====== Tips for more secure communication ======

==== 1. Encrypt your Computer / Smartphone ====

  * Windows: [[https://veracrypt.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=Downloads| Veracrypt]]
  * Mac OSX: FileVault 2
  * Linux: select full-disk-encryption during installation
  * Android: system settings

==== 2. Set a lockscreen-password to prevent unauthorized access to your computer/smartphone ====

==== 3. Use a password-manager ====
  * z.B. [[http://keepass.info/|KeepassX]]

==== 4. Encrypt your communication ====

  * Short messages and mobile calling: [[ https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.thoughtcrime.securesms&hl=en| Signal ( Android )]] ; [[https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/signal-private-messenger/id874139669?mt=8|Signal (iOS)]]
  * Email: Thunderbird with GPG and Enigmail-plugin - [[howto:howto:thunderbird_gpg|see How-to]]
  * Surfing: Browser-plugin [[https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere|HTTPS Everywhere]]
  * Chat: [[https://www.pidgin.im/|Pidgin (Windows, Linux)]] , [[https://adium.im/| Adium (Mac OSX)]] both with [[https://otr.cypherpunks.ca/| OTR-Plugin]]

==== 5. Use Tor-browser for anonymous browsing ====
  * [[https://www.torproject.org/projects/torbrowser.html.en|Tor-browser (Windows, Mac OS, Linux)]]
  * [[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=info.guardianproject.orfox| Orfox]] (Tor-browser for Android.) Attention! Orfox is currently still in beta-phase. We therefore currently advise against using Orfox on your smartphone for strong anonymity. Orfox only works in conjuction with [[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.torproject.android| Orbot]]. Orfox is a mobile browser designed with privacy in mind while Orbot contains the actual Tor-application 

==== 6. Find and use trustworthy service providers ====

  * [[https://systemli.org/service/index.html| an overview over all our services - currently only in german]]



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Note: To use many of these programs, you can use the [[https://tails.boum.org|Tails Live-CD]] without having to install the programs on your computer.