supports its native PEA archive format (featuring compression, multi volume
    split and flexible authenticated encryption and integrity check schemes) and other mainstream formats, with special focus on handling open formats. It supports 181 file extensions (as of version 5.5.1).</p>
    <p><strong>macOS alternative:</strong> <a href=\"https://www.keka.io/\">Keka</a> is a free file archiver."
    %}
  </div>

  <h3>Worth Mentioning</h3>
  <ul>
    <li><a href="https://cryptomator.org/">Cryptomator</a> - Free client-side AES encryption for your cloud files. Open source software: No backdoors, no registration.</li>
    <li><a href="https://minilock.io/">miniLock</a> - Browser plugin for Google Chrome / Chromium to encrypt files using a secret passphrase. Easy to use. From the developer of Cryptocat.</li>
    <li><a href="https://www.aescrypt.com/">AES Crypt</a> - Using a powerful 256-bit encryption algorithm, AES Crypt can safely secure your most sensitive files. For Windows, macOS, Linux and Android.</li>
    <li><a href="https://diskcryptor.net/">DiskCryptor</a> - A full disk and partition encryption system for Windows including the ability to encrypt the partition and disk on which the OS is installed.</li>
    <li><a href="https://gitlab.com/cryptsetup/cryptsetup/">Linux Unified Key Setup (LUKS)</a> - A full disk encryption system for Linux using dm-crypt as the disk encryption backend. Included by default in Ubuntu. Available for Windows and Linux.
  </ul>

  <h1 id="darknets" class="anchor"><a href="#darknets"><i class="fas fa-link anchor-icon"></i></a> Self-contained Networks</h1>
  <div class="alert alert-warning" role="alert">
    <strong>If you are currently browsing <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surface_Web">clearnet</a> and want to access the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_web">dark web</a>, this section is for you.</strong>
  </div>
  <div class="row mb-2">

    {% include card.html color="success"
    title="Tor Browser"
    image="assets/img/tools/Tor-Project.png"
    url="https://www.torproject.org/"
    tor="http://expyuzz4wqqyqhjn.onion"
    footer='OS: Windows, macOS, Linux, <a href="https://mike.tig.as/onionbrowser/">iOS</a>, <a href="https://www.torproject.org/docs/android.html.en">Android</a>, <a href="https://github.com/torbsd/openbsd-ports">OpenBSD.</a>'
    description="The Tor network is a group of volunteer-operated servers that allows people to improve their privacy and security on the Internet. Tor's users employ this network by connecting through a series of virtual tunnels rather than making a direct connection, thus allowing both organizations and individuals to share information over public networks without compromising their privacy. Tor is an effective censorship circumvention tool."
    %}

    {% include card.html color="primary"
    title="I2P Anonymous Network"
    image="assets/img/tools/I2P.png"
    url="https://geti2p.net/"
    footer="OS: Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, BSD / Solaris."
    description="The Invisible Internet Project (I2P) is a computer network layer that allows applications to send messages to each other pseudonymously and securely. Uses include anonymous
    Web surfing, chatting, blogging and file transfers. The software that implements this layer is called an I2P router and a computer running I2P is called an I2P node. The software is free and open source and is published under multiple licenses."
    %}

    {% include card.html color="warning"
    title="The Freenet Project"
    image="assets/img/tools/Freenet.png"
    url="https://freenetproject.org/"
    footer="OS: Windows, macOS, Linux."
    description="Freenet is a peer-to-peer platform for censorship-resistant communication. It uses a decentralized distributed data store to keep and deliver information, and
    has a suite of free software for publishing and communicating on the Web without fear of censorship. Both Freenet and some of its associated tools were originally designed by Ian Clarke, who defined Freenet's goal as providing freedom of speech
    on the Internet with strong anonymity protection."
    %}

  </div>

  <h3>Worth Mentioning</h3>
  <ul>
    <li><a href="https://zeronet.io/">ZeroNet</a> - Open, free and uncensorable websites, using Bitcoin cryptography and BitTorrent network.</li>
    <li><a href="http://retroshare.net/">RetroShare</a> - Open Source cross-platform, Friend-2-Friend and secure decentralized communication platform.</li>
    <li><a href="https://gnunet.org/">GNUnet</a> - GNUnet provides a strong foundation of free software for a global, distributed network that provides security and privacy.</li>
    <li><a href="https://ipfs.io/">IPFS</a> - A peer-to-peer hypermedia protocol to make the web faster, safer, and more open. (<a href="https://github.com/privacytoolsIO/privacytools.io/pull/361#issuecomment-344414022">important privacy warning</a>)</li>
  </ul>  <h1 id="social" class="anchor"><a href="#social"><i class="fas fa-link anchor-icon"></i></a> Decentralized Social Networks</h1>
  <div class="alert alert-warning" role="alert">
    <strong> If you are currently using Social Networks like Facebook, Twitter or Google+, you should pick an alternative here. </strong>
  </div>
  <div class="row mb-2">

    {% include card.html color="success"
    title="Mastodon"
    image="assets/img/tools/Mastodon.png"
    url="https://joinmastodon.org"
    website="mastodon.social"
    description='Mastodon is a social network based on open web protocols and free, open-source software. It is decentralized like e-mail. It also has the most users, and the most diverse (in terms of interests) users, looks good, and is easy to setup.'
    %}

    {% include card.html color="primary"
    title="diaspora*"
    image="assets/img/tools/diaspora.png"
    url="https://diasporafoundation.org/"
    description="diaspora* is based on three key philosophies: Decentralization, freedom and privacy. It is intended to address privacy concerns related to centralized social
    networks by allowing users set up their own server (or \"pod\") to host content; pods can then interact to share status updates, photographs, and other social data."
    %}

    {% include card.html color="warning"
    title="Friendica"
    image="assets/img/tools/Friendica.png"
    url="https://friendi.ca/"
    description="Friendica has an emphasis on extensive privacy settings and easy server installation. It aims to federate with as many other social networks as possible. Currently,
    Friendica users can integrate contacts from Facebook, Twitter, Diaspora, GNU social, App.net, Pump.io and other services in their social streams."
    %}

  </div>

  <h3>Worth Mentioning</h3>
  <ul>
    <li><a href="https://gnu.io/social/">GNU Social</a> - An open sourced, free and decentralized social network compatible with Mastodon and Friendica.</li>
  </ul>

  <h3>Related Information</h3>
  <ul>
    <li><a href="https://justdeleteme.xyz/">JustDeleteMe</a> - A directory of direct links to delete your account from web services.</li>
    <li><a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/facebook-container/">Facebook Container by Mozilla</a> - Prevent Facebook from tracking you around the web.</li>
    <li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/help/delete_account">Delete your Facebook account</a> - Direct link to delete your Facebook account without being able to reactivate it again.</li>
    <li><a href="https://deletefacebook.com/">How To Permanently Delete A Facebook Account</a> - This guide will take you through a smooth and successful Facebook account deletion.</li>
  </ul>  <h1 id="dns" class="anchor"><a href="#dns"><i class="fas fa-link anchor-icon"></i></a> Domain Name System (DNS)</h1>

  <div class="row mb-2">

    {% include card.html color="success"
    title="Njalla - Domain Registration"
    image="assets/img/provider/Njalla.png"
    url="https://njal.la/"
    tor="http://njalladnspotetti.onion"
    description="Njalla only needs your email or jabber address in order to register a domain name for you. Created by people from The Pirate Bay and IPredator VPN. Accepted Payments: Bitcoin, Litecoin, Monero, DASH, Bitcoin Cash and PayPal. A privacy-aware domain registration service."
    %}

    {% include card.html color="primary"
    title="DNSCrypt - Tool"
    image="assets/img/tools/DNSCrypt.png"
    url="https://dnscrypt.info/"
    description="A protocol for securing communications between a client and a DNS resolver. The DNSCrypt protocol uses high-speed high-security elliptic-curve cryptography and
    is very similar to DNSCurve, but focuses on securing communications between a client and its first-level resolver."
    %}

    {% include card.html color="warning"
    title="OpenNIC - Service"
    image="assets/img/tools/OpenNIC.png"
    url="https://www.opennic.org/"
    description="OpenNIC is an alternate network information center/alternative DNS root which lists itself as an alternative to ICANN and its registries. Like all alternative
    root DNS systems, OpenNIC-hosted domains are unreachable to the vast majority of the Internet. Only specific configuration in one's DNS resolver makes these reachable, and very few Internet service providers have this configuration."
    %}

  </div>

  <h3>Worth Mentioning</h3>
  <ul>
    <li><a href="https://github.com/quidsup/notrack">NoTrack</a> - A network-wide DNS server which blocks Tracking sites. Currently works in Debian and Ubuntu.</li>
    <li><a href="https://namecoin.info/">Namecoin</a> - A decentralized DNS open source information registration and transfer system based on the Bitcoin cryptocurrency.</li>
    <li><a href="https://pi-hole.net/">Pi-hole</a> - A network-wide DNS server for the Raspberry Pi.  Blocks advertising and tracking domains for all devices on your network.</li>
  </ul>

  <h1 id="notebook" class="anchor"><a href="#notebook"><i class="fas fa-link anchor-icon"></i></a> Digital Notebook</h1>

  <div class="alert alert-warning" role="alert">
    <strong>If you are currently using an application like Evernote, Google Keep or Microsoft OneNote you should pick an alternative here.</strong>
  </div>

  <div class="row mb-2">

    {% include card.html color="success"
    title="Joplin"
    image="assets/img/tools/Laverna.png"
    image="assets/img/tools/Joplin.png"
    url="https://laverna.cc/"
    url="https://joplin.cozic.net/"
    footer="OS: Windows, macOS, Linux, Web."
    footer="OS: Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android, Firefox/Chrome (Web Clipper)."
    description="Laverna is a JavaScript note-taking web application with a Markdown editor and encryption support. The application stores all your notes in your browser databases, which is good for security and privacy reasons, because only you have access."
    description="Joplin is a free, open source, fully featured note taking and to-do application, which can handle a large number of markdown notes organized into notebooks and tags. It offers E2EE encryption and can sync through Nextcloud, Dropbox and more. It also offers easy import from Evernote and plain text notes."
    %}

    {% include card.html color="primary"
    title="Standard Notes"
    image="assets/img/tools/StandardNotes.png"
    url="https://standardnotes.org/"
    footer="OS: Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android, Web."
    description="Standard Notes is a simple and private notes app that makes your notes easy and available everywhere you are. Features end-to-end encryption on every platform, and a powerful desktop experience with themes and custom editors."
    %}

    {% include card.html color="warning"
    title="Turtl"
    image="assets/img/tools/Turtl.png"
    url="https://turtlapp.com/"
    footer="OS: Windows, macOS, Linux, Android."
    description="Turtl lets you take notes, bookmark websites, and store documents for sensitive projects. From sharing passwords with your coworkers to tracking research on an article you're writing, Turtl keeps it all safe from everyone but you and those you share with."
    %}  </div>

  <h3>Warning</h3>
  <ul>
    <li>Note: As of Dec 2018, Joplin does not support password/pin protection for the application itself or individual notes/notebooks. Data is still encrypted in transit and at sync location using your master key. See <a href='https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/issues/289'>open issue</a>.</li>
  </ul>

  <h3>Worth Mentioning</h3>
  <ul>
    <li><a href="http://paperwork.rocks/">Paperwork</a> - Open source and self-hosted solution. For PHP / MySQL servers.</li>
    <li><a href="https://orgmode.org">Org-mode</a> - A major mode for GNU Emacs. Org-mode is for keeping notes, maintaining TODO lists, planning projects, and authoring documents with a fast and effective plain-text system. </li>
  </ul>

  <h1 id="paste" class="anchor"><a href="#paste"><i class="fas fa-link anchor-icon"></i></a> Paste Services</h1>

  <div class="row mb-2">

    {% include card.html color="success"
    title="PrivateBin"
    image="assets/img/tools/PrivateBin.png"
    url="https://privatebin.net/"
    description="PrivateBin is a minimalist, open source online pastebin where the server has zero knowledge of pasted data. Data is encrypted/decrypted in the browser using 256bit AES. It is the improved version of ZeroBin."
    %}

    {% include card.html color="primary"
    title="Zerobin.net"
    image="assets/img/tools/ZeroBin.png"
    url="https://zerobin.net/"
    tor="http://zerobinqmdqd236y.onion"
    description="Zerobin is a minimalist, open source online pastebin where the server has zero knowledge of pasted data. Data is encrypted/decrypted in the browser using 256bit AES."
    %}

    {% include card.html color="warning"
    title="Ghostbin"
    image="assets/img/tools/Ghostbin.png"
    url="https://ghostbin.com/"
    description="Ghostbin supports encryption, expiration, sessions, grant users to edit your notes and pastes up to one megabyte. You can also create your own account to keep track of your pastes.<br>
    The software is good but ghostbin.com's security is <a href=\"https://github.com/privacytoolsIO/privacytools.io/issues/454\">worrisome</a>."
    %}

  </div>

  <h3>Worth Mentioning</h3>
  <ul>
    <li><a href="https://disroot.org/">disroot.org</a> - Free privacy-friendly service that offers PrivateBin and other applications.</li>
  </ul>  <h1 id="productivity" class="anchor"><a href="#productivity"><i class="fas fa-link anchor-icon"></i></a> Productivity Tools</h1>
  <div class="row mb-2">

    {% include card.html color="success"
    title="Etherpad"
    image="assets/img/tools/Etherpad.png"
    url="http://etherpad.org/"
    footer="OS: Windows, macOS, Linux."
    description="Etherpad is a highly customizable Open Source online editor providing collaborative editing in really real-time. Etherpad allows you to edit documents collaboratively in real-time, much like a live multi-player editor that runs in your browser. Write articles, press releases, to-do lists, etc."
    %}

    {% include card.html color="primary"
    title="Write.as"
    image="assets/img/tools/WriteAs.png"
    url="https://write.as/"
    tor="http://writeas7pm7rcdqg.onion"
    footer="OS: Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS, Chrome OS, Web."
    description="Write.as is a cross-platform, privacy-oriented blogging platform. It's anonymous by default, letting you publish without signing up. If you create an account, it doesn't require any personal information. No ads, distraction-free, and built on a sustainable business model."
    %}

    {% include card.html color="warning"
    title="ProtectedText"
    image="assets/img/tools/ProtectedText.png"
    url="https://www.protectedtext.com/"
    footer="OS: All Browsers."
    description="ProtectedText is an open source web application. It encrypts and decrypts text in the browser, and password (or its hash) is never sent to the server - so that text can't be decrypted even if requested by authorities. No cookies, no sessions, no registration, no users tracking."
    %}

  </div>

  <h3>Worth Mentioning</h3>
  <ul>
    <li><a href="https://crypt.ee/">Cryptee</a> - Free privacy-friendly service for storing Documents, files and Photos</li>
    <li><a href="https://ethercalc.net/">EtherCalc</a> - EtherCalc is a web spreadsheet. Data is saved on the web, and people can edit the same document at the same time. Changes are instantly reflected on all screens. Work together on inventories, survey forms, list management, brainstorming sessions.</li>
    <li><a href="https://disroot.org/">disroot.org</a> - Free privacy-friendly service that offers Etherpad, EtherCalc and PrivateBin.</li>
    <li><a href="https://dudle.inf.tu-dresden.de/anonymous/">dudle</a> - An online scheduling application, which is free and OpenSource. Schedule meetings or make small online polls. No email collection or the need of registration.</li>
    <li><a href="https://www.libreoffice.org/">LibreOffice</a> - Free and open source office suite</li>
  </ul>
  <h1 id="os" class="anchor"><a href="#os"><i class="fas fa-link anchor-icon"></i></a> PC Operating Systems</h1>
  <div class="alert alert-warning" role="alert">
    <strong>If you are currently using a operating system like Microsoft Windows or Apple macOS, you should pick an alternative here.</strong>
  </div>
  <div class="row mb-2">

    {% include card.html color="success"
    title="Qubes OS"
    image="assets/img/tools/Qubes-OS.png"
    url="https://www.qubes-os.org/"
    tor="http://qubesos4rrrrz6n4.onion"
    description="Qubes is an open-source operating system designed to provide strong security for desktop computing. Qubes is based on Xen, the X Window System, and Linux, and can run most Linux applications and utilize most of the Linux drivers."
    %}

    {% include card.html color="primary"
    title="Debian"
    image="assets/img/tools/Debian.png"
    url="https://www.debian.org/"
    tor="http://sejnfjrq6szgca7v.onion"
    description="Debian is a Unix-like computer operating system and a Linux distribution that is composed entirely of free and open-source software, most of which is under the GNU General Public License, and packaged by a group of individuals known as the Debian project."
    %}

    {% include card.html color="warning"
    title="Trisquel"
    image="assets/img/tools/Trisquel.png"
    url="https://trisquel.info/"
    description="Trisquel is a Linux-based operating system derived from Ubuntu. The project aims for a fully free software system without proprietary software or firmware and uses Linux-libre, a version of the Linux kernel with the non-free code (binary blobs) removed."
    %}

  </div>

  <h3>Warning</h3>
  <ul>
    <li><a href="#win10"><i class="fas fa-link"></i> Don't use Windows 10 - It's a privacy nightmare</a></li>
  </ul>

  <h3>Worth Mentioning</h3>
  <ul>
    <li><a href="https://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a> - A project that produces a free, multi-platform 4.4BSD-based UNIX-like operating system. Emphasizes portability, standardization, correctness, proactive security and integrated cryptography.</li>
    <li><a href="https://www.archlinux.org/">Arch Linux</a> - A simple, lightweight Linux distribution. It is composed predominantly of free and open-source software, and supports community involvement. <a href="https://www.parabola.nu/">Parabola</a> is a
      completely open source version of Arch Linux.</li>
    <li><a href="https://www.whonix.org/">Whonix</a> - A Debian GNU/Linux based security-focused Linux distribution. It aims to provide privacy, security and anonymity on the internet. The operating system consists of two virtual machines, a "Workstation"
      and a Tor "Gateway". All communication are forced through the Tor network to accomplish this.</li>
    <li><a href="https://subgraph.com/">Subgraph OS</a> - Another Debian based Linux distribution, it features security hardening which makes it more resistant to security vulnerabilities. Subgraph runs many desktop applications in a security sandbox to limit their risk in case of compromise.
      By default, it anonymizes Internet traffic by sending it through the Tor network. Note: It is still in alpha, and much testing and bug fixing still has to be done.</li>
  </ul>

  <h1 id="live_os" class="anchor"><a href="#live_os"><i class="fas fa-link anchor-icon"></i></a> Live CD Operating Systems</h1>
  <div class="row mb-2">

    {% include card.html color="success"
    title="Tails"
    image="assets/img/tools/Tails.png"
    url="https://tails.boum.org/"
    description="Tails is a live operating system, that starts on almost any computer from a DVD, USB stick, or SD card. It aims at preserving privacy and anonymity, and helps to: Use the Internet anonymously and circumvent censorship; Internet connections go through the Tor network; leave no trace on the computer; use state-of-the-art cryptographic tools to encrypt files, emails and instant messaging."
    %}

    {% include card.html color="primary"
    title="KNOPPIX"
    image="assets/img/tools/KNOPPIX.png"
    url="https://www.knopper.net/knoppix/"
    website="knopper.net"
    description="Knoppix is an operating system based on Debian designed to be run directly from a CD / DVD (Live CD) or a USB flash drive (Live USB), one of the first of its kind for any operating system. When starting a program, it is loaded from the removable medium and decompressed into a RAM drive. The decompression is transparent and on-the-fly."
    %}

    {% include card.html color="warning"
    title="Puppy Linux"
    image="assets/img/tools/Puppy-Linux.png"
    url="http://puppylinux.org/"
    description="Puppy Linux operating system is a lightweight Linux distribution that focuses on ease of use and minimal memory footprint. The entire system can be run from RAM with current versions generally taking up about 210 MB, allowing the boot medium to be removed after the operating system has started."
    %}

  </div>
  <h3>Worth Mentioning</h3>
  <ul>
    <li><a href="https://distro.ibiblio.org/tinycorelinux/">Tiny Core Linux</a> - A minimal Linux operating system focusing on providing a base system using BusyBox and FLTK. The distribution is notable for its size (15 MB) and minimalism, with additional functionality
      provided by extensions.</li>
  </ul>
  <h1 id="mobile_os" class="anchor"><a href="#mobile_os"><i class="fas fa-link anchor-icon"></i></a> Mobile Operating Systems</h1>
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    %}

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  <h3>Worth Mentioning</h3>
  <ul>
    <li><a href="https://www.replicant.us/">Replicant</a> - An open-source operating system based on Android, aiming to replace all proprietary components with free software.</li>
    <li><a href="https://www.omnirom.org/">OmniROM</a> - A free software operating system for smartphones and tablet computers, based on the Android mobile platform.</li>
    <li><a href="https://microg.org/">MicroG</a> - A project that aims to reimplement the proprietary Google Play Services in the Android operating system with a FLOSS replacement.
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  <h1 id="aaddons" class="anchor"><a href="#aaddons"><i class="fas fa-link anchor-icon"></i></a> Android Privacy Add-ons</h1>

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  <h3>Control your traffic with "NetGuard"</h3>
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  <p><strong>NetGuard</strong> provides simple and advanced ways to block certain apps' access to the internet without the help of root privileges. Applications and addresses can individually be allowed or denied access to your Wi-Fi and/or mobile connection, allowing you to control which apps are able to call home or not.
  <a href="https://www.netguard.me/">https://www.netguard.me/</a></p>
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  <h3>Manage your apps' permissions with XPrivacyLua</h3>
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  <p>Revoking Android permissions from apps often let apps crash or malfunction. <strong>XPrivacyLua</strong> solves this by feeding apps fake data instead of real data.

  <a href="https://lua.xprivacy.eu/">https://lua.xprivacy.eu/</a></p>
  <p> Requirements: <a href="https://forum.xda-developers.com/apps/magisk/official-magisk-v7-universal-systemless-t3473445">Magisk (xda-developers)</a>
  <a href="https://forum.xda-developers.com/xposed">Xposed Framework (xda-developers)</a>
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  <h3>Worth Mentioning</h3>
  <ul>
    <li><a href="https://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a> - A project that produces a free, multi-platform 4.4BSD-based UNIX-like operating system. Emphasizes portability, standardization, correctness, proactive security and integrated cryptography.</li>
    <li><a href="https://dd-wrt.com/">DD-WRT</a> - A is Linux-based firmware for wireless routers and wireless access points. It is compatible with several models of routers and access points.</li>
  </ul>  <h1 id="win10" class="anchor"><a href="#win10"><i class="fas fa-link anchor-icon"></i></a> Don't use Windows 10 - It's a privacy nightmare</h1>

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    <li><strong>Data syncing is by default enabled.</strong>
      <ul>
        <li>Browsing history and open websites.</li>
        <li>Apps settings.</li>
        <li>WiFi hotspot names and passwords.</li>
      </ul>
    </li>

    <li><strong>Your device is by default tagged with a unique advertising ID.</strong>
      <ul>
        <li>Used to serve you with personalized advertisements by third-party advertisers and ad networks.</li>
      </ul>
    </li>

    <li><strong>Cortana can collect any of your data.</strong>
      <ul>
        <li>Your keystrokes, searches and mic input.</li>
      </ul>
      <ul>
        <li>Calendar data.</li>
      </ul>
      <ul>
        <li>Music you listen to.</li>
      </ul>
      <ul>
        <li>Credit Card information.</li>
      </ul>
      <ul>
        <li>Purchases.</li>
      </ul>
    </li>

    <li><strong>Microsoft can collect any personal data.</strong>
      <ul>
        <li>Your identity.</li>
      </ul>
      <ul>
        <li>Passwords.</li>
      </ul>
      <ul>
        <li>Demographics.</li>
      </ul>
      <ul>
        <li>Interests and habits.</li>
      </ul>
      <ul>
        <li>Usage data.</li>
      </ul>
      <ul>
        <li>Contacts and relationships.</li>
      </ul>
      <ul>
        <li>Location data.</li>
      </ul>
      <ul>
        <li>Content like emails, instant messages, caller list, audio and video recordings.</li>
      </ul>
    </li>

    <li><strong>Your data can be shared.</strong>
      <ul>
        <li>When downloading Windows 10, you are authorizing Microsoft to share any of above-mentioned data with any third-party, with or without your consent.</li>
      </ul>
    </li>
  </ol>  <p>
  <a class="btn btn-warning" href="https://www.winprivacy.de/english-home/">
    Download: W10Privacy
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  This tool uses some known methods that attempt to disable major tracking features in Windows 10.

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        <h3>Some good news</h3>
        <ul>
          <li><a href="https://github.com/crazy-max/WindowsSpyBlocker/releases">WindowsSpyBlocker</a> - Open source tool that blocks data collection.</li>
          <li><a href="https://www.ghacks.net/2015/08/14/comparison-of-windows-10-privacy-tools/">Comparison of Windows 10 Privacy tools</a> - ghacks.net</li>
          <li><a href="https://fix10.isleaked.com/">Fix Windows 10 privacy.</a> - fix10.isleaked.com</li>
          <li><a href="https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/08/windows-10-doesnt-offer-much-privacy-by-default-heres-how-to-fix-it/">Windows 10 doesn't offer much privacy by default: Here's how to fix it. </a> - Ars Technica.</li>
          <li><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Windows10/comments/3f38ed/guide_how_to_disable_data_logging_in_w10">Guide: How to disable data logging in W10.</a></li>
        </ul>
      </div>

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        <h3>More bad news</h3>
        <ul>
          <li><a href="https://thehackernews.com/2016/02/microsoft-windows10-privacy.html">
              Windows 10 Sends Your Data 5500 Times Every Day Even After Tweaking Privacy Settings</a> - The Hacker News.</li>
          <li><a href="https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/08/even-when-told-not-to-windows-10-just-cant-stop-talking-to-microsoft/">Even when told not to, Windows 10 just can't stop talking to Microsoft. It's no wonder that privacy activists are up in arms.</a> - Ars Technica.</li>
          <li><a href="https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150820/06171332012/windows-10-reserves-right-to-block-pirated-games-unauthorized-hardware.shtml">Windows 10 Reserves The Right To Block Pirated Games And 'Unauthorized' Hardware.</a> - Techdirt.</li>
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  <h1 id="quotes" class="anchor"><a href="#quotes"><i class="fas fa-link anchor-icon"></i></a> Quotes</h1>

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    <p>Arguing that you don't care about the right to privacy because you have nothing to hide is no different than saying you don't care about free speech because you have nothing to say.</p>
    <footer class="blockquote-footer">Edward Snowden on <cite title="Just days left to kill mass surveillance under Section 215 of the Patriot Act. We are Edward Snowden and the ACLU's Jameel Jaffer. AUA."><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/36ru89/just_days_left_to_kill_mass_surveillance_under/crglgh2">Reddit</a></cite></footer>
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  <blockquote class="blockquote">
    <p>The NSA has built an infrastructure that allows it to intercept almost everything. With this capability, the vast majority of human communications are automatically ingested without targeting. If I wanted to see your emails or your wife's phone, all
    I have to do is use intercepts. I can get your emails, passwords, phone records, credit cards. I don't want to live in a society that does these sort of things... I do not want to live in a world where everything I do and say is recorded. That is
    not something I am willing to support or live under. </p>
    <footer class="blockquote-footer">Edward Snowden in <cite title="Edward Snowden, NSA files source: 'If they want to get you, in time they will"><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jun/09/nsa-whistleblower-edward-snowden-why">The Guardian</a></cite></footer>
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  <blockquote class="blockquote">
    <p>We all need places where we can go to explore without the judgmental eyes of other people being cast upon us, only in a realm where we're not being watched can we really test the limits of who we want to be. It's really in the private realm where
    dissent, creativity and personal exploration lie.</p>
    <footer class="blockquote-footer">Glenn Greenwald in <cite title="Glenn Greenwald On Why Privacy Is Vital, Even If You 'Have Nothing To Hide"><a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/20/glenn-greenwald-privacy_n_5509704.html">Huffington Post</a></cite></footer>
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  <h1 id="resources" class="anchor"><a href="#resources"><i class="fas fa-link anchor-icon"></i></a> Recommended Privacy Resources</h1>  <h3>Guides</h3>
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    <li><a href="https://ssd.eff.org/"><strong>Surveillance Self-Defense by EFF</strong></a> - Guide to defending yourself from surveillance by using secure technology and developing careful practices.</li>
    <li><a href="https://cryptoseb.pw/paper"><strong>The Crypto Paper</strong></a> - Privacy, Security and Anonymity for Every Internet User.</li>
    <li><a href="https://emailselfdefense.fsf.org/en/"><strong>Email Self-Defense by FSF</strong></a> - A guide to fighting surveillance with GnuPG encryption.</li>
    <li><a href="https://www.bestvpn.com/the-ultimate-privacy-guide/"><strong>The Ultimate Privacy Guide</strong></a> - Excellent privacy guide written by the creators of the bestVPN.com website.</li>
    <li><a href="https://www.ivpn.net/privacy-guides"><strong>IVPN Privacy Guides</strong></a> - These privacy guides explain how to obtain vastly greater freedom, privacy and anonymity through compartmentalization and isolation.</li>
    <li><a href="https://fried.com/privacy"><strong>The Ultimate Guide to Online Privacy</strong></a> - Comprehensive "Ninja Privacy Tips" and 150+ tools.</li>
  </ul>

  <h3>Information</h3>
  <ul>
    <li><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/privacytoolsIO/wiki/index"><strong>r/privacytoolsIO Wiki</strong></a> - Our Wiki on reddit.com.</li>
    <li><a href="https://www.grc.com/securitynow.htm"><strong>Security Now!</strong></a> - Weekly Internet Security Podcast by Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte.</li>
    <li><a href="https://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/show/techsnap/"><strong>TechSNAP</strong></a> - Weekly Systems, Network, and Administration Podcast. Every week TechSNAP covers the stories that impact those of us in the tech industry.</li>
    <li><a href="https://keybase.io/"><strong>Keybase.io</strong></a> - Get a public key, safely, starting just with someone's social media username.</li>
    <li><a href="https://freedom.press/"><strong>Freedom of the Press Foundation</strong></a> - Supporting and defending journalism dedicated to transparency and accountability since 2012.</li>
    <li><a href="https://www.erfahrungen.com/mit/anonymisierung/t/"><strong>Erfahrungen.com</strong></a> - German review aggregator website of privacy-related services.</li>
    <li><a href="https://tosdr.org/"><strong>Terms of Service; Didn't Read</strong></a> - "I have read and agree to the Terms" is the biggest lie on the web. We aim to fix that.</li>
  </ul>

  <h3>Tools</h3>
  <ul>
    <li><a href="https://ipleak.net/"><strong>ipleak.net</strong></a> - IP/DNS Detect - What is your IP, what is your DNS, what informations you send to websites.</li>
    <li><a href="https://www.ghacks.net/2015/12/28/the-ultimate-online-privacy-test-resource-list/"><strong>The ultimate Online Privacy Test Resource List</strong></a> - A collection of Internet sites that check whether your web browser leaks information.</li>
    <li><a href="https://prism-break.org/"><strong>PRISM Break</strong></a> - We all have a right to privacy, which you can exercise today by encrypting your communications and ending your reliance on proprietary services.</li>
    <li><a href="https://securityinabox.org/"><strong>Security in-a-Box</strong></a> - A guide to digital security for activists and human rights defenders throughout the world.</li>
    <li><a href="https://securedrop.org/"><strong>SecureDrop</strong></a> - An open-source whistleblower submission system that media organizations can use to securely accept documents from and communicate with anonymous sources. It was originally created
      by the late Aaron Swartz and is currently managed by Freedom of the Press Foundation.</li>
    <li><a href="https://pack.resetthenet.org/"><strong>Reset The Net - Privacy Pack</strong></a> - Help fight to end mass surveillance. Get these tools to protect yourself and your friends.</li>
    <li><a href="https://secfirst.org/"><strong>Security First</strong></a> - Umbrella is an Android app that provides all the advice needed to operate safely in a hostile environment.</li>
    <li><a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/block-cloudflare-mitm-attack/"><strong>Block Cloudflare MiTM Attack</strong></a> - Firefox add-on to detect and block corporate MITM attack.
      <li><a href="https://www.osalt.com/"><strong>Osalt</strong></a> - A directory to help you find open source alternatives to proprietary tools.</li>
      <li><a href="https://alternativeto.net/"><strong>AlternativeTo</strong></a> - A directory to help find alternatives to other software, with the option to only show open source software</li>
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