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  1. Resources

Stay Safe

Online security and privacy

Last updated 4 months ago

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Name
Description
Free?

Privacy International's guide that recommends tools and extensions for Android, iOS, MacOS and Windows that protect you from online tracking.

yes

A browser add-on to force any visited sites to serve data over HTTPS (to help prevent man-in-the-middle attacks).

yes

Check for every digital service you use whether you have enabled two-factor authentication (2FA)

Yes

A privacy-focused web browser that protects your anonymity by encrypting and routing your traffic through multiple servers. Can connect to this "onion routing" network either automatically or on-demand, and includes built-in options to use "bridges" to access the internet in places where Tor might be blocked or censored.

Yes

A secure operating system that you can start on almost any computer from a USB stick, protecting your privacy and helping you avoid censorship. All internet traffic goes through the Tor network, and the system leaves no trace on the computer once shut down.

Yes

A profiling tool which provides a measure of how easy your particular browser instance is to identify. (i.e. How much do you stand out from the crowd.) Can be used in conjunction with https://browserleaks.com/, which gives a very detailed breakdown of what your browser makes available to the outside world.

yes

A browser add-on to prevent browser tracking/cookies.

yes

Search Engines Which Protect Privacy

DuckDuckGo, StartPage, Qwant

yes

Security in a box guide advice on how to use social media and mobile phones more safely. The Tool Guides offer step-by-step instructions to help you install, configure and use some essential digital security software and services

yes

Answer a few simple questions to get personalized online safety recommendations. It's confidential - no personal information is stored and CitizenLab won't access any of your online accounts.

yes

Tips and methodologies for safe(r) online communications.

yes

Basic Security Guide, do and don’ts for basic security when using a laptop and/or mobile device. Here’s a guide: techsolidarity.org/resources/basic_security.htm.

yes

This is a sandbox that allows you to scan a URL to check it's safe before properly visiting it.

yes

Analyze suspicious files and URLs to detect types of malware, automatically share them with the security community

yes

Testing unknown URLs.

yes

App for encrypting data on your phone and for securely transfering files

yes

Automatically blur images and videos on a page - for when you don´t want to see images

yes

Take potentially dangerous PDFs, office documents, or images and convert them to safe PDFs, a project by Micah Lee and the

yes

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Protect Yourself From Onlline Tracking
HTTPS Everywhere
Two Factor Auth (2FA)
Tor Browser
Tails OS
Panopticlick
Privacy Badger
Security in a Box
Security Planner (CitizenLab)
Surveillance Self-Defense
Tech Solidarity
URLscan
VirusTotal
Malicious URL Tester
Tella App
Blur - Chrome extension
Dangerzone
Freedom of the Press Foundation