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Updated22 February 2022
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...Loading Table of Contents...Use the following tools to visit blocked websites, to help hide your online activity, and to remain anonymous online. You can also learn more about how to visit blocked websites or learn more about tools that can help you keep your online communication private.
Security in a Box Tool Guides
Visit blocked websites and hide your online activity
Psiphon
(Android, Mac, Windows)
A free application that provides access to blocked websites while helping to hide your online activity. Provides good user support and offers improved performance for a fee.
Download | See their guide
Riseup VPN
(Android, Linux, Mac, Windows)
A free, activist-focused application that provides access to some blocked websites while helping to hide your online activity.
Download | See their guide
Proton VPN
(Android, Linux, Mac, Windows)
A business-oriented application that provides access to some blocked websites while helping to hide your online activity. Offers improved performance for a monthly fee.
Download | See their guide
Lantern
(Android, iOS, Linux, Mac, Windows)
A free application that provides access to blocked websites while helping to hide your online activity. Offers improved access to blocked sites for a fee.
Download | See their guide
TunnelBear VPN
(Android, iOS, Mac, Windows)
An application that provides access to some blocked websites while helping to hide your online activity. Free for up to 2 GB/month on one device (or up to 10 GB in select countries). Supports additional devices and unlimited data for a fee.
Download | See their guide
Hideme VPN
(Android, iOS, Linux, Mac, Windows)
An application that provides access to some blocked websites while helping to hide your online activity. Free for up to 10 GB/month on one device. Supports additional data for a fee and accepts Bitcoin for payment.
Speedify VPN
(Android, iOS, Linux, Mac, Windows)
A video-friendly application that provides access to some blocked websites while helping to hide your online activity.
Download | See their guide
Outline VPN
(Android, iOS, Linux, Mac, Windows. Management app: Linux, Mac, Windows)
An open-source application, developed by Google, that makes it easier for individuals and organizations to administer their own secure VPN service. Administrators can then give other users access to blocked websites while helping them hide their online activity.
Setup a server and download a client | See their guide
Algo VPN
(Linux, Mac, Windows)
An open-source application, developed by the security company Trail of Bits, that makes it easier for individuals and organizations to administer their own secure VPN service. Administrators can then give other users access to blocked websites while helping them hide their online activity.
Remain anonymous online
Tor Browser
(Android, Linux, Mac, Windows)
A free and open-source application that uses a network of volunteer relays to hide your online activity while providing access to some blocked websites. The Tor network might be blocked in some regions, and using it could make your connection look suspicious to anyone who might be monitoring your online activity.
Download | See our guide or their FAQ
Tails
(Linux, Mac, Windows)
Use a separate, secure operating system that you load from a USB drive. Tails communicates over the Tor network to hide what you are looking at online and offer access to some blocked services. Tails does not leave traces of your work.
Download | See their documentation