DarkJPEG alternatives

Looking for an alternative tool to replace DarkJPEG? During the review of DarkJPEG we looked at other open source tools. Based on their category, tags, and text, these are the ones that have the best match.

Top 3

  1. Stegosuite (steganography software)
  2. OpenStego (steganography tool)
  3. BleachBit (system cleaner and privacy tool)

These tools are ranked as the best alternatives to DarkJPEG.

Alternatives (by score)

70

Stegosuite

Introduction

Steganography software like Stegosuite can be useful to hide sensitive data in innocent-looking pictures.

Project details

Stegosuite is written in Java.

Strengths and weaknesses

  • + The source code of this software is available
  • - Minimal or no documentation available
  • - Full name of author is unknown
  • - Unknown project license

Typical usage

  • Data hiding
  • Privacy enhancement

Stegosuite review

96

OpenStego

Introduction

OpenStego can be used to exfiltrate data or find unauthorized usage.

Project details

OpenStego is written in Java.

Strengths and weaknesses

  • + The source code of this software is available

    Typical usage

    • Data hiding
    • Watermarking

    OpenStego review

    93

    BleachBit

    Introduction

    With the help of BleachBit, the system can be kept clean and increase privacy in the process.

    Items that can be cleaned by BleachBit include:


    • Browser cache

    • Cookies

    • Internet history

    • Temporary files

    • Log files

    The tool can 'shred' files to ensure the data can no longer be retrieved, opposed to just deleting it.

    Project details

    97

    Decentraleyes

    Introduction

    Most websites consist of HTML show the structure of a website. Together with CSS for styling, and JavaScript for interactive functionality, the website can provide value for its visitors. Some of the used JavaScript libraries are heavy on bandwidth, so website owner may use a content delivery network (CDN). The primary goal for a CDN is to get data closer to the end-user, which results in faster downloads and increasing the performance of the website.

    Some common JavaScript libraries are used on many websites. As not every single website creator can pay the costs of a CDN, bigger companies might actually sponsor bandwidth on their CDN edge servers. While this is great from a cost perspective, it also introduces a privacy concern. The owner of the CDN can exactly see what websites a user is visiting by looking at the related requests to the CDN and the related referrer. This is where Decentraleyes comes into place, by intercepting requests to content delivery networks (CDN).

    Project details

    Decentraleyes is written in JavaScript.

    Strengths and weaknesses

    • + More than 1000 GitHub stars
    • + The source code of this software is available

      Typical usage

      • Privacy enhancement

      Decentraleyes review

      97

      hBlock

      Introduction

      For the privacy-aware users, tools like hBlock can be helpful to block malicious domains, malware, advertisements, and trackers. Trackers could be pixels added to websites to track which pages you visited, which might invade your privacy.

      Project details

      hBlock is written in shell script.

      Strengths and weaknesses

      • + Used language is shell script
      • + The source code of this software is available

        Typical usage

        • Malware protection
        • Privacy enhancement

        hBlock review

        63

        MAT (Metadata Anonymisation Toolkit)

        Introduction

        Many file forms store sensitive data, like a location, author name, or even the date and time. This toolkit can remove these bits of data while allowing the file to be used as before.

        Project details

        MAT is written in Python.

        Strengths and weaknesses

        • + The source code of this software is available

          Typical usage

          • Privacy enhancement

          MAT review

          97

          OnionShare

          Introduction

          This tool is useful for sharing sensitive data, including information to be shared with journalists where you rather stay anonymously. It can also be helpful for sharing bigger amounts of data, without having to use a typical cloud service like Dropbox.

          Project details

          OnionShare is written in Python.

          Strengths and weaknesses

          • + More than 50 contributors
          • + More than 2000 GitHub stars
          • + Many releases available
          • + The source code of this software is available

            Typical usage

            • File sharing

            OnionShare review

            100

            Privacy Badger

            Introduction

            Privacy Badger provides protection against website visitor trackers. These trackers come in the form of beacons or invisible pixels and have the goal to collect information about the browser. This data is often shared by third parties and used to create a profile of a particular browser. As minor differences for each user may lead to an individual user, these third parties may even link some of the data to the related individual. Tools like Privacy Badger do not provide guarantees that they block everything, yet can decrease the amount of data greatly.

            Project details

            Privacy Badger is written in JavaScript.

            Strengths and weaknesses

            • + More than 50 contributors
            • + The source code of this software is available
            • + Supported by a large company
            • + Well-known tool
            • - Many provided pull requests are still open

            Typical usage

            • Privacy enhancement

            Privacy Badger review

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