How to protect your privacy

This repository is intended to be a collaborative resource list for those who are looking for ways to improve personal privacy on computers, mobile phones, internet browsing and everything related. Here, you will find tips about privacy-friendly software alternatives that covers descentralization of data, cryptographic & privacy tools and contents on why privacy matters.

Contributing

• Pull Requests are more than welcome
• Create issues with questions and suggestions
• Spread the word!

Alternatives

Messenger for computer

• CoyIM - safe and secure by default XMPP client
• Pidgin AND pigdin-otr OR pigdin-otrng (under development)

Search Engines

• DuckDuckGo
• Disconnect

How to configure a new search engine on your browser

• Google Chrome
• Firefox
• Opera

IOS Apps

• ChatSecure
• Signal Private Messenger

Android Apps

• Open Street Maps and Navigation - Alternative to Google Maps
• Signal Private Messenger
• DuckDuckGo - Alternative to Google Search
• Firefox Browser for Android - Alternative to Google Chrome
• Orfox: Tor Browser for Android - Alternative to Google Chrome
• ChatSecure
• Bitmask VPN

Internet Browsing

Plugins for Firefox

• Disconnect
• Adblock Plus
• HTTPS Everywhere
• uBlock Origin

Plugins for Google Chrome

It's always a good choice to change to an Open Source browser such as Firefox and Chromium ;)

• Disconnect
• Adblock Plus
• HTTPS Everywhere
• uBlock Origin
• ScriptSafe
• Privacy Badger
• Ghostery

Other interesting fonts about privacy

• Antivigilancia (pt-br)
• Tem boi na linha (pt-br)