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| [[File:Bitmask.png|75px|center|Bitmask Logo]] | | [[File:Bitmask.png|75px|center|Bitmask Logo]] | ||
| [[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) | | <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 | | Circumvention and VPN | ||
| Active | | Active | ||
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| [[File: | | [[File:GlobaLeaks.svg|75px|center|Globaleaks Logo]] | ||
| [[ | | [[Globaleaks]] | ||
| [https:// | | [https://www.hermescenter.org/ Hermes Center for Transparency and Digital Human Rights] | ||
| <span style="font-size:80%"> | | <span style="font-size:80%">GlobaLeaks is an open source project aimed at creating a worldwide, anonymous, censorship-resistant, distributed whistleblowing platform.</span> | ||
| [https://www.globaleaks.org/ globaleaks.org] | |||
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| Active | | Active | ||
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| [[File:Freenet.png|100px|center| | | [[File:Freenet.png|100px|center|Hyphanet Logo]] | ||
| [[Freenet]] | | [[Hyphanet (formerly Freenet)]] | ||
| [https://freenetproject.org/ The Freenet Project Inc.] | | [https://freenetproject.org/ The Freenet Project Inc.] | ||
| <span style="font-size:80%"> | | <span style="font-size:80%">Hyphanet is free software which lets you anonymously share files, browse and publish "freesites" (web sites accessible only through Hyphanet) and chat on forums, without fear of censorship.</span> | ||
| [https://freenetproject.org/ freenetproject.org] | | [https://freenetproject.org/ freenetproject.org] | ||
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| [[I2P]] (Invisible Internet Project) | | [[I2P]] (Invisible Internet Project) | ||
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| <span style="font-size:80%"> | | <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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| Active | | Active | ||
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| [[File: | | [[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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| <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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| [[File: | | [[File:Noscript-logo-full-1280.png|75px|center|NoScript Logo]] | ||
| [[NoScript]] | | [[NoScript]] | ||
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| <span style="font-size:80%">NoScript is a Firefox extension that provides extra protection for Firefox, Seamonkey and other | | <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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| [[Onion Browser]] | | [[Onion Browser]] | ||
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| <span style="font-size:80%"> | | <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]] | ||
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| <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 | ||
| Active | | Active | ||
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| [[File:OONI.png|75px|center| | | [[File:OONI.png|75px|center|OONI Tools Logo]] | ||
| [[OONI | | [[OONI Tools]] | ||
| Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI) | | Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI) | ||
| <span style="font-size:80%"> | | <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.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%"> | | <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.</span> | ||
| [https://guardianproject.info/apps/orbot/ guardianproject.info] | | [https://guardianproject.info/apps/orbot/ guardianproject.info] | ||
| Circumvention | | Circumvention | ||
| Active | | Active | ||
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| [[SAFETAG]] | | [[SAFETAG]] | ||
| [https://www.internews.org/ Internews] | | [https://www.internews.org/ Internews] | ||
| <span style="font-size:80%"> | | <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> | ||
| [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]] | | [[Save by OpenArchive]] | ||
| | | [https://www.open-archive.org/ OpenArchive] | ||
| <span style="font-size:80%"> | | <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.</span> | ||
| [https://open-archive.org/save/ open-archive.org/save] | | [https://open-archive.org/save/ open-archive.org/save] | ||
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| Active | | Active | ||
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| [[File: | | [[File:Shira_png_transparent_bacckground.png|75px|center|Shira Logo]] | ||
| [[ | | [[Shira]] | ||
| | | [https://hzontal.org Horizontal] | ||
| <span style="font-size:80%"> | | <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:// | | [https://shira.app/ shira.app] | ||
| | | Educational | ||
| Active | | Active | ||
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| [[File: | | [[File:Tella_Logo.png|75px|center|Tella Logo]] | ||
| [[ | | [[Tella]] | ||
| | | [https://hzontal.org Horizontal] | ||
| <span style="font-size:80%"> | | <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.</span> | ||
| [https:// | | [https://hzontal.org/tella/ hzontal.org/tella] | ||
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| [[Tails]] | | [[Tails]] | ||
| Tails | | Tails | ||
| <span style="font-size:80%">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 | | <span style="font-size:80%">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.</span> | ||
| [https://tails.boum.org/ tails.boum.org] | | [https://tails.boum.org/ tails.boum.org] | ||
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| [[Tor]] | | [[Tor]] | ||
| Tor Project | | Tor Project | ||
| <span style="font-size:80%"> | | <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.</span> | ||
| [https://torproject.org/ torproject.org] | | [https://torproject.org/ torproject.org] | ||
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| [[File:BypassCensorship.png|100px|center|Bypass Censorship Website Logo]] | |||
| [[Bypass Censorship Website]] | |||
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| <span style="font-size:80%">The Bypass Censorship website aims to connect individuals worldwide with effective tools to circumvent censorship.</span> | |||
| [https://bypasscensorship.org bypasscensorship.org] | |||
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| [[File:Calyx_Logo.png|75px|center|Calyx Institute Logo]] | |||
| [[CalyxOS]] | |||
| [https://calyxinstitute.org/ Calyx Institute] | |||
| <span style="font-size:80%"></span> | |||
| [https://calyxos.org/ calyxos.org] | |||
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| [[File:CENO_Logo.png|75px|center|Censorship.no! (CENO)]] | |||
| [[CENO]] | |||
| [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> | |||
| [https://censorship.no/index.html censorship.no] | |||
| Circumvention | |||
| Active | |||
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| [[File:Check.jpg|75px|center|Check Logo]] | | [[File:Check.jpg|75px|center|Check Logo]] | ||
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| Active | | Active | ||
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| [[File: | | [[File:CAT.png|75px|center|CAT Logo]] | ||
| [[ | | [[Cybersecurity Assessment Tool]] | ||
| [https:// | | [https://www.fordfoundation.org/ Ford Foundation] | ||
| <span style="font-size:80%"></span> | | <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:// | | [https://www.fordfoundation.org/work/our-grants/building-institutions-and-networks/cybersecurity-assessment-tool/ Cybersecurity Assessment Tool] | ||
| Cybersecurity | |||
| Active | |||
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| [[File:Deflect.png|75px|center|Deflect Logo]] | |||
| [[Deflect]] | |||
| [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> | |||
| [https://deflect.ca/ deflect.ca] | |||
| Website Security and Hosting | |||
| Active | |||
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| [[File:Delta-Chat_Logo.png|75px|center|Delta Chat Logo]] | |||
| [[Delta Chat]] | |||
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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> | |||
| [https://delta.chat/en/ Delta Chat website]<br>[https://www.transifex.com/otf/delta-chat/dashboard/ Delta Chat on Transifex] | |||
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| Active | | Active | ||
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| [[ | | [[keys.openpgp.org]] | ||
| | | keys.openpgp.org | ||
| <span style="font-size:80%"></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:// | | [https://keys.openpgp.org/ keys.openpgp.org] | ||
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| Active | | Active | ||
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| [https://guardianproject.info/2017/02/24/combating-fake-news-with-a-smartphone-proof-mode/ guardianproject.info]<br>[https://www.transifex.com/guardianproject/public/ ProofMode on Transifex] | | [https://guardianproject.info/2017/02/24/combating-fake-news-with-a-smartphone-proof-mode/ guardianproject.info]<br>[https://www.transifex.com/guardianproject/public/ ProofMode on Transifex] | ||
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| [[File:psiphon.png|75px|center|Psiphon Logo]] | |||
| [[Psiphon]] | |||
| Psiphon | |||
| <span style="font-size:80%">Psiphon is an open-source Internet censorship circumvention tool that uses a combination of secure communication and obfuscation technologies (VPN, SSH, and HTTP Proxy).</span> | |||
| [https://psiphon.ca psiphon.ca] | |||
| Circumvention, VPN | |||
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| [[File:UmbrellaApp.jpg|75px|center|Umbrella App Logo]] | |||
| [[Umbrella App]] | |||
| [https://secfirst.org/ Security First] | |||
| <span style="font-size:80%">Umbrella is a one-stop-shop for all the latest tools and information needed to operate safely in a hostile environment.</span> | |||
| [https://secfirst.org/ secfirst.org] | |||
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| [[File:VeraCrypt_Logo.svg|100px|center|VeraCrypt Logo]] | |||
| [[VeraCrypt]] | |||
| [https://www.idrix.fr/Root/ IDRIX] | |||
| <span style="font-size:80%">Full disk encryption software for Windows, Mac OSX and Linux</span> | |||
| [https://www.veracrypt.fr/en/Home.html www.veracrypt.fr] | |||
| Full-Disk Encryption | |||
| Active | | Active | ||
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| [[File:Apple_Censorship_Logo.jpg|75px|center|Apple Censorship Logo]] | |||
| [[Apple Censorship]] | |||
| [https://en.greatfire.org/ GreatFire] | |||
| <span style="font-size:80%">Apple Censorship website lets users search and view which apps are available in different AppStores around the world.</span> | |||
| [https://applecensorship.com/ applecensorship.com] | |||
| Censorship | |||
| Inactive | |||
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| [[File:Briar_Logo.png|75px|center|Briar Project Logo]] | |||
| [[Briar]] | |||
| 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.</span> | |||
| [https://briarproject.org/ briarproject.org] | |||
| Secure Messaging | |||
| Inactive | |||
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| [[File:Camerav.png|75px|center|CameraV Logo]] | | [[File:Camerav.png|75px|center|CameraV Logo]] | ||
| [[CameraV]] | | [[CameraV]] | ||
| [https://guardianproject.info/ Guardian Project] | | [https://guardianproject.info/ Guardian Project] | ||
| <span style="font-size:80%"> | | <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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| Inactive - See [[ProofMode]] | | Inactive - See [[ProofMode]] | ||
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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 | |||
| Inactive | |||
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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:Cupcake_Logo.png|100px|center|Cupcake Logo]] | |||
| [[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> | |||
| [https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/cupcake/dajjbehmbnbppjkcnpdkaniapgdppdnc Cupcake Chome Extension] | |||
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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 | |||
| Inactive | |||
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| [[File:Firetweet.png|75px|center|Firetweet Logo]] | | [[File:Firetweet.png|75px|center|Firetweet Logo]] | ||
| [[Firetweet]] | | [[Firetweet]] | ||
| [http://www.bravenewsoftware.org/ Brave New Software] | | [http://www.bravenewsoftware.org/ Brave New Software] | ||
| <span style="font-size:80%"> | | <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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| [[File:freebooks.png|100px|center|FreeBooks Logo]] | |||
| [[FreeBooks]] | |||
| [https://greatfire.org GreatFire] | |||
| <span style="font-size:80%">'''Note: FreeBooks 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 | |||
| Inactive | |||
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| [[File:freebrowser.png|100px|center|FreeBrowser Logo]] | |||
| [[FreeBrowser]] | |||
| [https://greatfire.org GreatFire] | |||
| <span style="font-size:80%">'''Note: FreeBrowser is a closed source project.'''<br>FreeBrowser is a free Android app that provides access to an uncensored internet.</span> | |||
| [https://freebrowser.org freebrowser.org] | |||
| Circumvention | |||
| Inactive | | Inactive | ||
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| [https://guardianproject.info/code/gnupg/ guardianproject.info] | | [https://guardianproject.info/code/gnupg/ guardianproject.info] | ||
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| <span>Inactive - | | Inactive - See [[OpenKeychain]] | ||
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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/] | |||
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| [[File:CJFE.png|75px|center|CJFE Logo]] | |||
| [[Journalists in Distress]] | |||
| [https://www.cjfe.org Canadian Journalists for Free Expression] | |||
| <span style="font-size:80%">Journalists in Distress is a a digital security guide targeting journalists working in hostile environments.</span> | |||
| [https://www.cjfe.org/journalists_in_distress_securing_your_digital_life www.cjfe.org] | |||
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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:Martus.png|75px|center|Martus Logo]] | | [[File:Martus.png|75px|center|Martus Logo]] | ||
| [[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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| [[File:MassBrowser.png|75px|center|MassBrowser Logo]] | |||
| [[MassBrowser]] | |||
| [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.</span> | |||
| [https://massbrowser.cs.umass.edu/ massbrowser.cs.umass.edu] | |||
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| [[File:netaidkit.png|75px|center|NetAidKit Logo]] | |||
| [[NetAidKit]] | |||
| [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.</span> | |||
| [https://netaidkit.net/ netaidkit.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.</span> | |||
| [https://guardianproject.info/apps/obscuracam/ guardianproject.info] | |||
| Photo, Video | |||
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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] | |||
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| [[File:Openkeychain.png|75px|center|OpenKeychain Logo]] | |||
| [[OpenKeychain]] | |||
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| <span style="font-size:80%">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.</span> | |||
| [https://www.openkeychain.org openkeychain.org] | |||
| Key Management, Encryption | |||
| Inactive | | Inactive | ||
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| [[Orfox]] | | [[Orfox]] | ||
| [https://guardianproject.info/ Guardian Project] | | [https://guardianproject.info/ Guardian Project] | ||
| <span style="font-size:80%"> | | <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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| [https://peerio.com peerio.com] | | [https://peerio.com peerio.com] | ||
| Secure Messaging, Encryption | | Secure Messaging, Encryption | ||
| Inactive [https:// | | Inactive | ||
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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: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".</span> | |||
| [https://guardianproject.info/2016/01/12/panickit-making-your-whole-phone-respond-to-a-panic-button/ guardianproject.info] | |||
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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 | | <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.</span> | ||
| [https://martus.org/ martus.org] | | [https://martus.org/ martus.org] | ||
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Projects actively supported by Localization Lab
| Logo | Project | Organization | Summary | Project Site | Project Type | Project Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| 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 | 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 | |
| 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 | ||
| Hyphanet (formerly Freenet) | The Freenet Project Inc. | Hyphanet is free software which lets you anonymously share files, browse and publish "freesites" (web sites accessible only through Hyphanet) and chat on forums, without fear of censorship. | freenetproject.org | Active | ||
| 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 | |||
| KeePassXC | KeePassXC is a modern, secure, and open-source password manager for storing and managing most sensitive information. | KeePassXC.org | Active | |||
| Lantern | Brave New Software | Lantern is an Internet proxy tool that lets you access blocked sites. | getlantern.org | Active | ||
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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 |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | ||
| OONI Tools | 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 | |
| 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. | guardianproject.info | Circumvention | Active | |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | 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. | open-archive.org/save | Active | ||
| 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 | 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. | hzontal.org/tella | Active | ||
| 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. | tails.boum.org | Active | ||
| Tor | Tor Project | Tor protects you by bouncing your communications around a distributed network of relays run by volunteers all around the world. | torproject.org | Active |
Other projects supported by Localization Lab
| Logo | Project | Organization | Summary | Project Site | Project Type | Project Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bypass Censorship Website | The Bypass Censorship website aims to connect individuals worldwide with effective tools to circumvent censorship. | bypasscensorship.org | Circumvention | Active | ||
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CalyxOS | Calyx Institute | calyxos.org | Active | ||
| 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 | |
| Check | Meedan | checkmedia.org Check on Transifex |
Active | |||
| 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 | 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 | |
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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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| Outline | Jigsaw | getoutline.org | Active | |||
| ProofMode | Guardian Project | guardianproject.info ProofMode on Transifex |
Active | |||
| 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 | |
| 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 | IDRIX | Full disk encryption software for Windows, Mac OSX and Linux | www.veracrypt.fr | Full-Disk Encryption | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apple Censorship | GreatFire | Apple Censorship website lets users search and view which apps are available in different AppStores around the world. | applecensorship.com | Censorship | Inactive | |
| Briar | Briar Project | Briar offers peer-to-peer encrypted messaging and forums, storing data securely on your device and not in the cloud. | briarproject.org | Secure Messaging | Inactive | |
| 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 | ||
| 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 | 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 | 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 | |
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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 | Inactive | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | ||
| FreeBooks | GreatFire | Note: FreeBooks is a closed source project. FreeBooks is a free Android app that provides access to censored books, primarily in Mainland China and Iran. |
Circumvention | Inactive | ||
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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 | Inactive |
| 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 | ||
| Haven | Guardian Project | guardianproject.github.io/haven/ | Inactive | |||
| 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 | Inactive | ||
| Mailpile | Mailpile | mailpile.is | Inactive | |||
| 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 | ||
| 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. | massbrowser.cs.umass.edu | Inactive | ||
| NetAidKit | Free Press Unlimited | The NetAidKit is a pocket-size, USB-powered router that connects everything to everything, designed specifically for non-technical users. | netaidkit.net | Inactive | ||
| 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. | guardianproject.info | Photo, Video | Inactive | |
| OpenCircle | Guardian Project | github.com/guardianproject/OpenCircle | Inactive | |||
| 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 | Inactive | ||
| 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 | Guardian Project | guardianproject.info | Inactive - See Tor | |||
| 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 | |
| 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 | |||
| 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 | Guardian Project | Ripple is a "panic button" that can send its trigger message to any app that is a "panic responder". | guardianproject.info | Inactive | ||
| 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. | martus.org | Inactive | ||
| 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 |



























































