Privacy and Security

• Organizations Promoting Privacy and Security
• Free Speech Programs
• Government Privacy and Security Resources
• Data Privacy and Security on Personal Computers
• Privacy Checkers
• Various Privacy and Security Software Resources

Organizations Promoting Privacy and Security

• American Civil Liberties Union: Privacy
• ACLU Washington State: Privacy
• Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial Email
• Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility
• Consumers Against Supermarket Privacy Invasion and Numbering
• Crypto-Gram
• Echelon Watch
• Electronic Privacy Information Center - EPIC
• Junkbusters
• National Fraud Information Center
• Privacy Forum
• Privacy International
• Privacy.net
• Privacy.org
• Privacy Rights Clearinghouse
• Privacy Rights Now
• Privacy Times
• Washington State Citizens Against National ID

     Also see: Organizations Promoting Free Speech

Free Speech Programs

• FreeNet - Free Network Project
• Martus - Human Rights Bulletin System

Government Privacy and Security Resources

• CIAC
• CIAC: Hoax Busters
• FTC: Identity Theft
• FTC: Information Privacy & Security
• FTC: National (Telemarketers) Do Not Call Registry
• FTC: Spam Email
• US-CERT
• U.S. Postal Inspection Service
• Washington State Attorney General: Identity Theft
• Washington State Attorney General: Junk Email
• Washington State Attorney General: Protect Your Privacy
• Washington State Attorney General: Telemarketing Fraud

Data Privacy and Security on Personal Computers

• Anti-Trojan.org
• Bacard's Privacy Page
• CERT/CC: Current Activity
• Counter Exploitation
• Cryptome
• Domestic Violence Internet Safety
• ELIGHT: Computer Safety
• Internet Storm Center
• Microsoft's Really Hidden Files
• Microsoft: File Extension Descriptions
• Microsoft: Metadata in Word97
• The Register: Security
• Security Focus
• Slashdot: Privacy
• Slashdot: Security
• Spyware Info
• Stay Safe Online
• Vanish.org - Security, Privacy, Anonymity

     Also see: Spam and Email Abuse.

Privacy Checkers

• Audit My PC - Includes firewall tests
• BrowsInfo
• GRC Leak Test - Firewall test (outgoing)
• GRC Shields Up - Firewall test (incoming)
• Online Privacy
• PrivacyNet: Analyze Your Connection

Various Privacy and Security Software Resources

Software that's no longer listed on this page might be listed on EPIC, Pricelessware, or Wilders.

• EPIC's List of Privacy Tools
• GNU Privacy Guard - GPG
• Open Web Application Security Project
• Open SSH
• Open SSL
• Pretty Good Privacy - PGP
• Pricelessware.org - freeware, including security tools.
• Wilders.org - anti-virus, anti-spyware, firewalls, ETC.