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The Hitchhiker's Guide to Online Anonymity is a guide covering tracking techniques, ID verification, anonymous identity creation and operational security. It can be read online, downloaded as PDF or ODT, or accessed through a Tor mirror.
Awesome Privacy is a curated open source directory of privacy-respecting alternatives to everyday apps and services, organized into categories such as essentials, communication, security tools, networking, productivity, operating systems and development. It also offers saved items stored on-device and a changelog of new entries.
Chromium Hardening Guide is a setup guide for using a Chromium-based browser with flags and policies. It covers selecting a browser, applying policies and persisting flags, with primary focus on Linux and Windows and notes for Android and MacOS where applicable. Configuration files can be generated by an automated script or edited by hand.
DefensiveComputingChecklist is a site by Michael Horowitz that offers an index of defensive computing topics. The table of contents links to subjects such as browsers, passwords, phishing, identity theft, routers and VPNs.
A DNS speed benchmarking tool that performs an A record lookup for the apex domain name from more than 200 locations worldwide. The lookup time serves as a benchmark of DNS provider performance in different regions and allows debugging of self-hosted DNS servers and testing of routing logic. Test result retention is up to 30 days.
LeakPeek is a search service for checking whether an email, username, phone number or password has appeared in a data breach or password leak. It also offers searches of US and UK public records and a face search of public websites. Membership plans range from a 24-hour trial to three months of access.
