Non-profit organisation that maintains the Tor network, which allows people to communicate anonymously over the internet thanks to a special network that scrambles any attempts to trace connections. The easiest way to use Tor is with the Tor web browser, which you can download from their website.
Fediverse address:
@[email protected]
Manufacturer of networking equipment including routers, switches, access points, related software etc. Founded in 1996, based in Latvia.
Fediverse address:
@[email protected]
IT expert, software developer, good guy hacker, long-time Fediverse user. Fighting for privacy rights, libre software and ethical tech. Did information security and infrastructure for Panama Papers journalists, amongst others.
Fediverse address:
@[email protected]
InfoSec expert, privacy advocate, malware analyst and practitioner of corny humour.
Fediverse address:
@[email protected]
Online security expert and creator of the popular “Have I been pwned” tool. Microsoft Regional Director and MVP.
Fediverse address:
@[email protected]
W3C initiative developing strategies and standards to make the world wide web accessible to people with disabilities.
Fediverse address:
@[email protected]
Research and development project to develop next generation technologies that put users first, to protect them from exploitation and privacy invasion by online service providers. Partly funded by the European Union.
Fediverse address:
@[email protected]
One of the oldest blogs on the internet, founded in 1998. Posts an eclectic mixture of news items, curiosities, art, technology and more. (Technically this is a bot account, but it’s also the blog’s official account.)
Fediverse address:
@[email protected]
Polish-language group of activists promoting privacy and user rights on the internet. They also run a podcast and provide lectures and workshops on these topics.
Fediverse address (main, in Polish):
@[email protected]
Fediverse address (videos, in Polish):
@[email protected]
Newsletter covering the latest academic research about Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikimedia.
Fediverse address:
@[email protected]
Designs custom emoji, emotes, icons, stickers etc for use online. Dzuk is also the creator of Mutant Standard, an emoji set that is more inclusive of society and culture.
Fediverse address (main):
@[email protected]
Fediverse address (Mutant Standard):
@[email protected]
Independent privacy-friendly email provider, based in Germany.
Fediverse address (in English and German):
@[email protected]
Technical journal for system administrators, covering virtualisation, containers, security, DevOps, HPC, storage, cloud computing etc. Available in print and digital.
Fediverse address:
@[email protected]
Website packed with all kinds of information about online bots, including catalogues of bots and guides on how to make a bot.
Fediverse address:
@[email protected]
Independent privacy-friendly email provider, based in Australia.
Fediverse address:
@[email protected]
Account commenting on foreign policy, infosec and national security. Maintained by Matt Tait, a former specialist from British intelligence and now working for a cybersecurity company.
Fediverse address:
@[email protected]
Human-curated articles covering all sorts of topics around the internet, as chosen by a team of professional journalists.
Fediverse address (blog):
@[email protected]
Linguist and cat enthusiast, author of “Purrieties of Language” exploring online cat-inspired words, memes, hashtags and other sociolinguistic phenomena.
Fediverse address:
@[email protected]
Researches, develops and promotes online services designed for human beings rather than corporate profits.
Fediverse address (live streaming):
@[email protected]
Fediverse address (co-founder Laura Kalbag):
@[email protected]
Fediverse address (co-founder Aral Balkan):
@[email protected]
Website listing digital and technology services based within the European Union.
Fediverse address:
@[email protected]
OONI monitors network-level blocking of internet access, which is usually by governments or ISPs, and flags up any mass internet blocks or other interference. They also develop FOSS tools for carrying out this monitoring.
Fediverse address:
@[email protected]
Long-established charity and campaign group that has fought for the right to privacy since 1990.
Fediverse address (main):
@[email protected]
Fediverse address (videos):
@[email protected]
Information Security blogger, live streamer and educator, runs the Infosec blog Taggart Tech.
Fediverse address:
@[email protected]
German language technology news site founded in 1996, covering IT, the internet and other tech stories.
Fediverse address (in German):
@[email protected]
Dutch non-profit organisation promoting free open source software and open standards. Founded in 1999.
Fediverse address (main):
@[email protected]
Fediverse address (blog):
@[email protected]
Official account for Wikipedia, the free open collaboratively-written online encyclopaedia. All its articles are available for reproduction elsewhere under creative commons.
Fediverse address:
@[email protected]
German language site featuring tutorials for self-hosting your own free open source services, and the same site also provides a number of libre online services.
Fediverse address (in German):
@[email protected]
Technology blogger and freelance security researcher based in San Francisco. Wong has had a string of famous scoops, and been the first person to uncover many hidden features, security bugs and unannounced products from big tech companies.
Fediverse address:
@[email protected]
Aims to provide a next generation internet with better privacy, more decentralisation, less spam and better energy efficiency by using “multicast”.
Fediverse address:
@[email protected]
Free open source forum software very widely used by many different websites. Maintained since 2014.
Fediverse address:
@[email protected]
Free open knowledge base, available for anyone to use on any project. It is collaboratively edited like Wikipedia, and its contents is public domain.
Fediverse address:
@[email protected]
Non-profit organisation which is promoting people’s right to privacy, and making people more aware of their privacy rights.
Fediverse address (main account, in English):
@[email protected]
Fediverse address (main account, in German):
@[email protected]
Fediverse address (technical account, in English):
@[email protected]
Free open source project, website and browser add-on that summarises the small print of online services in very concise plain English. It also grades them according to how privacy-friendly and ethical they are. Project founded in 2012.
Fediverse address:
@[email protected]
Massive non-profit archive website which includes digital copies of vast amounts of printed, audiovisual and interactive media. Perhaps most famous for its Wayback Machine which allows people to look at older versions of almost any website.
Fediverse address:
@[email protected]
Computer scientist, inventor of the World Wide Web, HTML, HTTP, URLs, web browsers etc. Founder and director of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).
Fediverse address:
@[email protected]
Web hosting and data centre provider based in Germany. Founded in 1997.
Fediverse address:
@[email protected]
European Union initiative which is helping to fund free open decentralised social media like Mastodon and PeerTube, as well as many other libre online projects.
Fediverse address (main):
@[email protected]
Computer security expert and Microsoft MVP, posting on InfoSec, client security and related topics.
Fediverse address:
@[email protected]
International standards organisation deciding upon specifications for the World Wide Web. It was founded and is led by Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the Web.
Fediverse address:
@[email protected]
Computer science professor and affiliate law professor at Columbia University in New York, USA. Interested in privacy and legal issues, also well known as one of the creators of USENET.
Fediverse address:
@[email protected]
Free open source alternative to Linktree, which helps people publish links to all their profiles and sites on a single page.
Fediverse address:
@[email protected]
Ontario Research Chair of Digital Governance for Social Justice at York University in Canada. Researches network cultures and technologies, alternative social media and manipulative communication. Author of “Reverse Engineering Social Networks”, “Weaving the Dark Web” and “Social Engineering”.
Fediverse address:
@[email protected]
US-based website encouraging people to protect their privacy online, and offering suggestions on how to protect themselves.
Fediverse address:
@[email protected]
Consultant specialising in digital identity and internet standards, also posts about women in technology and cybersecurity. Based near Seattle in the United States.
Fediverse address:
@[email protected]
Free open source software organisation, probably best known for the Firefox web browser and many other libre projects.
Fediverse address:
@[email protected]
Blog all about decentralised social networks, featuring news items and analysis
Fediverse address:
@[email protected]
Hacking magazine covering technology, online infrastructure, underground computing and related topics. Based in the United States, founded in 1984.
Fediverse address:
@[email protected]
Chromium-based web browser made by an independent company based in Norway and Iceland, founded by people who previously worked on Opera. Vivaldi includes built-in extra features such as an ad blocker, RSS feed reader, language translator, email etc. It’s available for Linux, Mac, Windows and Android.
Fediverse address:
@[email protected]
Free open source privacy-friendly front end for YouTube.
Fediverse address:
@[email protected]
Free open source platform-independent ad-blocker, which can also block trackers, malware etc.
Fediverse address:
@[email protected]
Tech news curated by actual human beings, covering the internet, computing, apps, social media etc. Based in the United States.
Fediverse address (main):
@[email protected]
Fediverse address (flipboard.com account):
@[email protected]
Official account for the Minister for Digital Strategy and Development in the German State of Hesse.
Fediverse address (in German):
@[email protected]
Free open source packet analyser software, used for network troubleshooting and development.
Fediverse address:
@[email protected]
Security researcher and software developer, runs a blog about Infosec.
Fediverse address:
@[email protected]
Technology reviewer doing videos about all kinds of gadgets, services and related topics.
Fediverse address:
@[email protected]
Surreal observations on the Fediverse, the internet, technology, current events and the real world.
Fediverse address:
@[email protected]
New type of web browser engine, currently in the experimental phase. Free open source software, developed by the Linux foundation and volunteers.
Fediverse address:
@[email protected]
Online magazine for designers and web developers, includes lots of tutorials, guides and features.
Fediverse address:
@[email protected]
Free open source web browser add-on to prevent users being tracked online, made by the privacy campaign group EFF.
Fediverse address:
@[email protected]
News about decentralised social networks edited by veteran online community expert Sean Tilley.
Fediverse address (newsletter):
@[email protected]
Fediverse address (personal blog):
@[email protected]
Posting hints and tips on using Mastodon and the Fediverse, featuring tutorials, user news and other helpful posts.
Fediverse address:
@[email protected]
Creator of the excellently sarcastic “Web3 is going just great” project which posts the latest news about cryptocurrency/NFT scams, disasters and collapses.
Fediverse address (White’s account):
@[email protected]
Fediverse address (Web3 is going just great account):
@[email protected]
Useful site which lets you check if you are the victim of a security breach.
Fediverse address:
@[email protected]
Soft fork of the Firefox web browser, emphasising privacy. The default settings and included security software prioritise protecting the user from being tracked.
Fediverse address:
@[email protected]
Email service run by a small independent company in France.
Fediverse address (in French):
@[email protected]
Computer scientist campaigning for online privacy, also part of the Librecast project which aims to bring multicast technology to the internet.
Fediverse address:
@[email protected]
Blogger, product consultant, perhaps best known as the inventor of the hashtag on social networks. Also co-creator of ActivityStrea.ms, which led to the creation of the ActivityPub Fediverse.
Fediverse address:
@[email protected]
Free open source alternative web client for Mastodon servers. Currently in Alpha testing.
Fediverse address:
@[email protected]