# KevinColemanInc/awesome-privacy

💡Limiting personal data leaks on the internet

Repository: https://github.com/KevinColemanInc/awesome-privacy
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/kevincolemaninc-awesome-privacy
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: awesome, awesome-list, hacktoberfest, search-engine, vpn, tor
Last push: 2024-01-23T03:02:09+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3351, "days_push": 953, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1028, forks 104 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:17.269529+00:00)

## What it is
A curated awesome-list of tools, services, and guides for limiting personal data leaks on the internet. It covers categories like VPNs, Tor, private search engines, secure browsers, encrypted communication, and Windows privacy tweaks.

## Use cases
- find privacy-respecting alternatives to mainstream services
- choose a VPN or set up a self-hosted one
- reduce tracking and telemetry on Windows 10
- discover private search engines and browsers
- find secure messaging and email tools
- learn how to browse the web anonymously with Tor

## When to choose
- you want a broad, community-curated starting point for privacy tools
- you are researching options across many categories like VPNs, browsers, and email
- you need guidance on hardening Windows against data collection

## When to avoid
- you need actively maintained, in-depth reviews rather than a link list
- you need a single tool rather than a directory of options
- you require guaranteed up-to-date recommendations, as links may age

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: maintenance
- function: security, privacy, developer-tools
- domain: privacy, security, awesome-lists, censorship-circumvention
- platform: cross-platform, windows, browser
- tags: awesome-list, privacy-tools, vpn, tor, anonymous-browsing, data-protection, curated-list, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- KevinColemanInc/awesome-privacy (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:17.269529+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T07:07:42.879350+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/KevinColemanInc/awesome-privacy (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:17.269529+00:00, sha 8c48c4f87c27)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.