1. Opting out of data Surveillance

2. What is the difference Proprietary – Closed source, Lack of your control on their direction and operation. Free Alternative – open sourced, more input from users, you can create your own fork of the software for your own purpose.

3. Desktop Operating Systems Proprietary Apple OSX Google Chrome OS Microsoft Windows Ubuntu 13.04 and newer.

4. Desktop Operating Systems Proprietary Apple OSX Google Chrome OS Microsoft Windows Ubuntu 13.04 and newer.

5. Desktop Operating Systems Free Alternatives GNU/Linux Based – Debian – Fedora – Ubuntu – under special conditions – Gentoo, Linux Mint, others. BSD Based – FreeBSD – OpenBSD

6. Live CD's & VM images Proprietary None

7. Live CD's & VM images Free Alternative Liberte Linux CD/USB based designed as a communication aid in hostile environments. Tails CD/USB based on Debian and Tor aimed at privacy and anonymity. Whonix VM based on Debian and Tor aimed at privacy and anonymity.

8. Android Proprietary Google Android Google Play

9. Android Free Alternatives CyanogenMod – Aftermarket firmware Replicant – Free Android distribution based on CyanogenMod Firefox OS – Open source operating system F-Droid – Alternative to Google play app store

10. IOS and Windows Phone Proprietary iOS – Apple iOS Microsoft Windows Phone

11. iOS and Windows Phone Free Alternatives No alternatives at this time

12. Web Browsers Proprietary Apple Safari Google Chrome Microsoft Internet Explorer Opera

13. Web Browsers Free Alternatives Tor Browser Bundle - Encrypted, anonymous web browsing powered by the Tor network. JonDonym - Private browsing with the JonDo IP anonymization service and JonDoFox profile for Firefox. Firefox – (note IP is exposed) Orbot - The features and functionality of Tor for Android.

14. Web Browser Add-ons Useful Adblock Edge Disconnect HTTPS Everywhere NoScript RequestPolicy CryptoCat – IM Messaging Mailvelope – OpenPGP email encryption

15. Web Search Proprietary Google Search Microsoft Bing Yahoo Search

16. Web Search Free Alternatives DuckDuckGo - Anonymous, unlogged web searches. MetaGer - Meta search engine that proxies your queries to multiple search providers. Startpage - Private, unlogged web searches. Seeks Project - Open decentralized platform for collaborative search. YaCy - Decentralized web search.

17. Word Processing Proprietary Google Docs Microsoft Office Suite

18. Word Processing Free Alternatives LibreOffice. OpenOffice. NeoOffice. Koffice. Gnome Office. Feng Office.

19. Maps Proprietary Apple Maps Google Maps Google Earth Microsoft Bing Maps Yahoo Maps

20. Maps Free Alternatives OpenStreetMaps Marble - virtual globe and world atlas.

21. Email Services Proprietary Google Mail Microsoft Exchange/Outlook.com Yahoo Mail

22. Email Services Free Alternatives Autistici/Inventati -service MyKolab Riseup BitMessage – nice peer to peer RetroShare – peer to peer Kolab – server software

23. Email Clients Proprietary Apple OSX Mail IBM Notes Microsoft Office Outlook Novell Groupwise

24. Email Clients Free Alternatives Mozilla Thunderbird with Enigmail and TorBirdy plugins. Claws Mail – built in PGP support Sylpheed – Built in PGP support K-9 mail for android

25. Email Encryption Pay Proprietary options PGP tools – (Phil Zimmerman old company) pay full set of different tools

26. Email Encryption Free/Pay options GNU Privacy Guard – GPG GPGMail/GPGtools WebPG APG – for android

27. Instant Messaging Proprietary AOL Instant Messenger Yahoo Messenger Apple OSX Messenger Google Talk Viber Messenger Trillian WhatsApp Messenger

28. Instant Messaging Free Alternatives Pidgin with Off-the-record Messaging OTR plugin TorChat BitBee – IRC Gibberbot, TextSecure, Xabber – android ChatSecure - iOS

29. Video conferencing & VoIP Proprietary Google Talk FaceTime Google+ Hangouts Skype

30. Video conferencing & VoIP Free Alternatives Jitsi Mumble CSipSimple, RedPhone - android

31. Social networking Proprietary Google+ Linkedin Twitter Facebook

32. Social networking Free Alternatives Buddycloud Diaspora Friendica Movim Pump.io

33. Cloud Storage Proprietary Dropbox Apple iCloud SpiderOAK – I like their direction Google Drive Microsoft SkyDrive Amazon Services – base service

34. Cloud Storage Free Alternatives ownCloud Git-annex assistant Seafile Sparkleshare Tahoe-LAFS BitTorrent sync – new from bittorrent

35. Document collaboration Proprietary Google Docs Zoho Office Suite Microsoft Office Web Apps

36. Document collaboration Free Alternatives Pad.riseup.net – service Etherpad – self-hosted, real-time collaborative Ethercalc – spreadsheet server, multi-user

37. Media publishing Proprietary Free Alternatives

38. Online transaction Proprietary PayPal Google Wallet Free Alternatives Bitcoin

39. Virtual Private Network (VPN) Proprietary Cisco Systems VPN Client Viscosty

40. Virtual Private Network (VPN) Free Alternatives OpenVPN Libreswan OpenSwan StrongSwan A/I VPN, Riseup VPN - services

41. Web analytics Proprietary Free Alternatives

42. DNS Providers Proprietary Your local ISP Google Public DNS

43. DNS Providers Free Alternatives OpenDNS CloudNS OpenNic Project DNSCrypt – software tool

44. Anonymizing network Proprietary none

45. Anonymizing network Free Alternatives Tor Hidden Services Freenet I2P Syndie GNUnet Nightweb - android

46. Meshnet Proprietary None – ISP's fear this

47. Meshnet Free Alternatives Project Meshnet freifunk.net – radio network guifin.net Project Byzantium LibreVPN

48. Server Operating Systems Proprietary Apple OSX Server Microsoft Windows Server HP-UX SunSolaris

49. Server Operating Systems Free Alternatives GNU/Linux Based – Debian – Ubuntu – Yunohost,CentOS, others. BSD Based – FreeBSD – OpenBSD

50. Social networking Proprietary facebook myspace Free Alternatives elgg buddy press Anahita

51. XMPP / Sip Ejabberd Openfire Prosody IM Ostel Asterisk FreeSWITCH Kamailio

52. Are you safe?