Security & privacy
63 tools recommended in Hacker News comment threads, most-mentioned first.
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- Convergence ↗2 threads
Moxie Marlinspike's 2011 proposal for client-chosen notary-based TLS certificate verification.
- Ente Photos2 threads
An end-to-end encrypted photo storage service.
- Lockdown Mode ↗2 threads
An optional iOS hardening mode that restricts attachments, web features and connections.
- Paranoid Crypto ↗2 threads
Google's open-source library for detecting weaknesses in cryptographic keys and signatures.
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- Tor2 threads
An anonymity network that routes traffic through volunteer relays.
- YubiKey2 threads
A hardware security key supporting FIDO2, PIV and OpenPGP.
- 1Password ↗1 thread
A commercial password manager with a built-in SSH agent that can be unlocked with Touch ID.
- ACME Renewal Information1 thread
An ACME extension that lets CAs tell clients when to renew certificates early.
- AWS WAF1 thread
Amazon's managed web application firewall service.
- AWS-LC1 thread
AWS's general-purpose cryptographic library derived from BoringSSL.
- Accrescent1 thread
A security-focused Android app store.
- AdGuard1 thread
AdGuard is an ad-blocking and privacy protection tool for devices and networks.
- AppArmor1 thread
A Linux kernel security module that confines programs with per-application profiles.
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- BoringSSL1 thread
Google's fork of OpenSSL used in Chrome and Android.
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- CRLite ↗1 thread
Firefox's compressed, privacy-preserving system for checking whether leaf certificates have been revoked.
- Certificate Transparency ↗1 thread
A public logging framework that records issued TLS certificates so misissuance can be detected.
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- CrowdSec1 thread
Collaborative open-source intrusion detection and IP blocklist system.
- DANE1 thread
A protocol for binding TLS certificates to domains via DNSSEC-signed DNS records.
- Data diode1 thread
Hardware that physically allows data to flow in only one direction between networks.
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- Frida1 thread
A dynamic instrumentation toolkit for injecting scripts into running apps.
- Ghidra1 thread
An open-source software reverse engineering suite from the NSA.
- Google Inactive Account Manager ↗1 thread
Google feature that notifies chosen contacts or shares data after an account has been inactive for a set period.
- Include Security ↗1 thread
A security consultancy offering penetration testing and application security reviews.
- Infisical1 thread
An open source secrets management platform.
- Let's Encrypt1 thread
A free, nonprofit certificate authority.
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- Little Snitch1 thread
A macOS application firewall that shows and controls outgoing network connections.
- MoaV1 thread
A modular stack that runs 10+ censorship circumvention tools on a small VPS or Raspberry Pi.
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- Open Policy Agent1 thread
A general-purpose policy engine for evaluating rules as code.
- OpenAI Trusted Access for Cyber ↗1 thread
OpenAI program granting verified users access for defensive cybersecurity work.
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- Signal1 thread
An end-to-end encrypted messaging app.
- Socket.dev1 thread
Service that scans dependencies for supply chain risks.
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- The Network Pump1 thread
A Naval Research Laboratory device that relays data one way, sends back only acknowledgements, and suppresses timing channels.
- Token21 thread
A vendor of FIDO2 hardware security keys.
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- exitmap1 thread
A scanner for checking the behavior of Tor exit relays.
- iron proxy1 thread
A proxy for restricting agent network access by domain with credential swapping and re-signing.
- keys-on-the-wire ↗1 thread
Proxy that injects real API keys into outbound requests so apps only ever see placeholder tokens.
- matchlock ↗1 thread
A Firecracker-based VM sandbox for agents that injects secrets into network requests via placeholders.
- nono1 thread
A sandboxing tool for running AI coding agents with restricted access.
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- sandbox-runtime ↗1 thread
Anthropic's lightweight sandbox for restricting filesystem and network access of processes.
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- upki ↗1 thread
A Rust project from the rustls team that brings browser-style certificate revocation, such as CRLite, to non-browser clients.
- wolfSSL1 thread
A lightweight TLS/DTLS library aimed at embedded and resource-constrained systems.
- Respects Your Freedom ↗0 threads
An FSF certification program for hardware that respects user freedom and privacy.