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Everything you need to become a Privacy Wizard.
- Privacy Tools (thanks u/yieldingTemporarily)
- ethical.net (thanks u/yieldingTemporarily)
- AlternativeTo - Find alternatives for software. Used extensively to build this guide. Also check out Switching.software (thanks @mynamesleon)
- Framasoft - Lots of alternatives and software. Too many to fit into the list. Also check out this link. Thanks @NicolasPA
- r/Privacy wiki
- r/VPN - Read the sidebar and wiki to learn more about why you should consider using a VPN. I personally use Mullvad but do your own research before choosing.
- Four Methods to Create a Secure Password You'll Actually Remember
- How to Create a Strong Password (and Remember It)
- Use a password manager such as Bitwarden
- Set up multi-factor/two-factor authentication on as many accounts as you can
- Don't save passwords to your browser: Erase the entire password cache once you set up a password manager.
- Remove bloatware from Android (without root)
- What are 5-eyes, 9-eyes, and 14-eyes?
- Outline is an awesome tool for getting all the junk out of news articles (I've used it a few times in this guide already). Sometimes it can get around paywalls for "premium" news sites.
- What is Tor and should I use it?
- HTTP vs. HTTPS
- The EFF has an excellent guide on how to stay safe and secure online. It is incredibly useful and I suggest that everyone read through it.
- Click here and here for tips on disabling Windows 10 telemetry/data collection.
- Click here to sign up for DuckDuckGo's privacy newsletter, and here for more tips, articles, and blog posts from DuckDuckGo.
- Windows 10 Privacy Guide (thanks again u/rightknobhead)
- Fix Windows Privacy - A tool to disable privacy breaches on Windows 10.
- Delete Facebook. Another guide can be found here.
- Why you should put tape over your webcam
- What is DNS and why should I change it? Use DNSPerf to see which one is fastest for you. (Thanks @resynth1943)
- What is GDPR? TechRadar and The Guardian
- Here is a really good guide for configuring a super secure Linux workstation (thanks u/aoeudhtns)
- A website to raise awareness of online privacy. Lot's of good tips in here (thanks u/brais33)
- Android Privacy Guide (thanks u/rightknobhead)
- Check out Prism Break (thanks u/FrontierPsycho)
- Guide for Linux users on blocking everything Google at the network level. This can and probably will break other alternatives that rely on Google to serve content. Thanks u/wesaphzt
- u/wesaphzt also provided this, this, and this for hardening Firefox.
- Check out WindowsSpyBlocker and this tutorial for even more Windows 10 tips (thanks u/rudolf323)
- VirusTotal lets you upload files and scans them against multiple antivirus programs at once. Very helpful for checking false negatives. Unfortunately Alphabet Inc owns VirusTotal but there are no good alternatives.
- Did you read the wiki yet? Go do that.