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Free Windows Desktop Software Security List - Privacy

Last updated by ako on 30 May 2018 - 17:05

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Privacy

Introduction:
The Complete Guide To Protecting Your Privacy Online

Turning on pro-privacy features in your web browser: A visual guide

How to Improve Your Security When Using a Public Terminal

How to secure your personal data at border crossings

What Is Social Engineering?

Social-Engineer.org

How to Harden Your Browser Against Malware and Privacy Concerns

Identity Theft

PRISM Break

How to Keep Google from Putting Your Name and Picture in Their Ads
How to Stop Google from Keeping a Record of Every Search You Make
How to stop the NSA from tracking your mobile phone calls

IVPN Privacy Guides

If You Don't Want to Appear in Google Ads, Read This

privacytools.io
How to Check and Edit the Privacy Settings for Accounts at Microsoft and Google
How Google Knows Everywhere You've Been

Windows OS privacy:
Fix Windows 10 privacy
DoNotSpy10

Destroy Windows 10 Spying

Windows 10 Privacy Fixer

DisableWinTracking

Remove Windows 10 Spying Features

O&O ShutUp10

Spybot Anti-Beacon

Windows Privacy Tweaker

BlockWindows

Remove telemetry updates for Windows 7 and 8.1

Ashampoo AntiSpy for Windows 10

Comparison of Windows 10 Privacy tools

Understanding and Dealing with the Windows 10 Privacy Issue
How To Stop Windows 10 From Phoning Home
Windows 10 and Privacy
Are Recent Patches to Windows 7/8 Letting Microsoft Spy on You?
More About Privacy Settings in Windows 10
Increase Your Privacy by Turning off the Diagnostics Tracking Service in Windows 7

Social media privacy:

Subsections follow.

1. General:
Sitelier

Sgrouples

Nightweb

Norton Satellite
2. Facebook:
Facebook Family Safety Center

Security Homepage

Report Compromised Account

Privacy settings: 1
;2
;3
;4
;5
;6

The (Very) Unofficial Facebook Privacy Guide

How to permanently delete your facebook account

How do I permanently delete my account?

How to block A Facebook stalker

3. Twitter:
Safe tweeting: the basics

Do Not Track

How to Tweet Safely: A Quick Guide to Twitter Security

AnonTwi

efemr

4. Web applications:
MyPermissions

Defensio

Norton Safe Web

BitDefender Safego
; Twitter

ESET Social Media scanner

MyPageKeeper

F-Secure Safe Profile

(beta)
F-Secure ShareSafe

Safe Twiit

Facebook Privacy Scanner

Privacy Check

Zesty

AccountKiller

Delete Your Account

WikiCancel

Just Delete Me

5. Browser extensions:
Social Permissions
(Ch,FF,OB)
Priveazy Lockdown
(Ch)
Privacyfix
(Ch,FF)
Google Privacy
(FF)
Social Privacy Protector
(FF)
Facebook Privacy Watcher
(FF)
ShareMeNot
(Ch,FF)
Search engines with high privacy:
ixquick

Startpage

Duckduckgo

YaCy

Zeekly

Disconnect Search
(FF,Ch)
Blippex

Ortigra

privatesearch.net

Acoon

eTools.ch

More

Chat privacy:
Cryptocat
; review

Jitsi

PrivyTalks

TorChat

ChatStep

Bitdefender chat encryption

Safety Jabber

Off-the-Record Messaging
OTR
(Ch, FF)
Tox

IronPidgeon

ChatCrypt

VSee

Peerio
(Ch)
Subrosa

Matrix

Secure messaging:
Burn Note

Privnote

PrivacyBox

PrivateSky
(IE)
OneShar.es

Lockify

RetroShare

Bitmessage

ThreadThat

NoteShred

SecretInk

ReadOnce
Dstrux

Identity protection:
BugMeNot

Fake Name Generator

Check your online footprint:

Me and my Shadow

Pipl

Social Mention

ScanEye

You Have Downloaded

E-Mail:
Subsections follow.

1. Secure e-mail service:

Hushmail

Lockbin

Riseup

ProtonMail

Safe-mail

Enlocked
(AB)
Sendinc

Cyber-Rights

MailVault
FastMail

Zoho Mail

Enigmail

Mailvelope
(Ch,FF)
SecureGmail
(Ch)
AutonomyCentral

OpenMailBox.org

WeMail.me

Mailpile

Mail1Click
(Ch)
Scramble

ShazzleMail

Scramble.io

RuggedInbox.com

SCRYPTmail

GhostMail

More: 1
;2

See also in this list: Email encryption

2. Anonymous e-mail:
Send Anonymous Email

anonymous e-mail
Remailer Reliability Stats

TorBirdy
(add-on for Thunderbird)
Novo-Ordo NoName Anonymous Email

More

3. Fake e-mail generator:

Mailinator
(Ch
)
TrashMail
(FF, Ch
)
BigString

10 Minute Mail

Dead Address

TempEMail

Guerrilla Mail

Anonymbox

MailNesia

EasyTrashMail

FakeInbox

MailCatch

AirMail

MaskMe
(FF, Ch)
Bloody Vikings!
(FF)
Less Spam, please
(FF)
YOPMail
(FF, Ch
, IE)
The Ultimate Disposable Email Provider List 2012

More

4. E-mail/account security check:

An Easy Way to Check for Unusual Activity in Your Gmail Account
List of Free Email Accounts that Shows Last Access Login Details

ipTRACKERonline

Email Header Analysis

E-Mail checker
; review

PwnedList

Should I Change My Password?

Identity leak checker

have i been pwned?

Make It Easier To Trace The Source Of Email

If Your Password Is On This List, It's Time To Change Passwords

Passwords:
Subsections follow.

1. Password management:
Best Free Web Form Filler and Password Manager
How Companies Can Beef Up Password Security

Lastpass
(AB)
Keepass
; KeeFox
; ChromeIPass
Password Safe

Secure login
(FF)
Access Manager

Dashlane
(AB)
FlyingBit Password Keeper

S10 Password Vault

Sticky Password

Free Password Manager

PassPack
(AB); UsePass
(Ch)
Universal Password Manager

Efficient Password Manager

LockCrypt
(FF)
LSN Password Safe

my1login

Clipperz

PINs

Password Vault Manager Standard

Any password

Kemesa Password Manager

LoginCode
Password Bank Vault

SafeWallet

Intuitive Password
(AB)
Mitro
(Ch,FF,OB)
Safe In Cloud
(FF,Ch)
F-Secure KEY

Norton Identity Safe

KeyWallet

Methods and programs for splitting a secret into multiple parts

Methods of password backup and recovery using challenge questions

2. Generating secure passwords:

How to create strong, secure passwords that you can easily remember

How To Create A Strong Password And Remember It

Create strong passwords

The Usability of Passwords

Password Cards

Perfect Passwords

Perfect Paper Passwords

How Big is Your Haystack?

Norton Identity Safe Password Generator

PWGen

Celframe
Password Generator

IObit Random Password Generator

SoftFuse Password Generator

PassGen

Awesome Password Generator

tidepass

Hash Password Generator

(FF)
PwdHash
(FF, Ch)
Magic Password Generator
(FF)
Password Hasher
(FF)
RndPhrase
(FF)
Secure Passwords
SuperGenPass

htCrypt

PasswordLive

Password Saavy

SecurePassword Kit / GetSecurePassword

SimThrow

Pafwert

Passwordcard Generator

Diceware random words method

How do I use dice to create random strings of letters and numbers?

Making Random Letter Passwords Memorable

How to Create a Secure Master Password

Bruce Schneier's method

How to generate strong passwords with Google Chrome without third-party extensions

Brainpass Password Generator

3. Checking passwords:
Microsoft

The Password Meter

Password Security Scanner

Passfault

PasswordResearch.com

Password Score

zxcvbn

Telepathwords

Rumkin.com Strength Test

Reveal hidden passwords in all major browsers

4. Virtual keyboard:
Best Free Onscreen Keyboard for Security
Neo's safekeys

Mouse Only Keyboard

Virtual Keyboard Interface

7 Core Secure Input

(Ch)
Keylogger Beater
(FF)
Oxynger KeyShield

Safeguarding banking session:

Trusteer Rapport

ID Vault

Bitdefender Safepay

Quarri MyPOQ

Secure Virtual Desktop

How Scammers Target Your PayPal Account

Tips: 1
;2

See also in this list: Portable OS

See also in this list: Ako's online banking advice

Anonymity networks:
Subsections follow.

1. General:
Best Free Anonymous Surfing Services

2. Tor:
Tor+Vidalia

tor2web

Advanced Onion Router

Onion.To

JanusVM

BlackBelt Privacy Tor+WASTE

Lahana

Easy and secure anonymous internet usage

Achieving Anonymity with Tor

Exit node geolocation for Tor

TorWall

Torcap

StegoTorus

3. Other anonymity networks:

I2P

Freenet

Kullo

demonsaw

Comparison of Tor vs. I2P vs. Freenet

List of Anonymous Networks

Anonymous P2P

Browsing without a trace:

Tails

Lightweight Portable Security

Pollipix

Browzar

DemocraKey LiveCD

OccupyOS
Liberte Linux

Whonix

IprediaOS

Kodachi

Ubuntu Privacy Remix

Snowden Tribute

Freepto

Proxies:
Subsections follow.

1. Information:
What is a Proxy Server?

What is the difference between a SOCKS proxy and an HTTP proxy?

2. Proxy software:
Shadowsocks

BarbaTunnel

ReQrypt

Zebedee

List of proxifiers

Privoxy

Polipo

BFilter

Sidki's Proxomitron config

Proxomitron + JD list

Freecap

JonDo

Your Freedom

alkasir

X-Proxy

Freegate

GPass

Charon

SafeIP

ChrisPC Free Anonymous Proxy

+A Proxy Finder

Elite Proxy Switcher

E-Bouncer

friGate
(Ch, FF, OB)
See also in this list: Proxy browser add-ons

3. Online proxies:
Vtunnel

Anonymouse

Ninjacloak

Zend2

Proxybrowsing
StupidCensorchip

Guardster Free Web Proxy

SmartHide Online Anonymizer

TUVPN High Anonymity Web Proxy

Fish Proxy

ZIGproxy

Glypeproxy script

Proxy.org

Public CGI list

Free Proxy List

Proxy Site List

ProxyMonster

Spys

Free VPN connection:

Best Free VPN
SecurityKISS

CyberGhost

Hotspot shield
; Expat Shield

It'sHidden
; signup

USAIP

PacketiX
VPNReactor

Free hide IP

ProXPN

TunnelBear

Spotflux
(Ch); review

OkayFreedom

Steganos Online Shield 365 free

VPNDirect Lite

VPN Gate

VPNLive - collection of proxy and VPN

Hideman VPN

Faceless.me

VPNBook

Browsec

Betternet

Wallcy
(Ch)
5 ways to protect yourself when your VPN connection fails

VPN software:
Comodo Unite

OpenVPN Community Software

iPIG
LANoi

VPN Link Test

VPN Lifeguard

NeoRouter
(Ch)
SoftEther VPN

tinc

See also in this list: Remote control

Secure file transfer and/or terminal emulation:

Best Free Telnet-SSH Terminal Emulator
Tunnelier

WinSCP

PuTTY

KiTTY

SilverSHielD

OpenSSH for Windows

AnyConnect

Terminals

MobaSSH

FileZilla

Cyberduck

AirDC++

Rightload
Fresh FTP

dtelnet

Swish

FTP Rush

Xshell

DameWare SSH Client

FireFTP
(FF)
Secure Shell
(Ch)
FTPShell

Core FTP LE

Poderosa

Force HTTPS:
HTTPS Everywhere
(FF,Ch)
ForceTLS
(FF)
Prefer HTTPS
(Ch)
Secure connections on sites
(FF, Ch)
HTTPS Finder
(FF)
My Security Search Bar
(FF)
Strict Transport Security - Detector
(FF)
KB SSL Enforcer
(Ch)
HTTP Nowhere
(FF)
See also in this list: HTTPS validation

Spoofing mac address:

Computer MAC addresses explained

TMAC

SMAC

Mac Makeup
; McMMKUP

Macshift

MadMACs

How to Change or Spoof MAC Address in Windows XP, Vista, Server 2003/2008, Mac OS X, Unix
and Linux

Checking your own IP:

IP Adress

Danasoft

IP2

IPLogger
(FF)
IP Informer

IP Chicken

Google

More

Web browser:
Subsections follow.

1. Anonymous browsers:
Tor Browser Bundle
Jondofox

xB Browser

OperaTor

KPROXY Agent

2. Proxy browser add-ons:

Foxyproxy
(FF)
Proxy tool
(FF)
Proxilla Glype Proxy Client
(FF)
Go2 proxy
(FF)
anonymoX
(FF)
Stealthy
(FF)
AutoProxy
(FF)
ProxTube
(FF)
Proxy Switchy!
(Ch)
Proxy SwitchySharp
(Ch)
Stealthy
(Ch)

3. Firefox privacy: (FF)

Best Free Firefox Add-ons
RequestPolicy
; RequestPolicy Continued

Smart Referer

RefControl

Live HTTP Headers

PrivacySuite

Form History Control

FormFox

Stealther

Cocoon

SquiggleSR

Link Password

Secure Sanitizer

Master Password+

FireGloves

Leet Key

Encrypted Communication

Private Browsing by PortableApps

(for portable Firefox)
Blender

SettingSanity

Secret Agent

History disable button

Masking Agent

PrefBar

NoTrace

Random Agent Spoofer

Network Monitor

Policeman

Disable Speculative Pre-connections

4. Chrome privacy: (Ch)

Privacy manager

UnSearch

Ghost incognito

Chrome Privacy Protector

Paranoid Browsing

ZenMate

Secure Bookmarks

KISS Privacy

Cache Killer

Keyboard Privacy

Guest browsing

5. Eliminate ad-data tracking:

Enable "Do not track" in browsers

Privacychoice
(AB); TrackerScan
(AB)
Ghostery
(AB)
DoNotTrackMe
(AB)
TACO
(FF,Ch)
Disconnect
(FF,Ch)
TrackMeNot
(FF,Ch)
Beef Taco
(FF)
Priv3
(FF)
NAI Opt-out Tool
(FF)
Keep My Opt-Outs
(Ch)
Parley
(Ch)
SelectOut
(Ch)
Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on
(FF,Ch,IE)
Google Advertising Cookie Opt-out Plugin
(FF,Ch,IE)
Lightbeam
(FF)
Adnostic
(FF)
PrivDog
(FF,Ch)
TrackingObserver
(Ch)
Privacy Badger
(FF,Ch)

6. Tracking lists:
IE

Clean MX

7. Cookie control:
CS lite
(FF)
Cookie monster
(FF)
CookieSafe
(FF)
Cookie culler
(FF)
MAXA Cookie Manager

selectivecookiedelete
(FF)
Cookie Controller
(FF)
Cookie Whitelist, With Buttons
(FF)
Vanilla Cookie Manager
(Ch)
Edit This Cookie
(Ch)
Cookie Manager
(Ch)
Cookie Monster
(Ch)
WebCookieSniffer

Expired Cookies Cleaner

(IE)
CookieSpy

Self-Destructing Cookies
(FF)
Biscuit
(FF)
Cookies
(Ch)

8. Killing Adobe Flash Local Shared Objects:

BetterPrivacy
(FF)
Objection
(FF)
Click&Clean
(AB)

9. Redirect removal:
Redirect Remover
(FF)
Redirect Cleaner
(FF)
NoRedirect
(FF)
Fix Url Links Redirect
(Ch)

Data:
Subsections follow.

1. Removal of jpeg metadata:

JPEG and PNG stripper

BatchPurifier LITE

Metanull

jScript

2. Removal of doc metadata:

Doc Scrubber

Document Metadata Cleaner

3. Data firewall:
MyDLP

4. Data protection tools:

File Secure Free

Safetica Free

Automatic analyzing of EULA/TOS:

Eulalyzer

Spywareguide

TOS;DR

TOSSOS
Common Terms

Boss key:
SmokeScreen

Panic Button (FF

, Ch, OB
)
More

Collection of tools/services:
Anonymous Services

Anoniem-surfen

Download squad

EPIC

WinPT

Autistici/Inventati

SaluSafe

Unseen

Martus

Anonymity tests:
XeroBank

Decloak

Cloakfish

Proxy Test

Proxy Checker

Advanced Proxy Check

IP check

IP-Secrets

Anonymity Checker
; Online privacy test

WITCH?

Other:
Evidence

JStylo-Anonymouth
; review

OneID
(Ch)
Tribler

CanvasBlocker
(FF)
CanvasFingerprintBlock
(Ch)

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