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Disclaimer: Harrison & Belmont does not endorse specific products or services. This list merely serves as a sampling of available privacy-enhancing tools. If you have a suggestion for a tool that you believe should be included, or if you have comments to share regarding one or more of the tools that are already listed, send e-mail to info@hbmont.com. If you have questions about a tool on this page, visit the affiliated company or individual's website for more information.
Secure and encrypted Email
- CryptoAnywhere.
Powerful encryption so small it fits on a floppy disk. Can be used virtually anywhere with no need for installation.
Message recipient does not need CryptoAnywhere.
- CryptoHeaven is a service of CryptoHeaven Development Team, an Internet Privacy and Security group with Secure Data Center servers located in Toronto, Canada.
CryptoHeaven allows your group to send encrypted e-mail, securely backup
and share files, pictures, charts, business documents, sounds, schematics,
drawings, prints, and any other form of electronic media through a secure
environment. CryptoHeaven makes it simple to archive, store, access,
and share information among coworkers, work groups, clients, and customers
through this easy to use online service.
- Cyber-Rights.Net is a Secure Web-based email service
provider. Cyber-Rights & Cyber-Liberties (UK) (http://www.cyber-rights.org), is a non profit organisation established to protect
the interests of all honest, law abiding Internet users with the aim of promoting free speech and privacy on the Internet. It was
founded in 1997 and has been actively involved with the Internet policy making process of the UK government, the European Union,
Council of Europe, OECD, and the United Nations.
- Ensuredmail is an easy-to-use encryption software
that protects your email and attachments. This enterprise-class email security product is for companies with 50 or more internal
senders looking for a comprehensive email security solution to add to their existing email infrastructure.
- HushMail
uses industry standard algorithms as specified by the Open PGP
standard (RFC 2240) to ensure the security, privacy and authenticity of
your email. With Hushmail, users need only create and remember their
own passphrases, and the secure Hushmail server does the rest.
Encryption and decryption are transparent to the user, making Hushmail
the most user-friendly secure mail solution available. Through the Hush
Encryption Engine™, the Hush key servers take care of Public/Private key exchange in a completely seamless fashion.
When a user wishes to encrypt/decrypt data or verify/sign a signature, a connection is automatically made to a Hush Key Server
to retrieve the necessary Public/Private Key.
- KeptPrivate.
KeptPrivate is a security oriented web email service. We offer a web email client accessible over an SSL connection. By using SSL all communication between your web browser and the KeptPivate servers is encrypted. You can also retrieve your email with an email client (such as Eudora or Outlook) using POP or IMAP over SSL. The KeptPrivate web email client lets you send secure messages to non-KeptPrivate users and lets you encrypt messages you have stored on the server.
- Mail2Web. Check your mail securely and privately on the road (or on your cellular phone).
- Mute Mail. Anonymizing e-mail activites. Sending e-mails anonymously, securely and snoop-proff. All messages are encrypted. Sender's identity is confidential.
- NeoCertified. Secure Email and messaging.
- NeoMailbox. Secure, private, SSL-encrypted POP and SMTP mail service.
- S-Mail
is an encrypted email system that has 3 levels - PGP, Electronic Digital Signature, and SSL
- Sec-Ex Mail. Strong encryption that works with any e-mail client, no plugins needed. Supports automatic key exchange.
- Sneakemail.com.
- SoftClan E-Cryptor.
- Stealth Message. Web-based e-mail privacy with option to self-destruct.
- Zendit. Plug-in that makes it easy to use PGP with e-mail programs like Outlook, or with Web-based e-mail.
- Ziplip.com. A free e-mail service that will scramble, lock, and then shred email.
Anonymous Remailers
Anonymous Networks and Browsing
- AnonymSurfen. (In German) List of free online web-based proxies that can be used directly from the site.
- The Anonymizer is another web proxy used for anonymous web browsing. Many pages are limited in the free version. Can not be used for checking email that requires cookies to be set.
- beHidden.com. Provides users with a secure way to surf and browse the Internet, without others monitoring and recording the sites visited.
- BrowserSpy. Provides detailed information about what your browser supports and reveals.
- BrowsInfo. See what can be discovered about your browser.
- The Cloak. Free anonymous web-surfing.
- Connect.c is the simple relaying command to make network
connection via SOCKS and https proxy. It is mainly intended to
be used as proxy command of OpenSSH. You can make SSH session beyond the firewall with this command. You can download the source code here
- CryptoTunnel VPN2GO. Also offers secure online communication.
- Fogbank-now. Firewall-protected remote Internet browser. Also offers encrypted e-mail and other services.
- Freedom WebSecure
acts as
a shield to prevent tracking of your surfing habits and personal information.
It encrypts and reroutes your connection requests through our proxy servers
with 128-bit encryption so that Web sites or hackers cannot track your personal
information.
- FreeNet was developed as an anonymous network used for sharing and searching for files.
This is different from the Tor network in that every freenet node has a specified
storage amount for data, and the server administrator has no control over the data stored.
- Guardster is a free web proxy service allows you to browse the web anonymously.
Guardster can hide your identity, IP address, cookies, Javascript, ads, images. It also contains a variety of resources relating to privacy issues.
- I Can See You. Program from anonymizer.com shows you the information your browser reveals. (NOTE: this program runs a Javascript file that may bring up a virus alert. The file is safe; however, if you experience any further problems, please contact the web administrators at anonymizer.com.)
- IDzap. Anonymous surfing and web hosting.
- JAP uses a single static address which is shared by many JAP users. That way neither the visited website, nor an eavesdropper can determine which user visited which website.nstead of connecting directly to a webserver, users take a detour,
connecting with encryption through several intermediaries, so-called mixes.
Since many users use these intermediaries at the same time, the
internet connection of any one single user is hidden among the
connections of all the other users.
- Ponoi. Anonymous web-browsing, encrypted file storage, password storage, and cookie management.
- Primedius. Anonymous surfing, secure email and secure online storage.
- Privacy Analysis of your Internet Connection. Analyzes information that is collected about you when you visit a Web site, such as whether cookies are accepted, what site you linked to the page from, and the date and time as set on your computer.
- Proxychains is a "proxifier"
intercepts and hooks TCP calls made by any given Internet client. This allows you to run any program from behind proxy servers, access the
internet through restrictive firewalls, IP masquerade, SSH tunneling through proxies, and dynamic LAN to LAN VPN channel.
- ProxyPortal. Anonymous web surfing proxy that hides the user's IP and other personal information from the Web stie they're viewing.
- Public Proxy Servers. A list of thousands of public proxy servers with online check capability.
- Steganos Internet Anonym. Hides your IP address from Web operators. Also includes InternetTrace Destructor to delete all traces left on your hard disk after an Internet session.
- SurfSecret Privacy Protector. Cache and cookie controls plus more; support for most browsers.
- Tor. Anonymous web browsing, instant messaging, etc. Also allows users to offer "hidden" web servers and other services, even from behind firewalls. Tor
is a system allowing fairly anonymous
network traffic. By routing packets through "Onion Servers", each hop only needs to know the previous and next servers destination. This creates a connection that would be difficult to trace and is encrypted. Unfortunatly, the entry and exit point into the tor network is not encrypted, and this could present a weakness if someone was focus on traffic analysis patterns coming into and out or the tor network.. You could use SSL for the enpoint encryption, but that presents new problems. We are working on better solutions for these areas. Unfortunatly, privacy comes at a price - SPEED. Protocal speeds drop substantially.
HTML Filters
- AOTop. Stops unwanted ad banners and pop-ups with a configurable ad-obfuscating tool for visual privacy protection.
- Camera/Shy. Stand-alone browser that offers encryption and decryption of steganography, automatic cache and history clearing, and protection against malicious HTML.
- InfoWorks Technology Company offers products to get rid of pop-ups, erase history, and others.
- Internet Eraser.
- Junkbuster (Windows/UNIX). The Internet Junkbuster Proxy blocks unwanted banner ads and protects your privacy from cookies and other threats.
- Orangatango's VirtualBrowser. Surf privately, kill pop-up ads, prevent spam, encrypt surfing, filter content, and avoid online fraud.
- PC Privacy Protection Program.
- Peekabooty. A peer-to-peer application which can route web page requests around firewalls.
- Personal Sentinel can block third party cookies, remove privacy threats, filter unwanted content, and block unwanted ads.
- Privoxy is a proxy server that can be used standalone or
currently with tor. We are working on variations of proxies that have increased speed, while having all
the benefits such as removing header information, and customizing data flow.
- Proxomitron (Windows). Get the web-surfing experience that you want.
- Smasher (Windows). Block cookies and pop-up windows, squash web bugs, and more.
- Surfer Protection Program safeguards your online privacy by allowing you to exercise precise control over the information that your browser is permitted to share with online companies. Strict control can also be employed over the specific sites that are permitted, or not permitted, to deliver content to your browser. In addition, the software's protective capabilities can be extended to shield a network of computers through a single connection to the Internet.
- SurfSecret Pop-Up Eliminator.
- Wincognito includes a suite of 4 tools designed to block pop-up advertisements, and enhanve security.
Cookie Busters
Voice Privacy
Email and File Privacy
- Anonymous Surfing, inc.
- Crypto Kong. Digital signatures and encryption so simple that even the chairman of the board can use it.
- CryptonWare. Encrypts TCP/IP communication such as e-mail, instant messaging, HTTP, FTP, e-commerce, IRC, telephony, and streaming audio/video.
- Encryptionizer. File encryption (Windows).
- GFI Mail Essentials for Exchange/ SMTP. Server based anti spam & email management solution for Microsoft Exchange Server, Lotus Notes, and SMTP/POP3 mail servers.
- GnuPG – the GNU Privacy Guard.
- Hacktivismo & Cult of the Dead Cow's "6/4". Primarily designed to bypass large scale firewalls and allow for the anonymous uploading and downloading of various protocols.
- Icon Lock-iT. Encrypts, locks and password-protects files and folders.
- Message Sentinel. Analyzes incoming e-mail and blocks privacy threats.
- PC-encrypt. E-mail and File security for PC's operating Microsoft Windows software.
- PeepLock offers products for file encryption, message encryption, and e-mail security.
- Privacy Master. Keeps online and offline data safe from theives, hackers and prying eyes.
- Pretty Good Privacy (PGP). Protect privacy of electronic mail and files. Available for most machines.
- Steganos Security Suite. Encrypts and hides your data. Creates self-decrypting e-mails. Also includes Portable Safe and Internet Trace Destructor featuring XP Privacy, Password Manager and Data Shredder.
Secure Instant Messaging
- BitWise Chat. Encrypts not just messages, but also chat rooms and file transfers.
- CryptoHeaven. Secure instant messaging, as well as secure e-mail, file sharing, and online storage.
- Gale. Public-private key encrypted instant messaging software distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License.
- Hush Messenger. Secure instant messaging for Hushmail users.
- iGo Incognito. Instant Messaging system that ensures your privacy and security.
- IMpasse. Encrypts AIM, Yahoo! and MSN messages.
- Project SCIM: Secure Cryptographic Instant Messaging. Runs on many different platforms.
- PSST. Encrypted instant message software for Windows and Linux.
- Secure Shuttle Transport. Encrypted instant messaging, FTP, text chat, voice chat, and more.
- Sonork. Set up and control your own Instant Messaging system.
Web Encryption
- Check the strength of the crypto in your browser.
- Fortify (Windows 95/NT/UNIX). Upgrades weak international version of Netscape into strong 128-bit version. Available worldwide.
Telnet Encryption
Disk Encryption
Disk/File Erasing Programs
Privacy Policy Generators
Password Security
- PW-Gen. This is an online password generator. The user supplies a set of rules, and a secure password is created.
- WebCogs.com. The Webcogs online password generator works by reading a database of 57242 English words in real-time. It looks for a word that is between 5 and 8 characters in length and then performs some translation on the letters (whilst trying to keep the word at least semi-pronouncable!).
Finally, the generated password is compared with all of the words in the dictionary to ensure that it isn't a real English word and a number between 1 and 99 is added to the end for additional security.
Other Resources
- AllTextEncryption.com. Data protection, spam prevention, personal and e-business encryption software.
- Anonymous Hosting. Provided by Katz Global Media solutions for clients who would prefer to keep their personal and business information to themselves.
- Anti-Keylog. A solution that can protect important personal information such as ID, password, credit card number, bank account number etc. even if known and unknown hacking programs exist in users pc.
- "Cryptographic software solutions and how to use them."
- Crypt0graphy Research Labs . Links to cryptographic and other resources.
- How To GPG. User friendly and informative step by step instructions to help people set up GnuPG on Windows.
- InvisibleNet. Anonymous networking for communications.
- My Personal Favorites. Secures lists of favorite sites and protects browsing privacy.
- OkayCash. Shop online without a credit card.
- Privacy Communications, Inc. (PrivCom). Encrypted faxes and voicemail.
- Shields UP! Internet Connection Security Analysis.
- SingleFin. Protect your company from junk e-mail and viruses.
- SnoopFree Privacy Shield. Protects against spyware.
- SpamEx. Disposable E-mail Address Service.
- SpyCop. Detects an ever-growing number of "spy programs" which monitor computer usage.
- SurfSecret PestPatrol. Detects and eliminates trojans, spyware, adware, etc.
- Utilities. Free with source code, deals with several browsers' cookies, history and cache files.
- Who's Watching Me? Snooper Detector. Checks your system for "snoopers," or software that is installed on a computer to record actions and events.
- WinSCP. A freeware SCP Secure CoPy client for Windows using SSH (Secure Shell.)
- www.EXITS.ro – Free tools and tutorials about online privacy and security.
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