Privacy and Anti-Censorship Tools

Recommended Privacy-enhancing Software
Google Search Replacement
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(search engine that doesn’t track you)
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DuckDuckGo
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(duckduckgo.com)

Secure Messaging, Group Chat, and Phone Calls on Mobile
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Signal by Open Whisper Systems
(Android version; iPhone version; or search your app store)
– Android: your messages are encrypted when recipient has Signal, unencrypted otherwise
– iPhone: you can only message other Signal users; all those messages are encrypted
Secure Messaging, Group Chat on Desktop
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Signal Desktop
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(Chrome extension) (must first install Signal mobile app on your phone)
Anonymous Web Browsing
– Desktop:
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Tor (torprojectorg)
– Android: Orbot and Orfox (install both, then browse the web using Orfox)
Secure Instant Messaging
– Mobile:
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ChatSecure
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(Android version; iPhone version; or search your app store)
– Windows desktop:
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Pidgin+OTR plugin
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(howto: ssd .eff.org/en/module/how-use-otr-windows)
– Mac OS: Adium
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(adium.im) (howto: ssd.eff.org/en/module/how-use-otr-mac)
Anonymous Instant Me
ssaging on Desktop
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Ricochet
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(ricochet.im) (works on Windows, Mac, and Linux; sends your IMs over Tor)
Skype Replacement
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(secure video conferencing)
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Jitsi Meet
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(meet.jit.si)
Browser Extensions
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(to increase security between you and websites that support HTTPS)
– HTTPS Everywhere:
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eff.org/https-everywhere
Secure Email
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(won’t encrypt emails you receive; outgoing ema
ils can optionally be encrypted)
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ProtonMail
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(Android version; iPhone version; desktop web app)
– Emails sent to other ProtonMail users will be encrypted automatically
– When sending encrypted emails, the body & attachments are encrypted, but not the subject

Other Lists of Recommended Software- ssd.eff.org
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(EFF’s “Surveillance Self-Defense”);
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cryptoparty.in/learn/tools; prism-break.org

Contact me, Steve Phillips, if you have any questions or need help
– Email: steve@tryingtobeawesome.com; ProtonMail: elimisteve@protonmail.com
– Ricochet: ricochet:66zh3uiibzlxxqpy
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