60 Open Source Tools for Protecting Your Privacy

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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has argued that privacy is no longer "a social norm." And former Google CEO Eric Schmidt once famously opined, "If you have something that you don't want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn't be doing it in the first place."

However, in reality, many ordinary, law-abiding citizens are (justifiably) much more worried about online privacy than these famous executives are. Many individuals and organizations are concerned about a variety of threats: oppressive government regimes, hackers bent on stealing their personal information and corporate marketers who want to track their every move.

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Pretty decent list of tools here.
 
Yes, of course CEO's of corporations who make their living off of peoples data would try to downplay the privacy issue... :(

Nice article, thanks!
 
HeffeD said:
Yes, of course CEO's of corporations who make their living off of peoples data would try to downplay the privacy issue... :(

and same time want ensure their own privacy and secret are unknown from others...