Links & Resources
Organizations, websites, and YouTube channels worth following. No affiliate links here — only sources worth your time.
Dutch organizations & sites
Dutch digital rights organization. Advocates for freedom of expression and privacy online. Follow their work to understand what legislation is coming your way in the Netherlands.
The Dutch data protection authority. Useful for GDPR/AVG questions, complaints about companies, and understanding your rights as a citizen.
Dutch-language platform for privacy-conscious users. Sells privacy-ready devices (GrapheneOS, Fedora), publishes a podcast, and covers digital self-defense. Different focus from PrivacyGear — oriented toward ready-to-use hardware and guided setup.
International organizations & websites
The best independent source for privacy tool recommendations. Open source, community-driven, no ads. First stop when you want to know which VPN, browser, or password manager to trust.
Electronic Frontier Foundation. Practical threat model guides for journalists, activists, and everyday users. Written by people who understand how surveillance actually works.
Beginner-friendly guide to privacy and security. No technical jargon — a good starting point for people just getting started.
Campaign against Google's plan to lock down Android to registered developers only (deadline: September 2026). On GrapheneOS this doesn't affect you — you control your own device.
European privacy rights organization founded by Max Schrems. Systematically files GDPR complaints against big tech companies. Follow their work to understand how privacy law is enforced in practice.
Communities & forums
The largest privacy community on Reddit. Good for following news, asking questions, and keeping up with what is happening in digital privacy.
Subreddit tied to the Privacy Guides project. More curated than r/privacy — less noise, more substantive discussion about tools and recommendations.
The official Privacy Guides forum, outside Reddit. Higher signal, lower noise. A good place for in-depth discussions about privacy tools and threat models.
YouTube — Privacy
The largest privacy-focused YouTube channel. Covers tools, threat modeling, GrapheneOS and more. Well-balanced between practical and technical.
In-depth analysis of surveillance capitalism, data collection, and digital power. Critical and well-sourced — for those who want to understand the bigger picture.
Specializes in GrapheneOS and Android privacy. Practical tutorials and honest comparisons.
Privacy news and explainers for a broad audience. Strong at making complex topics like data collection and financial privacy accessible.
Focuses on surveillance capitalism and how companies use your data. Good for understanding the bigger picture behind privacy.
In-depth privacy and security guides. Step-by-step instructions you can actually follow, for both beginners and advanced users.
Weekly privacy news from Techlore and Henry Fischer. Compact overview of what is happening in surveillance, data breaches, and privacy legislation.
OSINT and extreme privacy from a practical perspective. Former FBI agent who explains how to minimize your digital footprint. Podcast and books — goes further than most privacy channels, beyond tools into real anonymity.
YouTube — Security & Hacking
Networking, Linux, and cybersecurity for beginners and advanced users. Energetic and practical — good starting point for understanding how networks and security work.
Cybersecurity and CTF challenges explained step by step. Good for understanding how attacks work in practice.
Linux, security, and digital privacy from a technical perspective. No sugarcoating — calls out what is actually broken in the industry.
Linux desktop and open source news. Good for anyone switching from Windows or Mac who wants to understand how the ecosystem works.
Networking, ethical hacking, and cybersecurity. Large audience, practical approach. Good for understanding how network attacks and defenses work in the real world.
CTF challenges and binary exploitation explained. Technical and honest — he shows when he gets stuck too. For anyone who wants to genuinely understand how software vulnerabilities work.