Privacy Tools - Best Of Its Kind

When it comes to privacy tools, people are always "spoiled" with options, when open source becomes the industry standard, some of those options may not be as good as it looks like.

Here are my personal top recommendation. "Literally No BS."

All tools listing below are used by myself on a daily bases (Except the last section). Windows and Android are the operating system I used on daily bases, sometimes I also use Mac and IOS, I also start learning to use a bit of Linux for experimental purpose.

Most of the software I recommended supports various operating system, so don't worry if you are not using the same system as me :)

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Lemon x Lime List by Lemon x Lime , last updated 
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  1. Email

  2. My personal choice Not ideal, but still better than the rest.

    The deal breaker here is Proton has its own proxy server which allows user to load all email images without being tracked. I believe currently there is no other email service provider can achieve this.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Tor
    Proton Mail screenshot 1
    Proton Mail screenshot 1
    Proton Mail screenshot 2
    +9
    Proton Mail screenshot 3
  3. Email Aliases

  4. addy.io icon
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    My personal choice. However, if you are using Proton Unlimited Membership, go with SimpleLogin premium as it will come for free.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • 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
    The main interface for the Firefox extension
    Settings for the extension
    +1
    Generate Random Chars alias using the extension.
  5. DNS Resolver (with customisation)

    DNS customization allows you to add various ads blacklist or you can even make your own one. This is a deal-breaking feature compare to using free public DNS such as Quad9.

  6. My personal choice Again, not ideal, company used to be Russian based. Unfortunately when it comes to customized DNS there isn't really too many options.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Self-Hosted
    AdGuard DNS screenshot 1
    AdGuard DNS screenshot 1
    AdGuard DNS screenshot 2
  7. VPN

  8. Mullvad icon
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    My personal choice

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Chrome OS
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • F-Droid
    • WireGuard
    • Tor
    • OpenWrt
    • Tomato
    • pfSense
    • DD-WRT
    Mullvad screenshot 1
    Mullvad screenshot 1
    Mullvad screenshot 2
    +10
    Mullvad screenshot 3
  9. Browser

  10. LibreWolf icon
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    My daily driver.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • AppImageHub
    • Linux Mint
    • Arch Linux
    • Gentoo
    • Flathub
    • Fedora
    • Ubuntu
    • Debian
    • Homebrew
    • Chocolatey
    • OpenBSD
    Homeage
    Settings
  11. Mull icon
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    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • F-Droid
    Mull screenshot 1
  12. Search Engine

  13. Swisscows icon
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    My daily driver. Long story short. "Don't use Duckduckgo, Brave, startpage etc."

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Google Chrome
    • Mozilla Firefox
    Swisscows screenshot 1
    Swisscows screenshot 1
    Swisscows screenshot 2
  14. Messenger with E2EE

  15. Element icon
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    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    • Matrix.org
    • Flathub
    • F-Droid
    • Cloudron
    Video calls for desktop and mobile
    Collaboration widgets
    Collaboration and screen sharing
    +1
    Connect with other apps
  16. Browser Addons

  17. Nowadays comes with firefox by default, not much to say.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Microsoft Edge
    • Vivaldi
    • Google Chrome
    • Pale Moon
    • Thunderbird
    • Opera
    • Node.JS
    • Chromium
    • Mozilla Firefox
    uBlock Origin screenshot 1
    uBlock Origin screenshot 1
  18. Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Vivaldi
    • Google Chrome
    • Opera
    • Brave
    • Mozilla Firefox
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    LibRedirect screenshot 1
    LibRedirect screenshot 1
    LibRedirect screenshot 2
    +2
    LibRedirect screenshot 3
  19. NoScript icon
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    Very useful if you want to block some optional Javascript. Works great with Ublock.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Google Chrome
    • SeaMonkey
    • Mozilla Firefox
    Diablog of blocked scripts
    NoScript Anwhere (Firefox Mobile version).
  20. Password Manager

  21. KeePassXC icon
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    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • AppImageHub
    • Snapcraft
    • Microsoft Edge
    • Google Chrome
    • Flathub
    • PortableApps.com
    • Flatpak
    • Homebrew
    • Chocolatey
    • Mozilla Firefox
    Welcome Screen
    Unlock Database
    New Database Wizard
    +13
    New Database Wizard
  22. Privacy Frontend(s)

    There are still lots of many other for various services but these are the ones that I personally used the most.

  23. Libreddit icon
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    For reddit, UI is much user friendly than Teddit

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Reddit
    Libreddit screenshot 1
  24. Private Self-Hosting Provider

  25. Other Options

    These are the tools I had tried and decide to NOT use them. However, I do still consider these are viable alternative options for some person, if that person is you, feel free to use them.

  26. Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Chrome OS
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Google Chrome
    • Apple TV
    • Flathub
    • F-Droid
    • Android TV
    • Flatpak
    • Fire TV
    • Mozilla Firefox
    Proton VPN screenshot 1
    Proton VPN on Fedora
    Proton VPN screenshot 2
    +6
    Proton VPN screenshot 3
  27. Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    • Microsoft Edge
    • Google Chrome
    • Safari
    • F-Droid
    • Mozilla Firefox
    Open source solution to protect your email address.
    Create alias quickly with SimpleLogin Chrome & Firefox extension.
    Alias management dashboard.
    +1
    Visualize all emails sent to or replied from an alias.
  28. NextDNS icon
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    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • 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
    NextDNS screenshot 1
    NextDNS screenshot 2
    +11
    NextDNS screenshot 3
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