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basically has free and open source alternatives to the NSA-compromised software most of us use on a daily basis.
Also support the EFF, they're fighting for the same cause Snowden is.
Edit: Thank you so much for the reddit gold, anonymous Redditor!
there are several ways around this. calling them is not one of them.
https://prism-break.org/en/categories/servers/
there are other network protocols that can use existing infrastructure but bypass all of this crap. p2p networking (for instance) is one of them.
if we truly want to do something about this, this is a concrete approach the whole community can participate in. centralized servers need to go
Google Alternatives
Search:
yacy.net – decentralised search, removes being reliant on a corporation for your search results
startpage.com – uses Googles engine but stands between you and google as a proxy
duckduckgo.com – does not collect private information on you
ixquick.com – same as Startpage
yandex.com – Russia's answer to Google
bing.com – Microsofts alternative
Cloud Storage:
mega.nz – gives you 50 gigs free storage and is encrypted
dropbox.com – we all know it already
Browsers:
Firefox - Also had some SJW shit going on but not google
Brave Browser - Ok alternative for basic users
Vivaldi - Chromium based Norwegian browser, extremely customisable
Opera - Chromium based Chinese owned browser
Pale Moon - Open Source fork of FireFox
Edge (Windows) - Microsoft's browser
Safari (Mac OS) - Apple's browser
Epic Browser - Privacy focused Chromium based browser
Email (to name a few):
tutanota.com - encrypted email based in Germany
protonmail.com - encrypted email based in Switzerland
gmx.com - massive storage for email based in Germany
Fuck Google Add-ons
Google makes money by tracking and logging what you do. There's a ton of ways to make their life a bitch trying to do that or by blocking them from doing so. Best solution is to not use google products but at times most of us have to.
Bare minimum add-ons:
ublock origin - a non BS no sell out open source ad blocker unlike Adblock etc. who want to make money on your ass
Disconnect - blocks sites from tracking you
There are many many more add-ons etc. to increase your privacy and security but the two above are a bare minimum. For the ones who're a bit more tech savvy I can recommend uMatrix. For a more comprehensive list on how to stop corporations and big brother following you visit: https://prism-break.org/en/
Google Alternatives
Search:
yacy.net – decentralised search, removes being reliant on a corporation for your search results
startpage.com – uses Googles engine but stands between you and google as a proxy
duckduckgo.com – does not collect private information on you
ixquick.com – same as Startpage
yandex.com – Russia's answer to Google
bing.com – Microsofts alternative
Cloud Storage:
mega.nz – gives you 50 gigs free storage and is encrypted
dropbox.com – we all know it already
Browsers:
Firefox - Also had some SJW shit going on but not google
Brave Browser - Ok alternative for basic users
Vivaldi - Chromium based Norwegian browser, extremely customisable
Opera - Chromium based Chinese owned browser
Pale Moon - Open Source fork of FireFox
Edge (Windows) - Microsoft's browser
Safari (Mac OS) - Apple's browser
Epic Browser - Privacy focused Chromium based browser
Email (to name a few):
tutanota.com - encrypted email based in Germany
protonmail.com - encrypted email based in Switzerland
gmx.com - massive storage for email based in Germany
Fuck Google Add-ons
Google makes money by tracking and logging what you do. There's a ton of ways to make their life a bitch trying to do that or by blocking them from doing so. Best solution is to not use google products but at times most of us have to.
Bare minimum add-ons:
ublock origin - a non BS no sell out open source ad blocker unlike Adblock etc. who want to make money on your ass
Disconnect - blocks sites from tracking you
There are many many more add-ons etc. to increase your privacy and security but the two above are a bare minimum. For the ones who're a bit more tech savvy I can recommend uMatrix. For a more comprehensive list on how to stop corporations and big brother following you visit: https://prism-break.org/en/
K9 Mail is used and trusted by many FOSS users, including Android users on /r/privacy. It's also trusted on Privacy Tools and PRISM Break.
If you are really worried about security, use OpenPGP with your client. But it's more work and you can lock yourself out of all your emails permanently if you lose your private key.
This might help you find the alternatives you want. It covers regular client-side programs as well as email, file storage, etc. (EDIT: Note that providers for email, and file storage especially, do not necessarily need to be trustworthy. Nothing is stopping you using end-to-end email encryption over Gmail or uploading encrypted files to Dropbox.)
But, as others have said, there is a limit to what you can do. You're still trusting the closed BIOS, the closed CPU microcode, etc. You may need to change hardware to get away from closed drivers for Nvidia, Broadcom, and other vendors.
Move your online services away from the US and other five-eyes countries and use privacy conscious software:
r/privacy
Feel free to ask for any reccomendation, I'm pretty invested in all of this.
It's the fact that insecure systems like SMS or facebook or whatsapp allow everything you do to be recorded. This data is sold to advertisers (not anonymized), given to governments, or leaked to whoever hacks the company next.
You're really trusting that your data will not be used against you at any time in the future as well. Many people didn't care about Obama vacuuming up data, but now that he's handing it all to trump they are interested. Unfortunately even if they switch now, they can't do anything about their data that was already recorded
There are many ways things can come back to bite you and also many solutions to protect your privacy and security. Signal is a great start and there is more advice at www.privacytools.io or https://prism-break.org/en/ or /r/privacy
Depends on your tech-savviness and paranoia levels. For most people I would say flash Cyanogenmod and create a new throwaway gmail account just for downloading apps.
LOL you do know that Ubuntu (and its variants) leaks your data as well?
https://prism-break.org/en/subcategories/windows-operating-systems/
> Canonical’s Ubuntu is not recommended by PRISM Break because it contains Amazon ads and data leaks by default. GNU/Linux distributions based on Ubuntu are also currently not recommended due to several other reasons.
Using a proprietary browser is not a smart idea, if a browser is bragging any sort of security but its closed source and doesn't supply any sort of information to back it I wouldn't trust it at all. For more information on why proprietary software shouldn't trusted check out fsf.org and gnu.org. I'd suggest using firefox or a fork of it, chromium is also a good browser. A longer list of software you might want to use to enhance your privacy can be found here https://prism-break.org/en/
The EFF' self defense guide comes to mind, although they are very careful about actually recommending anything. Obviously PRISM break still exists. The grugq recommends a few things. I'm sure there are others.
Unfortunately many sites list tools based on affiliate programs. I don't mind if a site is transparent about it and their reasons for recommend certain tools are sound. Hosting costs money and research costs at the very least time. So if they are open about it I think that's an acceptable way to generate some income, certainly less annoying than ads. But there are many sites about restoring your privacy, or protecting it, that mask affiliate links, never discuss their participation in those programs and do the bare legal minimum by putting the least possible amount of disclosure somewhere deep down in their privacy policy. If their jurisdiction doesn't require more transparency about such things that's obviously legally fine, but I would not trust any site that behaves like that.
Firefox is so much better for privacy so I'll list some, no links, just highlight and search google should be first result:
BetterPrivacy
Blender
CanvasBlocker
Cookie Monster
Disconnect (may have sold out)
HTTPS-Everywhere
NoScript
Privacy Badger EFF
Random Agent Spoofer
RequestPolicy
Self-Destructing Cookies
uBlock
Obligatory Links: https://prism-break.org/en/categories/windows/
Piggybacking off of the point about using browser addons, you can get a list of privacy nd security enhancing addons over at https://prism-break.org or https://privacytools.io
Also, my fellow consumers, I recommend you only use FireFox, its derivatives, or Tor Browser in order to maximize your privacy.
I'd recommend avoiding using sites like Facebook and Twitter for action and (as much as possible) organization. You have to remember who they serve and who controls them. Facebook seems to have no problems carrying out subversive behavior on behalf of nation-states if it keeps their site unblocked and their revenue flow uninterrupted. Also, let's not forget how easily such companies can be compelled to hand over private information to authorities. On this note I wouldn't trust reddit with this either; their warrant canary disappeared this year.
For more secure alternatives I'd suggest checking out https://prism-break.org/ (which has tons of great info about the security of various platforms) and, especially for mobile devices (which I should note will never be completely secure in almost all practical situations), https://guardianproject.info/apps/
This depends some on what your setup actually is. Are you securing a workstation or a server? What are your concerns/what do you want to protect against?
- Firewall. Use the already mentioned UFW.
- apparmor and/or firejail
- Keep your system up-to-date. Maybe trivial, but important.
- Check DNS settings and network security.
- For a workstation, the usual rules and tips for browsing apply. Also, check the programs and services you're using, e.g., substitute Chrome and Google services for something else.
I found Prismbreak to be a good starting point for some things. Server security is harder and more complex, though.
He is a hero, an absolute patriot.
He gave up a 6 figure salary, a happy life in the US, and his safety to do what he did. He saw that the government was doing something wrong and he spoke up about it. He effectively took on not only the US IC community but many other governments as well. He made a GIANT impact on how many people use the internet today. He continues to be a voice of reason and internet freedom.
Suggestion:
Consider some suggestions from here: https://prism-break.org/en/categories/macos/
- Consider Qubes Operating System or Arch Linux (two of my favorites)
- Consider a VPN that meets PT
- Consider T0r with bridges
- If you need a good email provider I recommend Protonmail or Riseup, if you prefer the latter let me know and I can send you an invite code
Favor providers that give a shit, like protonmail, and make mass-surveillance too expensive.
Consider which providers are throwing a spanner into mass-surveillance each time you have to select any kind of new service. In 10 years time that'll add up to a lot of spanners. Prism-break can offer suggestions.
Be wary of any business offering a 'free' service and never trust a company with your credit card information or other identifying information. Use open source software and protocols. A good starting point: https://prism-break.org
Look here for the EFF recommendation: https://ssd.eff.org/en/module/how-encrypt-your-windows-device
Look here for some other recommendations: https://prism-break.org/en/categories/windows/#disk-encryption
It's a huge corporation that is increasingly hard to avoid if you want privacy. It's tracking you, and the NSA is tracking it, and who knows what other national spying agencies are also spying it.
Google has way too much power. https://prism-break.org/
It seems you're more upset about Google charging a fee than you are about being a product. You should switch those priorities and denounce all big tech including Apple. Or does Apple need to charge you a fee in order for you to rant about that too and want to switch? Have you even turned off your Apple advertising ID?
I'll leave these resources for you, but I don't think you really care and you just wanted to complain about Google charging you:
r/privacytoolsIO
Follow the above if you truly don't want to be a product. Remember none of these companies care about you and you're just data to sell, even to Apple. Oh, and try ProtonMail, they're about to have an import feature where you can import your old inbox.
Depending on who you want to prevent from compromising your privacy, you have a number of options. For the average person I would suggest:
- An ad blocker (uBlock Origin is popular these days)
- HTTPS Everywhere (written by the EFF)
- Disabling all cookies and then enabling the ones you need on a case by case basis.
- Using encrypted messaging programs. Telegram is getting popular and it's actually an excellent tool. Better than Whatsapp in my opinion (much quicker) and works on virtually every platform you're likely to use (Windows, Mac OS, linux, in your browser etc).
- Enable "Do Not Track" in your browser (some websites actually pay attention so worth the minimal effort)
- VPN like you suggested.
- Don't use Windows 10 (or any Windows for that matter). Windows 10 goes out of its way to spy on you like no other OS in history. If you're particularly technical, try an open source OS like Linux. These days nearly everything works and you might be able to avoid the command line altogether. Many distributions look just like Windows.
The first 5 are simple enough that most people could use them (enabling cookies could be a hassle for some people) without having any negative impact on their browsing experience.
Also, check out https://prism-break.org/en/
Ghostery is closed source and if you opt-in in GhostRank, it will collect your data. Prism Break even shows a few alternatives to it.
I heard Privacy Badger is very good, but I don't use it, so I can't provide more info. To protect myself from trackers, I use uMatrix and blacklist EVERYTHING. I only allow a few scripts here and there, just to allow MINIMUM funcionality.
As far as I know, ISP have 3 ways to block access to sites.
- Map requested ip address to 0.0.0.0, so you get domain not found, however blocks lots of other websites sharing same IP address
- Filter for URL ie name, and block
- Deep packet filtering , slows internet and expensive.
By modifying internet connection dns settings to use Google or opendns or other dns addresses, you bypass ISP dns. DNS is the internet phone book converting name to IP address.
Unless vpn are also blocked which is extremely unlikely, your data is encrypted between you and exit point in another country, not part of 5 eyes snoopers.
For more information check https://privacy-tools.io, https://eff.org, https://prism-break.org.
It takes both technology tools and public policy.
Here's a list of open source alternatives to software:
But don't just blindly trust this list as secure.
For privacy anything not Ubuntu will be good. If you're newer to linux I'd recommend Linux Mint Debian Edition or MX Linux. Both are based on Debian Stable which means fewer problems, a huge repository (installable programs) and come with a welcome screen popup that walks you through the basics.
If you have a little experience with Linux both Debian Stable and Fedora are excellent choices and recommended by both prism-break.org and privacytools.io.
You can also go with Arch Linux but it's a bit more involved and not recommended for newer people to Linux.
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Ubuntu is a solid distro but the devs (canonical) have made a series of questionable choices over the years which leads a few of us in the privacy world to not trust them or distros based on them.
This simply isn't true. Here is a list of software that does not track you (excluding Firefox, which is the issue this post concerns). I could also name several hundred more secure projects off the top of my head that are not listed in this website. The Free Software Foundation GNU Project are entire organizations devoted to creating and promoting software that does not track you, of which there is plenty. Refrain from spreading misinformation and try keep a level-headed tone; to do otherwise stirs up trouble and will most likely get you banned from this subreddit.
Protonmail is excellent. I've tested several encrypted email providers and protonmail is my favorite. If you're interesting in improving your privacy and getting away from services and software that collect and sell your data like Google, I recommend checking out prism-break and privacytools.
Someone already mentioned it, but check out uBlock Origin as well. It's the best adblocker in my opinion. Join us over at /r/privacy if you want to know more about how you can secure yourself against companies that don't care about your privacy and use you as a product for their advertisers. Security and privacy is something I've been very interested in and something I've spent a lot of time researching ever since the Snowden leaks.
When I realized what companies do with my personal information, I knew I had to take action to better secure myself and do what I can to reduce the amount of data that companies like Facebook and Google collect from me. I'm not an expert or anything, but feel free to ask me if there’s anything you want to know about improving online privacy.
KNOWLEDGE IS POWER ^^^^insert rainbow text here
In all seriousness though, there are many options if you know where to look.
> Browser - Brave (although Firefox or even Opera are fine)
https://www.reddit.com/r/MozillaInAction/comments/3ihtzr/which_browsers_should_you_use_if_you_value/
It lists open source, anti-SJW, or otherwise politically neutral, alternatives to Firefox and Chrome. Opera is listed as one such alternative. Brave,just doesn't have enough features polished and ready to go.
> Email - ProtonMail (I use my own domain for email, so switching hosts was trivial)
> Search - DuckDuckGo or Yandex
> Chat - Everyone I talk to on Hangouts also uses Skype or iChat anyway
> Social Media - lolplus
> The only Google service that's remotely difficult to replace is YouTube, because you need a critical mass of content creators before it's viable. I'm not a big video guy though. I watch Jordan Peterson, Report of the Week, Binging with Babish, and the occasional Rebel video. That's pretty much it. If I cared about game streaming, I'd go over to Twitch.
And here is where being aware of NSA spying antics (since 2013) comes into handy.
https://prism-break.org/en/categories/windows/
Both of these websites, when combined, list numerous alternatives to all the categories listed so far and more. As with any website with a given purpose, these 2 websites are not the be all end all. On the contrary, at the bottom of the page for the 2nd link, are a dozen or so more websites which expand upon emphasis on alternatives to Google, Facebook, etc, etc, etc.
Ninja edit: RIP formating
For those looking to better hide their identity online (remember, Reddit was just subpoenaed to give up a bunch of user data, probably including IP address logs, but can't say what because of a gag order from a shady 3-letter agency--gotta love surveillance state America) or protect their communications from wiretapping (remember, you don't have to be doing something wrong or even illegal to be a target, and in fact we know from the Snowden revelations that all Americans are being spied on), I have some recommendations for some well-researched, trusted, and open-source tools:
For browsing the web, I recommend Tor Browser: https://www.torproject.org/projects/torbrowser.html.en. It's the best in-class when it comes to your anonymity, but can be slow sometimes as you traffic is routed through randomized circuits criss-crossing the globe.
For encrypted calls and texts, I recommend Signal private messenger for Android and iPhone: https://whispersystems.org/. Signal uses state-of-the art cryptography and doesn't log any metadata. It's also super easy to use and a Chrome/Chromium extension version is in beta, but has been working great for me the last couple of months. For Android users, it can replace your default SMS app, so you don't have to switch back and forth between apps--if the person on the other end has Signal installed too, your conversation will be automatically upgraded to an encrypted conversation. Call quality is good when you have good service (LTE or WiFi), but can suffer in 3G areas or other areas of low service quality.
For more check out https://prism-break.org/.
Take your privacy back into your own hands! As Snowden said, "we must seize the means of communication!"
That list kind of sucks though.
Not enough focus on the code being open or not.
That the code was audited or the security design is documented doesn't mean anything if you can't check if the code that was audited is actually the code being used or if it's even a proper implementation of what is documented.
What does "Encrypted" mean, does rot13 count as encryption? what about 256bit RSA?
Does paying someone random 10$ who doesn't know programming to look at my code and say he audited it enough to get a green checkmark on the audit column?
I think https://prism-break.org does a much better job than that eff list.
I agree with ColonelPanic here. During the whole NSA Prism thing going on I remember Prism-Break website giving us information how to avoid the NSA surveillance net. RiseUp.net is nothing more than a private and secure email/chat service that existed long before this whole Antifa thing even started. Poor show Lunduke...
Hopefully you're using uBlock Origin and not uBlock. If you are open up the Dashboard and go to the tab that says 3rd Party Filters. Enabling the two lists should stop these warnings on sites about using an adblocker.
- Adblock Warning Removal List
- Anti-Adblock Killer | Reek
These are 3 more lists I recommend enabling too:
- Basic tracking list by Disconnect
- Malvertising filter list by Disconnect
- Malware filter list by Disconnect
I would also suggest installing
You can find more plugins and information to protect yourself and your privacy at
Get a vpn, they're not terribly expensive, and run Debian and encrypt your drives using LUKS. Use https://prism-break.org/en/ for software suggestions for every OS you can, but you can never really trust apple/microsoft, so GNU/Linux is your best bet.
Per cercare alternative io in genere utilizzo un sito chiamato AlternativeTo. Qui puoi trovare alternative libere, proprietarie, gratis o a pagamento, è tutto segnalato. Ad esempio se vuoi cercare alternative a Photoshop, ti basta digitare Photoshop, e il sito ti elencherà altri software simili: Krita, GIMP, MyPaint etc., se cerchi MAGIX Vegas, ti elencherà gli altri software simili: OpenShot, Kdenlive, Shotcut etc., se cerchi Unity ti elencherà altri software con cui programmare videogiochi, come Godot e altri. Insomma, lo trovo molto utile per conoscere software nuovi. Specie se usi GNU/Linux ti permette di cercare alternative ai programmi più usati su Windows e Mac.
Mastodon lo avevo scoperto proprio cercando alternative a Facebook. Poiché non sono più su Facebook da qualche annetto, mi era venuta voglia di cercare piattaforme alternative a Facebook o a Twitter (Mastodon è più simile a Twitter, come hanno già detto molti). Un'altra alternativa forse è Minds, mi ero iscritto anche su Minds, ma l'ho abbandonata subito, non ricordo nemmeno perché.
Su quel sito ho trovato un'alternativa anche a Reddit, si chiama voat.co, però non mi ci sono ancora iscritto, è un casino.
Se sei interessato alla privacy inoltre puoi controllare su siti come PRISM-Break e Privacy Tools, qui in particolare ti consigliano dei servizi che, secondo loro (ma puoi guardare le conversazioni sui forum per conoscere le loro argomentazioni), prestano più attenzione alla tua privacy. Non sempre hanno opinioni allineate tra loro, ad esempio PRISM-Break mi sembra più radicale di Privacy Tools, il che può essere un bene o un male a seconda delle esigenze.
Here are two sites that list privacy cautious email providers (and a lot of other privacy aware services and applications)
https://prism-break.org/en/subcategories/gnu-linux-email-accounts/
https://www.privacytools.io/#email
I suggest you look through their recommendations and pick the one that looks best for your preferences. Personally I use Kolabnow, which is recommended by both sites.
Είναι υπερβολή οι διαφημίσεις σε μορφή μηνύματος. Δεν έχω χρησιμοποιήσει το Instagram (και ούτε πρόκειται) και δε μπορώ να έχω μια σφαιρική άποψη περί τίνος πρόκειται. Και το Messenger το θεωρώ αναγκαίο κακό επειδή τα μηνύματα δεν εμφανίζονται και επεξεργάζονται το ίδιο εύκολα μέσω της mobile σελίδας.
Γενικά για το μέσο χρήστη είναι πιο δύσκολο όλο αυτό με τις διαφημίσεις, τον περιορισμό της ιδιωτικότητας κλπ. Απλά το καταπίνει όλο αυτό γιατί δεν έχει να κάνει αλλιώς. Δεν είναι εύκολη η μετάβαση...
Επιπλέον, το πιο απλό για να γλιτώσεις το stalking της Google είναι να μη χρησιμοποιείς το Google. Μια πολύ καλή εναλλακτική μηχανή αναζήτησης είναι το DuckDuckGo. Υπάρχουν κι άλλες εναλλακτικές υπηρεσίες λιγότερο γνωστές για τους περισσότερους.
tl;dr Για να γλιτώσεις από τις σκιώδεις κινήσεις των μεγάλων social media, ξεκίνα να ψάχνεις εναλλακτικές.
Περισσότερες εναλλακτικές υπηρεσίες θα βρεις εδώ: https://prism-break.org/el/
It's not a large-scale solution, but it's worth checking out https://prism-break.org/ and https://eff.org/ for various ways you can keep your own data safe online.
I agree that nationalisation isn't practical, but I admit I don't know what the solution is. It's all pretty terrifying, really.
This is a good point but for most people only attributes FUD. For the most part these threats have to be specifically targeted and otherwise rely on vulnerabilities in outdated operating systems.
These encrypted messaging apps are definitely not worthless and still hold significant value for your privacy. But aren't of course going to suffice in all scenarios, in which case you should be looking towards messaging apps and systems that are designed for this (libreboot, ricochet, etc).
Although it's still important to be aware of the issues you've raised, I suggest you include ways in which this can be alleviated or even avoided completely. These would include suggesting ensuring systems remain up to date, analysing options in regards to messaging apps, phone models, operating systems and choosing ones which are most appropriate (with your threat model in mind) or you are willing to compromise for or which otherwise meet your standards or requirements.
Needless to say, but for anyone that's reading that isn't aware privacytools.io and prismbreak.org are good starting places for addressing these issues, including various threads on this subreddit.
Sorry to hear you were robbed!
Prob. Your windows pc was hacked. The hacker downloaded your keystore files and installed a key-logger type program. Which records keystrokes on keyboard. Then waited for you to make some transaction in ETH. Then got your password. Then he got everything he needed to make a transaction from his pc with your private key and password.
The best to avoid such a thing is: 1. USE LINUX. Linux mint is good for beginners. I use debian. 2. Don't install shitty soft only from trusted repositories. 3. Read the EFF guides to learn more how to protect yourself. Surveillance Self-Defense | Tips, Tools and How-tos for Safer Online ... https://ssd.eff.org/en 4. If having big sums you can have a cold storage that is not connected to internet. Something like an old laptop that you can install linux on and your crypto stuff. Then use that laptop in offline mode to sign transactions and move them to online pc to transmit them with usb stick.
U can use hardware wallet..They are more secure also.
Good site to load yourself with Open source software to protect your privacy is https://prism-break.org/en/
Good Luck.
Protect yourself, that's pretty much how it is. You're on your own. Encrypt your stuff (it doesn't hurt honestly) - especially shit like bank accounts / passwords / financial info, whatever. Use privacy apps, and generally don't change much other than be informed.
Have a look here for a good start on privacy apps:
It's a glaring indicator that the top comment is a joke. Its kind of pathetic really.
This affects every citizen from over 8 countries across the world.... atleast
First and foremost, encrypt everything. Hard drive, email, your internet activity. Do this by using basic encryption technology found here
don't use Windows, Apple products, or Google products. or limit and phase out asap.
Educate yourself, just a little bit about technology, and learn the basics of Linux and pgp.
Tell others, anyone that will listen. This is a new age in computers, everything can be done online, and to take personal security is nothing less of being responsible.
Keep up with real news over at the intercept
The government aren't ever going to reduce they amount they spy on us. Why would they? They like what they do and the more they monitor us, the more they can control and manipulate us. If you want your privacy back, you will have to take it for yourself. Use more encryption, reduce your reliance on the main internet services and encourage your friends and family to do the same. The more people show that they want increased privacy, the more people will be encouraged to build tools and systems to facilitate it. A good starting point would be https://prism-break.org/en/
https://prism-break.org/ is a good start for tips.
Your browser addons are good. You should start thinking about using a VPN. Here is a good list.
If you are using Dropbox you can switch to SpiderOak.
Best advice I can give is to become a student of freedom/privacy/liberty. The principles the United States of America was founded on. It's an ongoing struggle and learning process.
For tech, learn as much as possible about how stuff works. Learn to code if you can. And drop as much proprietary software as possible. Use only open source. Here's a site that can help you find useful tools
And I'd stop using Google Maps. Use OSRM instead.
Ghostery was open source up until version 2.0, although that in no way reflects the current product. There's no evidence to suggest they are selling exceptions either. There's absolute nothing on the mozilla addons reviews that would suggest foul-play. It's certainly better than AdBlock alone. Disconnect could be used as an alternative, but I didn't have a great experience with it, and it's been a while. That's what Prism-Break recommends and they're pretty on-point.
Precisely this. A site that would rather lead people off a cliff is not a good recommendation site., there are others better deserving of peoples' money because they actually care about privacy like https://prism-break.org/
My favorite starting point is https://prism-break.org/
There's also a "no Apple, Facebook, Google" subreddit which is shortened to something like noafbg but I can't find it right now. I'll edit if I find it.
Edit: GAFA is the acronym; I still can't find the subreddit though.
Google Alternatives
Search:
yacy.net – decentralised search, removes being reliant on a corporation for your search results
startpage.com – uses Googles engine but stands between you and google as a proxy
duckduckgo.com – does not collect private information on you
ixquick.com – same as Startpage
yandex.com – Russia's answer to Google
bing.com – Microsofts alternative
Cloud Storage:
mega.nz – gives you 50 gigs free storage and is encrypted
dropbox.com – we all know it already
Browsers:
Firefox - Also had some SJW shit going on but not google
Brave Browser - Ok alternative for basic users
Vivaldi - Chromium based Norwegian browser, extremely customisable
Opera - Chromium based Chinese owned browser
Pale Moon - Open Source fork of FireFox
Edge (Windows) - Microsoft's browser
Safari (Mac OS) - Apple's browser
Epic Browser - Privacy focused Chromium based browser
Email (to name a few):
tutanota.com - encrypted email based in Germany
protonmail.com - encrypted email based in Switzerland
gmx.com - massive storage for email based in Germany
Fuck Google Add-ons
Google makes money by tracking and logging what you do. There's a ton of ways to make their life a bitch trying to do that or by blocking them from doing so. Best solution is to not use google products but at times most of us have to.
Bare minimum add-ons:
ublock origin - a non BS no sell out open source ad blocker unlike Adblock etc. who want to make money on your ass
Disconnect - blocks sites from tracking you
There are many many more add-ons etc. to increase your privacy and security but the two above are a bare minimum. For the ones who're a bit more tech savvy I can recommend uMatrix. For a more comprehensive list on how to stop corporations and big brother following you visit: https://prism-break.org/en/
Google Alternatives
Search:
yacy.net – decentralised search, removes being reliant on a corporation for your search results
startpage.com – uses Googles engine but stands between you and google as a proxy
duckduckgo.com – does not collect private information on you
ixquick.com – same as Startpage
yandex.com – Russia's answer to Google
bing.com – Microsofts alternative
Cloud Storage:
mega.nz – gives you 50 gigs free storage and is encrypted
dropbox.com – we all know it already
Browsers:
Firefox - Also had some SJW shit going on but not google
Brave Browser - Ok alternative for basic users
Vivaldi - Chromium based Norwegian browser, extremely customisable
Opera - Chromium based Chinese owned browser
Pale Moon - Open Source fork of FireFox
Edge (Windows) - Microsoft's browser
Safari (Mac OS) - Apple's browser
Epic Browser - Privacy focused Chromium based browser
Email (to name a few):
tutanota.com - encrypted email based in Germany
protonmail.com - encrypted email based in Switzerland
gmx.com - massive storage for email based in Germany
Fuck Google Add-ons
Google makes money by tracking and logging what you do. There's a ton of ways to make their life a bitch trying to do that or by blocking them from doing so. Best solution is to not use google products but at times most of us have to.
Bare minimum add-ons:
ublock origin - a non BS no sell out open source ad blocker unlike Adblock etc. who want to make money on your ass
Disconnect - blocks sites from tracking you
There are many many more add-ons etc. to increase your privacy and security but the two above are a bare minimum. For the ones who're a bit more tech savvy I can recommend uMatrix. For a more comprehensive list on how to stop corporations and big brother following you visit: https://prism-break.org/en/
uBlock Origin in combination with NoScript are the best imho. I also use Decentraleyes and HTTPS Everywhere - and currently testing Disconnect and Self-Destructing Cookies to see how that can improve my overall experience and ofc privacy.
In general, I'd suggest people check out this to learn more:
https://privacytoolsio.github.io/privacytools.io/
Related sub is /r/privacytoolsIO for more in-depth discussions.
More information/solutions: https://prism-break.org/en/
Never self-hosted, but there are recommended server lists avaliable, like this one.
The E2E I mentioned is between you and who you are calling, while TLS is crypto between you and the server. As you know, E2E is useful to protect the content of the call from a untrusted server.
Good luck sir.
Some say Android is probably not very privacy friendly in itself, and it follows that any app running in a compromised environment could be viewed as insecure by implication. Replacing Android with Replicant is therefore highly recommended.
https://prism-break.org/en/categories/android/#operating-systems-mobile
Yes there as many good alternatives, for chating use a XMPP/Jabber Client, like Pidgin or Gajim (has OMEMO support), Profanity (ncurses), for twitter like see gnu social, and friendica or diaspora for a facebook clone.
More alternatives see prism-break.org
Volto a relembrar, não usem serviços como substituto de software. Como mencionado usem um gestor de senhas localmente. São exemplos o keepass, password safe do Bruce Schneier ou o pass.
Ver sidebar Prism Break: Gerenciadores de Senha
For the basics I'd recommend Adblock Block Edge (Plus for Chrome) or if you're more comfortable with what you're doing or value performance uBlock Origin. The brower addon/extension version of DisconnectMe is probably worth getting also.
You can add to this with things like an addon/extension to always use HTTPS or an addon/extension that sanitises your referrers.
Using a DNS server that doesn't track you might be worth while also: https://www.opennicproject.org/
Prism Break - https://prism-break.org/en/ - has some recommendations based on Operating System if you're interested in some other options.
It makes sense. It's easier to twist the arm of the companies making the software into giving them access than to attack encryption itself. A good reason to avoid software that can easily be compromised in this way.
I wouldn't be shocked if soon we start seeing instances of software producers being legally compelled to insert these back doors.
It does seem like a short-term gain move because any backdoor put there for law enforcement can be exploited by people who are not law enforcement. So now you're asking companies to use software that has a built-in vulnerability that can be exploited.
Y'a Firefox OS, mais je crois pas que ce soit assez abouti pour être agréable à utiliser, et les (le?) téléphones sous cet OS sont vraiment 1er prix (je préfère encore un téléphone à clapet qu'un smartphone lent - ça rend fou) Replicant est le fork libre d'android le plus ambitieux, mais je l'ai jamais vu tourner. Tu peux installer une rom comme cyanogenmod, une app pour gérer l'accès à tes données (Xprivacy) et utiliser des markets alternatifs (FDroid,...)
Plus d'infos ici : https://prism-break.org/en/categories/android/ http://www.xda-developers.com/
Tout ça n'est pas parfait, mais pour l'instant y'a pas d'alternative solide.
My advice is to take your time with it so as not to lose important information or access to accounts. I'd switch all obvious accounts to the new email immediately, but KEEP your old email account for a few months. Keep monitoring it for things you may have forgotten.
Try these sites for alternatives to those products you're currently using:
https://prism-break.org/en/ & https://www.privacytools.io
p.s. /r/degoogle
Im not saying to use opera either, but the vpn is completely optional and opt in. You are right though, its not what you would use for privacy. Chromes privacy is about as manageable as windows 10 updates, even after disabling all the privacy settings, it still phones home and is still heavily integrated into googles services - Google makes its money from datamining and advertising.
>I know it's a meme to say "if you care about privacy you must be a stupid idiot because you use the google and the facebook", every time someone brings up a legitimate privacy concern, but you're not helping and you really don't understand the niches of data security.
Im sorry what? Google and Facebook are singlehandedly the biggest corporate invasions of privacy out there. Anyone who seriously does care and wants privacy does not, and definetly should not, use either of those wherever possible, and there are equivalent or better alternatives to most if not all of what they offer.
https://prism-break.org/en/ <-- list of good alternatives to lots of popular propriety software.
firstly, use open source alternative to proprietary software. migrate to Linux if you were from Windows or Mac. use full disk encryption with a very strong password, that you can remember. recommended secure system is Qubes OS or Subgraph OS.
start with these links:
My advice. First educate yourself, use free software, no Facebook/Google/Microsoft/etc, no third party cloud storage, use encription (GPG, OTR) - see Prism Break. Most important you will have to educate your social graph: family and friends - see PrivacyTools Wiki.
Danke fuer den Hinweis. Fuer alle die sich gerne gegen Tracking und Analytics schuetzen wollen kann ich sehr den Web Browser Addons Abschnitt von prism-break empfehlen. Dort kann man auch gleich nachlesen, was die Addons genau machen.
Probably because Ubuntu and most of its derivatives feature proprietary software by default and since you can't get the source code for these softwares, the smart attitude is to consider all of them compromised/a danger for our privacy (and also, security).
Also, they give more information about why they consider Ubuntu a bad choice.
Als bedrijven (hoi banken) zou ook nog eens de moeite zouden nemen om hun SSL implementatie goed te fixen, want daar wil het ook nog wel eens aan schorten.
Maar inderdaad, overal is een alternatief voor. Zie bijvoorbeeld dit hier voor een begin.
Using "0" as your timezone is rather suspicious... I would recommend using Random User Agent Spoofer, as it can simulate your timezone and many other features of your browser to change for each request you make. It is also recommend as of recent.
>lifestylsm
just stop, right there. None of that shit is going to help anyone, bring the system down, or do the least to change anything. Stop What you are doing right now, you are doing it wrong. You are merely going to ruin your life.
https://prism-break.org/en/all/ go read this shit. Step one is secure your fucking comms, and your digital space. You won't be able to secure everything, as interaction in society requires you to use systems where you are tracked. But learn how to create a secure network. Learn how to use GPG, and get the programs installed.
read the "exiting the matrix" article on the hidden wiki. If you read prism break correctly, you'll know where to find this. In fact, this is your first competnecy test.
go find some fellow radicals in real life, hopefully they are also using good OPSEC so already no not to fuck anyone's shit up. keep reading up on little small things you can do to resist the machinery of the state.
Avoid Google's public DNS like an ebola victim with a severed femoral artery and a bad case of dysentery. Using Google's DNS is akin to voting yes at a referendum on the proposed meta data retention laws.
For free, secure DNS servers that wont use you as a free focus group, check out the options on the page below:
Very poor advice.
> Google Public DNS permanently logs your ISP and location information for analysis. Your ip-address is also stored for 24 hours.
A good way to start is always PrismBreak, here's a list of privacy conscious Email providers.
I'd take a look into MyKolab, Riseup, Autistici, Posteo, Fastmail, Runbox or OpenMailbox, but depending on what you want there are various (other) options.
Google is most certainly not a privacy conscious option, I'd ditch it. I'm currently using Posteo and am really happy with this, they're based in Germany which has decent privacy laws and they collect as little data as possible, you can have a completely anonymous account if you pay with cash (it's 1€/month so not too much, you'll probably spend more on coffee/softdrinks in one day).
Mailpile is always self hosted, either on your PC or on your server, I guess you could also host it to something like a Raspberry Pi or whatever and it works with all Email providers, POP3 or IMAP. It's a regular Email client like Outlook or Thunderbird just with built in PGP.
You can add some add-one for Firefox like: - HTTPS Everywhere - uBlock Origin - Privacy Badger, etc..
You can find other alternative more private in this two websites: - privacytools.io - prism-break.org
https://prism-break.org/en/all/#mesh-networks
You can also just use long wifi antennas, maybe either use free one's or from war-driving.
Relevant:
Thank you for your wonderful work in preserving our rights!
There are a few qualities of apps that we really admire, some of which go hand in hand:
- Open Source code - verifiable, much more easily than proprietary apps, less trust needed therefore.
- Free - as in freedom, not as in free beer. Why? A few reasons could be avoiding vendor lock and abandonware, being able to fork and contribute, build bigger projects from smaller parts, etc.
- Decentralized - not dependent on one vendor's servers. This one is really important
- Encrypted - by default.
Each one of these lowers the need to trust the developers/company.
One quality we don't always have in such services is comfort. We've got to make secure and open services which are comfortable, otherwise they are less likely to be adopted.
For tools there are several lists of tools which we use: * https://privacytools.io * https://prism-break.org
And I'm sure there are more lists.
You could still do a lot to protect your privacy without actually getting rid of a mobile phone. There is a lot of non-free software on most peoples phone that collect an enormous amount of data. This webpage can guide people to use free/libre apps instead of proprietary spying apps.
Still doesn't take away that almost all phones are very insecure and all of them can be tracked at all times by your provider and government. But that doesn't mean that companies like Google, Facebook, Microsoft and other app developers should be doing the same thing while collecting much more data.
Würde dir empfehlen, eine GNU/Linux-Distribution installieren. Dual Boot ist okay, würde dann aber per LVM verschlüsseln.
Einen eigenen Mailserver würde ich nicht empfehlen, da die Administration erweiterte Serveradmin-Kenntnisse erfordert. Du kannst dir aber Hosting holen, beispielsweise bei netcup.de, all-inkl.com oder uberspace.de.
Gibt auch kostenlose Mailadressen, beispielsweise auf cock.li, system.li und riseup.net.
>Ich habe den Provider Protonmail gefunden, lohnt das sich?
Ja.
>Als Instantmessenger werde ich Signal verwenden, auch wenn keiner mit mir Umziehen wird :'(
WhatsApp ist sicher genug. Deine Metadaten haben sie eh schon.
>Sollte ich mich auch von Chrome trennen? was wäre die Alternative, Firefox?
Ja, Firefox.
>Addons nutze ich uBlock, Ghostery, Privacy Badger
u.a.: uBlock Origin, HTTPS Everywhere, Decentraleyes.
Schau auch mal Snubs' 30 day security challenge an.
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I think you may find this website useful in your endeavors. It lists open alternatives for every corp web service/application on every platform
Getting rid of Google Play services and living without them is doable. F-Droid, YALP Store, Aptoide will do the job of delivery and app updating.
Plenty of apps depending on GSF work just fine without it (and so does ProtonMail you mention).
andOTP may be a handier app than FreeOTP.
ROM, Gallery, Camera - LineageOS + its native Gallery + its native camera / Open Camera.
https://droid-break.info/ and https://prism-break.org/en/ may be useful.
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https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/analyze.html?d=prism%2dbreak.org&latest
It uses LetsEncrypt
Non packet-based? I'm having trouble even imagining that. In a sense, everything is a packet, just with different sizes.
Anyway, yes there are attempts at writing secure internet protocols. I think mesh networks are the future along with anonymizing networks.
However, they aren't much good if the device you use to access them is compromised. We need alternatives to Android and iOS or at least a major non-google android ROM with a different kind of appstore that isn't controlled by a single entity.
I'm looking forward to the age of 3D printing, when it gets really viable and it becomes possible to print nanostructures. If by that time the internet has been truly decentralized and anonymized, the possibilities would be unimaginably large. But that's just a dream...
Thanks for the suggestion, I'm definitely tempted to go Ubuntu! I was worried because Prism-Break warns against Ubuntu at the bottom of this page. I assumed privacytools.io left it off its recommended page for similar reasons, and recommended Trisquel specifically because it removed Ubuntu's ads and other supposed problems. As someone who doesn't really understand how this works, I was worried Ubuntu might still be unsafe.
I'm a subscriber to ORG and I can see that I need to increase my monthly subs...
I discovered the prismbreak site some time ago and have worked hard to self-host as many services as I can myself. I've set up a VPN server for myself so I can now securely connect in, but would this result in the same amount of unwelcome attention as a commercial service?
Wouldn't recommend setting up a google-group, but there are alternatives - effectively you'll be doing alot of "These aren't the droids your looking for posts" on quitter.se etc.
Les deg opp her: https://prism-break.org/en/
Det er masse informasjon og lenker til forskjellige verktøy for å beskytte din private informasjon. Tror også en god del av nettsiden er oversatt til norsk, så det er jo bra.
Uh no, one evil is better than two evils, and nothing is more invasive and can do more spying than your operating system. As far as not using Google and Facebook is easy, I did that long ago.
Tox for chat/video/audio/file/etc, alternate email servers, and you could even get into the open source Facebook alternatives that exist if you really feel like that's something you need in your life. I don't.
Get any USB drive and encrypt it with open source tech, not with the proprietary closed source crap that many of them offer. Here you have a few options: https://prism-break.org/en/all/#disk-encryption
Of course privacy matters, you all have lots to hide, also no one should accept being watched 24/7, because information is power and when they have information about everyone they have the power, we need to stop that! you don't have to do bad stuff, just doing somthing they don't like (even if it's good) they can track you and arrest you, that's restrictions and by accepting that you gave out your freedom! (see: https://prism-break.org/ for some tools you can use for online privacy)
Get a Raspberry Pi, turn it into an XMPP server (there are a bunch to be found on https://PRISM-break.org
Have everyone install Pidgin/Adium/ChatSecure/Xabber and use OTR encryption over XMPP.
You can also use a public server like DukGo.com if you would prefer. Then you can also communicate when NOT on the network.
You could always use both. A user account on the home server, and a user account on the dukgo public server.
Most XMPP clients have no problems with multiple accounts.
You are using an OS made by Google, so it's pretty hard to leave them out of the frame.
Try using a mobile browser, but I believe that unless you log into your account on a reddit client you don't really need Google Play Services (I'm not completely sure as I do have Google Play Services enabled in my phone). Either way, Android is not really a privacy oriented OS.
In case you'd like to try a few other thing, this link might be a good place to start.
I'd start by going through all of your social media accounts and removing information / thoroughly tweaking your privacy settings. Obviously, the best way to minimize your information is to remove the account altogether. As @Luksy94 mentioned, using fake and misleading information is a great way to attempt to cover your trail.
For internet browsing, I'd recommend Tor and use a paid VPN which is not US-based and doesn't keep logs under that. Otherwise, I'd use firefox with HTTPS Everywhere, Adblock Plus, Privacy Badger, etc. For search engine, use DuckDuckGo, Disconnect, or Startpage. Stay away from Google and Facebook.
If you're on mobile, treat it as a surveillance machine since lots of your information is sapped from it. If you'r using ios, use Signal to encrypt your sms messages, TextSecure for Android. Keep in mind that it will only encrypt between those using the apps so urge friends to do the same (it works unencrypted if they don't have those apps). For internet messaging, use otr xmpp with chatsecure.
Also consider using the Tails OS (live CD/USB) or Whonix (VM).
The last thing to mention is that once your personal info is out there, you're really not going to get it back. There is no such thing as perfect privacy, but you can try your best to get pretty good privacy chuckle and certainly make a difference. If anybody has any other suggestions and/or corrections, please comment on this post!
Two great guides (in addition to /r/privacy) are:
I hope this helps!
>should we get rid of the "suggested software" from the sidebar and rely on the Wiki for that type of thing?
I'd argue that it isn't worth the effort of both the contributors and moderators to host a Wiki here.
Users interested in contributing to a Wiki can instead contribute over at Prism Break - which we already link to. It sounds to me like the end goal here would be to duplicate the effort which has already taken place (and continues to take place) over there.
Moderators would have the bureaucratic shit-storm of deciding what software to have the Wiki endorse. Plenty of programs claim to be privacy/anonymity orientated but it's difficult to audit which ones live up to their promises in practice. And lets not forget that bad endorsements could have serious repercussions for some people.
I'm new to netsec too and I'd like this question answered. Here's what I've discovered for myself:
- Google and Facebook offer zero privacy, in fact most big companies don't. Maybe they don't leave you open to theft/attacks but they log everything you do. Unsettling thought. I've recently started moving away from them all, haven't left outright yet but researching more private options.
- Open source is almost always better. The code being able to be peer reviewed means less back doors and bullshit. https://prism-break.org/en/
- Encrypted email is safer than gmail (duh). I'm trying out https://www.tutanota.de but exploring other options.
- Add-ons like No Script, uBlocker and HTTPS Everywhere are vital.
If I'm wrong about anything or my choices could be improved please comment. I'm new to this and trying to learn. : )
There are so many ways to be tracked besides plain old cookies such as your IP address, flash cookies, localstorage, canvas, browser fingerprinting,...
A good start would be to switch to a more secure browser and installing privacy enhancing addons (see: https://prism-break.org/en/subcategories/windows-web-browser-addons/).
Bitcoin isn't only virtual money, virtual currency, or whatever. It is crypto currency. Bitcoin doesn't not need third party to use it, you can use your computer or mobile phone to create wallet and start to mining.
It doesn't mean, Blockchain, Coinbase is third party of Bitcoin, they just provide online wallet ("tabungan" in Banking terms). Users can download or upload their wallet anywhere everywhere.
Like akunpalsu's said, "nerds" mean people who concern about privacy. Bitcoin can be found on prism-break.
Your safest bet for now is to disable IPV6 (assuming your ISP actually uses it) https://www.dnsleaktest.com/ should give you a bit of an overview of how your setup is working.
Yes the webrtc component of Chrome can expose your real address, especially if you are using the VPN client on the same machine you are browsing from.
Firefox would be my choice, but if you are a Chrome fan Slimjet should allow you to disable webrtc features that leak your real address. I have not used Slimjet myself, but I have heard good things about it.
https://prism-break.org/en/
https://pirateparty.org.au/dataretention/
Are you talking about font rendering? Install MacType or Gdipp and configure them to your liking.
I'm gonna point out some other stuff here though.
You have an imgur account, because I see the tab in your screenshot. Yet you still chose to use Photobucket, which connects to twenty-fucking-seven external domains. Imgur connects to a mere seven. You have some privacy addons I see, but you're willingly foregoing that by using sites like Photobucket.
You almost never need to click most of those addon's icons, so given that your screen resolution appears to be quite small, I would strongly suggest using about:customizing to hide some of the icons you rarely click. Like Ghostery. You don't need to look at that, it's wasting space.
Likewise, you don't need all of that stuff in your system tray visable. MSE just does what it does, and it notifies you of updates or threats, so you don't need it taking up space. Same for Windows notifications and safe USB eject.
Hushmail? I understand having a Gmail for your professional life, but Hushmail? It's been proven that they are not trustworthy. You appear to at least be conscious of privacy, you have privacy-related addons, and you mentioend the Tor browser bundle, but you willingly use Ghostery and Hushmail. Switch to Tutanota, Protonmail, Riseup, anything else on this list