Guides¶
Guides collects the site's core reading paths, from foundational concepts through specific tools and situations to advanced subjects and external research. Each layer has its own index listing everything in it.
Five layers¶
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The thinking tools behind anonymity and privacy: clarifying the vocabulary, building a threat model, metadata, how platforms collect data, what surveillance can currently do, maintaining multiple identities, networked freedom, and anonymous payments. Start here for the shared vocabulary.
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Introductions and comparisons: Tor, Tails, OONI, CryptPad, OnionShare, GrapheneOS, messaging tools, password managers, the cryptocurrency privacy spectrum, and the data risks of AI services.
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Situations and roles: an everyday baseline, journalists, activists, domestic violence survivors, LGBTQ+ people, election observers, anonymous donations, travel and border crossing, and speaking on Mainland Chinese platforms.
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Technical depth: end-to-end encryption, post-quantum cryptography, decentralized publishing, zero-knowledge identity and payments, and which networks are mistaken for anonymity.
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Curated external research, indexed with links to the English originals and our Chinese translations.
How to use them¶
There is no need to read all five in order. Several ways in:
- You want to know what to do and can read the reasoning later: start with an everyday baseline, ordered by actual effect
- First time with anonymity networks: start with Concepts and read through for the vocabulary and the motivation
- Looking for a specific tool: go straight to Tools for the introduction and the threat model each one addresses
- You have a specific situation: find the closest role in Scenarios and read the whole workflow
- You want the principles: Advanced covers encryption, post-quantum, and the rest
- You want external sources: Reports has the curated research
For regional regulation and measurement, continue to the Regional Observatory. To work with the community, see Community.