Introduction

This page will serve as a simple place for you to come to find a list of all of the tools that guests of Opt Out have shared as tools they regularly use to opt out of surveillance, data harvesting, etc.

They are loosely categorized to make it easier to browse, but likely not perfectly sorted.

If you see any potential corrections or good alternative sources on a tool, please don’t hesitate to reach out!

Aliasing services

• Simple Login, an email aliasing service - https://simplelogin.io/
  • S2E01 - Email aliasing w/ Son from SimpleLogin

    • Heard about email aliasing but not sure where to start? This episode, we’re sitting down with Son from SimpleLogin to chat about email aliasing.

• Privacy.com, a payment card aliasing service - https://privacy.com/
• MySudo, a phone aliasing service - https://mysudo.com/
• Catch-all email addresses via ProtonMail – https://protonmail.com/support/knowledge-base/catch-all/

File backup and sharing services

• Nextcloud, a self-hosted storage, contacts, calendar, and much more FOSS app – https://nextcloud.com/

Browsers and browser plugins

• uBlock Origin, an ad and tracker blogging browser plugin – https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock

Privacy-preserving front-ends

• FreeTube, a desktop privacy-preserving YouTube client – https://freetubeapp.io/
• Privacy Redirect, a browser extension for redirecting to privacy-preserving tools – https://github.com/SimonBrazell/privacy-redirect

Networking

• pfSense, a FOSS router OS – https://www.pfsense.org/
• DD-WRT, a Linux-based router firmware – https://dd-wrt.com/

Privacy-centric hardware

• Purism Librem 14, a security-first Linux laptop - https://puri.sm/products/librem-14/

Privacy-preserving messengers

• Telegram, an encrypted (if using secret chats) messenger – https://telegram.org/
• Threema, an end-to-end encrypted messenger, similar to Signal – https://threema.ch/en/
• Matrix, the protocol - https://matrix.org/
• Element, a cross-platform Matrix chat client - https://element.io
• Signal, an easy-to-use end-to-end encrypted messenger – https://signal.org/
• Session, a metadata-reduced Signal fork – https://getsession.org/

Cryptocurrency

• Bitcoin, via Samourai Wallet, a privacy-preserving Android wallet – https://samouraiwallet.com/
  • S2E03 - Privacy on Bitcoin w/ Samourai Wallet

    • Wondering how you can manage to use Bitcoin privately? This episode, we’re sitting down with Samourai Wallet to chat about their incredible FOSS Bitcoin wallet that enables private usage of Bitcoin.

• Monero, a privacy-preserving cryptocurrency – https://www.getmonero.org/
• Incognito, a privacy-centric exchange platform – https://incognito.org/

Email

• ProtonMail, an encrypted and private email service – https://protonmail.com/

Password managers

• Bitwarden, an easy to use password manager – https://bitwarden.com/
  • S2E09 - Managing passwords via Bitwarden w/ Ryan Luibrand

    • Looking for the right tool for password management, but wanting something that’s open-source and encrypted by default? This episode, we’re sitting down with Ryan Luibrand to chat about Bitwarden and their password manager tool.

• KeePass, a basic and local password manager – https://keepass.info/
• KeePassXC, a FOSS password manager – https://keepassxc.org/

Operating systems

• QubesOS, a privacy-preserving and security-focused Linux distro – https://www.qubes-os.org/
• Pop_OS!, an easy to use Linux OS – https://pop.system76.com/
• Ubuntu, an easy-to-use Linux distro based on Debian – https://ubuntu.com/
• Tails, a portable operating system that protects against surveillance and censorship – https://tails.boum.org/
• CalyxOS, a privacy-centric de-Googled Android OS – https://calyxos.org/

Encryption

• Open Keychain, a PGP key management app (Android-only) – https://www.openkeychain.org/
• TesserCubeDV, a keyboard with integrated PGP support (Android-only) – https://github.com/secretestsquirrel/TessercubeDV-Android

Others

• Flarum, a self-hosted forum/Reddit alternative – https://flarum.org/
• OBS, a FOSS recording/streaming tool – https://obsproject.com/
• Standard Notes, an encrypted-by-default notes app that is free and open-source – https://standardnotes.com/