Privacy Freeware
This page contains external links to free programs that will help you protect your privacy, some of the listed tools might show you advertisements or a nagging screen inviting the user to upgrade to a paid for version, they might also make it difficult for you to find the free version on their website.
Encryption
To quickly send encrypted email files or messages you can use Winrar or Winzip, the protection they offer is strong enough to stop even corrupt law enforcement agents, but to be sure that if your computer is ever lost or stolen you will need to use full disk encryption, file encryption can not protect you against temporary files and Internet browsing history found in your computer.
- Truecryt - Full disk encryption only works in Windows, Linux and Mac version only encrypts external HDD or containers
- DiskCryptor - Windows only, highly configurable, bootloader can be installed in an external device
Data Wiping
- BleachBit - Internet browsing and temporary files data wiping software
- Eraser - File and hard drive empty sectors wiper
Proxy VPN
- SecurityKiss - Free version only allows 300MB/day, company claims logs are kept for ten days.
- CyberGhostVPN - No bandwidth limit, company claims they do not keep logs, not even for free users.
There is a lack of privacy free email services, nearly all of them are paid for services, for a free secure email account your best bet is to use tor proxy and open an email with any free provider hiding your computer IP but some free webmail providers ban tor proxy IPs.
- Hushmail - Account expires after three weeks of not logging in, Hushmail is based in Canada and keeps IP login logs
- Tormail - Only accessible through tor, it has been reported as slow in various BL boards.
- Thunderbird TorBirdy addon
Antivirus
Firewall
Although Windows comes with a free firewall, it is very basic that allows for little configuration and does not warn you when a program installed in your computer wants to access the Internet, Windows firewall only warns you when an outside IP wants to get inside, if you were to have a trojan installed in your PC you would not be warned when it connects to the Internet sending out personal data.
