├── LICENSE └── README.md /LICENSE: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | The MIT License (MIT) 2 | 3 | Copyright (c) 2016 Daniel Roesler 4 | 5 | Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy 6 | of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal 7 | in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights 8 | to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell 9 | copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is 10 | furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: 11 | 12 | The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all 13 | copies or substantial portions of the Software. 14 | 15 | THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR 16 | IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, 17 | FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE 18 | AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER 19 | LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, 20 | OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE 21 | SOFTWARE. 22 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /README.md: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # Privacy Checklist 2 | 3 | This is a general list of stuff you can use to increase your privacy based on 4 | ease of use. You don't have to do everything on this list, but try to do at 5 | least the easy stuff. Pull requests welcome! 6 | 7 | * *Easy* - Easy setup and no maintenance 8 | * *Medium* - Requires reading to setup and maintain 9 | * *Hard* - Must understand how the underlying system works (lots of gotchas) 10 | 11 | ## Web Browsing 12 | * Easy 13 | * [ ] Use [Firefox](https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/) or [Chrome](https://www.google.com/chrome/browser/desktop/) - Open source browsers and frequent security updates 14 | * [ ] HTTPS extension ([HTTPS Everywhere](https://www.eff.org/Https-everywhere)) - use encrypted connections whenever possible 15 | * [ ] Use a password manager ([KeePass](http://keepass.info/), [KeePassX](https://www.keepassx.org/), [LastPass](https://lastpass.com/), [1Password](https://agilebits.com/onepassword), etc.) - Always use generated passwords for websites and save those in a password manager! Also, use [diceware](https://www.dmuth.org/diceware/) to generate a password. 16 | * [ ] Anti-tracking extension ([Privacy Badger](https://www.eff.org/privacybadger), [uBlock](https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock#installation), etc.) - many tracking and malware attacks are distributed by ads and analytics trackers 17 | * [ ] Disable third party cookies ([Firefox](https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/disable-third-party-cookies), [Chrome](https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en)) - prevents embedded content from setting tracking cookies 18 | * [ ] Click to play flash ([Firefox](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/flashblock/), [Chrome](https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/142064?hl=en)) - prevent embedded flash from running unless you want it to 19 | * [ ] Enable Two-Factor-Authentication (2FA) ([tutorial](https://ssd.eff.org/en/module/how-enable-two-factor-authentication)) - enable 2FA on logins for websites that support it 20 | * Medium 21 | * [ ] OpenVPN ([Windows](https://openvpn.net/index.php/open-source/downloads.html), [Mac](https://tunnelblick.net/), [Linux](https://www.linux.com/learn/tutorials/459675:configure-linux-clients-to-connect-to-openvpn-server)) - paid, faster obfuscation of browsing ([list of VPNs](https://torrentfreak.com/anonymous-vpn-service-provider-review-2015-150228/)) 22 | * [ ] [Tor Browser](https://www.torproject.org/projects/torbrowser.html.en) - free, slower, safer obfuscation of browsing 23 | * Hard 24 | * [ ] Reduce fingerprints ([tool](https://panopticlick.eff.org/)) - really hard to totally eliminate brower fingerprints 25 | 26 | ## Email 27 | * Easy 28 | * None (private email is hard) 29 | * Medium 30 | * None (private email is hard) 31 | * Hard 32 | * [ ] PGP ([GnuPG](https://www.gnupg.org/), [Enigmail](https://www.enigmail.net/index.php/en/)) - message encryption and signatures 33 | 34 | ## Phone calls 35 | * Easy 36 | * [ ] [Signal](https://whispersystems.org/) - end-to-end encrypted phone calls on iPhone and Android 37 | 38 | ## Texting/Chatting 39 | * Easy 40 | * [ ] [Signal](https://whispersystems.org/) - end-to-end encrypted phone calls on iPhone and Android 41 | * Easy (but not as safe as Signal) 42 | * [iMessage](https://www.apple.com/ios/messages/) - end-to-end encrypted texts, but proprietary code (only use if Signal doesn't work) 43 | * [WhatsApp](https://www.whatsapp.com/) - partial end-to-end encrypted texts, but proprietary code (only use if Signal doesn't work) 44 | * Medium 45 | * [ ] Off-The-Record (OTR) - [Windows](https://ssd.eff.org/en/module/how-use-otr-windows), [Mac](https://ssd.eff.org/en/module/how-use-otr-mac), [Linux](https://ssd.eff.org/en/module/how-use-otr-linux), [iPhone](https://chatsecure.org/), [Android](https://chatsecure.org/) 46 | 47 | ## File Storage 48 | * Easy 49 | * [ ] Enable encryption ([iPhone](https://ssd.eff.org/en/module/how-encrypt-your-iphone), [Android](http://www.howtogeek.com/141953/how-to-encrypt-your-android-phone-and-why-you-might-want-to/), [Mac](https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204837)) 50 | * Medium 51 | * [ ] Encrypted cloud backups ([SpiderOak](https://spideroak.com/)) - paid and proprietary, but easier than running your own server 52 | * Hard 53 | * [ ] Windows and Linux encryption ([Windows](https://ssd.eff.org/en/module/how-encrypt-your-windows-device), [Linux](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/disk_encryption)) 54 | * [ ] PGP ([GnuPG](https://www.gnupg.org/)) - for specific file encryption on USB drive, external device, etc. 55 | 56 | # Further Reading 57 | * [ ] [Surveillance Self-Defense](https://ssd.eff.org/) 58 | 59 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------