Rights in Code

This page shows all that's in my personal privacy stack and more. These are the tools and products I recommend using if you're trying to better your online habits, become more private, secure, or simply have a smaller but healthier footprint online.

But please be advised, not all the tools are going to be for everyone nor every single tool is to be utilized. It is important to use and incorporate what works for you based on your needs, your threat model, and your budgets.

Web Browsers

https://www.firefox.com

Note: Best to always change & improve settings within to harden it. And to always use it with uBlock Origin

https://mullvad.net/en/browser

https://brave.com/origin/

Note: Only free to use on Linux. Otherwise a one time payment is required to use this highly minimal browser. It's Brave browser without all the junk and bloatware.

https://www.torproject.org/download/

Note: Best to not change any settings within. Use it as is when you first install. It's also not for everyday use but for highly sensitive use cases and for anonymous browsing. Many clear-net websites may refuse to work or open with this.

https://librewolf.net/

Note: A fantastic community build of Firefox that is hardened by default. It also comes with uBlock Origin preinstalled.

https://helium.computer/

Note: A community build of a highly minimal, basic but functional Chromium browser that comes with uBlock Origin preinstalled.

Virtual Private Network (VPN)

https://mullvad.net/en/vpn

https://protonvpn.com/

Note: Supports streaming services & port forwarding too (if torrenting is a use case)

https://www.ivpn.net/en/

https://obscura.com/

https://windscribe.com/

Messengers

https://signal.org/

https://molly.im/

Note: Android only

https://threema.com/en/products/private

https://matrix.org/

https://delta.chat/en/

https://simplex.chat/

Email

https://proton.me/mail

https://tuta.com/

https://posteo.de/en

https://mailbox.org/en/

Email Aliasing

https://simplelogin.io/

https://proton.me/pass

Note: this is a password manager in which aliasing is a feature built in for simplicity and easy management.

https://addy.io/

https://duckduckgo.com/email/

Note: Free service. No alias management available by default.

Password Managers (Credential Management)

https://proton.me/pass

https://1password.com/personal-family-security

https://bitwarden.com/products/personal/

https://www.aliasvault.com/

Note: Still in beta but under active development. Shows a lot of potential!

Desktop OS

Note:

for macOS like look & feel https://fedoraproject.org/workstation/

for Windows like look & feel https://fedoraproject.org/kde/

https://www.apple.com/os/macos/

Mobile OS

https://grapheneos.org/

Note: Highly private and security focused! Resists spyware and nation state attacks.

https://www.apple.com/os/ios/

Note: Only private and secure upon hardening. Default settings are terrible.

https://calyxos.org/

Note: A decent balance between privacy, security, convenience, and usability. Not for high threat models but a great alternative nonetheless.

Cloud Storage

https://proton.me/drive

https://cryptomator.org/

Note: This is technically a data encryption tool and not inherently a cloud storage service.

https://koofr.eu/

https://nextcloud.com/

Note: managed service provider recommended is The Good Cloud

https://filen.io/

https://kagi.com/

https://duckduckgo.com/

https://search.brave.com/

https://uruky.com/

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More categories and product recommendations coming soon!