Social Source Commons

Maintains your privacy by not allowing others to see which web sites you visited or what you did in Windows.

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AFWall+ (Android Firewall +) is an improved version of DroidWall front-end application for the powerful iptables Linux firewall.It allows you to restrict which applications are permitted to access your data networks (2G/3G and/or Wi-Fi and while in roaming).

Akismet is a spam management tool for your blog. When a new comment, trackback, or pingback comes to your site it is submitted to the Akismet web service which runs hundreds of tests on the comment and returns a thumbs up or thumbs down on whether or not it is spam.

Firewall software

Free virus protection for your home PC

Protects computers against dangerous viruses, worms and other malware. Available in free and premium versions.

PC hard-disk backup software.

The Bastille Hardening program "locks down" an operating system, proactively configuring the system for increased security and decreasing its susceptibility to compromise. Bastille can also assess a system's current state of hardening, granularly reporting on each of the security settings with which it works.

Quite simply, this makes securing a Linux box a simple, educational process. And it's free!

The BCArchive software is designed to compress a group of files/folders to a single encrypted file.

BelManage allows users to easily manage their software licenses, operating system upgrades, security hotfixes, and more.

Data encryption software.

BlogBackupr is a free, hosted tool for backing up your blog content including posts and media. It supports any blog platform that uses an RSS feed and also has the option of auto-restore.

Anti-virus software for desktops and file servers.

Online data backup.

ChilliSpot is an open source captive portal or wireless LAN access point controller. It is used for authenticating users of a wireless LAN. It supports web based login which is today's standard for public HotSpots. Authentication, authorization and accounting (AAA) is handled by your favorite radius server.

CleanUp! is a powerful and easy-to-use application that removes temporary files created while surfing the web, empties the Recycle Bin, deletes files from your temporary folders and more.

CleanUp! frees disk space and reduces the "clutter" on your computer helping it to run more efficiently. It also can be used as a way to protect your privacy on the Internet. You can even instruct CleanUp! to securely delete files making it impossible to retrieve their contents using lower-level disk tools - just another way of protecting your privacy.

Secure data storage. The project uses information dispersal algorithms IDAs to separate data into 11 unrecognizable DataSlices™ and distribute them, via secure Internet connections, to 11 storage locations throughout the world, creating a storage grid.

Antivirus protection for desktops and servers.

Free firewall software

Disk encryption software.

CSipSimple is a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) application for Google Android operating system using the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP).

Cyn.in is designed to help teams to communicate faster and build collaborative knowledge by sharing and discussing various forms of digital content in a secure application. Features capabilities like wikis, social networks, blogs, file sharing repositories, micro blogs, discussion boards and other communication applications into one secure enterprise platform.

Online data backup.

DeltaCopy is an open source, fast incremental backup program.

Tools and advice for generating passwords

Inspired by EtherPEG (though, not owning an Apple Macintosh, I've never actually seen it in operation), Driftnet is a program which listens to network traffic and picks out images from TCP streams it observes. Fun to run on a host which sees lots of web traffic.

Gives computer users the ability to control what applications and programmes write to their drives, in real-time, preventing damage or corruption to personal files.

EJBCA is an enterprise class PKI Certificate Authority built on J2EE technology. It is a robust, high performance, platform independent, flexible, and component based CA to be used stand-alone or integrated in other J2EE applications

Enigmail is an extension to the mail client of Mozilla / Netscape and Mozilla Thunderbird which allows users to access the authentication and encryption features provided by GnuPG

EtherPEG is a free program for the Macintosh that shows you all the JPEGs (and GIFs) going by on your network.

Firewall software

Recovers files instantly from hard drives, floppy drives and other types of fixed media.

A multi-protocol IM client for OS X

Firefox addon which maximizes the number of sites you visit which are served via HTTPS. This helps secure you from accidentally negotiating an insecure session with certain sites.

FreeUndelete can help lost data from accidentally deleted files

Freebyte Backup is a freeware backup program for Windows

Freenet is a decentralized censorship-resistant peer-to-peer distributed data store

ghost for unix - is a NetBSD-based bootfloppy/CD-ROM that allows easy cloning of PC harddisks to deploy a common setup on a number of PCs using FTP

GmailFS is a virtual filesystem which allows users to mount and use their Gmail email account's storage as a local disk drive.

GPG Suite includes GPG for Mail, GPG Keychain, GPG Services, and MacGPG

GPG for Mail is an open source plugin for Apple Mail. Encrypt, decrypt, sign and verify mails using OpenPGP with a few simple clicks.

GPG Keychain is an open source application for Mac OS X. It allows you to manage your OpenPGP keys. Create and modify your keys and import the keys of your friends from a key server.

GPG Services is a plugin that brings GPG power to almost any application.
It allows you to encrypt/decrypt, sign/verify and import keys from text selections, files, folders and much more.

MacGPG is the underlying power engine of our GPG Suite. If you're familiar with the command line use the raw power of it.
Based on GnuPG 2.0.20.

GPGshell is a graphic interface for GnuPG that allows you to use the cryptographic software GnuPG in a easy and user friendly way

Secure Android ROM

XDA-Developers Thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2317794

Guardian ROM is a custom android ROM for Galaxy Nexus and Nexus 4 devices. The ROM is completely Open Source and based off of the Android Open Source Project. The ROM aims to due the following:

Secure/Harden the android kernel with GRSecurity
Remove uneeded/Insecure binaries (Similar to SecDroid)
Replace insecure Text Messaging app with TextSecure
Include apps from the Guardian Project Installer (Optional add-on)
Include support for SQLCipher
Change Android Full Disk Encryption from AES-128 to AES-256 for more security
Allow for seperate Login and boot passwords
All of these have been completed except the final three which are underway but will take much more time.

Handy Recovery is an easy-to-use data recovery software designed to restore files that have been deleted from computers and floppy drives

Surf anonymously, prevent hackers from acquiring your IP address, send anonymous email, and un-ban yourself from Blogs or message boards.

Hushmail is a Web-based e-mail service that lets you send and receive email in total security

A mobile app for controlling visual media and metadata in a manner that allows the person capturing the media to secure, protect it, and share it with only the people you intend to.

InformaCam uses the built in sensors in modern smartphones as well wi-fi, bluetooth, and cell tower information to create a snapshot of the environment in which an image or video was captured. This validates the date, time and location of capture. Digital signatures and encryption ensure that your media hasn't been tampered with and can only be opened by the intended recipient.

invisiblog.com lets you publish a weblog using GPG and the Mixmaster anonymous remailer network. You don't ever have to reveal your identity

netfilter.org is home to the software of the packet filtering framework inside theLinux 2.4.x and 2.6.x kernel series. Software commonly associated with netfilter.org is iptables.

Jungle Disk is an application that lets you store files and backup data securely to Amazon.com's S3 ™ Storage Service.

KeePass is a free/open-source password manager or safe which helps you to manage your passwords in a secure way

KeePassX saves many different information e.g. user names, passwords, urls, attachments and comments in one single database. For a better management user-defined titles and icons can be specified for each single entry. Furthermore the entries are sorted in groups, which are customizable as well. The integrated search function allows to search in a single group or the complete database.

Lilt utilizes the ambient light and sudden motion sensors found on recent Apple Macintosh portable computers to trigger actions

Infected Macs aren't a rarity any more. This is a list of available antivirus tools

Mac GNU Privacy Guard (Mac GPG for short) is, after a fashion, the Mac OS X port of GnuPG, licensed under the GNU GPL.

Antivirus filtering plug in for Microsoft Exchange Server.

Martus is designed to assist human rights organizations in collecting, safeguarding, organizing and disseminating information about human rights abuses. It enables grassroots NGOs to securely catalogue and store their records on off-site servers with easy

Backup your files, FTP folders, MySQL databases and websites.

Microsoft free anti-virus

MP3Stego will hide information in MP3 files.

MyLOK is a secure password management technology that combines a portable tool (a USB drive) and software to give users a secure and portable personal password manager

Network Scanner is a free multi-threaded IP, NetBIOS and SNMP scanner

Nmap ("Network Mapper") is a free open source utility for network exploration or security auditing. It was designed to rapidly scan large networks, although it works fine against single hosts.

Firewall software

Antivirus software for the Mac OS.

Norton Internet Security provides protection from viruses, worms, Trojan horses, spyware, port scans, privacy intrusions, and lurkers that intercept personal information.

Firewall protection for a Mac.

Firefox add-on that disables most everything on the net but html, css and images. Handy if your security conscious, or surfing in disreputable corners of the net. Does have the downside that most of the net needs the very things this plug-in turns off, including much of Salsa.

Shadow 3 enables automatic, continuous back up of photo, music, data, and video files to virtually any attached storage device.

Plugin for Pidgin (internet messenger) that provides encrypted chat

Hard-drive backup software.

Make Android work for you, not for Google!

LDAP server, especially for authentication managment

Secure shell

Orbot is an application that allows mobile phone users to access the web, instant messaging and email without being monitored or blocked by their mobile internet service provider. Orbot brings the features and functionality of Tor (read more below) to the Android mobile operating system.

Ostel is a tool for having end-to-end encrypted phone calls. Our goal is to promote the use of free, open protocols, standards and software, to power end-to-end secure voice communications on mobile devices, as well as with desktop computers.

These tools help individuals and organizations to manage passwords to a collection of accounts in secure ways

An Open Source password manager that encrypts all information.

Security application suite for PCs.

The Pdf995 suite of products provides a broad spectrum of PDF functionality, including creation, editing, merging, and security.

E-mail client, from the Internet's longest-serving PC e-mail system

IN DEVELOPMENT

Pestagram takes information from one site - the intimate, emotional, mobile Instagram and presents it with the context of Pinterest - the public, aspirational, image packrat site to illustrate the ease with which information and data associated with your person can be used for other unintended circumstances.

Allied Media Conference Session with Palante Technology Cooperative and Aspiration | June 2014

PHLAK was created to become the only tool security professionals would need to perform security analysis, penetration testing, forensics, and security auditing

PixelCryptor is an encryption program that enables you to create encrypted archives containing one or more files, and protect the content without the need to remember any password.

Portable Firefox is a fully functional package of Firefox optimized for use on a USB key drive

Security for electronic communications.

IN DEVELOPMENT

PrivacyBucket is a Chrome extension that measures the extent to which individual third-party trackers can discover demographic information about the user.

Email encryption software

Firewall software

IN DEVELOPMENT

Priview users get a brief of the policies agreement of a specific site or services they're signing up to. Also companies are rated for their performance in managing private information.

Extension for Firefox for Android. Simple add-on for settings HTTP, SOCKS and SSL proxy settings. Works by default with Orbot: Tor on Android.

Simple random password generator

redWall is a bootable CD-ROM Firewall.

SecDroid hardens the android kernel by disable certain binaries that have internet access or can be used as an attack vector and by securing the TCP Stack using Systctl. This helps prevent some MITM (Man-In-The-Middle) and Spoofing attacks. It may also prevent some DOS (Denial-Of-Service) Attacks.

Tools to help protect your privacy online including tools to help stop sites from tracking your movements.

Secure, encrypted email messages and attachments through integration with Microsoft Outlook

Scans your sent email attachments to ensure private data isn't being sent.

Shinkuro is a small software program that enables teams to securely share files, exchange instant messages, and do simple screen sharing.

Free and open source iPhone app that employs end-to-end encryption, allowing users to send messages and make calls while keeping their communication safe

SimpleAuthority is a Certification Authority (CA) that is designed to be very easy to use. It generates and manages keys and certificates that provide cryptographic digital identities for people and/or computer servers.

Firefox plug-in that warns you of malicious websites before you surf to them.

The SoftPerfect Personal Firewall is a free network firewall designed to protect your PC against attacks from the Internet or via a local area network.

Online data backup.

Anti-spam product for Outlook and Outlook Express.

SSH Tunnel Manager is a front-end for the ssh command when used to open tunnels between two hosts.

Tool of hiding information on the contents of the file within another file!

"A steganography program that is able to hide data in various kinds of image- and audio-files."

Backup, access and share files via hosted service. Provides remote access to files securely from Mac, PC or mobile device.

Firewall software

Syncronize Backup is a backup software for Windows platform that copies data directly on the hard disk or CD-rom

ThoughtFarmer is Social Intranet Software. It combines traditional intranet features — things like news, structured content, search and an employee directory — with social software features, like blogs, feeds, wikis and social networks.

GUI for openssl that allows creating self-signed SSL certificates

IN DEVELOPMENT

A living archive of all privacy policies

TrendProtect is a freeware browser plug-in that helps you avoid Web pages with unwanted content and hidden threats. TrendProtect rates the current page and pages listed in Google, MSN, and Yahoo search results. You can use the rating to decide if you want to visit or avoid a given Web page.

OpenVPN GUI for OSX

UBCD4Win is a bootable CD which contains software that allows you to repair/restore/diagnostic almost any computer problem. UBCD4Win is based on Bart's PE

VaultletSuite 2 Go is privacy protecting software that installs on your hard drive or your thumb/USB drive. It uses Open Source 2048 bit RSA public key and 256 AES encryption, and provides easy-to-use (transparent) encrypted and controllable email and password protects important files.

Protects Macs from network threats, viruses, Trojan horses and all other malware

The Wifidog project is premier Open Source captive portal solution. It was designed primarily for wireless community groups, but increasingly caters to various other WirelessCommunityModels as well.

Anti-malware software for Windows.

Windows security monitor and anti-malware program.

WIPFW is a MS Windows operable version of IPFW for FreeBSD OS

Module for Xposed Framework.

XPrivacy can prevent applications from leaking privacy sensitive data. XPrivacy can restrict the categories of data an application can access. This is done by feeding an application with no or fake data. There are several data categories which can be restricted, for example contacts or location. For example, if you restrict access to contacts for an application, this will result in sending an empty contact list to the application. Similarly, restricting an application's access to your location will result in a set location being sent to the application.

Free/Open Source network backup solution