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People will not (and should not) use tech that's untrustworthy. Too many tech projects, including civic tech projects, have abused user privacy and/or failed users in providing a secure user experience. Anyone advocating for increasing digitization of government, social benefits, or public conversation should invest in strong digital security and privacy-respecting approach from the onset and on an ongoing basis, as this area evolves rapidly.
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A privacy-focused web browser for use with Orbot, based on Tor Browser
Permission Slip
Yonkers, NY, USAOne app to take back control of your data
Digital Freedom Fund Grants
Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal 104-108 1012 SG Amsterdam The NetherlandsThe Digital Freedom Fund supports strategic litigation on digital rights in Europe that contributes to advancing human rights in the digital context.
How The New York Times Thinks About Your Privacy
New York Times Building, 8th Avenue, New York, NY, USAA guide to the news company's data usage
AWO
EuropeWe’re a new agency working across the world to shape, apply and enforce data rights. We have lawyers, policy experts, technology analysts and applied ethicists working out of offices in London, Brussels and Paris.
Acción por la Justicia Algorítmica (AxJA)
Spain (España)La coalición Acción por la Justicia Algorítmica (AxJA) se crea para desafiar la falta de control democrático, transparencia y rendición de cuentas en el uso y adquisición de sistemas de toma de decisiones automatizadas e inteligencia artificial en España.
A short guide to help keep journalists and their sources safe
Keep yourself and your community safe with Círculo, an app easy to use that allows you to send check-ins and urgent alerts in a fast and private way.
We are a group of artists, engineers, activists, and technologists who have been behind the largest online protests in human history, channeling Internet outrage into political power to win public interest victories previously thought to be impossible
*privacy not included
Mountain View, CA, USAMozilla Foundation's annual naughty and nice list of consumer tech's privacy policies
JAAKLAC initiative
Finland (Suomi)Reseaching and advocating for critical digital education and youth participation from Latin America and the Majority World
An international effort to empower individuals and business to respect privacy, safeguard data and enable trust.
Citizen Lab Summer Institute
TorontoThe Citizen Lab Summer Institute (CLSI) provides a unique opportunity to meet a diverse group of researchers, practitioners, and advocates and develop new and exciting research that addresses pressing questions for the Internet.
Public Interest Tech at the Royal Society of Arts Conference
Moscone Center, Howard Street, San Francisco, CA, USAAcross six sessions on March 7, 2019, we’ll look at how public interest tech is already changing the way power is distributed and decisions are made across public policy, philanthropic organizations, and Silicon Valley board rooms.
Guardian Project creates easy to use secure apps, open-source software libraries, and customized mobile devices that can be used around the world by any person looking to protect their communications and personal data from unjust intrusion, interception and monitoring.
Blacklight
New York CityA privacy tool that lets you scan any website and see how you are being surveilled
Small Media
LondonSmall Media is a London-based action lab, providing digital research, training and advocacy solutions to support the work of civil society actors that provides assistance to at-risk communities globally.
Transformative Cyber Innovation Lab
Washington, DCThe Transformative Cyber Innovation Lab (TCIL or Lab) will find and nurture technologically feasible, testable pilot projects which begin to solve some of the hardest cyber problems afflicting the national security industrial base and our country.
Resources for the global digital safety training community.
Mailfence
Rue Middelbourg, Watermael-Boitsfort, BelgiumSecure and private email service with collaboration suite.
Trustwire gives you strong end-to-end encryption while keeping it simple to use. Trustwire is web-based, so users don't need to download or install apps, and they can manage or exchange files whether they are overseas or just down the street.
EFF Guide to Messaging
Digital Rights Foundation
PakistanHelping make the internet safer and more accessible
Building resilient systems to keep civil society safe online
Social Media Exchange (SMEX)
BeirutSocial Media Exchange (SMEX) is a media advocacy and development organization with more than 20 years’ experience in commercial, development, and postconflict media environments
Open Tech Fund's list of funders
2025 M Street Northwest, Downtown, Washington, DC 20036, USAOTF maintains a helpful list of alternate funding sources and services that support efforts relevant to the fields of Internet freedom, software development, journalism, and human rights.
Gender and Technology Resources wiki
Brunnenstraße 9, 10119 Berlin, GermanyThis wiki is dedicated to document initiatives around gender and tech, privacy and digital security that are organised by participants to the trainings and activities related to the program “Securing Online and Offline Freedoms for Women: Expression, Privacy and Digital Inclusion”.
Discotechs
Detroit, MIAt the Data DiscoTech young people learned about what data is, unique ways to create data visualizations, and how to collect and analyze data.
The Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI) is a free software project that aims to empower decentralized efforts in increasing transparency of internet censorship around the world. You can run OONI Probe to collect evidence of internet censorship.
HuriDocs
Geneva, SwitzerlandHuman rights defenders need evidence, law and research to advocate justice and accountability. We develop tools and strategies that make this information accessible.
Fundación Karisma
Transversal 22a #59-44, Bogotá, Bogota, ColombiaOrganización de la sociedad civil que trabaja en la promoción de los derechos humanos en el mundo digital
Who Targets Me
LondonDid Facebook ads win the presidency for Donald Trump? Did they cause Brexit? Are they changing the way democracy works? Install Who Targets Me to find out who’s using Facebook ads to win your vote – and how they’re doing it.
Guide to organizational security
The Engine Room, Albany Street, London, UKWe partnered with the Ford Foundation to look at how civil society can strengthen their digital security, what and who is out there to support them, and how they can develop better digital security practices.
CryptoHarlem
Harlem, Manhattan, New York, NY, USACryptoHarlem is a Digital Surveillance Clinic that has been meeting on a monthly basis since 2013 in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City. It is always open to the public and completely free of charge.
eclips.is is a free, lightweight platform where you can launch your (virtual) servers. It is funded by Open Technology Fund (OTF) to facilitate an easy accessible cloud infrastructure.
We support Human Rights Defenders facing digital threats and work to strengthen local rapid response networks.
Jigsaw
New York CityHow can technology make people in the world safer?
Cloudflare for Campaigns
101 Townsend St San Francisco, CA 94107It is designed to make it easier for all political campaigns and parties, especially those with small teams and limited resources, to get access to cybersecurity services.
Digital Trust for Places & Routines (DTPR) is an open-source communication standard to increase the transparency, legibility and accountability of digital technology in the built environment.
Civic Data Privacy Leaders Network
MetroLab Network, 777 6th Street Northwest, Washington, DC 20001, USAA collaborative that will provide an active, authoritative resource for municipal leaders to navigate emerging privacy issues, share practical guidance, and promote fair and transparent data practices
Netfreedom Pioneers
CaliforniaWe are a technology nonprofit developing innovative anti-censorship tools and sending life-changing information anywhere the Internet doesn’t reach.
Totem is an online learning platform on using digital security tools and tactics effectively for journalists, activists, and trainers.
Project Galileo
101 Townsend St San Francisco, CA 94107If you are an organization working in the arts, human rights, civil society, journalism, or democracy, you can apply for Project Galileo to get Cloudflare’s cybersecurity protection
Tella
Washington, DCTella is a secure documentation app for Android, making it easier and safer to produce verifiable evidence and collect data in challenging environments
The Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto
Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, Devonshire Place, Toronto, ON, CanadaThe Citizen Lab is an interdisciplinary laboratory based at the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, University of Toronto, focusing on research, development, and high-level strategic policy and legal engagement at the intersection of information and communication technologies, human rights, and global security.
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