Privacy & Freedom in the Information Age

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Before you use the "I have nothing to hide" argument please read this paper--all of it. If you can't find the time, then this article should at least get you thinking about why privacy matters.

Why surveillance is not OK

A landmark discussion on DemocracyNow including William Binney, Jacob Appelbaum & Laura Poitras. Do you think that's freedom you're breathing?

Cory Doctorow “On the Upcoming Privacy Wars”

Glenn Greenwald’s 2014 TED Talk, “Why Privacy Matters”

Reddit uses Google Analytics which may be used to track you across various internet sites.

Continuing discussion about frustrating the efforts of organizations that spy on citizens and consumers.

The warrant canary is missing from the 2015 reddit transparency report.

Suggested Software

Note this section has software that is under ongoing development. No one solution can guarantee your anonymity.

Tor Browser Bundle, a pre-configured web browser intended to protect your anonymity when used with safe browsing practices.

Tails - a live system that aims at preserving your privacy and anonymity

Prism Break we don't necessarily endorse all their software choices

Donate

Consider donating to one of the organizations that fight for your rights.

Org	Name
ACLU	American Civil Liberties Union
EFF	Electronic Frontier Foundation
EPIC	Electronic Privacy Information Center
FSF	Free Software Foundation
ORG	Open Rights Group
Tor	Tor
Torservers	high bandwidth Tor exit nodes
Privacy International	building the global movement for the protection of privacy.

Org

Name

ACLU

American Civil Liberties Union

EFF

Electronic Frontier Foundation

EPIC

Electronic Privacy Information Center

FSF

Free Software Foundation

ORG

Open Rights Group

Tor

Tor

Torservers

high bandwidth Tor exit nodes

Privacy International

building the global movement for the protection of privacy.

Subreddit Rules ^(updated ^2016-02-21)

If you find privacy related software, services or subreddits you think are great please run them by the mods before you post them. Close source software is not permitted

If you're a developer or employee of a company that makes non-commercial privacy related software or services you can post links/comments about it if it is open source. But, you also must clearly identify yourself and stick around to answer questions people have regarding your product/service. Remember we're a community, not a place to advertise. Your site must be available over https only.

The promotion of closed source privacy software is not welcome in /r/privacy. By its nature you can not verify easily that it does what it claims and as a result this puts your privacy and security at risk

Refrain from repeatedly pushing traffic to personal or other sites, especially if commercial in nature.

Be nice and have some fun. Please don't jump on people for making a mistake or holding a different view. Reclaiming the privacy high ground requires changing minds and you can't do that if you scare people away.

Sexism will not be tolerated.

Don't suggest violence or destruction as a means to an end

Before posting check that a discussion has not already been started. Use the search and check new submissions.

This is not a tech support subreddit. These posts may be removed.

Refrain from editorializing titles, use the original title.

Always link to the original source material

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All surveys should be passed by the mods for approval before posting

Don't post memes or other images funny or not.

Please don't theorize about conspiracies here. We don't need to confuse things by introducing unverifiable conspiracy conjecture.

Due to the commercial nature of VPNs discussion are better directed to /r/vpn

Failure to adhere to the above will result in your post being removed and / or you being banned