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Items in this page that have a ๐ŸŒŸ icon next to them represent my top/favourite pick(s) from that category.

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Internet

Web Browsers

  • Firefox ๐ŸŒŸ - A fast, lightweight, privacy-focused browser that works across all your devices.
  • Librewolf - Privacy focused Firefox fork.
  • Brave - Privacy focused chromium browser.
  • Tor Browser ๐ŸŒŸ - Defend yourself against tracking and surveillance. Circumvent censorship.

Browser Hardening

  • Arkenfox user.js - Firefox privacy, security and anti-fingerprinting: a comprehensive user.js template for configuration and hardening.
  • BetterFox - user.js file to harden Firefox and optimize privacy, security, and speed.

Password Manager

  • Bitwarden ๐ŸŒŸ - A secure and free password manager for all of your devices.
  • KeypassXC - Free, open source, light-weight, and easy-to-use password manager.

Browser Extensions

Search Engines

  • SearXNG ๐ŸŒŸ - A Privacy-respecting metasearch engine.
  • Duckduckgo - Due to recent controversies regarding Russian Censorship, I no longer use ddg however it is still a better choice than Google or Bing.

Email

Torrenting client

Useful Sites

  • lingva-translate - a Free and Open Source Alternative front-end for Google Translate.
  • VirusTotal.com - Analyze suspicious files and URLs to detect types of malware, automatically share them with the security community.
  • kutt.it - An open source modern URL shortener.
  • Repo Remover - A web app that helps you archive and delete old/unused repos, quickly and easily.

Operating Systems

PC

Windows

  • Windows LTSC ๐ŸŒŸ - The best version of Windows. Use Microsoft Activation Scripts to activate.
  • Chris Titus Tech WinUtil ๐ŸŒŸ - Chris' Windows 10 Utility. Use it to debloat and tweak Windows. It's almost always a good idea to run it during each update of Windows.
  • Simplewall - Firewall for Windows.
  • Microsoft Activation Scripts - A Windows and Office activator using HWID / Ohook / KMS38 / Online KMS activation methods, with a focus on open-source code and fewer antivirus detections.

Linux

  • Arch linux - A lightweight and flexible Linuxยฎ distribution that tries to keep it simple.
  • Debian ๐ŸŒŸ - A free and open source distribution that is the base for other major distros like Ubuntu, MX Linux, Linux Mint, etc. It is the second oldest actively maintained GNU/Linux distribution.
  • Linux Mint ๐ŸŒŸ - Linux Mint is a community-driven Linux distribution based on Ubuntu, bundled with a variety of free and open-source applications.
  • Tails (Live operating system for using the Tor/Onion network) - Tails is a portable operating system that protects against surveillance and censorship.
  • Qubes OS - A reasonably secure operating system.

Mobile

Piracy

I do not condone piracy. These links are only for educational purposes.

Anime

Music & Books/Audiobooks

Games

r/PiratedGames Megathread ๐ŸŒŸ - A popular megathread from the r/PiratedGames subreddit. It contains a list of trusted sites to download games from.

For more piracy sites check out awesome-piracy!

Mobile

Custom Rom

  • Graphene OS ๐ŸŒŸ - An open source privacy and security focused mobile OS.
  • Calyx OS - An open source Android mobile operating system that puts privacy and security into the hands of everyday users.
  • Lineage OS - A free and open-source operating system for various devices, based on the Android mobile platform

Video/Music Streaming

App Stores

Two Factor Authenticator

  • Aegis ๐ŸŒŸ - a free, secure and open source app to manage your 2-step verification tokens for your online services.
  • andOTP - andOTP is a free and open source two-factor authentication App.

Anime/Manga

  • Mihon - Free and open source manga reader for Android

Social Media

Password Manager

  • Bitwarden ๐ŸŒŸ - A secure and free password manager for all of your devices.
  • KeePassDX - Secure and open source password manager compatible with KeePass files.

To install apps from The Gaurdian Project (Tor browser and Orbot) you need to add their Fdroid repo

Web Browsers

  • Mull Browser ๐ŸŒŸ - A privacy oriented and deblobbed web browser based on Mozilla firefox.
  • Tor Browser - Defend yourself against tracking and surveillance. Circumvent censorship.
  • Bromite - Bromite is a Chromium fork with ad blocking and enhanced privacy.

VPN and Proxy

  • Mullvad - Probably the only VPN provider I would recommend.

Email

Other Apps

Add the IzzyOnDroid F-Droid Repository

  • TrackerControl - TrackerControl allows to monitor and control hidden data collection in apps.
  • Openboard ๐ŸŒŸ - A 100% foss keyboard based on AOSP, with no dependency on Google binaries, that respects your privacy.
  • OsmAnd~ - A map and navigation application with access to the free, worldwide, and high-quality OpenStreetMap data.
  • Simple Mobile Tools ๐ŸŒŸ - A group of simple, open source Android apps without ads and unnecessary permissions, with customizable widgets.