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  1. uBlock Origin icon
     1802 likes

    This efficient browser add-on blocks ads, trackers, and malware by default employing various filter lists, acting as a comprehensive wide-spectrum blocker.

    • Ad Blocker
    • FreeOpen Source
    • Microsoft Edge
    • Vivaldi
    • Google Chrome
    • Pale Moon
    • Thunderbird
    • Opera
    • Node.JS
    • Chromium
    • Mozilla Firefox
    uBlock Origin screenshot 1
    108 alternatives
    4.7
    Excellent107 reviews
  2. Tor Browser icon
     1045 likes

    Enhance privacy with a secure, portable browser that hides your IP and encrypts connections on multiple platforms, maintaining anonymity.

    • Web Browser
    • FreeOpen Source
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • Tor
    • OpenBSD
    • Flathub
    Tor Browser screenshot 1
    67 alternatives
    4.8
    Excellent56 reviews
  3. Tor icon
     1808 likes

    Tor is free software and an open network that helps you defend against traffic analysis, a form of network surveillance that threatens personal freedom and privacy, confidential business activities and relationships, and state security.

    Tor screenshot 1
    61 alternatives
    4.6
    Excellent35 reviews
  4. Adblock Plus icon
     1745 likes

    Adblock Plus is a free extension that allows you to - among other things - block annoying ads, disable tracking and block domains known to spread malware.

    • Ad Blocker
    • FreemiumOpen Source
    • iPhone
    • Chrome OS
    • iPad
    • Microsoft Edge
    • Internet Explorer
    • Vivaldi
    • Google Chrome
    • Safari
    • Yandex Browser
    • Opera
    • Mozilla Firefox
    Adding a filter
    119 alternatives
    2.7
    Poor26 reviews
  5. Portmaster icon
     172 likes

    Portmaster is a free and open-source privacy suite that puts you back in charge of your computer.

    • Firewall
    • FreemiumOpen Source
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Dashboard PMv1.4
    35 alternatives
    4.2
    Very Good35 reviews
  6. Privacy Guides icon
     140 likes

    Privacy Guides is a socially motivated website that provides information for protecting your data security and privacy. Their mission is to inform the public about the value of digital privacy, and global government initiatives which aim to monitor your online activity.

    Privacy Guides Homepage
    68 alternatives
    4.5
    Excellent24 reviews
  7. NextDNS icon
     148 likes

    NextDNS protects you from all kinds of security threats, blocks ads and trackers on websites and in apps and provides a safe and supervised Internet for kids — on all devices and on all networks.

    • Ad Blocker
    • FreemiumOpen Source
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Chrome OS
    • BSD
    • iPad
    • UC Browser
    • Vivaldi
    • Google Chrome
    • UniFi Network
    • Safari
    • Yandex Browser
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • OpenWrt
    • Opera
    • Alpine Linux
    • pfSense
    • Mozilla Firefox
    • DD-WRT
    NextDNS screenshot 1
    139 alternatives
    4.6
    Excellent16 reviews
  8. AdGuard icon
     272 likes

    AdGuard is the best way to get rid of intrusive ads and online tracking, and to protect your computer from malware. Make your web surfing faster, safer and more comfortable with AdGuard!.

    • Ad Blocker
    • FreemiumOpen Source
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Chrome OS
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Vivaldi
    • Google Chrome
    • Safari
    • Yandex Browser
    • Opera
    • Mozilla Firefox
    • Snapcraft
    • Microsoft Edge
    • Android TV
    AdGuard screenshot 1
    121 alternatives
    4.3
    Very Good25 reviews
  9. Privacy Badger icon
     315 likes

    Privacy Badger is a browser-add on tool that analyzes sites to detect and disallow content that tracks you in an objectionable, non-consensual manner. When you visit websites, your copy of Privacy Badger keeps note of the "third party" domains that embed images...

    • Ad Blocker
    • FreeOpen Source
    • Microsoft Edge
    • Google Chrome
    • Opera
    • Mozilla Firefox
    Overview of Privacy Badger extension
    66 alternatives
    4.7
    Excellent16 reviews
  10. addy.io icon
     138 likes

    Open-source service offering unlimited anonymous email aliases, encrypted forwarding, spam protection, and anonymous replies to keep your identity private.

    • Disposable Email Service
    • FreemiumOpen Source
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    • Microsoft Edge
    • Google Chrome
    • Safari
    • F-Droid
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Mozilla Firefox
    Manage aliases from the dashboard
    109 alternatives
    4.7
    Excellent16 reviews
  11. "Terms of Service; Didn't Read" (short: ToS;DR) is a project started in June 2012 to help fix the "biggest lie on the web": almost no one really reads the terms of service we agree to all the time.

    • FreeOpen Source
    • Mac
    • Online
    • iPhone
    • Microsoft Edge
    • Vivaldi
    • Google Chrome
    • Safari
    • Tor
    • Opera
    • Brave
    • Mozilla Firefox
    • Android
    • F-Droid
    Website
Home Page
    12 alternatives
    4.5
    Excellent11 reviews
  12. NoScript icon
     359 likes

    The NoScript Firefox extension provides extra protection for Firefox, Seamonkey and other mozilla-based browsers: this free, open source add-on allows JavaScript, Java, Flash and other plugins to be executed only by trusted web sites of your choice (e.g. your online bank).

    • Privacy Tool
    • FreeOpen Source
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Google Chrome
    • SeaMonkey
    • Mozilla Firefox
    Diablog of blocked scripts
    23 alternatives
    4.1
    Very Good12 reviews
  13. ShutUp10++ icon
     150 likes

    O&O ShutUp10++ means you have full control over which comfort functions under Windows 10 and Windows 11 you wish to use, and you decide when the passing on of your data goes too far. Using a very simple interface, you decide how Windows 10 and Windows 11 should respect your...

    ShutUp10++ screenshot 1
    4.1
    Very Good17 reviews
  14. I2P icon
     230 likes

    The I2P network provides strong privacy protections for communication over the Internet. Many activities that would risk your privacy on the public Internet can be conducted anonymously inside I2P.

    I2P screenshot 1
    46 alternatives
    3.4
    Fair10 reviews
  15. HTTPS Everywhere icon
     358 likes

    HTTPS Everywhere is a browser extension produced as a collaboration between The Tor Project and the Electronic Frontier Foundation. It encrypts your communications with a number of major websites.

    • Discontinued
    • Privacy Tool
    • FreeOpen Source
    • Online
    • Vivaldi Browser
    • Google Chrome
    • Yandex.Browser
    • Opera
    • Chromium
    • Firefox
    HTTPS Everywhere screenshot 1
    9 alternatives
  16. Decentraleyes icon
     142 likes

    Protects you against tracking through "free", centralized, content delivery. It prevents a lot of requests from reaching networks like Google Hosted Libraries, and serves local files to keep sites from breaking. Complements regular content blockers.

    • FreeOpen Source
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • Google Chrome
    • Pale Moon
    • Opera
    • Chromium
    • Mozilla Firefox
    Decentraleyes screenshot 1
    4 alternatives
  17. Block ads, cookies, popups & other trackers. Ghostery sets you up for a private, transparent, and fast internet.

    • Ad Blocker
    • FreeOpen Source
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Microsoft Edge
    • Vivaldi
    • Google Chrome
    • Safari
    • Yandex Browser
    • Opera
    • Mozilla Firefox
    Ghostery Tracker & Ad Blocker screenshot 1
    89 alternatives
  18. Privacium icon
     21 likes

    An open-source app built to guide you through the world of digital privacy. Discover privacy-respecting software and services, all based on the standard criteria of privacyguides.org. This app is built with modern Android technologies, including Kotlin and Jetpack Compose, to...

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    54 alternatives
  19. PRISM Break icon
     162 likes

    Opt out of PRISM, the NSA’s global data surveillance program. Stop the American government from spying on you by encrypting your communications and ending your reliance on proprietary services.

    PRISM Break screenshot 1
    47 alternatives
  20. AdAway icon
     139 likes

    An ad blocker that uses the hosts file. The hosts file contains a list of mappings between hostnames and IP addresses. When an app requests an ad, that request is directed to 127.0.0.1 which does nothing.

    • Ad Blocker
    • FreeOpen Source
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • F-Droid
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    94 alternatives
  21. LibRedirect icon
     48 likes

    A web extension that redirects YouTube, Twitter, Instagram... requests to alternative privacy friendly frontends and backends.

    • Privacy Tool
    • FreeOpen Source
    • Vivaldi
    • Google Chrome
    • Opera
    • Brave
    • Mozilla Firefox
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    LibRedirect screenshot 1
    19 alternatives