\n Swivro is an organization focused on restoring your online privacy, helping you speak freely without censorship, as well as helping you anonymize yourself.
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\n See a list of common types of cybercrime, how they affect you, and how to avoid them.
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\n Comcast is US-based popular internet service provider. Comcast does not notify you if the government is requesting data related to one of its...
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\n The Google Pixel Smartphone ironically has surprisingly good user privacy. We say ironically, because the Google Pixel is obviously developed by...
The list below shows various companies that track you, don't care about security, or violate your online privacy.
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\n \n \n We understand some of these companies/services may be irreplaceable to some people, which is why we suggest using a VPN while using a malicious company. A malicious company typically had bad user privacy, has very poor website/server security, or is highly unreliable. You should avoid any malicious companies listed here.
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\nT-Mobile suffered a severe data breach in the year of 2021, with personal data & sensitive information being stolen from of an unknown amount of individual users. A hacker gained unauthorized administrative access to the T-Mobile Network on March 18th, 2021, and T-Mobile found out about it on August 17th. That means for 8 months, hackers were stealing information without T-Mobile knowing so. Yikes.
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\nComcast is an ISP. They do not notify you if the government is requesting data associated with you, and they received a 1-star privacy rating from the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Comcast also fought against Google & Mozilla's new encrypted-DNS feature which makes it harder for Comcast to see what their customers are doing on the internet, but Comcast also claims that they don't spy on their users. Seems suspicious.
AVOID
\nApple is a technology company that designs and manufactures smartphones, personal computers, and more. Apple has crossed the line with their new protocol and has removed end-to-end device encryption. Images and videos that you save are now monitored 24/7 to check for \"child abuse\". To search for illegal things, you must look at legal things. Apple is looking at your photos.
AVOID
\nYou would think Yandex doesn't unethically track you or collect your data without consent, maybe because they are not based in the USA, and because Yandex isn't directly affiliated with Google or Microsoft. To put it quite simply, Yandex is the Russian Google. They do just as many nasty things behind your back as Google does. Yandex is also based in Russia, and Russia has key disclosure laws in place.
AVOID
\nBy using Facebook, you enable Facebook and 3rd party companies affiliated with Facebook to track your every move. Facebook has experienced multiple severe data breaches in the past, exposing sensitive information for over 87 million individual accounts on the Facebook Platform. Facebook also appears to have a bias, limiting free speech.
AVOID
\nZoom, it's the extremely popular video conferencing app nowadays. They have been giving/selling (one of the two, it is not fully known) your data (including but not limited to video call recordings, chat messages, etc) unethically to 3rd party companies without notifying you. Zoom's privacy policy also gives them the right to do whatever they want with your personal data.
AVOID
\n\n Twitch is owned by Amazon, a company known to unethically track its users. In October 2021, Twitch experienced a severe data breach, leaking the Twitch source code, possibly also leaking user's private information.
AVOID
\nWhatsApp is the very popular calling/texting app used by millions across the globe. While they technically have better security in a way than Telegram (WhatsApp provides end-to-end encryption by default while Telegram does not), they've been secretly sharing your data with Facebook as per their new terms and conditions. If you didn't know, Facebook owns WhatsApp. What a surprise.
AVOID
\nBy using Instagram, you enable Facebook and 3rd party companies affiliated with Facebook to track your every move. Facebook (the Instagram parent company) has experienced multiple severe data breaches in the past, exposing sensitive information for over 87 million individual accounts stored in Facebook's database.
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\nYahoo, specifically the Email service, isn't really the worst Email service in the world. However, they have experienced and continue to experience severe data breaches. This makes their security and infrastructure questionable. Yahoo also (according to some reliable sources) scans every email sent and received for data to sell to advertisers.
AVOID
\nAmazon owns Ring, the camera that you put in front of your house. There's no doubt that Amazon is constantly monitoring what's going on through your Ring Doorbell Camera. Amazon has also experienced over 6 severe data breaches in the past 6 years, which is not good at all. This means (approx) for every year, Amazon experienced a data breach. Additionally, Amazon is anti free-speech.
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\nThere is no doubt that GitHub tracks you and collects information from you and your account, as GitHub is owned by Microsoft. Microsoft isn't entirely bad (privacy-wise), but when it comes to GitHub and Windows (both owned by Microsoft), they aren't the most privacy-friendly, though they are both very useful and vital to some individuals & organizations.
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\nHostGator uses Facebook, Google Ads, Google Analytics, Hotjar, and Microsoft to collect your data and to likely sell it. HostGator couldn't care less about your privacy. They also love to try and upsell you, by showing fake web hosting deals, like \"USE COUPON SNAPPY TO GET x% OFF, OFFER ENDS SOON!\" while that coupon has always and will always exist.
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\nHotSpot Shield is a VPN service that claims to be privacy-friendly. They claim to not keep logs, which to an extent is true, but they do collect your hardware information, OS information, network information, and unique mobile ID. HotSpot Shield collects this information when you open the app, not just after you connect to the VPN. They also state that they “may collect IP addresses for marketing attribution purposes.”
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\nLike HostGator, GoDaddy doesn't give two sh**s about your privacy. They use Amazon, Microsoft, Facebook, Google, Pinterest, Chinese TikTok, and more to collect and likely sell your data. GoDaddy is also overpriced, tries to upsell you, and provides a very sh**ty service. They are incredibly overpriced and charge you $14.99 per year for WHOIS Privacy, while nearly every other registrar provides it for free.
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\nHola! VPN is known to be one of the worst VPN providers in existence. They don't care about user privacy, probably retain user logs, and in the year 2015, Hola! VPN was caught turning their users' devices/computers into Exit Nodes, along with unethically selling bandwidth to third parties. Never consider using Hola! VPN.
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\nThe popular browser called Opera now includes a built-in VPN by default. Despite it being called a VPN, it is not a VPN at all, it's simply a web proxy that prevents websites you visit through Opera from seeing your real home IP address, but that's not the bad part. This free included Chinese \"VPN\" unethically collects data about the browser user (you) and shares it with 3rd parties.
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\nIn 2021, Parler suffered one of the biggest data breaches of the year. Over 70 terabytes of data was scraped, including sensitive user information. This data breach exposed over 99% of the app's private messages, posts, drivers license's, and more. This \"hack\" was considered legal, because it was possible due to a flaw in Parler's API which allowed anyone to download this sensitive information.
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\nIn early 2006, the Electronic Frontier Foundation obtained whistleblower evidence from former AT&T technician Mark Klein showing that AT&T is cooperating with illegal surveillance. The undisputed documents show that AT&T installed a fiberoptic splitter at its facility in San Francisco that makes copies of all emails, web browsing, and other Internet traffic to and from AT&T customers and provides those copies to the NSA.
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\nIn 2011, the FBI tracked a hacker's activities back to an IP address belonging to the HideMyAss (HMA) VPN service. The FBI acquired activity logs from HideMyAss and used them to catch and prosecute the hacker. Despite the illegality of the hacker's wrongful actions, this incident made two things clear: HideMyAss does keep traceable logs and does not care so much about your privacy.
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\niCloud Mail (Apple Mail) is considered to be more private than other email providers like Yahoo. It is true that iCloud doesn't use your received/sent emails for marketing purposes, however, multiple severe vulnerabilities have been discovered in iCloud Mail allowing hackers to see all of your emails. These vulnerabilities have since been fixed, but Apple fails to acknowledge the severity of those vulnerabilities.
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\nNetwork Solutions is a domain registrar and web hosting company. Their technical support is an absolute dumpster fire. They refuse to properly assist any of their clients with any issues. They also tend to lock their customers' domain names/websites for no reason, leading to their clients' website being offline. Network Solutions also does not care about free-speech, and will take down your website if they do not agree with the content posted there.
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\nThe Weather Company (an IBM subsidiary) did not properly inform it's users that it was collecting their private locations with the Weather Channel app, after the app discreetly asked over 45 million active monthly users to grant the app access to their current private location, to personalize weather data. This allowed IBM's Watson Advertising Products to monetize the coordinates of the user. A company that does this is a company that you shouldn't want to be associated with.
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\nIn the year of 2018, Verizon throttled the internet of a local fire department. Though the fire department had an Unlimited Data plan with Verizon, Verizon decided to ask for more money if the fire department wanted to continue using their services. Additionally, Verizon has suffered and continues to suffer severe data breaches. Verizon also stores a \"supercookie\" on their customers' devices, so that their customer can be tracked, seeing every website and internet service they use.
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\nSnapchat has a relatively new feature that allows you to share your location with friends, and allows friends to see your current location. This feature is extremely easy to turn on, and extremely easy to forget to turn off, meaning if you forget, any of your friends which you have added on Snapchat can see your location at any time. Snapchat has also experienced several severe data breaches.
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\nIt is our understanding that Dropbox stores your saved files using 256-bit AES Encryption. Though this is true, that encryption becomes practically pointless, because Dropbox has access to the private key needed to decrypt your saved files at any time. Dropbox also reserves the right (as stated in their privacy policy) to share your file info/data with any \"trusted\" 3rd parties if needed.
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\nHydrogen Aerospace is supposedly a startup aerospace company. We contacted Hydrogen on October 24th, 2021, regarding critical security issues on their website. It has taken them over 24 hours to fix one of many security issues, and we have yet to receive any formal response via email. The one issue they have fixed involved simply modifying a file on their web server, which took them over 24 hours. This website is considered highly unsafe to visit.
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\nOpenDNS is a free DNS resolver service available to the public. Though OpenDNS has excellent security and is fast, it's friendliness towards user privacy is lacking. OpenDNS stays quiet about collecting DNS logs. Do note that OpenDNS also modifies your DNS queries to include a copy of your network address when forwarding them to a selection of companies and organizations.
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\nBy using Facebook, you enable Facebook and 3rd party companies affiliated with Facebook to track your every move. Your private messages are absolutely not private (this is factual), and Zuckerberg is an idiot. Facebook also appears to have a bias, limiting free speech (no matter who you are).
AVOID
\nZoom, the extremely popular video conferencing app nowadays. They have been giving/selling (one of the two, it is not fully known) your data (including but not limited to video call recordings, chat messages, etc) unethically to 3rd party companies without notice.
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\n\n Discord locks accounts that don't have associated phone numbers. This means Discord wants your personal phone number (VOIP not allowed) for some weird reason. Additionally, they won't tell us whether they sell your data or not.
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\nWhatsApp is the very popular calling/texting app used by millions across the globe. While they technically have better security in a way than Telegram (WhatsApp provides e2ee by default while Telegram doesn't), they've been secretly sharing your data with Facebook as per their new terms and conditions. If you didn't know, Facebook owns WhatsApp. Yeah.
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\nBy using Instagram (owned by Facebook) you enable Facebook and 3rd party companies affiliated with Facebook to track your every move. Your private messages are absolutely not private (this is factual), and Zuckerberg is an idiot. Additionally there's no doubt that Instagram tracks your location and logs it.
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\nYahoo, specifically the Email service, isn't really the worst Email service in the world. However, they have experienced and continue to experienced multiple data breaches. This makes their security and infrastructure questionable. Yahoo also (according to some reliable sources) scans every email sent and received for data to sell to advertisers.
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\nAmazon, when it comes to privacy, is a steaming hot pile of garbage. Amazon owns Ring, the camera that you put in front of your house. There's no doubt that Amazon is constantly monitoring what's going on through your Ring Doorbell Camera. Additionally, Amazon & AWS likely sells your data behind your back.
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\nThere is no doubt that GitHub tracks you and collects information from you and your account, as GitHub is owned by Microsoft. Microsoft isn't entirely bad (privacy-wise), but when it comes to GitHub and Windows (both owned by Microsoft), they certainly track you.
Have you ever been curious about what Swivro does? Maybe you found us on a search engine. Regardless, here's what we do, seen below.
\n\nLets learn more about Swivro...
\nFounded in 2016, Swivro is an online organization focused on online privacy, cybersecurity, free-speech, and transparency. Our mission is to ensure that the internet operates in a way where users have privacy, can remain fully anonymous, and can speak without fear of censorship. We help you stay safe from privacy-violating services and software, and show you how to retain your online privacy & stay secure. For queries, use a contact link seen on our footer.
We would like to thank the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Disroot, Startpage, PrivacyGuides, Njalla, PrivacyTools, ThinkPrivacy, and DuckDuckGo, for inspiration and ideas.
Interested in donating to Swivro? Donations are not required but are appreciated, as our website runs on them.
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\n \n \n Swivro runs on donations, to keep its domains and hosting. Without donations, we wouldn't be around. Donations are not required, but are very much appreciated. You can either donate using cryptocurrency or by using Fiat Currency via PayPal. Want to learn more about Swivro, what we are, and our purpose? Click here.
\nRecently, Apple released a new feature for all Apple users sounds absolutely fine, but in reality is very privacy-violating.
\n \nApple is a technology company that designs and manufactures smartphones, personal computers, and more. Apple recently released a new feature that applies to all Apple devices. This new feature monitors all saved photos on your device, and constantly automatically checks them for child-abuse related material. The Center for Democracy and Technology has said that it is “deeply concerned that Apple’s changes in fact create new risks to children and all users, and mark a significant departure from long-held privacy and security protocols”. The Electronic Frontier Foundation has said that “Apple is opening the door to broader abuses”. Dr. Carmela Troncoso, a leading research expert in Security & Privacy and professor at EPFL in Lausanne, Switzerland, has said that while “Apple's new detector for child sexual abuse material (CSAM) is promoted under the umbrella of child protection and privacy, it is a firm step towards prevalent surveillance and control”. Apple doesn't understand what they've done, they are just focused on selling overpriced garbage. Sure, they sell the most powerful laptop, but it's still overpriced, and the power that the laptop has is unnecessary. Once you buy an Apple product, you fall into the Apple Trap and tell everyone how good Apple is, and then buy all of their products. There's no excuse.
\nOctober 28th, 2021, by Albert
\n \nHydrogen Aerospace is a startup France-based aerospace company. We truly like their vision, but when it comes to cybersecurity, they quite literally aren't the one. We contacted Hydrogen on October 24th, 2021, regarding critical security issues on their website. It has taken them over 24 hours to fix one of many security issues, and we have yet to receive any formal response via email. The one simple issue they have fixed involved simply modifying a file on their server that hosts their website, which, as mentioned, took them over a ridiculous 24 hours. After we sent Hydrogen an encrypted email (with the list of security issues), we heard from them on Twitter, saying \"They saw your email and will take corrective actions even if a lot of what you mentioned is already done\". That last part is stupidly incorrect, as we proved that the security issues were still present. They then replied to our reply on Twitter (where we asked if we can expect a response), and the reply said \"The team saw your email, but will not give you update about it for security reason\". This is obvious straight bullsh*t. There should be no reason as to why we cannot receive a formal response from the company stating that they received my email, they understand the severity of these security issues, they are working on fixing them, and they appreciate our report & good intentions. Essentially ignoring our email (we are to assume it has been ignored or is not taken seriously seeing that we have not received a response) with a list of critical security issues that need to be solved is extremely rude and unprofessional. If they really can't give us an update via email due to \"security issue\", then this indicates they have another security issue affecting their email system. Hydrogen Aerospace needs to do better, act more professional, and learn to communicate properly when it comes to critical security issues that need to be solved; because so far we have only heard back from them via an unsecure privacy-violating social media platform (Twitter) where we were provided with a vague and irrational response.
October 29th, 2021 Update: It's been over 6 days now and a security flaw that we reported has still yet to be fixed, and can be fixed in literally less than 5 minutes. We had to respond to the Owner (of hydrogen-aero.com) on Twitter over 5 times aggressively asking for a simple formal response (to our email) stating that they received it and that they are working on fixing the issues. All we got is a pointless delayed response saying \"Thank you\". Please, for your own online safety, stay away from this website with poor security.
October 31st, 2021 Update: It's stupidly ridiculous how this company can't fix a very simple yet dangerous security issue. We don't promote hacking, but go ahead and exploit this issue that they refuse to fix. They are missing a DMARC record on their domain hydrogen-aero.com, so go ahead and send a forged email to whoever you want originating from hi@hydrogen-aero.com containing a (fake) virus link. Their website is also extremely vulnerable to the most simple DDoS attacks (HTTP Flood Attacks). OVH provides transport-level DDoS Protection, but not application-level, we're not sure if they know this or not because their website has no web application firewall (we were able to access the website via various types of bots including fake search engine bots). Hopefully this will force them to fix this issue.
It's time for you to ensure that all of your accounts on the internet have the greatest security possible, to prevent them from being hacked.
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\n \n It is very important to have good security on all of your online accounts. If you don't have good security and have sensitive information stored on that account, and you're account gets hacked or a data breach occurs, this can lead to identity left, fraud, and much more.
\nYou should be using a different password for every online account you have, and the password should not be memorable. Your password should be at least 16 characters, should be a combination of lowercase letters, capital letters, and numbers. Using symbols (special characters like ! @ # $ % ^ & etc) in your password usually helps strengthen your password, but most bots that attempt to crack your password try doing so by including symbols in the password cracker bot. If the bot is trying to crack your password while including symbols, but your password in reality does not have symbols, you would be wasting the hacker's time and they wouldn't know it. We recommend using symbols for most of your passwords, but you can also create passwords without symbols just for some accounts, as it may give you better overall security.
\n2FA is most commonly used via an authenticator app as authenticator apps allow for maximum security. An authenticator app is usually installed on a smartphone and generates a 6-digit code every 30 seconds. You can then use this 6-digit code, during its period of validity, to access your online account. Each account for each website saved to your authenticator app generates it's own unique 6-digit code. The codes are generated using a private key that is shared only between the website you are using and your device, as well as the current time. The only requirement is that the clock on your smartphone is not out of sync. We recommend the Aegis Authenticator App as it is open source. In the unlikely event of a hacker cracking your account password(s), they will not be able to successfully login without having physical access to your phone to see the 6-digit codes.
\nThe name speaks for itself, Monero Wallet is a wallet for the Monero cryptocurrency. Monero Wallet, like Electrum, also lacks many features when compared to Exodus. Monero supports Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X, with no support for Android or iOS. If you're looking for a Monero-only wallet for mobile devices, you can have a look at Cake Wallet (cakewallet.com), but we still recommend Exodus instead. Check out Monero Wallet at getmonero.org.
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\nNovember 2nd, 2021, by Albert
\n \nThough Windows 11 was recently publicly released by Microsoft, just the other month, most people still use Windows 10. Microsoft introduced a lot of new features in Windows 10 such as Cortana. However, most of them are violating your privacy. Windows 11 isn't any better privacy-wise.
1. Data syncing is enabled by default
- browsing history & open websites
- apps settings
- wifi hotspot names & passwords
2. Your device is tagged with a unique advertising ID
- used to serve you with personalized ads by 3rd party advertisers & networks
3. Cortona can collect any of your data
- Your keystrokes
- calendar data
- music you listen to
- credit card & banking info
- purchases
4. Microsoft can collect any personal information
- your identity
- passwords
- demographics
- interests and habits
- usage data
- contacts & relationships
- location data
- content such as emails, messages, audio recordings, and more
5. Your data can be shared
- When download Windows 10 or 11, you are allowing Microsoft to share any of the data mentioned above or with any \"trusted\" 3rd party companies.
W10Privacy is a tool that attempts to disable all major tracking features in Windows 10 and 11. Though it isn't perfect, and wont block all tracking features, it definitely helps and is worth using. Check it out here.
Thehackernews.com reports that when a user left Microsoft Windows idle for about 8 hours, the computer had tried attempting well over 5,000 mysterious connections to 93 unique IP addresses, with almost 90% of those mysterious connections leading to IP addresses owned by Microsoft. Microsoft claims that all of this data sent is encrypted, and that no personal information is sent to them, so chances are, they are probably seeing what apps you're using, how much time you spend on them, etc. In Microsoft's official article stating that Windows 11 was being released on Oct. 5th, the word \"privacy\" did not appear once, and they did not even remotely mention anything user privacy related. Microsoft Windows is an OS that does not care one bit about user privacy and is solely focused on making Microsoft money.
Linux is simply the best option. Don't even think of trying Apple's overpriced ugly garbage, because with the new child-abuse scanning feature your privacy is non-existent. There are thousands of Linux distros available on the internet, for you to use. To help you choose a Linux distro, we'll list some of the most popular, simple, and privacy-respecting ones below.
Ubuntu
One of the most popular open-source operating systems (OS) based on the Debian GNU/Linux distribution. Ubuntu incorporates all the features of a Unix OS with an added customizable GUI, which makes it popular in universities and research organizations. Fun fact: Ubuntu is an African word that literally means \"humanity to others.\" Ubuntu is incredibly easy to use, has an elegant interface, and is our favorite. I am currently typing these words on Ubuntu. At the time of writing, the latest LTS (long-term-support) version of Ubuntu is 20.04. Check out Ubuntu Desktop here.
Zorin OS
This OS is a personal computer operating system designed and promoted for users new to Linux-based computers. One of its built-in features lets users change the interface to resemble those of Microsoft Windows or macOS. In other words, if you're used to Windows, you can customize the Zorin OS layout to be more similar to the Windows layout (as seen in the screenshot above), or you can customize it to look more similar to the macOS layout. We like Ubuntu the best, but you may like Zorin OS better. Zorin OS is free, but offers a \"Pro\" version with more features. Check out Zorin OS here.
DraugerOS
This awesome gaming OS aims to provide a platform for gamers to use where they can get great performance without sacrificing their security. Furthermore, it aims to make it easy for anyone to game, whether they use a keyboard and mouse, or some sort of controller. DraugerOS is based off of Ubuntu LTS releases and is stable, secure, and gets updates thanks to the Ubuntu repositories for 5 years (even if a given Drauger OS release is not supported for the full 5 years by Drauger OS Development itself). If you're a gamer, and you're currently using Microsoft Windows, but want some more privacy and better security, we think you'll enjoy DraugerOS. Check out DraugerOS here.
Each distro that we recommend above is unique in it's own way. Some lack features when compared to others, and some have more features. It all comes down to your personal preference. We suggest carefully reviewing the info provided above about each Linux distro, and from that, determine which distro you think would be best for you. You can also try each distro individually, and keep the one you like the most. Lastly, you can go to YouTube (or invidious if you're privacy-focused) and search for reviews on all of the distros listed above. Thanks for reading, and we hope this article helped you choose a Linux distro & move away from Microsoft's nasty OS!
See all of the latest significant changes made to Swivro monthly. We regularly modify this page to keep it up to date.
\n\nDecember, 2021
\n- Update logo
- Add PrivacyNow blog button to navbar on all pages
- Update font again (wasn't liking the new one) across website
- Add PrivacyNow Blog section to bottom of homepage & add blog content
- Remove Donate/About section and Share Website section from bottom of homepage
- Update colors (to divide sections) & adjust padding on homepage
- Import & use new website favicon (updated logo/new font)
- Import & use new organization logo (new font)
- Import & use new website font (inter)
- Update design of \"why online privacy matters\" page
- Add link to PrivacyNow Blog in the footer
- Create \"Are you a Karen?\" page (hopefully Karens don't get offended!)
- Add notice/warning to search engine recommendation page
- Update navbar (remove some links)
- Add notice to web browser recommendation page stating that we do not suggest Chromium browsers
- Add CTemplar to email provider recommendation page
- Update homepage header design
- Update font size for menu/nav icons & update nav items
- Create Global Mass Surveillance Page & add it to the navbar
- Update button styling on Privacy Checklist Page
- Add important details & notes to all Email Client recommendations on the Email Clients page
\n- Remove K-9 Mail from Email Client Recommendation Page
- Add important details & notes to all 2FA Authenticator recommendations on the 2FA Authenticator page\n
- Add important details & notes to all File Encryption recommendations on the File Encryption page\n
- Add important details & notes to all File Sharing recommendations on the File Sharing page\n
- Add important details & notes to all Anonymity Network recommendations on the Anonymity Networks page\n
- Add important details & notes to all Password Manager recommendations on the Password Manager page\n
- Add important details & notes to all Email Provider recommendations on the Email Providers page\n
- Add important details & notes to all Instant Messenger recommendations on the Instant Messengers page\n
- Add important details & notes to all Hosting Provider recommendations on the Hosting Provider page\n
- Add important details & notes to all Web Browser recommendations on the Web Browser page\n
- Add important details & notes to all Crypto Exchange recommendations on the Crypto Exchange page
- Add important details & notes to all DNS Resolver recommendations on the DNS Resolver page\n
- Add important details & notes to all VPN provider recommendations on the VPN page
- Add important details & notes to all cloud storage provider recommendations on the Cloud Storage Page\n
- Add important details & notes to all search engine recommendations on the Search Engine Page
- Add buttons to \"if you don't have anything to hide...\" and \"why should I care about security...\" sections on homepage
- Add Zcash & Dash as cryptocurrencies on donation page
- Add section to bottom of homepage to allow easy sharing of this website
- Update DNS resolver page design (remove comparison chart & add horizontal cards/sections)
- Give the Changelog a design update (you're currently viewing it)
- Update the About Page (updated description & new content added)
- Add important notice to MASQ on \"Anonymity Networks\" page
- Add MASQ to \"Anonymity Networks\" Recommendation page
- Rename \"Anonymous Networks\" page to \"Anonymity Networks\"
- Add Signal to Encrypted Messengers page (with a warning that it requires a phone number)
- Add link to the DNS Resolver Recommendation Page to the Internet Providers page
- Create DNS Resolver Recommendation Page
- De-list Mojeek Search Engine (with its current search results, the search engine is almost unusable)\n
- Move away from DDoS-Guard due to Russia's new restriction against the Tor Project & Migrate to CloudFlare\n
- De-list Brave Search (due to privacy concerns) & add Mojeek and Searx\n
- De-list DuckDuckGo Privacy Browser (due to privacy concerns) & add LibreWolf\n
- Temporarily remove PrivacyNow Blog from Navbar until the Blogging system is improved\n
- Create PrivacyNow Blog & add PrivacyNow Blog Button to Navbar\n
- Update Startpage logo on Search Engine recommendation page\n
- Update Session & Status logos on Messenger recommendation page\n
- Add Webdock to Hosting Provider recommendation page\n
- Fix link on VPN Provider recommendation page\n
- Update homepage hero image (before it was a solid purple color, now it is a purple to blue gradient)\n
- Make navbar fixed at top of page & transparent\n
- Update Footer Color (before it was a solid purple, now it is a gradient)\n
- Make all buttons a purple/blue gradient & remove border\n
- Fix links on \"Secure your accounts\" page\n
- Add Solana as a cryptocurrency to Donation Page\n
- Update Software Recommendations page (add 2-step Authentication page to the listing)\n
- Update \"Privacy Checklist\" page (add 2-step Authentication link)\n
- Create \"2-step Authentication\" page\n
- Update font for navbar items\n
- Update About Page\n
- Add bottom buttons to \"Privacy Checklist\" page\n
- Create \"Privacy Checklist\" page\n
- Add \"Cloud File Storage\" to \"Service Providers\" page\n
- Add \"FileN\" as a recommendation on the \"Cloud File Storage\" page\n
- Add images (logos) to \"Cloud File Storage\" Page\n
- Create \"Cloud File Storage\" page\n
- Modify website fonts
\n\nNovember, 2021
\n- Create \"File Encryption Tools\" page\n
- Add additional content to homepage (two new cards) and update information on homepage\n
- Update \"Cyberspace Safety\" section on homepage (change cards)\n
- Add images and buttons to software & provider recommendation pages\n
- Update Online Safety submenu in navbar\n
- Add \"Web Browsers\", \"Password Managers\", \"Anonymous Networks\", \"File Sharing\", and \"Email Clients\" sections to Software Alternatives page\n
- Add \"VPN Providers\", \"Search Engines\", \"Crypto Exchanges\", \"Web Hosting\", \"Instant Messengers\", and \"Email Providers\" sections to Service Providers page\n
- Add Service Providers page\n
- Add Software Alternatives page\n
- Change overall website structure (rename pages)\n
- Change \"Safe Crypto Wallets\" page to \"Safe Crypto Exchanges\"\n
- Modify cards on cybersecurity page (re-structure)\n
- Add anti-malware software recommendation page\n
- Update software recommendations on Privacy Guide page\n
- Replace paper airplane icon on all buttons with external link icon (fontawesome)\n
- Minor updates on the Anonymity page to the card titles\n
- Update Internet Issues page to make all card header titles consistent (starting with \"Protecting\")\n
- Update Cybersecurity page to make all card header titles consistent (starting with Securing)\n
- Update Anonymity page to make all card headings start with \"anonymously\" for consistency\n
- Create \"Anonymous Internet Search Engines\" informational page & link it on Anonymity page.\n
- Self-host the Montserrat font to no longer fetch from Google CDN (thanks to CYGO Network for informing us of this)\n
- Added \"Communicating Anonymously\" and \"Sharing Files Anonymously\" pages\n
- Temporarily remove \"privacy guide\" page from navbar & add to footer menu \n
- Added more useful information (suggesting XMR over BTC) on the \"anonymize your payments\" page\n
- Added \"Email Forwarding\" & \"DNS Resolvers\" section to privacy guide page\n
- Simplifed Privacy Guide Page & update content\n
- Added Privacy Guide (alternatives to google, etc) section under \"privacy & cybersecurity resources\" on homepage\n
- Fixed a link/button on the homepage\n
- Updated content on \"privacy guide\" page\n
- Added new item on navbar under \"online safety\"\n
- Added \"Why online privacy matters\" page & update navbar\n
- Added changelog page to footer menu\n
- Added changelog page\n
- Added beta news/blog page (currently accessible via news.html but not regularly updated yet)\n
- Added \"securing all of your online accounts\" informational page\n
- Updated information regarding Tor on \"hide your web traffic\" page\n
- Updated information on \"explaining tor\" page\n
- Updated some info on the malicious company directory\n
- Gave cybersecurity, anonymity, and internet issues all dedicated pages with options.\n
- Splitted up sections in navbar (anonymity, cybersecurity, etc)\n
- Added \"Privacy Guide\" page (merged privacyguide.us.to with Swivro)\n
- Updated donation page w/ JS functioning allowing quick copy/paste of crypto addresses\n
- Changed layout of all pages under \"internet issue\" category\n
- Updated some info on the cybercrime informational page\n
- Upgraded the website from Bootstrap 4.5 to Bootstrap 5\n
- Updated the logo to terminal icon w/ S letter (bagnard font)\n
- Revamp website design\n
- Added Webdock to safe hosting provider list (safe-hosting-providers.html)\n
- Switched from Apache Web Server to Nginx & add instant.page JS to website\n
- Migrated to Webdock Hosting
Many websites are very hostile towards online privacy, and you only make it worse if you don't do anything to try and restore your privacy.
\n\nPrivacy? I don't have anything to hide.
\nOver the last 16 months, as I've debated this issue around the world, every single time somebody has said to me, \"I don't really worry about invasions of privacy because I don't have anything to hide.\" I always say the same thing to them. I get out a pen, I write down my email address. I say, \"Here's my email address. What I want you to do when you get home is email me the passwords to all of your email accounts, not just the nice, respectable work one in your name, but all of them, because I want to be able to just scroll through & see what it is you're doing online, read what I want to read and publish whatever I find interesting. After all, if you're not a bad person, if you're doing nothing wrong, you should have nothing to hide.\" Not a single person has taken me up on that offer.\n
-- Glenn Greenwald in Why privacy matters - TED Talk
The primary reason for window curtains in our house, is to stop people from being able to see in. The reason we don’t want them to see in is because we consider much of what we do inside our homes to be private. Whether that be having dinner at the table, watching a movie with your kids, or even engaging in intimate or sexual acts with your partner. None of these things are illegal by any means but even knowing this, we still keep the curtains and blinds on our windows. We clearly have this strong desire for privacy when it comes to our personal life and the public.\n
-- Joshua in The Crypto Paper
You should also read:
- Nothing to hide argument (Wikipedia)\n
- How do you counter the \"I have nothing to hide?\" argument? (reddit.com)\n
- \"I've Got Nothing to Hide\" and Other Misunderstandings of Privacy (Daniel J. Solove - San Diego Law Review)
Lastly, here are some other quotes:
Ultimately, saying that you don't care about privacy because you have nothing to hide is no different from saying you don't care about freedom of speech because you have nothing to say. Or that you don't care about freedom of the press because you don't like to read. Or that you don't care about freedom of religion because you don't believe in God. Or that you don't care about the freedom to peacably assemble because you're a lazy, antisocial agoraphobe.
-- Edward Snowden
The NSA has built an infrastructure that allows it to intercept almost everything. With this capability, the vast majority of human communications are automatically ingested without targeting. If I wanted to see your emails or your wife's phone, all I have to do is use intercepts. I can get your emails, passwords, phone records, credit cards. I don't want to live in a society that does these sort of things... I do not want to live in a world where everything I do and say is recorded. That is not something I am willing to support or live under.
-- Edward Snowden
We all need places where we can go to explore without the judgmental eyes of other people being cast upon us, only in a realm where we're not being watched can we really test the limits of who we want to be. It's really in the private realm where dissent, creativity and personal exploration lie.
-- Glenn Greenwald
Most instant messenger apps, like WhatsApp, violate your privacy. We'll recommend encrypted privacy-respecting messengers.
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\n \n Session keeps your communication private, secure, and anonymous. When using Session, your messages are sent to their destinations through a decentralized \"onion routing\" network similar to Tor, using a system called onion requests.
Notes:
Session is still relatively new and does not support voice/video calling yet. This is because they currently use a system called Onion Requests, and Onion Requests only support TCP Protocol. Obviously, TCP is not ideal for voice or video calling.
Once Session has implemented Lokinet (which supports UDP), voice/video calling will be implemented. Currently, they are in the process of doing so.
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\n \n Today, Element is a modern privacy-friendly alternative to Discord, IRC, and Microsoft Teams. Like Session, Element utilizes end-to-end encryption by default, and is very secure, but Session is a more private and secure alternative.
Notes:
Element is decentralized, open source, and is powered by the Matrix Protocol. The only downside to this is, it has not received a code audit or security analysis.
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\n \n No phone number or email address is required to sign up for Status. It uses the peer-to-peer (p2p) messaging protocol called Waku that removes centralized third parties from any messages.
Notes:
To be honest, Status is pretty average when it comes to user privacy. It's definitely not a bad option and is great for improving your privacy, but there are better options when it comes to anonymity.
Status also offers an integrated cryptocurrency wallet, and allows you to send/request cryptocurrency (e.g. Ethereum) in a chat.
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\n Signal is an end-to-end encrypted messenger, similar to WhatsApp. Its protocol has been independently audited, but Signal requires a phone number to sign up - meaning anyone you message on Signal will see your phone number.
Notes:
Signal is based in America.
Unfortunately, you cannot anonymously register an account on Signal, because, as mentioned, a phone number is required to create an account, and is used as a personal identifier.
\n \n Today, Element is a modern privacy-friendly alternative to Discord, IRC, and Microsoft Teams. Like Session, Matrix utilizes end-to-end encryption by default, and is very secure, but Session is a more private and secure alternative.
\n \n\n \n No phone number or email address is required to signup. Status uses the peer-to-peer (p2p) messaging protocol called Waku that removes centralized third parties from messages.
\n \nThere are many people providing services on the internet. Discover privacy-respecting internet services and wave goodbye to tech giants.
Your ISP most likely spies on you, whether it's Verizon, AT&T, or Comcast/Xfinity. We're here to help you stay anonymous.
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\n \n Mullvad is a VPN service that helps keep your online activity, identity, and location private. Only €5/month - accepting Bitcoin, cash, PayPal, and more. Mullvad does not require account registration or any personal information (name, address, etc).
Notes:
Mullvad's VPN clients have been audited by Cure53 and Assured AB in a pentest report published at cure53.de. The security researchers say that they are happy with the results of the audit and the software leaves an overall positive impression.
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\n \n IVPN is a VPN service offered by Privatus Limited based in Gibraltar. Privatus Limited has been independently audited by cure53 and has undergone a no-logging audit and a comprehensive pentest report.
Notes:
Like Mullvad, iVPN does not require an email address to generate an account. iVPN also accepts Monero for anonymous payments. Lastly, they have undergone a no-logging audit which concluded in agreement with iVPN's no-logging claim.
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\n \n ProtonVPN is a VPN service operated by the Swiss company Proton AG. ProtonVPN, based in Switzerland, is under the privacy protection of Swiss privacy laws. They accept, PayPal, & more, and have been independently audited.
Notes:
ProtonVPN does not accept crypto as a payment easily. You can pay them in Bitcoin, but you must reach out to them stating that you would like to pay in Bitcoin. They do not accept anonymous payments, as BTC is not anonymous.
It's fair to say that most search engines track you and display personalized ads. Find a privacy-respecting search engine now.
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\n \n Startpage is a search engine that provides Google search results with complete privacy protection. Startpage BV is a Netherlands-based company that has been dedicated to privacy-respecting search since 2006.
Notes:
Startpage’s majority shareholder is System1 which is an analytics company. This should not be an issue as they have their own Privacy Policy.
According to their Privacy Policy, they only log details such as: operating system, type of browser and language. They do not log your IP address, search queries or other identifying information.
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\n \n DuckDuckGo is a search engine that claims to not track you. It provides search results sourced from Microsoft's Search Engine called Bing, but with complete privacy protection. The core of DuckDuckGo is proprietary.
Notes:
DuckDuckGo is an American company.\n
\n
Their Privacy Policy states they do log your search query, but not your IP or any other identifying information. DuckDuckGo offers a Tor Hidden Service for increased anonymity, and a Lite Version which is HTML only (no JS).
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\n \n Qwant is a search engine with its philosophy based on two principles: no user tracking and no filter bubble. Qwant also offers a mobile browser (for Android & iOS) based on Mozilla Firefox, with Qwant as the default search engine.
Notes:
Qwant is a French company.
While Qwant's core is not completely open source, it is believed that Qwant does not unethically track you in any way. Qwant seems to take numerous precautions to limit third parties from gaining insight into user search queries.
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\n \n Searx is is an open source decentralized privacy-respecting metasearch engine which pulls results from many different search engines including Startpage, Google, Wikipedia, and much more, with complete privacy protection.
Notes:
Searx is completely open source and is decentralized. Because of this, it is the most trustworthy, reliable, and secure.
Searx does not have its own index. It is a metasearch engine that fetches results from numerous other search engines. Essentially, Searx is a proxy between the user & the search engines that it aggregates results from.
\n Searx is is an open source decentralized privacy-respecting metasearch engine which pulls results from many different search engines including Startpage, Google, Wikipedia, and much more, with complete privacy protection.
\n \n Qwant is a search engine with its philosophy based on two principles: no user tracking and no filter bubble. It is based in France, and has a unique user interface. Qwant is not open source but has a good privacy policy.
\n \nCryptocurrency is the most private way to send payments online. Discover privacy-respecting crypto exchanges today.
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\n \n Buy and sell Bitcoin for fiat (or other cryptocurrencies) privately and securely using Bisq's peer-to-peer network and open-source desktop software. No registration is required, and there is no KYC policy.
Notes:
The Bisq Network is decentralized, and you must download the app to use it (on desktop). The UI, in our opinion, is very clunky and can be annoying, complicated, or confusing to the average user.
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\n LocalCryptos lets you buy and sell cryptos using any payment method. Including bank transfer, PayPal, and much more. LocalCryptos also provides an encrypted messenger, to allow a buyer to communicate with a seller.
Notes:
To sign up for LocalCryptos, you must either use your ETH (Ethereum) wallet or your email address. LocalCryptos also does not require any sensitive information (ID, SSN, etc), as there is no KYC policy.
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\n \n Swapzone lets you swap crypto for crypto, in a very seamless, private, and secure way. Simply visit the website, select which crypto you want to send and which crypto you want to receive, the amount, and then the trade will begin.
Notes:
Swapzone is NOT decentralized, but they have a very unique system for trading cryptocurrencies (more of that can be seen on their website). You do not need to register an account, nor is there a KYC policy. Swapzone is super simple.
Most hosting providers are not privacy-respecting, and are willing to take down your website due to them being anti-free-speech.
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\n \n Njalla is a privacy-respecting domain registration and server hosting website that allows you to fully anonymously register a domain name (through Tor), and purchase server hosting. They accept Bitcoin, Monero, and more.
Notes:
Njalla is founded by the people behind The Pirate Bay and the now merged iPredator VPN. They are based in Nevis (their VPS datacenter is in Sweden). It is important to note that Njalla blocks port 25 traffic on all VPS's.
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\n \n 1984 Hosting is a hosting company that offers VPS hosting, shared web hosting, DNS hosting, domain registration, and more. It was founded in 2006 and is focused on safeguarding privacy and civil rights.
Notes:
1984 Hosting is based in Iceland. This hosting company is definitely a good option if you're looking to host your own VPN, as they provide a preconfigured OpenVPN image running on port 443, logging to /dev/null, & using itself for DNS.
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\n Bahnhof is an ISP founded in 1994 providing virtual private servers, virtual desktop infrastructure, and more. It is focused on user privacy, and is officially Sweden's first independent ISP.
Notes:
They also specialize in innovative data center construction - Extreme security coupled with low-cost green energy has made them world famous & a popular choice for server hosting.
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\n \n Webdock provides low-cost server hosting with an intuitive server control panel for managing websites & more. Webdock is GDPR-Compliant, does not retain any user info after account deletion, and does not pull logs from users' servers.
Notes:
Webdock may not be the best choice if you're looking for anonymity, as they require full name, address, & don't accept cryptocurrency. But, we can assure you that they provide quality web hosting and respect user privacy. We use them :)
\n \n 1984 Hosting is a hosting company that offers VPS hosting, shared web hosting, DNS hosting, domain registration, and more. It was founded in 2006 and is focused on safeguarding privacy and civil rights.
\n \n\n Bahnhof is an ISP founded in 1994 providing virtual private servers, virtual desktop infrastructure, and more. It is focused on user privacy, and is officially Sweden's first independent ISP.
\n \nIt's time to ditch privacy-violating Email Providers like Yahoo, Gmail, and more. Discover privacy-first Email Providers that won't sell your data.
\n \n![\"Mobirise\"](\"@PROJECT_PATH@/assets/images/new-project18-487x362.png\")
\n \n ProtonMail is an end-to-end encrypted email service founded in 2013, by scientists who spent time at the CERN research facility. ProtonMail uses client-side encryption to protect email content and user data before they are sent to ProtonMail servers.
Notes:
ProtonMail, based in Switzerland, is accessible via Tor, accepts Bitcoin (upon request), and supports 2-step authentication.
You should also note that when ProtonMail users email each other, the emails are automatically encrypted. ProtonMail also has integrated OpenPGP encryption to encrypt emails sent to non-ProtonMail users.
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\n \n StartMail is a private email service developed by the creators of Startpage. StartMail safeguards your data and email activity with state-of-the-art security and technology. They also promise to never read your email.
Notes:
StartMail allows you to create unlimited email aliases that you can create & delete at any given time. This helps to hide your actual email address from services you use.
Email Encryption is also integrated into the StartMail Webmail. You can also set a password for recipients that don't use encryption. StartMail works on any device with a web browser and internet. More features are displayed here.
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\n \n Tutanota claims to be the world's most secure email service. Tutanota is easy to use, private by design, and encrypted. Tutanota, like ProtonMail, offers a free plan for you to get started, though if you are inactive for 6 months it will be removed.
Notes:
Tutanota is based in Germany. They allow you to use a custom domain when you purchase a paid plan with them. They support 2-step authentication, but they do not utilize OpenGPG on their standard webmail.
Tutanota does not operate a Tor Hidden Service, despite users requesting them to do so on multiple occasions. Tutanota says they will consider it, but we've seen no official updates on this since 2018.
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\n Hosted in Iceland, CTemplar was created to provide an anonymous and end-to-end encrypted email to anyone who needs their email communications shielded from prying eyes.
Notes:
CTemplar accepts anonymous payment/purchases via the Monero Cryptocurrency, and has a Tor Hidden Service, but it appears that they have disabled webmail access via their Tor Hidden Service due to a Tor Browser Bug.
CTemplar also supports 2-step authentication and elliptic curve cryptography (ECC) for faster email encryption and decryption. Support is also offered for 4096 bit RSA keys.
\n \n StartMail is a private email service developed by the creators of Startpage. StartMail safeguards your data and email activity with state-of-the-art security and technology. They also promise to never read your email.
Notes:
StartMail allows you to create unlimited email aliases that you can create & delete at any given time. This helps to hide your actual email address from services you use.
Email Encryption is also integrated into the StartMail Webmail. You can also set a password for recipients that don't use encryption. StartMail works on any device with a web browser and internet. More features are displayed here.
\n \n Tutanota claims to be the world's most secure email service. Tutanota is easy to use, private by design, and encrypted. Tutanota, like ProtonMail, offers a free plan for you to get started, though if you are inactive for 6 months it will be removed.
Notes:
Tutanota is based in Germany. They allow you to use a custom domain when you purchase a paid plan with them. They support 2-step authentication, but they do not utilize OpenGPG on their standard webmail.
Tutanota does not operate a Tor Hidden Service, despite users requesting them to do so on multiple occasions. Tutanota says they will consider it, but we've seen no official updates on this since 2018.
Discover privacy-respecting software that will help you keep your privacy & stay anonymous online It's time for you to ditch tech giants.
Discover privacy-respecting password managers making it easy for you to securely store your passwords for your online accounts.
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\n \n Bitwarden is a free and open-source privacy-respecting secure password management software that stores sensitive information such as website credentials in an encrypted vault. You can either use Bitwarden Cloud or you can self host it.
Notes:
Bitwarden is, in our opinion, the safest and simplest way to store passwords online. As mentioned, Bitwarden is open source, and you can host your own Bitwarden Instance, making it decentralized.
If you're looking for an offline password manager that does not need to utilize the internet, we suggest giving KeePassXC a go. See more about KeePassXC below.
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\n \n KeePassXC is a modern, secure, and open-source password manager that stores and manages your most sensitive information. You can run KeePassXC on Windows, macOS, and Linux systems.
Notes:
KeePassXC is a community fork of KeePassX. It is completely open source, feature-rich, and modern. Since KeePass runs locally on your device, it can be harder to sync your passwords across devices.
If you're looking to securely & easily store your passwords in the cloud & sync them across devices, we suggest giving Bitwarden a try.
\n \n Qwant is a search engine with its philosophy based on two principles: no user tracking and no filter bubble. It is based in France, and has a unique user interface. Qwant is not open source but has a good privacy policy.
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