Recommended Privacy-enhancing Software
Google Search Replacement
(search engine that doesn’t track you)
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DuckDuckGo
(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
(Chrome extension) (must first install Signal mobile app on your phone)
Anonymous Web Browsing
– Desktop:
Tor (torprojectorg)
– Android: Orbot and Orfox (install both, then browse the web using Orfox)
Secure Instant Messaging
– Mobile:
ChatSecure
(Android version; iPhone version; or search your app store)
– Windows desktop:
Pidgin+OTR plugin
(howto: ssd .eff.org/en/module/how-use-otr-windows)
– Mac OS: Adium
(adium.im) (howto: ssd.eff.org/en/module/how-use-otr-mac)
Anonymous Instant Me
ssaging on Desktop
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Ricochet
(ricochet.im) (works on Windows, Mac, and Linux; sends your IMs over Tor)
Skype Replacement
(secure video conferencing)
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Jitsi Meet
(meet.jit.si)
Browser Extensions
(to increase security between you and websites that support HTTPS)
– HTTPS Everywhere:
eff.org/https-everywhere
Secure Email
(won’t encrypt emails you receive; outgoing ema
ils can optionally be encrypted)
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ProtonMail
(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
(EFF’s “Surveillance Self-Defense”);
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
– Other ways to contact me tryingtobeawesome.com/contact
By Joziah— Information provided by Steve Phillips
