We need to take steps to ensure our privacy. Do not let them pull the "if you've got nothing to hide" card; that's like saying we don't need freedom of speech because "I have nothing to say." I have nothing to hide. I am not a terrorist nor am I interested in helping terrorists, but my emails and such are mine and I refuse to lay down and let the government walk all over my freedoms. So, if they want to exploit me, I'll make them work for it. So should you.
Important Tools:
https://piratebox.cc/openwrt:diy - Make as many of those as you can afford. It's like a private local cloud where information can continue to be shared.
https://prism-break.org/en/
https://www.privacytools.io/
https://emailselfdefense.fsf.org/en/
https://search.disconnect.me/
Favorite Linux distributions:
https://tails.boum.org/ - Security anywhere you go on any computer.
http://www.backbox.org/ - I personally use this OS.
https://www.kali.org/ - Offensive defense.
http://www.ubuntu.com/ - The most common and user friendly OS.
https://www.torproject.org/ - Not useful by itself, but should be used in tandem with other things.
If you have any suggestions or tips for computer/online security and privacy, feel free to post it here. This sticky will be permanent so long as I own this board.
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