Privacy Products

Many products are designed to protect your privacy…and some of them are darn convenient too! Here are our top picks of essential and useful privacy products that can help you protect your privacy.

The Privacy101 Top Ten

Just as the bad guys have become more specialized, so have the security countermeasures available to help protect you. Click any link to learn more about any of our recommendations. And while we do get an affiliate payment if you use our links, nobody makes the list for that reason.

Here is our current Top Ten list:

#10 – Anti-Virus/Anti-Malware

Using an up-to-date, known-brand anti-virus or anti-malware product is simply table-stakes for basic security and privacy protection. If you already have one, ensure it is up-to-date.

Our recommendations are:

  • Product Name #1
  • Product Name #2
  • Product Name #3

#9 – Anti-Phishing

Most individuals and small businesses will never be the victim of a targeted attack. But phishing attacks are the masters of collateral damage, and that’s enough to make our list. Our recommendations are:

  • Product Name #1
  • Product Name #2
  • Product Name #3

#8 – Password Manager

At Privacy101, we always recommend prevention as the first order of business. Password security itself is evolving. From passwords, to passphrases, to passcodes. And the newest solutions include bio-metrics and behavioral validations for stronger protection. Our recommendations are:

  • Product Name #1
  • Product Name #2
  • Product Name #3

#7 – Identity Theft Protection

This category has finally come into its own with many different alternatives appearing in the market in the last few years. Most solutions combine some level of monitoring your personal identity data with a service element to help restore your identity if/when you are ever compromised. Our recommendations are:

  • Product Name #1
  • Product Name #2
  • Product Name #3

#6 – Virtual Personal Data

If the bad guys can’t get your information in the first place, it significantly reduces your overall risk. These are products that dynamically generate “alias information” such as personal phone numbers, credit cards, and more, substituting it for your real information when shopping online. Our recommendations are:

  • Product Name #1
  • Product Name #2
  • Product Name #3

#5 – Virtual Private Network (VPN)

Over half the battle of protecting your privacy stems from the fact that everyone everywhere is trying to collect it, analyze it, combine it, and ultimately monetize it. If they can’t monetize it directly, they monetize it by selling it to others. A VPN makes that a lot harder for the trackers. Think of VPN as a ‘burner phone’ for your computer. Our recommendations are:

  • Product Name #1
  • Product Name #2
  • Product Name #3

#4 – Secure DNS

DNS stands for Dynamic Name Service. Think of this as the ‘address book’ for the internet. Every time you visit a web site, the name is looked up on specialized computers to find out how to connect you to them. Bad guys like to hack DNS and simply point everyone to their malicious content. Secure DNS makes our list because it is required by every single internet connected device you use. Our recommendations are:

  • Product Name #1
  • Webroot Secure VPN
  • Product Name #3

#3 – Firewall Software

Possibly the most legacy of solutions and still essential. A firewall is so named in reference to a physical wall that slows a fire from penetrating into the next room. Likewise, a software firewall is designed to slow intruders from getting deeper into your network. Our recommendations are:

  • Windows Firewall (Windows only)
  • ZoneAlarm by Checkpoint Software
  • Product Name #3

#2 – Backup Software

This is cool. Our recommendations are:

  • Carbonite Safe Backup (Windows, Mac)
  • Acronis Backup
  • Product Name #3

#1 – Computer Advocate Service

We appreciate how overwhelming it can be to get your arms around all of this. And sadly, we all need to; the bad guys just love apathetic outrage. So this is our top pick because it is not only helpful, but in our opinion: ESSENTIAL. A new cyber-service that provides you with a place to call. (Yes, a real human will answer the phone!) Get information and solve incidents about ransomware, phishing attacks, WiFi connections, identity scams, and other cyber threats. We have only one recommendation for this one:

  • Product Name #1