Online Privacy Basics

Perfect for anyone regardless of skill level, this curriculum starts by explaining basic privacy concepts and outlines starting points for digital privacy and security. Learn best practices for passwords, using the web, and how to communicate without fear of surveillance.

Last updated on 31 March 2017.

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PASSWORDS

EFF’s word list: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/07/new-wordlists-random-passphrases

1Password: https://agilebits.com/onepassword

LastPass: https://www.lastpass.com/

KeePassX: https://www.keepassx.org/

Yubikey: https://www.yubico.com/

Setting up Yubikey in static password mode: https://www.yubico.com/products/services-software/personalization-tools/

BROWSERS

Google Chrome: https://www.google.com/chrome/browser/desktop/

Tor Browser: https://www.torproject.org/projects/torbrowser.html.en

uBlock Origin: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ublock-origin/cjpalhdlnbpafiamejdnhcphjbkeiagm?hl=en

Privacy Badger: https://www.eff.org/privacybadger

DuckDuckGo Search: https://duckduckgo.com/

MOBILE

LFP’s Mobile Privacy Toolkit: https://libraryfreedomproject.org/mobileprivacytoolkit

The Guardian Project (Android only): https://guardianproject.info/

Signal: https://whispersystems.org/

FULL DISK ENCRYPTION

Filevault (OS X): https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204837

Bitlocker (Windows): http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/BitLocker-Drive-Encryption-Overview

LUKS (GNU/Linux): https://gitlab.com/cryptsetup/cryptsetup/blob/master/README.md

Veracrypt: https://veracrypt.codeplex.com/

VIRUSES and MALWARE

ClamAV: http://www.clamav.net/index.html

Malwarebytes: http://www.malwarebytes.org/

Have I been pwned? https://haveibeenpwned.com/

OS X native malware protection: http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202491 and http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201940

VPN

Bitmask (Android, Linux): https://bitmask.net/

Private Internet Access (iOS, OS X, Windows): https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/

A list of other possibly good proprietary VPNs: http://torrentfreak.com/anonymous-vpn-service-provider-review-2015-150228/

OTHER STUFF

How to remove Flash in every browser: http://www.howtogeek.com/222275/how-to-uninstall-and-disable-flash-in-every-web-browser/

EXTRA CREDIT

Surveillance self-defense from EFF: https://ssd.eff.org/

Bruce Schneier’s blog: https://www.schneier.com/