The canonical database of known data breaches: search your email addresses for exposure across everything from forum leaks to mega-breaches, check passwords against what attackers already have, and subscribe to alerts. Free, transparent and run by a single well-known researcher. It catalogs what leaked publicly, so absence is not proof of safety, and entered data […]
Reactive Resume is a free, open-source resume builder with no tracking, no watermarks and no forced account, self-hostable if you want the whole process on your own server. Job hunting already leaks data everywhere; this keeps the resume out of it. Template choices are deliberately constrained, and design freedom stops where privacy begins. Export clean […]
Organic Maps brings the whole planet to your phone as offline OpenStreetMap maps: search, bookmarks and navigation with no internet and no account. Free, open source, and governed by a foundation with nothing to sell. Depth of detail trails desktop mapping tools and live layers like traffic are absent by design. The map that works […]
Every refresh shows a completely artificial human face, generated on the spot by a neural network. For avatars, placeholders and demo profiles, it produces convincing faces with no real person behind them, no account and no cost. The faces are free to use but the tool is a web service, and generated faces have been […]
Silent Pocket makes faraday bags for phones, laptops, key fobs and cards: shielded pouches that instantly cut every radio connection, built by a company specializing in exactly this. When a device must go silent, an authenticated bag beats airplane mode. Shielding works only while the seal holds, bags wear out, and quality varies across the […]
When a drawing or a decision needs fairness instead of a formula, dice remain the auditable random number generator: roll, look up, repeat. The Diceware method doubles as the fairest way to pick from a list without a computer in the loop. It is slow for big lists and pointless if you trust software randomness. […]
Windy renders weather the way professionals read it: animated wind, precipitation and pressure layers from several forecast models, free in the browser and remarkably beautiful. Pilots, sailors and storm-watchers live on it. It is an account-based web service, so privacy-minded users accept some data trade for the visualization, and the mobile app pushes a paid […]
Before deciding your threat level, measure it: Have I Been Pwned shows whether your addresses or passwords have surfaced in known breaches and alerts you to new ones. Free, run by one of the most trusted researchers in the field. It only sees breaches that were published, so a clean result is reassurance, not proof. […]
OsmAnd’s trip recording logs GPS tracks on your device from OpenStreetMap-powered offline maps, with nothing reported to any server unless you choose to share. Open source, free core, and the privacy-respecting answer to fitness trackers that sell your routes. The recording controls hide in deep menus, and battery use depends on your interval settings. Accurate […]
Invidious is the open-source front end that fetches YouTube videos so Google never sees you watching: public instances exist for immediate use, or host your own for the full private experience. No ads, no login, no recommendation engine shaping your evening. Instances break when Google changes internals and recover when volunteers catch up, so availability […]
BellCrier breach check
Most people are, and never hear about it. BellCrier checks your email against known data breaches for free, then alerts you when it turns up in a new one, with exactly what leaked and how to fix it.
