A Personal Guide to Protecting Yourself on Digital Fronts in the Crisis

This page summarizes the projects mentioned and recommended in the original post on /r/ukraine

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  • torsocks

    Library to torify application - NOTE: upstream has been moved to https://gitweb.torproject.org/torsocks.git

    Encrypting all your inbound and outbound traffic (not just HTTP) should be your first step. A VPN encrypts all internet traffic coming to and from the device. This is your best friend in terms of simplicity, speed and reliability. Your best free options are ProtonVPN’s free tier, and Windscribe VPN who’s also tripling their free data cap for Ukrainians. TOR is a bit more complicated technical-wise. Put simply, it goes much further than a VPN by routing encrypted traffic through multiple areas on a decentralized network. This is a free tool essential for journalists and free speech practicers in high risk regions. You can access this through the TOR browser or, if possible, TailsOS. The browser is recommended. It’s free, simple and powerful. It’s important to remember that TOR browser only keeps what’s happening in the browser anonymous, not the rest of your device. (Note: Do NOT try to look for a TOR browser alternative on iOS devices. There’s an explanation, but just avoid them)

  • Desktop-App

    Windscribe 2.0 desktop client for Windows, Mac and Linux (by Windscribe)

    Encrypting all your inbound and outbound traffic (not just HTTP) should be your first step. A VPN encrypts all internet traffic coming to and from the device. This is your best friend in terms of simplicity, speed and reliability. Your best free options are ProtonVPN’s free tier, and Windscribe VPN who’s also tripling their free data cap for Ukrainians. TOR is a bit more complicated technical-wise. Put simply, it goes much further than a VPN by routing encrypted traffic through multiple areas on a decentralized network. This is a free tool essential for journalists and free speech practicers in high risk regions. You can access this through the TOR browser or, if possible, TailsOS. The browser is recommended. It’s free, simple and powerful. It’s important to remember that TOR browser only keeps what’s happening in the browser anonymous, not the rest of your device. (Note: Do NOT try to look for a TOR browser alternative on iOS devices. There’s an explanation, but just avoid them)

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  • TextSecure

    A private messenger for Android.

    Communications are critical in a time like this, and you’ll want to make sure your texts, calls and more are safe. Your first choice should be Session, which doesn’t store message metadata, and sends all encrypted messages through multiple areas. The downside is that it does not have calls yet. For calls, Signal is the next best choice.

  • linux-cli-community

    Linux command-line client for ProtonVPN. Written in Python.

    Encrypting all your inbound and outbound traffic (not just HTTP) should be your first step. A VPN encrypts all internet traffic coming to and from the device. This is your best friend in terms of simplicity, speed and reliability. Your best free options are ProtonVPN’s free tier, and Windscribe VPN who’s also tripling their free data cap for Ukrainians. TOR is a bit more complicated technical-wise. Put simply, it goes much further than a VPN by routing encrypted traffic through multiple areas on a decentralized network. This is a free tool essential for journalists and free speech practicers in high risk regions. You can access this through the TOR browser or, if possible, TailsOS. The browser is recommended. It’s free, simple and powerful. It’s important to remember that TOR browser only keeps what’s happening in the browser anonymous, not the rest of your device. (Note: Do NOT try to look for a TOR browser alternative on iOS devices. There’s an explanation, but just avoid them)

NOTE: The number of mentions on this list indicates mentions on common posts plus user suggested alternatives. Hence, a higher number means a more popular project.

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