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Get A VPN (Virtual Private Network)
- How to Choose a VPN (Lifehacker)Explains what a VPN is and how to choose one based on your needs.
- VPN Comparison Charts (That One Privacy Guy)That One Privacy Guy has created highly detailed comparison charts of VPN options, as well as a guide to choosing a VPN and a rundown of his methodology.
- JMU VPN - Pulse SecureUsing Pulse Secure places your computer on the JMU network with a JMU IP address.
Encryption Options
- How To Encrypt All The Things (Wired)Wired's complete guide to encryption: texts, calls, emails, and data.
- Let's EncryptA free, automated, and open certificate authority (CA), provided by the Internet Security Research Group (ISRG).
- HTTPS EverywhereA Firefox, Chrome, and Opera extension that encrypts your communications with many major websites, making your browsing more secure. Provided by the Electronic Freedom Foundation.
- Why You Should Encrypt Your Email and How To Do It (LifeWire)Step-by-step guide to encrypting your email.
- Encrypted Messaging Isn't Magic (Wired)Encryption isn't perfect. This article highlights some limitations of message encryption.
- SignalSignal is a free, open-source device and desktop app that provides encryped group, text, voice, video, document, and picture messages anywhere in the world. It is considered the gold standard for encryption messaging services.
Tor Browser Options
What is Tor? "The Tor software protects you by bouncing your communications around a distributed network of relays run by volunteers all around the world: it prevents somebody watching your Internet connection from learning what sites you visit, it prevents the sites you visit from learning your physical location, and it lets you access sites which are blocked."
- Get the Tor BrowserTor Browser lets you use Tor on Microsoft Windows, Apple MacOS, or GNU/Linux without needing to install any software.
- How to Set Up and Run a Tor RelayThis guide provides detailed instructions on how to set up and run a Tor relay yourself.
Cryptocurrency and Blockchain
- Privacy May Be Cryptocurrency and Blockchain's Best Use (HackerNoon)There is much controversy surrounding cryptocurrencies, but blockchain is widely considered to be very secure and some think it may represent the future of online privacy.
- How Blockchain Could Help Us Take Back Control of Our Privacy (The Guardian)Describes the advantages of wider use of blockchain technology to secure private data.
- Blockchain is Now Getting Hacked (MIT Review)Describes the emerging threat of hacks to blockchain technology.