Digital security and privacy
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.
Netzpolitik
netzpolitik.org ist eine Plattform für digitale Freiheitsrechte.
Consumer Reports
Smarter choices for a better world
Digital Trust for Places & Routines (DTPR)
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.
Netfreedom Pioneers
We are a technology nonprofit developing innovative anti-censorship tools and sending life-changing information anywhere the Internet doesn’t reach.
Civic Data Privacy Leaders Network
A 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
Surveillance Self-Defense
The Surveillance Self-Defense guide from the Electronic Frontier Foundation provides expert tips, tools, and how-to's for safer online communications and protecting against online spying
Gender and Technology Institutes
In partnerships with local and international organisations, each GTI has further developed specific facilitation methodologies and training contents addressing the risks, attacks and contexts faced by...
Berkeley Institute for Free Speech Online
We provide software that ensures free speech online
Defend Our Movements
Defend Our Movements is a web based clearinghouse of the most up-to-date and useful information about protecting your devices and data—whether on the Internet, through cell phone communications, or in...
Tor Project
Defend yourself against tracking and surveillance. Circumvent censorship.
Intra
Intra is an Android app that protects against DNS manipulation, making it easy to access blocked websites and apps and get safer access to the internet.
Project Galileo
If 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
SecureDrop
SecureDrop is an open-source whistleblower submission system that media organizations can use to securely accept documents from and communicate with anonymous sources.
European Digital Rights (EDRi)
European Digital Rights (EDRi) is an association of civil and human rights organisations from across Europe. We defend rights and freedoms in the digital environment.
Community Lab at Open Tech Fund
The Community Lab provides services that empower the community to become stronger and vibrant by focusing on cultivating deeper trust relationships, improving knowledge share and collaboration, and su...
Psiphon
Psiphon is a free and open-source internet censorship circumvention tool that uses a combination of secure communication and obfuscation technologies, providing open access to the internet for million...
Tella
Tella 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
The 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...
ElectionGuard
Protecting democratic elections through secure, verifiable voting
Jigsaw
How can technology make people in the world safer?
Open Tech Fund (OTF)
We support the research, design, development, and deployment of technology-focused projects that counter online censorship and combat repressive surveillance, to enable global internet users to exerci...
Who Targets Me
Did 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 – a...
Transformative Cyber Innovation Lab
The 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 nat...
Digital Rights Monopoly
Digital Rights Monopoly is a game that reflects core digital rights issues affecting youth in marginalized regions, and offers pathways to build a healthier internet in local communities.
Totem
Totem is an online learning platform on using digital security tools and tactics effectively for journalists, activists, and trainers.
HuriDocs
Human rights defenders need evidence, law and research to advocate justice and accountability. We develop tools and strategies that make this information accessible.
Superbloom's Slack
An online forum for community discussion
SOAP Security for Organisations through Automated Policymaking
The free and simple tool that enables civil society organizations to build better security policies.
The Digital First Aid Kit
The Kit offers a set of self-diagnostic tools for human rights defenders, bloggers, activists and journalists facing attacks themselves, as well as providing guidelines for digital first responders to...
La Asociación de TecnologÃa, Educación, Desarrollo, Investigación, Comunicación (TEDIC)
Desarrollamos tecnologÃa cÃvica abierta: Promovemos el uso y desarrollo de software y hardware libre, diseño abierto y datos abiertos
CryptoHarlem
CryptoHarlem 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 ch...
OKTHANKS
Okthanks is an independent organization providing research and product design services for open source technology. We unite with a mission to leverage technology for social good.
NYC Libraries Digital Safety program
NYC Digital Safety: Privacy & Security is a partnership between New York City’s three library systems and METRO, a library resources council serving NYC and Westchester County
MIT Privacy Legislation: Law and Technology
This course brings together engineering students from MIT with law students from Georgetown Law School to explore current issues in privacy policy and technology.
PersonalData.IO
A collaborative tool to display data records on a map. Your data, Your control, Your options
Future of Privacy Forum on Smart Cities
Connected technologies and always-on data flows are helping make today’s cities and communities more livable, productive, and sustainable. At the same time, these technologies raise concerns about ind...
Digital Rights Community Global Gathering / Global Feira
An un-conference, one of the leading gatherings in the space, that brought together close to 1,000 attendees from 132 countries in 2018.
Public Interest Tech at the Royal Society of Arts Conference
Across 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,...