{"id":682,"date":"2020-05-08T21:05:15","date_gmt":"2020-05-09T04:05:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thosmos.com\/?p=682"},"modified":"2020-05-12T10:37:50","modified_gmt":"2020-05-12T17:37:50","slug":"privacy-tools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thosmos.com\/privacy-tools\/","title":{"rendered":"Privacy Tools"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Browsers <\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/torproject.org\">Tor Browser<\/a> (recommended for Android and Desktop)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Official Tor Project browser that enables connecting to web sites anonymously over the Tor network<\/li><li>Only available on Android &amp; Desktop<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/onionbrowser.com\/\">Onion Browser<\/a> (recommended for iOS)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>iOS, free, endorsed by Tor Project<\/li><li>If you switch apps alot, you&#8217;ll probably want to change the Tab Security setting to Forget at Shutdown or Remember Tabs:<br><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"166\" class=\"wp-image-690\" style=\"width: 250px;\" src=\"https:\/\/thosmos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/onionsetting.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thosmos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/onionsetting.png 740w, https:\/\/thosmos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/onionsetting-300x199.png 300w, https:\/\/thosmos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/onionsetting-150x99.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/brave.com\/\">Brave<\/a> (recommended for regular web browsing)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>a regular browser with some extra attention to privacy<\/li><li>ad blockers<\/li><li>desktop beta has a Tor tab  <\/li><li>a crypto currency that pays you for your attention to privacy safe ads<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">VPNs<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/protonvpn.com\">ProtonVPN<\/a> (recommended)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Switzerland<\/li><li>No logs, 30 day free trial<\/li><li>Free account: just VPN, no Tor (but you can still run a Tor Browser your self)<\/li><li>Plus account: VPN + Tor.  Useful for using Tor on iOS (but no support for .onion addresses).  Has a few VPN + Tor nodes, one in TX, USA.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nordvpn.com\">NordVPN<\/a> (best $ value)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Panama<\/li><li>No logs, free account<\/li><li>Offers one &#8220;onion over VPN&#8221; server in the Netherlands<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/orchid.com\">Orchid<\/a> (blockchain, innovative)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Cutting edge, Web 3.0, decentralized blockchain technology &#8211; no link to identity, bank account, email, etc. Paid for with their OXT crypto token currency.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/coinbase.com\/earn\/oxt\/invite\/3vfx85n6\">Earn $12 in Orchid crypto tokens<\/a> by watching a short Coinbase.com video tutorial <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Messaging<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.signal.org\/\">Signal<\/a> (a good baseline)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>secure by default<\/li><li>Ed Snowden approved<\/li><li>similar to SMS messages<\/li><li>mobile number is identity<\/li><li>It helps to set your name and share your contact with a group.  Make sure when you tap on the group heading, that you see the phrase &#8220;<em>This group can see your profile<\/em>&#8220;<br><br> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"185\" class=\"wp-image-693\" style=\"width: 250px;\" src=\"https:\/\/thosmos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_1594-e1589041652549.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thosmos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_1594-e1589041652549.png 750w, https:\/\/thosmos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_1594-e1589041652549-300x222.png 300w, https:\/\/thosmos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_1594-e1589041652549-150x111.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/riot.im\">Riot.im<\/a> <\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>good for a community with multiple real-time chat rooms on different topics<\/li><li> iOS, Android, and Desktop<\/li><li>E2EE encrypted by default, both individual and group chats <\/li><li>identity is based on a private encryption key<\/li><li>email and phone are optional<\/li><li>federated, and it&#8217;s possible to run an independent server<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/status.im\">Status.im<\/a> (blockchain, innovative, easy to get started)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Decentralized, blockchain, crypto, the future now<\/li><li>Identity is a private key<\/li><li>Creating a custom alias like <code>@myname<\/code> is more difficult, requiring purchase using their SNT crypto token<\/li><li>A great way to learn about and gain experience with the emerging  <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyreckoning.com\/the-coming-cryptocosm\/\">cryptocosm<\/a> (the next major dominant technology evolution)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Browsers Tor Browser (recommended for Android and Desktop) Official Tor Project browser that enables connecting to web sites anonymously over the Tor network Only available on Android &amp; Desktop Onion Browser (recommended for iOS) iOS, free, endorsed by Tor Project If you switch apps alot, you&#8217;ll probably want to change the Tab Security setting to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/thosmos.com\/privacy-tools\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Privacy Tools<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-682","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thosmos.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/682","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thosmos.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thosmos.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thosmos.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thosmos.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=682"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/thosmos.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/682\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":704,"href":"https:\/\/thosmos.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/682\/revisions\/704"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thosmos.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thosmos.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thosmos.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}