Anonymous Communication Tools for Doomsday Scenarios
With widespread internet surveillance and the transparency of commercial internet companies to government agencies, the need for countermeasures has become urgent. For users, the most effective option is to use cryptographic tools and decentralized services. Below is a list of available methods for anonymization and protecting your rights. Use them at your own risk.
- AnoNet — A decentralized network between friends using VPN and software BGP routers.
http://wiki.ucis.nl/Anonet - BitPhone — A mobile communication device operating on a decentralized network similar to Bitcoin.
https://bitphone.net/#home - BitMessage — A P2P communication protocol for sending encrypted messages from one user to many subscribers.
https://bitmessage.org/wiki/Main_Page - Commotion Wireless — An open-source communication tool for mobile phones, computers, and other wireless devices to create decentralized mesh networks.
https://commotionwireless.net - Cryptosphere — A distributed encrypted cloud storage system based on the Git data model.
https://github.com/cryptosphere/cryptosphere - Drogulus (WIP) — A programmable P2P data store with cryptography support.
http://drogul.us - eDonkey Network — A decentralized file-sharing network for exchanging large files.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EDonkey_network - Freenet — Free software for anonymous file sharing, website publishing (accessible only via Freenet), chats, and forums.
https://freenetproject.org - Freifunk — A non-profit initiative to create free decentralized mesh networks. Freifunk firmware is based on OpenWRT and OLSR or B.A.T.M.A.N.
http://wiki.freifunk.net/Kategorie:English - GNUnet — A framework for secure peer-to-peer communications without central or intermediary servers.
https://gnunet.org - Grimwire — A browser application that uses Web Workers for process isolation and WebRTC for peer-to-peer communications.
https://github.com/pfraze/grimwire - Guifi — A large European (mainly Spanish) mesh network with over 22,000 active WiFi nodes and 25 km of fiber optic cable.
http://guifi.net - Hyperboria — Aims to create a resilient decentralized alternative internet.
https://hyperboria.net - I2P — An anonymizing network using multiple layers of encryption.
https://geti2p.net/en - Kademlia — A distributed hash table for P2P networks.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kademlia - NameCoin — A distributed DNS system based on Bitcoin technology.
http://namecoin.info - Nightweb — An experimental app for Android or PC that allows publishing content and communicating via BitTorrent over I2P.
https://sekao.net/nightweb - LibreVPN — A virtual mesh network with configuration scripts to set up your own mesh VPN.
http://librevpn.org.ar - OpenNIC Project — An open and democratic alternative DNS provider.
http://www.opennicproject.org - Osiris — Software for a decentralized portal, managed and operated via P2P.
http://www.osiris-sps.org - PeerCDN — Automatically distributes static resources (images, videos, files) on a website via a P2P network made up of current visitors.
https://peercdn.com - PeerCoin/PPCoin — The first cryptocurrency based on both proof-of-stake and proof-of-work systems.
http://ppcoin.org - PeerServer — A peer-to-peer client-server technology using WebRTC, where your browser acts as a server for other browsers via P2P WebRTC channels.
http://www.peer-server.com - Phantom — A decentralized internet anonymity system.
https://code.google.com/p/phantom - Project Byzantium — A Linux distribution with support for wireless mesh networks, providing connectivity in case of natural disasters or ISP outages.
http://project-byzantium.org - Quick mesh project — OpenWRT-based firmware for creating mesh networks.
http://qmp.cat/Home - RetroShare — An open-source, decentralized communication platform for chats and file sharing.
http://retroshare.sourceforge.net - Serval Project — Enables calls between mobile phones without using cell towers.
http://www.servalproject.org - Syndie — A German open-source system for supporting distributed forums.
http://syndie.i2p2.de - Tahoe-LAFS — A free distributed file system with data redundancy.
https://tahoe-lafs.org - Telehash — A new cryptographic protocol based on JSON, enabling rapid creation of secure P2P applications.
http://telehash.org - FNF (Free Network Foundation) — An organization providing information support for creating local wireless networks.
https://thefnf.org - Tonika — A distributed social network where communication happens directly between friends.
http://pdos.csail.mit.edu/~petar/5ttt.org - Tor — A multi-layered anonymizing network and browser.
https://www.torproject.org - Tox — A project aiming to create a P2P alternative to Skype.
https://tox.chat - Tribler — A project to create a censorship-free internet, in development for over eight years. A torrent client operating via the Tor network.
http://www.tribler.org - Unhosted — Serverless web applications that run in the client’s browser.
https://unhosted.org - Vole — A browser-based social network without a central server, using Bittorrent, Go, Ember.js, and Bittorrent Sync.
http://vole.cc - ZeroNet — A network of distributed, decentralized websites based on Bitcoin technology.
https://zeronet.io - ZeroTier One — An open-source app for creating large distributed Ethernet networks. Uses end-to-end encryption for all traffic. Both commercial and free versions are available.
https://www.zerotier.com
Remember: By using cryptographic (encryption) systems, you are not breaking the law — you are protecting your right to anonymity.