With all the recent news about privacy violations, user data requests, gag orders and the like, it is useful to know that there are tools to communicate in safer ways. I can’t say that they are bullet-proof, as I’m not a security analyst, but at least you can add an extra layer of complexity to those trying to tap into your communications.

Redphone – allows you to have encrypted phone calls TextSecure – for secure SMS/MMS communication Gibberbot – for encrtypted chat over Jabber (XMPP) or Google Talk (Hangouts), Facebook Chat, VKontakte, Yandex, Hyves, Odnoklassniki, StudiVZ, Livejournal, and more OscuraCam – helps you censor out parts of an image like a phone number, license plate, a face…or body part NoteCipher – stores encrypted notes on your mobile device GNU Privacy Guard for Android – to encrypt anything, from notes, photos.. any file and emails K-9 Mail – an open source email client with PGP support for sending and receiving encrypted emails Orbot – a free proxy app for your mobile device that encrypts your traffic using the TOR network. On the browser you can use: Mailvelope – for encrypting your emails through webmail. Cryptocat – for private chats within the web browser using OTR encryption

As I mentioned before in my encryption tutorial, having your privacy is not about having something to hide, it’s more about protecting yourself.

In the words of author Ayn Rand:

Civilization is the progress toward a society of privacy. The savage’s whole existence is public, ruled by the laws of his tribe. Civilization is the process of setting man free from men.

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