Hiding from surveillance: a list of alternative Internet services

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AnoNet - A decentralized network between friends using a VPN and software BGP routers.

[DLMURL="https://bitcoin.org/en/"] Bitcoin [/ DLMURL] - cryptocurrency.

BitPhone is a mobile communication device based on a decentralized network in the style of Bitcoin.

Bitmessage - P2P communication protocol used for exchanging encrypted messages from one user to many subscribers.

[DLMURL="https://oti.newamerica.net/commotion_wireless_0"] Commotion Wireless [/ DLMURL] open source communication tool that works on mobile phones, computers and other wireless devices for creating decentralized mesh networks.

Cryptosphere - Distributed encrypted cloud storage based on the Git data model.

Drogulus (WIP) - a programmable P2P data storage with cryptography support.

[DLMURL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EDonkey_network"] eDonkey Network [/ DLMURL] - a decentralized file-sharing network for exchanging large files.

[DLMURL="https://freenetproject.org/"] Freenet [/ DLMURL] - free software for anonymous file sharing, publishing sites (available only through Freenet), chat rooms and forums.

Freifunk - A non-profit initiative to create a free decentralized mesh network. Freifunk firmware is based on OpenWRT and OLSR or BATMAN

GNUnet - A framework for secure peer-to-peer communications without the use of central or intermediate servers.

[DLMURL="https://blog.grimwire.com/#2013-04-04-grimwire.md"] Grimwire [/ DLMURL] is a browser-based application that uses Web Workers to isolate processes and WebRTC for peer-to-peer communications.

Guifi - European (mainly Spanish) large mesh network with more than 22,000 active WiFi nodes and 25 km of optical fiber.

[DLMURL="https://www.i2p2.de/"] I2P [/ DLMURL] - an anonymizing network using several levels of encryption.

[DLMURL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kademlia"] Kademlia [/ DLMURL] - a distributed hash table for P2P networks.

[DLMURL="https://namecoin.info/"] NameCoin [/ DLMURL] - a distributed DNS system based on Bitcoin technology.

Nightweb - An experimental application for Android or PC, which allows you to publish content and communicate via BitTorrent on top of I2P.

Librevpn - virtual mesh-network with configuration scripts that allow you to raise your own mesh-VPN.

[DLMURL="https://www.opennicproject.org/"] OpenNIC Project [/ DLMURL] is an open and affordable alternative DNS provider.

[DLMURL="https://www.osiris-sps.org/"] Osiris [/ DLMURL] - Software for a decentralized portal managed and working on P2P.

Peercdn - automatically distributes static resources on the site (images, videos, files) through a P2P network made up of visitors who are currently on the site.

[DLMURL="https://ppcoin.org/"] PeerCoin / PPCoin [/ DLMURL] - the first cryptocurrency based on the implementation of both proof-of-stake and proof-of-work systems.

Peer server - peer-to-peer client-server technology using WebRTC, where your browser acts as a server for other browsers through P2P peer-to-peer WebRTC channels.

Phantom - A decentralized internet anonymity system.

Project byzantium - Linux-distribution with support for wireless mesh-networks, which will provide communication in the event of a natural disaster or accident Internet service provider.

Project Meshnet aims to create a sustainable decentralized alternative Internet.

Quick mesh project - OpenWRT-based firmware for creating mesh networks.

[DLMURL="https://retroshare.sourceforge.net/"] RetroShare [/ DLMURL] - open source, decentralized communication platform for chatting and file sharing.

[DLMURL="https://www.servalproject.org/"] Serval Project [/ DLMURL] allows calls between mobile phones without using base stations.

Syndie - open source system to support distributed forums.

[DLMURL="https://tahoe-lafs.or/"] Tahoe-LAFS [/ DLMURL] - a free distributed file system with duplication of information.

Tavern - A distributed, anonymous, unbreakable network, protected from any outside user.

Telehash - A new cryptographic protocol based on JSON that allows you to quickly create secure P2P applications.

[DLMURL="https://thefnf.org/"] FNF [/ DLMURL] - organization of the Free Network Foundation for information support in the creation of local wireless networks.

Tonika - A distributed social network in which communications are carried out directly between friends.

Tor - A multi-stage network of anonymizers.

[DLMURL="https://github.com/irungentoo/ProjectTox-Core/blob/master/docs/WHY.txt"] Tox [/ DLMURL] is a project aimed at creating a P2P alternative to Skype.

Tribler - A project to create an Internet that is free from censorship, has been developing for eight years, an experimental application for Android has been created.

[DLMURL="https://unhosted.org/"] Unhosted [/ DLMURL] - serverless web applications that run in the client’s browser.

[DLMURL="https://vole.cc/"] Vole [/ DLMURL] - social network in the browser, without a central server, uses Bittorrent, Go and Ember.js, as well as Bittorrent Sync.

ZeroTier One - An open source application for creating huge distributed Ethernet networks. End-to-end encryption is used for all traffic. There is a commercial and free version.