An index of tools and services evaluated against our 4-tier privacy and security matrix.
Legend & Criteria
- Tier: What level of privacy or security the product or service provides:
- Exposed (T1): Bad - Not recommended.
- Basic (T2): Better than nothing - Not recommended.
- Advanced (T3): Good — Balance between convenience and effectiveness.
- Secure (T4): Best - Maximum privacy and security.
- Anonymous:
- Yes if signup and payment can be completed fully anonymously without KYC (no phone/ID verification; accepts crypto or cash).
- Open source:
- Yes if the full codebase (both client applications and server/backend) is open source.
- Deployment:
- Cloud: Relies exclusively on third-party infrastructure.
- Hybrid: Third-party and self-serve options available.
- Self Hosted: No third-party dependency for usage or deployment.
- Offline: Local software or physical hardware with zero network dependency.
- Platform: Supported operating systems, browser environments, or hardware interfaces.
- Recommended:
- Yes: Personally vetted and recommended by Stop Snooping.
- No: Explicitly not recommended due to privacy flaws, telemetry, or counterproductive trade-offs.
- —: Neutral / standard alternative.