Tools put together at The Wall Street Journal Data Transparency Weekend event in New York on April 13-15, 2012. These tools focus around privacy, security and data transparency.
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CensorSweeper
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CensorSweeper allows users to test their net connection for censored sites, just using an unmodified web browser.
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Collusion for Safari
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A Safari front-end for Collusion, a browser addon that provides an interactive, real-time visualization of the entities that track your behavior as you surf the web.
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Cryptocat
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Cryptocat aims to provide an open source, browser-based instant messaging service which uses technologies such as client-side cryptography in order to provide stronger privacy than today's leading browser-based IM services. Cryptocat aims to leverage both the ease of use and accessibility afforded by web applications and the security provided by client-side public key cryptosystems.
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Globaleaks
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GlobaLeaks is the first open-source whistleblowing framework. It empowers anyone to easily set up and maintain a whistleblowing platform. GlobaLeaks can help many different types of users: media organizations, activist groups, corporations and public agencies.
tagged: blow, blowing, data, globa, global, globaleaks, leaks, privacy, Security, transparency, whistle, whistle-blowing, whistleblowing, wsjdata -
InformaCam
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add to my toolboxA 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.
tagged: android, cam, camera, data, FOSS, guardian, guardianproject, inform, informacam, open, open-source, opensource, privacy, project, Security, source, transparency, wsjdata -
Make Myself Clear
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Make Myself Clear" is a web application that scans social networks for potentially sensitive information associated with you
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MobileScope
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MobileScope allows mobile devices to access privacy and security features that are normally only available to "jailbroken" phones.
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OONI - Open Observatory of Network Interference
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OONI is the Open Observatory for Network Interference and its aim is to collect high quality data using open methodologies, using Free and Open Source Software (FL/OSS) to share observations and data about the kind, methods and amount of surveillance and censorship in the world
tagged: censor, censorship, data, interference, Network, observatory, oonee, ooni, open, privacy, Security, surveillance, transparency, unee, uni, wsjdata -
OStel
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add to my toolboxOstel 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.
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Personal Data Report
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An interactive view of how any given site is using your information
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Pestagram
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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.
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PrivacyBucket
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PrivacyBucket is a Chrome extension that measures the extent to which individual third-party trackers can discover demographic information about the user.
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PrivacyScanner
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A tool for website owners and developers to ensure their site manages private data appropriately and effectively: PrivacyScanner.
Users put in a URL, and we provide a report of the site partners' data collection activity, in multiple views. We provide a score for how well the site adheres to privacy best practices, and offer specific recommendations to improve the site.
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Priveazy
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Priveazy aims to be a free one-stop resource for showing people exactly what they can do to protect their online privacy and protect the security of their devices and online accounts.
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PriView
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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.
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Site Scoper
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Site Scoper analyzes a website for tracking, cookies and analytics before you visit so you know what information would be gathered.
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TOSback2
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A living archive of all privacy policies
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transparen.cc
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transparen.cc is a proof-of-concept for a proxy
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Zogger
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A Firefox extension (add-on SDK) that tracks which sites you go to, what data you submit where and gives you a "quantified-self" view into your browsing habits.
