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24 alternatives to Obfuscation

A user's guide for privacy and protest

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Obfuscation launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Hiding from the Internet▲72

   Eliminating personal online information

   2016 · its alternatives →

2. 2CA
   Cryptic – A sensible secret management toolkit and Go library▲93

   2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   The Architecture Of Privacy▲68

   How to engineer technologies with trustworthy safeguards

   2015 · its alternatives →

4. 4CA
   Commento: a fast, privacy-focused alternative to Disqus▲271

   2019 · commento.io · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Social Engineering▲62

   The Art of Human Hacking

   2015 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Phishing for Phools▲63

   The economics of manipulation and deception

   2015 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Escape The Wolf▲63

   A security handbook for traveling professionals

   2016 · its alternatives →

8. 8AD
   A different approach against online censorship▲51

   2014 · unblock.us.org · its alternatives →

9. 9
   The Clean Coder▲61

   A code of conduct for programmers

   2015 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Lying▲64

    An analysis to the human capacity to lie

    2016 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    The Offensive Internet▲2

    Speech, Privacy, and Reputation

    2016 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Naked Statistics▲66

    Stripping the dread from the data

    2016 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Invisible Influence▲66

    The Hidden Forces that Shape Behavior

    2016 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Without Permission▲147

    Lessons learned from reddit, hipmunk & YC - in book form!

    2014 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Future Crimes▲64

    Inside the Digital Underground

    2017 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Invisible Influence▲69

    The hidden forces that shape behavior

    2016 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Hacker, Hoaxer, Whistleblower, Spy▲61

    The many faces of anonymous

    2015 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    The Internet of Garbage▲71

    An assessment & prescription for our garbage internet

    2015 · its alternatives →

19. 19LA
    Lego – A Let's Encrypt Library and CLI in Go▲93

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    The Dark Net▲62

    A revelatory examination of the internet

    2015 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Hacked - 1: E-Mail spoofing▲67

    A podcast about the curious underbelly of the internet

    2015 · its alternatives →

22. 22DA
    Datastringer, a tool for hacker-journalists▲60

    2014 · bbc-news-labs.github.io · its alternatives →

23. 23SA
    Secrecy – A simple secret-keeping library for Go▲6

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Cracking Security Misconceptions▲70

    Untangling common myths about modern information security

    2016 · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →