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THE COLLABORATIVE PRIVACY ADVOCACY COMMUNITY.
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* Why should I care?
* What should I do?
* Trustworthy Privacy Software Reviews
* Top 3 Private Email Providers
* Best VPN Services
* Secure Cloud Storage Services
* Best Web Browsers
* About Privacy Guides
* What are privacy tools?
* Why does privacy matter?
* Knowledge Base
Knowledge Base
* Why Privacy Matters
* Threat Modeling
* Common Threats
* Common Misconceptions
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* Multi-Factor Authentication
* Choosing Your Hardware
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* Software
Software
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* Document Collaboration
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Table of contents
* Why should I care?
* What should I do?
* Trustworthy Privacy Software Reviews
* Top 3 Private Email Providers
* Best VPN Services
* Secure Cloud Storage Services
* Best Web Browsers
* About Privacy Guides
* What are privacy tools?
* Why does privacy matter?
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WHY SHOULD I CARE?¶
> “I have nothing to hide. Why should I care about my privacy?”
Much like the right to interracial marriage, woman's suffrage, freedom of
speech, and many others, our right to privacy hasn't always been upheld. In
several dictatorships, it still isn't. Generations before ours fought for our
right to privacy. Privacy is a human right, inherent to all of us, that we are
entitled to (without discrimination).
You shouldn't confuse privacy with secrecy. We know what happens in the
bathroom, but you still close the door. That's because you want privacy, not
secrecy. Everyone has something to protect. Privacy is something that makes us
human.
Why Privacy Matters
WHAT SHOULD I DO?¶
> First, you need to make a plan
Trying to protect all your data from everyone all the time is impractical,
expensive, and exhausting. But don't worry! Security is a process, and, by
thinking ahead, you can put together a plan that's right for you. Security isn't
just about the privacy tools you use or the software you download. Rather, it
begins by understanding the unique threats you face, and how you can mitigate
them.
This process of identifying threats and defining countermeasures is called
threat modeling, and it forms the basis of every good security and privacy plan.
Learn More About Threat Modeling
TRUSTWORTHY PRIVACY SOFTWARE REVIEWS¶
Privacy Guides has a dedicated community independently reviewing various privacy
tools and services. Each of our recommendations comply with a strict set of
criteria to ensure they provide the most value to most people, and provide the
best balance of privacy, security, and convenience. As part of a non-profit
public charity, Privacy Guides has strict journalistic standards and policies to
ensure our recommendations are free of conflict of interest, and we do not
partner with providers or affiliate programs that could sway our reviews and
recommendations.
Support Our Work
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* Non-Profit & Open Source
* Frequent Updates
* Trusted by Journalists
* Trusted by Readers
TOP 3 PRIVATE EMAIL PROVIDERS¶
* Proton Mail
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Proton Mail is an email service with a focus on privacy, encryption,
security, and ease of use. They have been in operation since 2013. Proton AG
is based in Genève, Switzerland. The Proton Mail Free plan comes with 500MB
of Mail storage, which you can increase up to 1GB for free.
Read Full Review
* Mailbox.org
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Mailbox.org is an email service with a focus on being secure, ad-free, and
privately powered by 100% eco-friendly energy. They have been in operation
since 2014. Mailbox.org is based in Berlin, Germany. Accounts start with up
to 2GB storage, which can be upgraded as needed.
Read Full Review
* Tuta
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Tuta (formerly Tutanota) is an email service with a focus on security and
privacy through the use of encryption. Tuta has been in operation since 2011
and is based in Hanover, Germany. Free accounts start with 1GB of storage.
Read Full Review
BEST VPN SERVICES¶
* Proton VPN
* IVPN
* Mullvad
SECURE CLOUD STORAGE SERVICES¶
* Proton Drive
* Tresorit
* Peergos
BEST WEB BROWSERS¶
* Mullvad Browser
* Firefox
* Brave
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ABOUT PRIVACY GUIDES¶
Established in 2021 due to the difficulty of finding unbiased reviewers in the
VPN and privacy space, Privacy Guides is the most popular, trustworthy,
non-profit website that provides information about protecting your personal data
security and privacy. Our crowdsourced recommendations and reviews of privacy
tools and our community dedicated to helping others set us apart from other
blogs and content creators. The team behind this project has been researching
privacy and security in the open-source space for over 5 years, originally with
a now-defunct web resource that eventually became the Privacy Guides millions of
readers trust.
Our website is free of advertisements and not affiliated with any of the listed
providers.
As seen in WIRED, Tweakers.net, The New York Times, and many other publications
as a reliable source for privacy and security knowledge.
More About Who We Are Join our Newsletter
WHAT ARE PRIVACY TOOLS?¶
We recommend a wide variety of privacy tools (a.k.a. privacy apps, privacy
utilities, privacy software) spanning software and hardware that you can adopt
to improve your privacy. Many of the tools we recommend are completely free to
use and open-source software, while some are commercial services available for
purchase. Switching from mainstream data-hungry software like Google Chrome and
Windows to privacy-focused tools like Brave and Linux can go a long way towards
controlling the information you share with companies and others.
Our General Criteria
WHY DOES PRIVACY MATTER?¶
In the modern age of digital data exploitation, your privacy has never been more
critical, yet many believe it is already a lost cause. It is not. Your privacy
is up for grabs, and you need to care about it. Privacy is about power, and it
is so important that this power ends up in the right hands.
Many people get the concepts of privacy, security, and anonymity confused.
You'll see people criticize various products as "not private" when really they
mean it doesn't provide anonymity, for example. On this website, we cover all
three of these topics, but it is important you understand the difference between
them, and when each one comes into play.
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WE NEED YOU! HERE'S HOW TO GET INVOLVED:
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need our audience to keep an eye on software updates for the applications listed
on our site and follow recent news about providers that we recommend. It's hard
to keep up with the fast pace of the internet, but we try our best. If you spot
an error, think a provider should not be listed, notice a qualified provider is
missing, believe a browser plugin is no longer the best choice, or uncover any
other issue, please let us know.
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