Electronic Frontier Foundation offers tips, tools and how-tos for safer online communications.
Reviewed by Marco Wollank
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Threat level
Covered
A covered pick. Anyone can use it as a private drop-in, with no setup or know-how. Enough for most people. Threat levels
Our take
Not a piece of software so much as the Electronic Frontier Foundation’s library of guides, tools, and how-tos, and it earns its place by being a trustworthy starting point rather than a product. The limitation is exactly that: it teaches and points, it does not encrypt your files or block your trackers itself. Bookmark it as the place to learn what to do and which tools to trust; come for the education, then go install the actual tools.
Website at a glance
ssd.eff.org
B score 75
Solid website security headers
Graded by Mozilla HTTP Observatory, tested 13d ago
Inspect this site yourself
Measures the security configuration of the tool's own website, not the privacy of the product itself. A strong tool can still score low here.
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