FreedomLab’s Tool Library compiles all online tools and resources that can be relevant for human rights defenders, spanning a wide variety of topics. Use the filters below to find relevant resources - tools can be filtered by Topic, Type, and Target Group. Please note that tools included in this library do not belong to FreedomLab and, whilst the Library is regularly updated and maintained by the FreedomLab team, users should be aware of the risks that arise by clicking on external links. If you know of a tool that could be added to this library, fill out this form.
Surveillance Self-Defense
Surveillance Self-Defense (SSD) is a guide to protecting yourself from electronic surveillance for people all over the world. Some aspects of this guide will be useful to people with very little...
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Online Toolkits
Topics
Digital Security
Totem
Totem is an online platform that provides online courses on various digital security themes and helps journalists and activists use digital security and privacy tools and tactics more effectively in...
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E-learning courses
Topics
Digital Security
Riseup
Riseup provides online communication tools for people and groups working on liberatory social change. The project aims to create democratic alternatives and practice self-determination by...
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Software
Topics
Digital Security
Project Management
Phishing Quiz
Jigsaw Phishing Quiz is a quiz that test users' abilities to identify phishing emails. The quiz tests you on a series of emails to see if you can distinguish telltale signs of phishing. The quiz...
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Other tools
Topics
Digital Security
Tresorit
Tresorit is an end-to-end encrypted, zero-knowledge content collaboration platform designed to safeguard the digital valuables of individuals and organizations with the highest classification in the...
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Databases
Software
Topics
Digital Security
Information Collection and Documentation
Project Management
Signal
Signal is a messaging app with features like one-to-one messages, groups, stickers, photos, file transfers, voice calls, and even video calls anywhere in the world without SMS or MMS fees. Signal...
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Mobile Applications
Software
Topics
Digital Security
Uwazi
Uwazi is a free, open-source solution for organizing, analyzing and publishing your documents. In Swahili, Uwazi means “openness.” HURIDOCS designed Uwazi to make human rights information more...
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Databases
Software
Topics
Digital Security
Information Collection and Documentation
Information Verification and Analysis
Information Visualization and Design
Project Management
Pixelknot
Pixelknot is an Android application that allows users to hide short text-based messages in photographs and share them across trusted channels. In this case, only your friends with the secret password...
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Mobile Applications
Topics
Digital Security