Resources

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Below is a curated list of useful resources to help maintain your online privacy and security.

IntelTechniques - Michael Bazzell provides a wealth of education and training in the realms Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) and Personal Privacy. His website IntelTechniques provides free and paid resources to help secure your personal devices, remove personal information from data brokers, freeze credit reports, etc.

SimpleLogin - An e-mail relay service allowing you to create e-mail aliases to avoid sharing your personal e-mail account. SimpleLogin will forward e-mails to / from these e-mail aliases on your behalf. Can also be linked to a ProtonMail account.

ProtonMail - An open source , privacy-oriented e-mail service originating from Switzerland. They offer end-to-end encryption of your content, preventing even their own staff from viewing your inbox or farming it for data to sell. ProtonMail offers an EasySwitch mechanism to import your existing G-Mail information if need be. They also offer a wide variety of services including Virtual Private Networks (VPNs), calendars, encrypted online storage, and a password manager.

ProtonPass - A password manager provided by the Proton ecosystem. It integrates with your ProtonMail account and provides built-in e-mail alias and password generation.

BitWarden - An open source password manager offering free and paid tiers available as mobile applications and browser extensions. BitWarden protects passwords with end-to-end encryption meaning you, and only you, can access these passwords provided you setup a secure login (use two-factor authentication , seriously, use it, this cannot be emphasized enough)

NextDNS - A DNS provider offering free and paid services. They offer you quite a bit of control over how their DNS servers treat your traffic. You can enable ad blockers, parental controls, and third party tracker protections, among many other options. There are security technologies helping to protect you from malware and scams. You can also customize where they store logs of your traffic and how long they’re stored (or disable logging of your traffic entirely). The free service supports up to 300,000 DNS request per month, which is quite a lot for a small family.