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| [[Bitmask]]
| [[Bitmask]]
| [https://leap.se/ LEAP]
| [https://leap.se/ LEAP]
| <span style="font-size:80%">Bitmask is an open source application to provide easy and secure encrypted communication. You can choose among several different service providers or start your own. Currently, Bitmask supports encrypted internet (VPN) and encrypted email.</span>
| <span style="font-size:80%">Bitmask is an open-source application to provide easy and secure encrypted communication. You can choose among several different service providers or start your own. Currently, Bitmask supports encrypted internet (VPN).</span>
| [https://bitmask.net/ bitmask.net]
| [https://bitmask.net/ bitmask.net]
| Circumvention, VPN, Email Encryption
| Circumvention and VPN
| Active
| Active
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| [[Briar]]
| [[Briar]]
| Briar Project
| Briar Project
| <span style="font-size:80%">Briar offers peer-to-peer encrypted messaging and forums, storing data securely on your device and not in the cloud. Briar also allows you to connect directly with nearby contacts without Internet access, making messaging possible with low-bandwidth or when Internet access is blocked.</span>
| <span style="font-size:80%">Briar offers peer-to-peer encrypted messaging and forums, storing data securely on your device and not in the cloud. Briar also allows you to connect directly with nearby contacts without Internet access, making messaging possible with low bandwidth or when Internet access is blocked.</span>
| [https://briarproject.org/ briarproject.org]
| [https://briarproject.org/ briarproject.org]
| Secure Messaging  
| Secure Messaging  
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| Circumvention
| Circumvention
| Active
| Active
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| [[File:BIFSO_Logo.png|75px|center|CGIProxy Logo]]
| [[CGIProxy]]
| [https://freespeechonline.net/ Berkeley Institute for Free Speech Online]
| <span style="font-size:80%">CGIProxy is a client-less circumvention tool that allows individuals to access blocked content on their web browser by proxying it through a server running CGIProxy outside of the region of the censoring filter.</span>
| [https://freespeechonline.net/download/ freespeechonline.net/download]
| Circumvention
| Pending
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| [[File:CENO_Logo.png|75px|center|Censorship.no! (CENO)]]
| [[File:CENO_Logo.png|75px|center|Censorship.no! (CENO)]]
| [[CENO]]
| [[CENO]]
| [https://equalit.ie/ eQualitie]
| [https://equalit.ie/ eQualitie]
| <span style="font-size:80%">CENO (short for Censorship.no!) is a mobile Web browser using a novel approach to circumvent Internet censorship infrastructure, allowing users living in a censored zone to share retrieved content with each other, peer to peer.</span>
| <span style="font-size:80%">CENO (short for Censorship.no!) is a mobile Web browser using a novel approach to circumvent Internet censorship infrastructure, allowing users living in a censored zone to share retrieved content with each other, peer-to-peer.</span>
| [https://censorship.no/index.html censorship.no]
| [https://censorship.no/index.html censorship.no]
| Circumvention
| Circumvention
| Active
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| [[File:Commotion.png|75px|center|Commotion Logo]]
| [[Commotion]]
| Formerly hosted by the [https://www.newamerica.org/oti/ Open Technology Institute]
| <span style="font-size:80%">"Commotion is an open-source communication tool that uses wireless devices to create decentralized mesh networks."</span>
| [https://www.commotionwireless.net/ www.commotionwireless.net]
| Mesh Networking
| Active
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| [[File:Courier.png|75px|center|Courier Logo]]
| [[Courier]]
| [https://guardianproject.info/ Guardian Project]
| <span style="font-size:80%">Courier is a mobile news reader with enhanced security features, offline reading and device-to-device sharing capability.  We’ve designed it to be fast and light on slow networks and secured from device and network monitoring.</span>
| [https://guardianproject.info/apps/courier/ guardianproject.info]
| Secure RSS Feeds
| Active
| Active
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| [[Cupcake]]
| [[Cupcake]]
| Cupcake
| Cupcake
| <span style="font-size:80%">"Cupcake empowers you to assist censored internet users all over the world by turning your web browser into a pathway to the Tor network."</span>
| <span style="font-size:80%">Cupcake empowers you to assist censored internet users all over the world by turning your web browser into a pathway to the Tor network.</span>
| [https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/cupcake/dajjbehmbnbppjkcnpdkaniapgdppdnc Cupcake Chome Extension]
| [https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/cupcake/dajjbehmbnbppjkcnpdkaniapgdppdnc Cupcake Chome Extension]
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| Active
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| [[File:CAT.png|75px|center|CAT Logo]]
| [[Cybersecurity Assessment Tool]]
| [https://www.fordfoundation.org/ Ford Foundation]
| <span style="font-size:80%">The Cybersecurity Assessment Tool (CAT) is an automated questionnaire to measure the maturity, resiliency, and strength of an organization’s cybersecurity efforts.</span>
| [https://www.fordfoundation.org/work/our-grants/building-institutions-and-networks/cybersecurity-assessment-tool/ Cybersecurity Assessment Tool]
| Cybersecurity
| Active
| Active
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| [[Deflect]]
| [[Deflect]]
| [https://equalit.ie/ Equalit.ie]
| [https://equalit.ie/ Equalit.ie]
| <span style="font-size:80%">"Deflect is a robust and innovative website protection service designed to withstand distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks."</span>
| <span style="font-size:80%">Deflect is a robust and innovative website protection service designed to withstand distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks.</span>
| [https://deflect.ca/ deflect.ca]
| [https://deflect.ca/ deflect.ca]
| Website Security and Hosting
| Website Security and Hosting
| Active
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| [[File:Enigmail.png|100px|center|Enigmail Logo]]
| [[Enigmail]]
| [https://www.enigmail.net/index.php/en/ The Enigmail Project]
| <span style="font-size:80%">Enigmail is a Mozilla Thunderbird add-on that allows you to use OpenPGP to encrypt and digitally sign your emails and to decrypt and verify messages you receive.</span>
| [https://www.enigmail.net/index.php/en/ enigmail.net]
| Email Encryption
| Active
| Active
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| [https://greatfire.org GreatFire]
| [https://greatfire.org GreatFire]
| <span style="font-size:80%">'''Note: FreeBrowser is a closed source project.'''<br>FreeBooks is a free Android app that provides access to censored books, primarily in Mainland China and Iran.</span>
| <span style="font-size:80%">'''Note: FreeBrowser is a closed source project.'''<br>FreeBooks is a free Android app that provides access to censored books, primarily in Mainland China and Iran.</span>
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| Circumvention
| Circumvention
| Active
| Active
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| [[I2P]] (Invisible Internet Project)
| [[I2P]] (Invisible Internet Project)
|  
|  
| <span style="font-size:80%">"I2P is an anonymous network built on top of the internet. It allows netizens to create and access content and build online communities on a network that is both distributed and dynamic. It is intended to protect communication and resist monitoring by third parties such as ISPs."</span>
| <span style="font-size:80%">I2P is an anonymous network built on top of the internet. It allows netizens to create and access content and build online communities on a network that is both distributed and dynamic. It is intended to protect communication and resist monitoring by third parties such as ISPs.</span>
| [https://geti2p.net/en/ geti2p.net]
| [https://geti2p.net/en/ geti2p.net]
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| [https://www.cjfe.org/journalists_in_distress_securing_your_digital_life www.cjfe.org]
| [https://www.cjfe.org/journalists_in_distress_securing_your_digital_life www.cjfe.org]
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| Active
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| [[File:KeePassXC.png|75px|center|KeePassXC Logo]]
| [[KeePassXC]]
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| <span style="font-size:80%">KeePassXC is a modern, secure, and open-source password manager for storing and managing most sensitive information.</span>
| [https://keepassxc.org/project/ KeePassXC.org]
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| [[keys.openpgp.org]]
| [[keys.openpgp.org]]
| keys.openpgp.org
| keys.openpgp.org
| <span style="font-size:80%">"The keys.openpgp.org server is a public service for the distribution and discovery of OpenPGP-compatible keys, commonly referred to as a 'keyserver'."</span>
| <span style="font-size:80%">The keys.openpgp.org server is a public service for the distribution and discovery of OpenPGP-compatible keys, commonly referred to as a 'keyserver'.</span>
| [https://keys.openpgp.org/ keys.openpgp.org]
| [https://keys.openpgp.org/ keys.openpgp.org]
|  
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| <span style="font-size:80%">Lantern is an Internet proxy tool that lets you access blocked sites.</span>
| <span style="font-size:80%">Lantern is an Internet proxy tool that lets you access blocked sites.</span>
| [https://getlantern.org/ getlantern.org]
| [https://getlantern.org/ getlantern.org]
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| Active
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| [[File:Mailpile_Vertical_Logo.svg|75px|center|Mailpile App Logo]]
| [[Mailpile]]
| Mailpile
| <span style="font-size:80%"></span>
| [https://www.mailpile.is/ mailpile.is]
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| Active
| Active
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| [[MassBrowser]]
| [[MassBrowser]]
| [https://people.cs.umass.edu/~amir/Research.html The Secure, Private Internet Research Group (SPIN)]
| [https://people.cs.umass.edu/~amir/Research.html The Secure, Private Internet Research Group (SPIN)]
| <span style="font-size:80%">"MassBrowser is a state-of-the-art system designed to circumvent Internet censorship. MassBrowser is open-source and free-to-use. It has been designed and developed by the Secure, Private Internet (SPIN) Research Group at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. MassBrowser operates with the help of normal Internet users with open access to the Internet who volunteer to help censored Internet users."</span>
| <span style="font-size:80%">MassBrowser is a state-of-the-art system designed to circumvent Internet censorship. MassBrowser is open-source and free to use. It has been designed and developed by the Secure, Private Internet (SPIN) Research Group at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. MassBrowser operates with the help of normal Internet users with open access to the Internet who volunteer to help censored Internet users.</span>
| [https://massbrowser.cs.umass.edu/ massbrowser.cs.umass.edu]
| [https://massbrowser.cs.umass.edu/ massbrowser.cs.umass.edu]
|  
|  
| Pending
| Pending
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| [[File:NoScript.png|75px|center|NoScript Logo]]
| [[File:Noscript-logo-full-1280.png|75px|center|NoScript Logo]]
| [[NoScript]]
| [[NoScript]]
|  
|  
| <span style="font-size:80%">NoScript is a Firefox extension that provides extra protection for Firefox, Seamonkey and other mozilla-based browsers. It is a free, open source add-on that allows JavaScript, Java, Flash and other plugins to be executed only by trusted web sites of your choice.</span>
| <span style="font-size:80%">NoScript is a Firefox extension that provides extra protection for Firefox, Seamonkey, and other Mozilla-based browsers. It is a free, open-source add-on that allows JavaScript, Java, Flash, and other plugins to be executed only by trusted websites of your choice.</span>
| [https://noscript.net/ noscript.net]
| [https://noscript.net/ noscript.net]
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| [[File:ObscuraCam.png|100px|center|ObscuraCam Logo]]
| [[ObscuraCam]]
| [https://guardianproject.info/ Guardian Project]
| <span style="font-size:80%">"In a world of viral videos and facial recognition, ObscuraCam helps you share photos and videos while protecting the privacy of you and those you care about. With ObscuraCam you can blur and disguise faces in your photos and videos. Information that could identify you as the cameraperson is removed from the files for added security."</span>
| [https://guardianproject.info/apps/obscuracam/ guardianproject.info]
| Photo, Video
| Active
| Active
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| [[Onion Browser]]
| [[Onion Browser]]
|  
|  
| <span style="font-size:80%">"Onion Browser is a free and open-source web browser for iPhone and iPad that encrypts and tunnels web traffic through the Tor network, with extra features to help you browse the internet privately."</span>
| <span style="font-size:80%">Onion Browser is a free and open-source web browser for iPhone and iPad that encrypts and tunnels web traffic through the Tor network, with extra features to help you browse the internet privately.</span>
| [https://mike.tig.as/onionbrowser/ mike.tig.as/onionbrowser]
| [https://mike.tig.as/onionbrowser/ mike.tig.as/onionbrowser]
| Circumvention, Anonymous and Secure Browsing
| Circumvention, Anonymous and Secure Browsing
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| [[OnionShare]]
| [[OnionShare]]
|  
|  
| <span style="font-size:80%">OnionShare is an open source tool that lets you securely and anonymously share a file of any size.</span>
| <span style="font-size:80%">OnionShare is an open-source tool that lets you securely and anonymously share a file of any size.</span>
| [https://onionshare.org/ onionshare.org]
| [https://onionshare.org/ onionshare.org]
| Anonymous and Secure Filesharing
| Anonymous and Secure Filesharing
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| [[File:OONI.png|75px|center|OONIprobe Logo]]
| [[File:OONI.png|75px|center|OONIprobe Logo]]
| [[OONI Probe]]
| [[OONI]]
| Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI)
| Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI)
| <span style="font-size:80%">OONI Probe is an open source tool for detecting censorship, surveillance and traffic manipulation on the Internet.</span>
| <span style="font-size:80%">Founded in 2012, the [https://ooni.org/ Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI)] is a non-profit free software project that aims to empower decentralized efforts in documenting internet censorship around the world.</span>
| [https://ooni.torproject.org/ ooni.torproject.org]
| [https://ooni.org/ ooni.org]
|  
| Network measurement project
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| [[Orbot]]
| [[Orbot]]
| [https://guardianproject.info/ Guardian Project]
| [https://guardianproject.info/ Guardian Project]
| <span style="font-size:80%">"Orbot is a free proxy app that empowers other apps to use the internet more securely. Orbot uses Tor to encrypt your Internet traffic and then hides it by bouncing through a series of computers around the world. Tor is free software and an open network that helps you defend against a form of network surveillance that threatens personal freedom and privacy, confidential business activities and relationships, and state security known as traffic analysis. Orbot creates a truly private mobile internet connection."</span>
| <span style="font-size:80%">Orbot is a free proxy app that empowers other apps to use the internet more securely. Orbot uses Tor to encrypt your Internet traffic and then hides it by bouncing through a series of computers around the world. Tor is free software and an open network that helps you defend against a form of network surveillance that threatens personal freedom and privacy, confidential business activities and relationships, and state security known as traffic analysis. Orbot creates a truly private mobile internet connection.</span>
| [https://guardianproject.info/apps/orbot/ guardianproject.info]
| [https://guardianproject.info/apps/orbot/ guardianproject.info]
| Circumvention
| Circumvention
| Active
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| [[File:pixelknot.png|75px|center|Pixelknot Logo]]
| [[Pixelknot]]
| [https://guardianproject.info/ Guardian Project]
| <span style="font-size:80%">Pixelknot is an Android application that allows users to hide short text-based messages in photographs and share them across trusted channels.</span>
| [https://guardianproject.info/apps/pixelknot/ guardianproject.info]
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| [https://psiphon.ca psiphon.ca]
| [https://psiphon.ca psiphon.ca]
| Circumvention, VPN
| Circumvention, VPN
| Active
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| [[File:RippleApp.png|75px|center|Ripple Logo]]
| [[Ripple]]
| [https://guardianproject.info/ Guardian Project]
| <span style="font-size:80%">Ripple is a "panic button" that can send it's trigger message to any app that is a "panic responder". Such apps can do things like lock, disguise themselves, delete private data, send an emergency message, and more. It is meant for situations where there is time to react, but where users need to be sure it is not mistakenly set off.</span>
| [https://guardianproject.info/2016/01/12/panickit-making-your-whole-phone-respond-to-a-panic-button/ guardianproject.info]
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| [[SAFETAG]]
| [[SAFETAG]]
| [https://www.internews.org/ Internews]
| [https://www.internews.org/ Internews]
| <span style="font-size:80%">"Security Auditing Framework and Evaluation Template for Advocacy Groups  
| <span style="font-size:80%">SAFETAG (Security Auditing Framework and Evaluation Template for Advocacy Groups) is a professional audit framework that adapts traditional penetration testing and risk assessment methodologies to be relevant to smaller non-profit organizations based or operating in the developing world.</span>
SAFETAG is a professional audit framework that adapts traditional penetration testing and risk assessment methodologies to be relevant to smaller non-profit organizations based or operating in the developing world."</span>
| [https://safetag.org/ safetag.org]
| [https://safetag.org/ safetag.org]
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| [[File:SAVE.png|75px|center|SAVE by OpenArchive Logo]]
| [[File:SAVE.png|75px|center|SAVE by OpenArchive Logo]]
| [[Save]] by OpenArchive
| [[Save]]
| [open-archive.org OpenArchive]
| [https://www.open-archive.org/ OpenArchive]
| <span style="font-size:80%">"Save is a mobile app designed to help users preserve, protect,  and amplify audio/visual media. It is a project of OpenArchive and is free, open-source, and currently available for Android (iOS coming soon!). Functionalities include privacy, mobile archiving, preservation, circumvention, adding metadata and Creative Commons licensing to audio/visual mobile media and sending it to the Internet Archive and other archives over the privacy-focused Tor network."</span>  
| <span style="font-size:80%">Save is a mobile app designed to help users preserve, protect,  and amplify audio/visual media. It is a project of OpenArchive and is free, open-source, and currently available for Android (iOS coming soon!). Functionalities include privacy, mobile archiving, preservation, circumvention, adding metadata and Creative Commons licensing to audio/visual mobile media and sending it to the Internet Archive and other archives over the privacy-focused Tor network.</span>  
| [https://open-archive.org/save/ open-archive.org/save]
| [https://open-archive.org/save/ open-archive.org/save]
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| [[File:signal.png|75px|center|Signal Logo]]
| [[File:Shira_png_transparent_bacckground.png|75px|center|Shira Logo]]
| [[Signal]]
| [[Shira]]
| Signal Foundation (previously Open Whisper Systems)
| [https://hzontal.org Horizontal]
| <span style="font-size:80%">Signal is an open source secure messaging application that uses end-to-end encryption on everything. Very little to no metadata is accessible to the developers, making it an excellent tool to communicate when in fear of government surveillance. Signal is very a feature rish and user friendly messenger, making it suitable for every day use by any user as their main messenger app. Signal is available for iOS, Android and desktop computers and allows users to send one-to-one messages, group messages, self destructing messages, voice messages but also make (group) voice and video calls and share files, photo's and video. Recently Signal is experimenting with letting users make payments to each other using cryptocurrency, turning this messenger app into a multi-purpose app.</span>
| <span style="font-size:80%">Shira helps users develop the skills needed to identify and defeat phishing attacks on email and messaging apps.</span>
| [https://signal.org/ signal.org]
| [https://shira.app/ shira.app]
| Secure Messaging, secure crypto-payments
| Educational
| Active
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| <span style="font-size:80%">Tella is a documentation app for Android. In challenging environments--with limited or no internet connectivity or in the face of repression--Tella makes it easier and safer to document events, whether that’s violence, human rights violations, corruption, or electoral fraud.</span>
| <span style="font-size:80%">Tella is a documentation app for Android. In challenging environments--with limited or no internet connectivity or in the face of repression--Tella makes it easier and safer to document events, whether that’s violence, human rights violations, corruption, or electoral fraud.</span>
| [https://hzontal.org/tella/ hzontal.org/tella]
| [https://hzontal.org/tella/ hzontal.org/tella]
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| [[File:PhishDetect.png|75px|center|PhishDetect Logo]]
| [[PhishDetect]]
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| <span style="font-size:80%">PhishDetect is a tool to help at-risk users to identify potential phishing attacks. It allows to distribute up-to-date blocklists, to easily detect and report suspicious emails and links, and to scan unknown pages.</span>
| [https://phishdetect.io/ phishdetect.io]
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| [[Tor]]
| [[Tor]]
| Tor Project
| Tor Project
| <span style="font-size:80%">"Tor protects you by bouncing your communications around a distributed network of relays run by volunteers all around the world: it prevents somebody watching your Internet connection from learning what sites you visit, and it prevents the sites you visit from learning your physical location."</span>
| <span style="font-size:80%">Tor protects you by bouncing your communications around a distributed network of relays run by volunteers all around the world: it prevents somebody watching your Internet connection from learning what sites you visit, and it prevents the sites you visit from learning your physical location.</span>
| [https://torproject.org/ torproject.org]
| [https://torproject.org/ torproject.org]
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| <span style="font-size:80%">Delta Chat is like Telegram or Whatsapp but without the tracking or central control. Delta Chat does not need your phone number.</span>
| <span style="font-size:80%">Delta Chat is like Telegram or Whatsapp but without the tracking or central control. Delta Chat does not need your phone number.</span>
| [https://delta.chat/en/ Delta Chat website]<br>[https://www.transifex.com/otf/delta-chat/dashboard/ Delta Chat on Transifex]
| [https://delta.chat/en/ Delta Chat website]<br>[https://www.transifex.com/otf/delta-chat/dashboard/ Delta Chat on Transifex]
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| [[File:Haven.png|75px|center|Haven Logo]]
| [[Haven]]
| [https://guardianproject.info/ Guardian Project]
| <span style="font-size:80%"></span>
| [https://guardianproject.github.io/haven/ guardianproject.github.io/haven/]<br>[https://www.transifex.com/guardianproject/public/ Haven on Transifex]
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| [[OpenCircle]]
| [https://guardianproject.info/ Guardian Project]
| <span style="font-size:80%"></span>
| [https://github.com/guardianproject/OpenCircle github.com/guardianproject/OpenCircle]<br>[https://www.transifex.com/guardianproject/public/ OpenCircle on Transifex]
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| [[CameraV]]
| [[CameraV]]
| [https://guardianproject.info/ Guardian Project]
| [https://guardianproject.info/ Guardian Project]
| <span style="font-size:80%">"CameraV is the easiest way to capture and share verifiable photos and video proof on a smartphone or tablet, all the while keeping it entirely secure and private."</span>
| <span style="font-size:80%">CameraV is the easiest way to capture and share verifiable photos and video proof on a smartphone or tablet, all the while keeping it entirely secure and private.</span>
| [https://guardianproject.info/apps/camerav/ guardianproject.info]
| [https://guardianproject.info/apps/camerav/ guardianproject.info]
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| [[Firetweet]]
| [[Firetweet]]
| [http://www.bravenewsoftware.org/ Brave New Software]
| [http://www.bravenewsoftware.org/ Brave New Software]
| <span style="font-size:80%">"FireTweet is an Android app powered by Lantern that gives direct unblocked access to Twitter from anywhere in the world."</span>
| <span style="font-size:80%">FireTweet is an Android app powered by Lantern that gives direct unblocked access to Twitter from anywhere in the world.</span>
| [https://firetweet.io/ firetweet.io]
| [https://firetweet.io/ firetweet.io]
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| [[Martus]]
| [[Martus]]
| [https://benetech.org/ Benetech]
| [https://benetech.org/ Benetech]
| <span style="font-size:80%">Martus is an open source software application that allows users anywhere in the world to securely gather and organize information about human rights violations.</span>
| <span style="font-size:80%">Martus is an open-source software application that allows users anywhere in the world to securely gather and organize information about human rights violations.</span>
| [https://martus.org/ martus.org]
| [https://martus.org/ martus.org]
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| [[NetAidKit]]
| [[NetAidKit]]
| [https://www.freepressunlimited.org/en Free Press Unlimited]
| [https://www.freepressunlimited.org/en Free Press Unlimited]
| <span style="font-size:80%">The NetAidKit is a pocket size, USB powered router that connects everything to everything, designed specifically for non-technical users. The easy to use web interface will allow you to connect the NetAidKit to a wireless or wired network and share that connection with your other devices, such as a phone, laptop or tablet. </span>
| <span style="font-size:80%">The NetAidKit is a pocket-size, USB-powered router that connects everything to everything, designed specifically for non-technical users. The easy to use web interface will allow you to connect the NetAidKit to a wireless or wired network and share that connection with your other devices, such as a phone, laptop or tablet. </span>
| [https://netaidkit.net/ netaidkit.net]
| [https://netaidkit.net/ netaidkit.net]
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| [[Orfox]]
| [[Orfox]]
| [https://guardianproject.info/ Guardian Project]
| [https://guardianproject.info/ Guardian Project]
| <span style="font-size:80%">"Orfox is built from the same source code as Tor Browser (which is built upon Firefox), but with a few minor modifications to the privacy enhancing features to make them compatible with Firefox for Android and the Android operating system"</span>
| <span style="font-size:80%">Orfox is built from the same source code as Tor Browser (which is built upon Firefox), but with a few minor modifications to the privacy enhancing features to make them compatible with Firefox for Android and the Android operating system.</span>
| [https://guardianproject.info/apps/orfox/ guardianproject.info]
| [https://guardianproject.info/apps/orfox/ guardianproject.info]
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| Inactive [https://support.peerio.com/hc/en-us/articles/360021688172-Peerio-Service-Closure-FAQs Peerio Service Closure FAQ]
| Inactive [https://support.peerio.com/hc/en-us/articles/360021688172-Peerio-Service-Closure-FAQs Peerio Service Closure FAQ]
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| [[File:PhishDetect.png|75px|center|PhishDetect Logo]]
| [[PhishDetect]]
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| <span style="font-size:80%">PhishDetect is a tool to help at-risk users to identify potential phishing attacks. It allows to distribution of up-to-date blocklists, to easily detect and report suspicious emails and links, and to scan unknown pages.</span>
| [https://phishdetect.io/ phishdetect.io]
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| [[File:SecureApp.PNG|75px|center|secureApp Generator Logo]]
| [[File:SecureApp.PNG|75px|center|secureApp Generator Logo]]
| [[secureApp Generator]]
| [[secureApp Generator]]
| [https://benetech.org/ Benetech]
| [https://benetech.org/ Benetech]
| <span style="font-size:80%">The secureApp Generator by Benetech will provide a public system for the creation of secure, multi-lingual, and open source data collection apps that will improve information management and reduce the risk of exposure for reporters, researchers, and activists. By lowering the barrier to strong, open source encryption, this app will democratize technology and empower citizens.</span>
| <span style="font-size:80%">The secureApp Generator by Benetech will provide a public system for the creation of secure, multi-lingual, and open-source data collection apps that will improve information management and reduce the risk of exposure for reporters, researchers, and activists. By lowering the barrier to strong, open source encryption, this app will democratize technology and empower citizens.</span>
| [https://martus.org/ martus.org]
| [https://martus.org/ martus.org]
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| <span style="font-size:80%">StoryMaker is an Android app that enables aspiring journalists all over the world to safely produce and publish professional-grade news with their phone.</span>
| <span style="font-size:80%">StoryMaker is an Android app that enables aspiring journalists all over the world to safely produce and publish professional-grade news with their phone.</span>
| [https://storymaker.org/ storymaker.org]
| [https://storymaker.org/ storymaker.org]
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| Inactive
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| [[File:BIFSO_Logo.png|75px|center|CGIProxy Logo]]
| [[CGIProxy]]
| [https://freespeechonline.net/ Berkeley Institute for Free Speech Online]
| <span style="font-size:80%">CGIProxy is a client-less circumvention tool that allows individuals to access blocked content on their web browser by proxying it through a server running CGIProxy outside of the region of the censoring filter.</span>
| [https://freespeechonline.net/download/ freespeechonline.net/download]
| Circumvention
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| [[File:Commotion.png|75px|center|Commotion Logo]]
| [[Commotion]]
| Formerly hosted by the [https://www.newamerica.org/oti/ Open Technology Institute]
| <span style="font-size:80%">Commotion is an open-source communication tool that uses wireless devices to create decentralized mesh networks.</span>
| [https://www.commotionwireless.net/ www.commotionwireless.net]
| Mesh Networking
| Inactive
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| [[File:Courier.png|75px|center|Courier Logo]]
| [[Courier]]
| [https://guardianproject.info/ Guardian Project]
| <span style="font-size:80%">Courier is a mobile news reader with enhanced security features, offline reading and device-to-device sharing capability.  We’ve designed it to be fast and light on slow networks and secured from device and network monitoring.</span>
| [https://guardianproject.info/apps/courier/ guardianproject.info]
| Secure RSS Feeds
| Inactive
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| [[File:Enigmail.png|100px|center|Enigmail Logo]]
| [[Enigmail]]
| [https://www.enigmail.net/index.php/en/ The Enigmail Project]
| <span style="font-size:80%">Enigmail is a Mozilla Thunderbird add-on that allows you to use OpenPGP to encrypt and digitally sign your emails and to decrypt and verify messages you receive.</span>
| [https://www.enigmail.net/index.php/en/ enigmail.net]
| Email Encryption
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| [[File:Mailpile_Vertical_Logo.svg|75px|center|Mailpile App Logo]]
| [[Mailpile]]
| Mailpile
| <span style="font-size:80%"></span>
| [https://www.mailpile.is/ mailpile.is]
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| [[File:ObscuraCam.png|100px|center|ObscuraCam Logo]]
| [[ObscuraCam]]
| [https://guardianproject.info/ Guardian Project]
| <span style="font-size:80%">In a world of viral videos and facial recognition, ObscuraCam helps you share photos and videos while protecting the privacy of you and those you care about. With ObscuraCam you can blur and disguise faces in your photos and videos. Information that could identify you as the cameraperson is removed from the files for added security.</span>
| [https://guardianproject.info/apps/obscuracam/ guardianproject.info]
| Photo, Video
| Inactive
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| [[File:pixelknot.png|75px|center|Pixelknot Logo]]
| [[Pixelknot]]
| [https://guardianproject.info/ Guardian Project]
| <span style="font-size:80%">Pixelknot is an Android application that allows users to hide short text-based messages in photographs and share them across trusted channels.</span>
| [https://guardianproject.info/apps/pixelknot/ guardianproject.info]
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| [[File:RippleApp.png|75px|center|Ripple Logo]]
| [[Ripple]]
| [https://guardianproject.info/ Guardian Project]
| <span style="font-size:80%">Ripple is a "panic button" that can send its trigger message to any app that is a "panic responder". Such apps can do things like lock, disguise themselves, delete private data, send an emergency message, and more. It is meant for situations where there is time to react, but where users need to be sure it is not mistakenly set off.</span>
| [https://guardianproject.info/2016/01/12/panickit-making-your-whole-phone-respond-to-a-panic-button/ guardianproject.info]
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| Inactive
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| [[File:Haven.png|75px|center|Haven Logo]]
| [[Haven]]
| [https://guardianproject.info/ Guardian Project]
| <span style="font-size:80%"></span>
| [https://guardianproject.github.io/haven/ guardianproject.github.io/haven/]<br>[https://www.transifex.com/guardianproject/public/ Haven on Transifex]
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| [[OpenCircle]]
| [https://guardianproject.info/ Guardian Project]
| <span style="font-size:80%"></span>
| [https://github.com/guardianproject/OpenCircle github.com/guardianproject/OpenCircle]<br>[https://www.transifex.com/guardianproject/public/ OpenCircle on Transifex]
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Latest revision as of 19:21, 16 July 2024

Projects actively supported by Localization Lab

Logo Project Organization Summary Project Site Project Type Project Status
Apple Censorship Logo
Apple Censorship Logo
 Apple Censorship GreatFire Apple Censorship website lets users search and view which apps are available in different AppStores around the world. applecensorship.com Censorship Active
Bitmask Logo
Bitmask Logo
 Bitmask LEAP Bitmask is an open-source application to provide easy and secure encrypted communication. You can choose among several different service providers or start your own. Currently, Bitmask supports encrypted internet (VPN). bitmask.net Circumvention and VPN Active
Briar Project Logo
Briar Project Logo
 Briar Briar Project Briar offers peer-to-peer encrypted messaging and forums, storing data securely on your device and not in the cloud. Briar also allows you to connect directly with nearby contacts without Internet access, making messaging possible with low bandwidth or when Internet access is blocked. briarproject.org Secure Messaging Active
Bypass Censorship Website Logo
Bypass Censorship Website Logo
 Bypass Censorship Website The Bypass Censorship website aims to connect individuals worldwide with effective tools to circumvent censorship. bypasscensorship.org Circumvention Active
Censorship.no! (CENO)
Censorship.no! (CENO)
 CENO eQualitie CENO (short for Censorship.no!) is a mobile Web browser using a novel approach to circumvent Internet censorship infrastructure, allowing users living in a censored zone to share retrieved content with each other, peer-to-peer. censorship.no Circumvention Active
Cupcake Logo
Cupcake Logo
 Cupcake Cupcake Cupcake empowers you to assist censored internet users all over the world by turning your web browser into a pathway to the Tor network. Cupcake Chome Extension Active
CAT Logo
CAT Logo
 Cybersecurity Assessment Tool Ford Foundation The Cybersecurity Assessment Tool (CAT) is an automated questionnaire to measure the maturity, resiliency, and strength of an organization’s cybersecurity efforts. Cybersecurity Assessment Tool Cybersecurity Active
Deflect Logo
Deflect Logo
 Deflect Equalit.ie Deflect is a robust and innovative website protection service designed to withstand distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks. deflect.ca Website Security and Hosting Active
F-Droid Logo
F-Droid Logo
 F-Droid F-Droid Limited F-Droid is an installable catalogue of FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) applications for the Android platform. The client makes it easy to browse, install, and keep track of updates on your device. f-droid.org App Store Active
FreedomBox Logo
FreedomBox Logo
 FreedomBox FreedomBox Foundation FreedomBox is a simple private server, wireless internet router, and multi-purpose tool designed to create internet freedom with only free software and inexpensive hardware. FreedomBox is a Debian-based system designed to protect against data-mining, surveillance, and censorship. freedombox.org Personal Server Active
FreeBooks Logo
FreeBooks Logo
 FreeBooks GreatFire Note: FreeBrowser is a closed source project.
FreeBooks is a free Android app that provides access to censored books, primarily in Mainland China and Iran. 		Circumvention Active
FreeBrowser Logo
FreeBrowser Logo
 FreeBrowser GreatFire Note: FreeBrowser is a closed source project.
FreeBrowser is a free Android app that provides access to an uncensored internet. 		freebrowser.org Circumvention Active
Freenet Logo
Freenet Logo
 Freenet The Freenet Project Inc. Freenet is free software which lets you anonymously share files, browse and publish "freesites" (web sites accessible only through Freenet) and chat on forums, without fear of censorship. freenetproject.org Active
Globaleaks Logo
Globaleaks Logo
 Globaleaks Hermes Center for Transparency and Digital Human Rights GlobaLeaks is an open source project aimed at creating a worldwide, anonymous, censorship-resistant, distributed whistleblowing platform. globaleaks.org Active
I2P Logo
I2P Logo
 I2P (Invisible Internet Project) I2P is an anonymous network built on top of the internet. It allows netizens to create and access content and build online communities on a network that is both distributed and dynamic. It is intended to protect communication and resist monitoring by third parties such as ISPs. geti2p.net Active
CJFE Logo
CJFE Logo
 Journalists in Distress Canadian Journalists for Free Expression Journalists in Distress is a a digital security guide targeting journalists working in hostile environments. www.cjfe.org Active
KeePassXC Logo
KeePassXC Logo
 KeePassXC KeePassXC is a modern, secure, and open-source password manager for storing and managing most sensitive information. KeePassXC.org Active
keys.openpgp.org keys.openpgp.org The keys.openpgp.org server is a public service for the distribution and discovery of OpenPGP-compatible keys, commonly referred to as a 'keyserver'. keys.openpgp.org Active
Lantern Logo
Lantern Logo
 Lantern Brave New Software Lantern is an Internet proxy tool that lets you access blocked sites. getlantern.org Active
Mailvelope Logo
Mailvelope Logo
 Mailvelope Mailvelope Mailvelope is an easy-to-use browser extension for Chrome and Firefox that enables the exchange of encrypted emails following the OpenPGP encryption standard. mailvelope.com Email Encryption Active
MassBrowser Logo
MassBrowser Logo
 MassBrowser The Secure, Private Internet Research Group (SPIN) MassBrowser is a state-of-the-art system designed to circumvent Internet censorship. MassBrowser is open-source and free to use. It has been designed and developed by the Secure, Private Internet (SPIN) Research Group at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. MassBrowser operates with the help of normal Internet users with open access to the Internet who volunteer to help censored Internet users. massbrowser.cs.umass.edu Pending
NoScript Logo
NoScript Logo
 NoScript NoScript is a Firefox extension that provides extra protection for Firefox, Seamonkey, and other Mozilla-based browsers. It is a free, open-source add-on that allows JavaScript, Java, Flash, and other plugins to be executed only by trusted websites of your choice. noscript.net Active
Onion Browser Logo
Onion Browser Logo
 Onion Browser Onion Browser is a free and open-source web browser for iPhone and iPad that encrypts and tunnels web traffic through the Tor network, with extra features to help you browse the internet privately. mike.tig.as/onionbrowser Circumvention, Anonymous and Secure Browsing Active
OnionShare Logo
OnionShare Logo
 OnionShare OnionShare is an open-source tool that lets you securely and anonymously share a file of any size. onionshare.org Anonymous and Secure Filesharing Active
OONIprobe Logo
OONIprobe Logo
 OONI Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI) Founded in 2012, the Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI) is a non-profit free software project that aims to empower decentralized efforts in documenting internet censorship around the world. ooni.org Network measurement project Active
OpenKeychain Logo
OpenKeychain Logo
 OpenKeychain OpenKeychain is an app for Android that helps you communicate more privately and securely. It is based on the well established OpenPGP standard making encryption compatible across your devices and operating systems. openkeychain.org Key Management, Encryption Active
Orbot Logo
Orbot Logo
 Orbot Guardian Project Orbot is a free proxy app that empowers other apps to use the internet more securely. Orbot uses Tor to encrypt your Internet traffic and then hides it by bouncing through a series of computers around the world. Tor is free software and an open network that helps you defend against a form of network surveillance that threatens personal freedom and privacy, confidential business activities and relationships, and state security known as traffic analysis. Orbot creates a truly private mobile internet connection. guardianproject.info Circumvention Active
Psiphon Logo
Psiphon Logo
 Psiphon Psiphon Psiphon is an open-source Internet censorship circumvention tool that uses a combination of secure communication and obfuscation technologies (VPN, SSH, and HTTP Proxy). psiphon.ca Circumvention, VPN Active
Qubes OS Logo
Qubes OS Logo
 Qubes OS Qubes OS Qubes OS is a "relatively secure operating system" that secures your digital life by compartmentalizing your data and online activities. qubes-os.org Active
SecureDrop Logo
SecureDrop Logo
 SecureDrop Freedom of the Press Foundation SecureDrop is an open-source whistleblower submission system that media organizations can use to securely accept documents from and communicate with anonymous sources. securedrop.org Active
SAFETAG Logo
SAFETAG Logo
 SAFETAG Internews SAFETAG (Security Auditing Framework and Evaluation Template for Advocacy Groups) is a professional audit framework that adapts traditional penetration testing and risk assessment methodologies to be relevant to smaller non-profit organizations based or operating in the developing world. safetag.org Active
SAVE by OpenArchive Logo
SAVE by OpenArchive Logo
 Save OpenArchive Save is a mobile app designed to help users preserve, protect, and amplify audio/visual media. It is a project of OpenArchive and is free, open-source, and currently available for Android (iOS coming soon!). Functionalities include privacy, mobile archiving, preservation, circumvention, adding metadata and Creative Commons licensing to audio/visual mobile media and sending it to the Internet Archive and other archives over the privacy-focused Tor network. open-archive.org/save Active
Shira Logo
Shira Logo
 Shira Horizontal Shira helps users develop the skills needed to identify and defeat phishing attacks on email and messaging apps. shira.app Educational Active
Tella Logo
Tella Logo
 Tella Horizontal Tella is a documentation app for Android. In challenging environments--with limited or no internet connectivity or in the face of repression--Tella makes it easier and safer to document events, whether that’s violence, human rights violations, corruption, or electoral fraud. hzontal.org/tella Active
Tails Logo
Tails Logo
 Tails Tails Tails is a complete operating system that aims to preserve your privacy and anonymity. It helps you to use the Internet anonymously and circumvent censorship almost anywhere you go and on any computer but leaving no trace unless you ask it to explicitly. It is Free Software and based on Debian GNU/Linux. tails.boum.org Active
Tor Logo
Tor Logo
 Tor Tor Project Tor protects you by bouncing your communications around a distributed network of relays run by volunteers all around the world: it prevents somebody watching your Internet connection from learning what sites you visit, and it prevents the sites you visit from learning your physical location. torproject.org Active
Umbrella App Logo
Umbrella App Logo
 Umbrella App Security First Umbrella is a one-stop-shop for all the latest tools and information needed to operate safely in a hostile environment. secfirst.org Active
VeraCrypt Logo
VeraCrypt Logo
 VeraCrypt IDRIX Full disk encryption software for Windows, Mac OSX and Linux www.veracrypt.fr Full-Disk Encryption Active

Other projects supported by Localization Lab

Logo Project Organization Summary Project Site Project Type Project Status
Calyx Institute Logo
Calyx Institute Logo
 CalyxOS Calyx Institute calyxos.org Active
Check Logo
Check Logo
 Check Meedan checkmedia.org
Check on Transifex 		Active
Delta Chat Logo
Delta Chat Logo
 Delta Chat Delta Chat is like Telegram or Whatsapp but without the tracking or central control. Delta Chat does not need your phone number. Delta Chat website
Delta Chat on Transifex 		Active
Outline Jigsaw getoutline.org Active
ProofMode Logo
ProofMode Logo
 ProofMode Guardian Project guardianproject.info
ProofMode on Transifex 		Active
Zom Guardian Project Zom on Transifex Active

Inactive projects formerly supported by Localization Lab

Logo Project Organization Summary Project Site Project Type Project Status
CameraV Logo
CameraV Logo
 CameraV Guardian Project CameraV is the easiest way to capture and share verifiable photos and video proof on a smartphone or tablet, all the while keeping it entirely secure and private. guardianproject.info Inactive - See ProofMode
Firetweet Logo
Firetweet Logo
 Firetweet Brave New Software FireTweet is an Android app powered by Lantern that gives direct unblocked access to Twitter from anywhere in the world. firetweet.io Inactive
Gnu Privacy Guard Logo
Gnu Privacy Guard Logo
 Gnu Privacy Guard Guardian Project Gnu Privacy Guard (GnuPG) for Android brings the widespread standard in OpenPGP encryption to Android. GnuPG provides solid encryption for keeping emails and files private, and for verifying that emails and files are who you think they are. guardianproject.info Inactive - See OpenKeychain
Martus Logo
Martus Logo
 Martus Benetech Martus is an open-source software application that allows users anywhere in the world to securely gather and organize information about human rights violations. martus.org Inactive
NetAidKit Logo
NetAidKit Logo
 NetAidKit Free Press Unlimited The NetAidKit is a pocket-size, USB-powered router that connects everything to everything, designed specifically for non-technical users. The easy to use web interface will allow you to connect the NetAidKit to a wireless or wired network and share that connection with your other devices, such as a phone, laptop or tablet. netaidkit.net Inactive
Orfox Logo
Orfox Logo
 Orfox Guardian Project Orfox is built from the same source code as Tor Browser (which is built upon Firefox), but with a few minor modifications to the privacy enhancing features to make them compatible with Firefox for Android and the Android operating system. guardianproject.info Inactive - See Tor
Orweb Logo
Orweb Logo
 Orweb Guardian Project guardianproject.info Inactive - See Tor
Peerio Logo
Peerio Logo
 Peerio Peerio Peerio is a cloud-based encrypted communications suite, available for Android, Apple iOS, Windows, Mac, Linux, and as a Google Chrome extension. peerio.com Secure Messaging, Encryption Inactive Peerio Service Closure FAQ
PhishDetect Logo
PhishDetect Logo
 PhishDetect PhishDetect is a tool to help at-risk users to identify potential phishing attacks. It allows to distribution of up-to-date blocklists, to easily detect and report suspicious emails and links, and to scan unknown pages. phishdetect.io Inactive
secureApp Generator Logo
secureApp Generator Logo
 secureApp Generator Benetech The secureApp Generator by Benetech will provide a public system for the creation of secure, multi-lingual, and open-source data collection apps that will improve information management and reduce the risk of exposure for reporters, researchers, and activists. By lowering the barrier to strong, open source encryption, this app will democratize technology and empower citizens. martus.org Inactive
Storymaker Logo
Storymaker Logo
 Storymaker Small World News StoryMaker is an Android app that enables aspiring journalists all over the world to safely produce and publish professional-grade news with their phone. storymaker.org Inactive
CGIProxy Logo
CGIProxy Logo
 CGIProxy Berkeley Institute for Free Speech Online CGIProxy is a client-less circumvention tool that allows individuals to access blocked content on their web browser by proxying it through a server running CGIProxy outside of the region of the censoring filter. freespeechonline.net/download Circumvention Inactive
Commotion Logo
Commotion Logo
 Commotion Formerly hosted by the Open Technology Institute Commotion is an open-source communication tool that uses wireless devices to create decentralized mesh networks. www.commotionwireless.net Mesh Networking Inactive
Courier Logo
Courier Logo
 Courier Guardian Project Courier is a mobile news reader with enhanced security features, offline reading and device-to-device sharing capability. We’ve designed it to be fast and light on slow networks and secured from device and network monitoring. guardianproject.info Secure RSS Feeds Inactive
Enigmail Logo
Enigmail Logo
 Enigmail The Enigmail Project Enigmail is a Mozilla Thunderbird add-on that allows you to use OpenPGP to encrypt and digitally sign your emails and to decrypt and verify messages you receive. enigmail.net Email Encryption Inactive
Mailpile App Logo
Mailpile App Logo
 Mailpile Mailpile mailpile.is Inactive
ObscuraCam Logo
ObscuraCam Logo
 ObscuraCam Guardian Project In a world of viral videos and facial recognition, ObscuraCam helps you share photos and videos while protecting the privacy of you and those you care about. With ObscuraCam you can blur and disguise faces in your photos and videos. Information that could identify you as the cameraperson is removed from the files for added security. guardianproject.info Photo, Video Inactive
Pixelknot Logo
Pixelknot Logo
 Pixelknot Guardian Project Pixelknot is an Android application that allows users to hide short text-based messages in photographs and share them across trusted channels. guardianproject.info Inactive
Ripple Logo
Ripple Logo
 Ripple Guardian Project Ripple is a "panic button" that can send its trigger message to any app that is a "panic responder". Such apps can do things like lock, disguise themselves, delete private data, send an emergency message, and more. It is meant for situations where there is time to react, but where users need to be sure it is not mistakenly set off. guardianproject.info Inactive
Haven Logo
Haven Logo
 Haven Guardian Project guardianproject.github.io/haven/
Haven on Transifex 		Inactive
OpenCircle Guardian Project github.com/guardianproject/OpenCircle
OpenCircle on Transifex 		Inactive
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