Updates Delisting Startpage.com Dear PrivacyTools community, On the 15th of October, it was brought to our attention that Startpage.com was reportedly (partially?) taken over by a company called the Privacy One Group, which is in turn owned by a company called System1. We found this quite
Guides Firefox Privacy: Tips and Tricks for Better Browsing Mozilla Firefox is one of the most popular web browsers around, and for good reason. It's fast, secure, open-source, and it's backed by an organization that actually respects your privacy.
Updates We've joined the Open Collective Foundation 501(c)(3) Since 2015, privacytools.io has been providing tools, knowledge, and services to protect you against global mass surveillance programs and encourage self-control of your data online. Our website is free
VPN Choosing a VPN So you know what a VPN is, but there are so many options to choose from! Well before we dive into this, let's get one thing off the bat: Avoid
ThinkPrivacy ThinkPrivacy joins privacytools.io Earlier this month, ThinkPrivacy, an online privacy resource, joined privacytools.io in a move that will bring the two sites together in order to bring privacy education to a larger
VPN Understanding VPNs A VPN—or Virtual Private Network—is a tool that secures your internet connection from attackers on your network. Before I explain how that all works, let's talk about the
Privacy Adding Custom DNS over HTTPS Resolvers to DNSCloak DNSCloak is an open-source DNSCrypt and DNS over HTTPS (DoH) client for iOS, which gives users the ability to encrypt their DNS requests through the use of an on-device VPN
Guides Self-hosting a Shadowsocks VPN with Outline Outline is a suite of open-source software developed for journalists to safely access their network and the internet while traveling in countries where their activities may be monitored or censored.
Updates Tor on privacytools.io We're excited to announce the launch of Tor connectivity to the privacytools.io homepage, and we hope to get Tor working on the rest of our services as soon as possible.
