Encryption Tips and Tools

Veracrypt now supercedes TrueCrypt

 

TrueCrypt 7.1a User Guide

 

Bitmessage

https://bitmessage.org/wiki/Main_Page

 

 

The Qubes OS Project

https://www.qubes-os.org/

 

 

TorChat

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TorChat

 

 

Surf  Anonymously

TAILS (The Amnesic Incognito Live System): https://tails.boum.org/

 

TOR (The Onion Router): https://www.torproject.org/

BlackBelt Privacy Tor+WASTE darkNet(): http://sourceforge.net/projects/blackbeltpriv/

HTTPS Everywhere

https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere

 

 

DuckDuckGo (Search Engine)

https://duckduckgo.com/

 

 

Start Page (Search Engine)

https://startpage.com/

 

 

Jitsi -Meet  Open Source Video Calls

https://jitsi.org/

 

 

Opt out of PRISM

https://prism-break.org/

 

 

Open Source Telephone Network (OSTN) for Android

https://guardianproject.info/2012/05/26/en-ostn-secure-voip-wizard-now-built-into-csipsimple-for-android/

 

RedPhone :: Secure Calls for Android

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.thoughtcrime.redphone&hl=en

 

 

E-mail security

Free encrypted e-mail account from Proton: https://protonmail.ch/   and   https://protonmail.com/signup  this can be accessed using TOR without any problems. https://www.torproject.org/

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pretty_Good_Privacy             Philip Zimmermann: http://www.philzimmermann.com/EN/essays/WhyIWrotePGP.html  The International PGP Home Page:  https://www.openpgp.org/  and freeware PGP versions: https://www.openpgp.org/software/

http://www.pgpi.didisoft.com/products/pgp/versions/freeware/

 

DNSCrypt  from Open DNS

https://www.opendns.com/about/innovations/dnscrypt/

 

CloudFlare encrypted DNS: 1.1.1.1

 

DD-WRT firmware to upgrade your router

http://www.dd-wrt.com

 

VeraCrypt  replaces TrueCrypt

https://www.veracrypt.fr/en/Home.html

 

TrueCrypt (Legacy, no longer secure)

http://truecrypt.ch/

TrueCrypt User Guide here

 

Misc Encryption Links:

http://www.thefreecountry.com/security/encryption.shtml

http://netsecurity.about.com/cs/hackertools/a/aafreecrypt.htm

http://gnupg.org/

https://listoffreeware.com/free-pgp-encryption-software-windows/

 

Mega Cloud Storage 50 GB Free: https://mega.co.nz/

The GNU Privacy Guard               http://www.gnupg.org/

Silent Circle                                     https://silentcircle.com/web/get-started/

Off-the-Record Messaging          http://www.cypherpunks.ca/otr/

Password Safe                                https://www.schneier.com/passsafe.html

Bleach Bit                                       http://bleachbit.sourceforge.net/

TAILS                                             https://tails.boum.org/

TOR                                               https://www.torproject.org/

Opt out of global data surveillance programs    http://prism-break.org/

Surveillance: A guide to staying secure