Quick resource list that can help your overall privacy.
NOTE: Some of the services listed might not suit your needs.
It is recommended you review them yourself and choose accordingly.
| Name | Pros | Cons | URL |
|---|---|---|---|
| LibreWolf | Firefox fork that comes with privacy and security tweaks out the box, uBlock Origin included. | Updates need to be done manually. Project is not guaranteed to be maintained forever. |
https://librewolf.net/ |
| Firefox | Highly customizable, allows for better ad/tracker blocking than Chrome. Updates are done automatically. | Includes sponsored shortcuts, telemetry and “studies” enabled by default. | https://firefox.com/ |
| Brave | Easy to use, comes with ad/tracker blocking out the box. | Privacy/fingerprinting protection isn’t as good as what Firefox offers. | https://brave.com |
| Mullvad Browser | Has the out of the box convenience of Tor Browser’s privacy tweaks without using the Tor network. | Included addons favor Mullvad over other providers. Like Tor Browser, the fingerprinting protection can break some websites. | https://github.com/mullvad/mullvad-browser |
| Tor Browser | Strong focus on anonymity, uses the Tor network which hides your IP address and allows you to access Onion sites. | Some websites block Tor traffic. Not recommended for signing in to personal accounts, should not be used for that purpose. | https://www.torproject.org/download/ |
Email services that provide more privacy than most free email services.
| Name | Has free tier | Cost | Pros | Cons | URL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ProtonMail | Yes | Starts at ~5$ a month | End-to-end encrypted, has a decent “premium” tier which includes SimpleLogin. | - Might wrongfully lock you out of your account (See https://www.trustpilot.com/review/protonmail.com). - May require you to use a non-throwaway phone number/email to sign up. |
https://proton.me/ |
| Tutanota | Yes | Starts at ~4$ a month | End-to-end encrypted, flexible pricing. Minimal logging. | - Requires spending extra for additional features. - Short inactivity period for free tier. - Very restrictive with signups using a VPN. |
https://tuta.com/ |
| StartMail | No | Starts at ~5$ a month | - End-to-end encrypted, has option to enable IMAP/SMTP, unlimited aliases. - Decent and responsive support. |
- Not zero knowledge encryption (this means StartMail could theoretically read your emails). - Aliases do not support PGP - Custom domain support costs extra. |
https://startmail.com/ |
| Cock.li | Yes | N/A, service is free | - Registration does not require any personally identifying information and can be done with a VPN/Tor. - Has a (Tor) onion service. |
Email addresses are more likely to be flagged as disposable when signing up on a website. | https://cock.li |
| Fastmail | No | Starts at ~3$ a month | - Allows up to 600+ email aliases, decent support. - Doesn’t require a special app for IMAP/SMTP support, can use a standard mail client |
- Australian company - Collects a lot of logs and can share them with third parties. |
https://www.fastmail.com/ |
| Postale.io | No | Starts at ~1$ a month | - Allows unlimited aliases - Support for custom domains and multiple mailboxes - Easy to configure |
A mailbox must be created in order to send an email from an email address. | https://postale.io |
| Mail-in-a-box | No (Self-hosted) | ~5$ a month, depends on hosting provider | Self-hosted, gives you full control over aliases and mailboxes. | - Requires maintenance and some experience with terminal commands. - Greylisting is enabled by default which can delay/block some emails. |
https://mailinabox.email/ |
This type of service is designed to allow you to create email addresses that forward emails to mailboxes of your choice without revealing your actual email addresses.
| Name | Domains allowed | Aliases allowed | Cost | URL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AnonAddy | - 0 (Free) - 1 (Lite) - 20 (Pro) |
- Free: Unlimited standard aliases + 20 shared domain aliases - Lite: Unlimited standard aliases + 50 shared domain aliases - Pro: Unlimited standard aliases + Unlimited shared domain aliases |
- Free - 1$ / month (Lite) - 3$ / month (Pro) |
https://anonaddy.com |
| SimpleLogin | - 0 (Free) - Unlimited (Premium) |
- Free: 15 aliases - Premium: Unlimited aliases |
- Free - 30$ / year (4$ / month if monthly) |
https://simplelogin.io/ |
| Pobox | One domain counts as one alias. | - Basic: 20 - Plus: 40 - Mailstore: 100 |
- 20$ / year (Basic) - 35$ / year (Plus) - 50$ / year (Mailstore) |
https://www.pobox.com/ |
Services that give you a temporary non-VOIP phone number to work around forced phone verification on accounts without giving out your actual phone number.
| Name | Phone number countries | Payment methods | Cost | URL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Textverified | US only | Credit card, cryptocurrency (BTC, LTC, ETH, USDT, USDC) | Varies on website used, typically around a dollar per verification. | https://textverified.com |
| SMSPool | Full list is on their website | Credit card, cryptocurrency (BTC, LTC, ETH, Monero, BCH, USDT, USDC) | Varies on website and region used, typically less than a dollar per verification. | https://smspool.net |
| 5sim | Full list is on their website | Apple Pay, Google Pay, Samsung Pay, Credit card, Qiwi | Varies on website and region, typically only a few cents per verification. | https://5sim.net |
Search engines that do not keep logs that are tied to any account (like Google does)
| Name | Advantages | Disadvantages | URL |
|---|---|---|---|
| SearxNG | - Self-hostable - Open source - Can get results from multiple search engines at a time - Removes trackers from search engine URLs |
Since results are scraped, search engines can block instances from getting results or break them if they modify the layout of their page | https://github.com/searxng/searxng |
| eTools | - Gets results from multiple search engines at a time - Does not collect or share personal information |
- Aggressive IP blocking with false positives - Has a search quota (might not be important if you don’t search a lot of things) |
https://etools.ch |