Privacy.sexy is an open-source privacy tool that helps users implement security and privacy best practices on Windows, macOS, and Linux operating systems[1].

Key features include:

  • Hundreds of customizable privacy and security scripts
  • Free and transparent codebase
  • Reversible changes if issues occur
  • Web version requiring no software installation
  • Desktop version with additional direct script execution capabilities
  • Independent, portable scripts without cross-dependencies
  • Extensive testing and community verification[1:1]

The tool comes in two versions:

  1. An online web version that runs without installing software
  2. An offline desktop version with expanded functionality for running scripts directly[1:2]

The project is built using TypeScript and Vue.js, with the desktop application created using Electron[2]. All aspects of the application, including infrastructure and deployments, are open-source and automated through a system called “bump-everywhere”[1:3].


  1. PrivacyTools - Enforce Privacy & Security Best-Practices on Windows and macOS ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎

  2. Made with Vue.js - privacy.sexy - Tool to support privacy on Windows, macOS & Linux ↩︎

  • Dataprolet@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    4 days ago

    This looks shady. Clearing your trash has nothing to do with enhancing your privacy and while some things are useful, like Firefox settings they are mixed with other useless things. And I also wouldn’t recommend running random scripts from the internet.

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      2 days ago

      Just because it has options to clear junk doesn’t mean it has nothing to do with privacy.

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      4 days ago

      If you open the page, you can also see and even edit the corresponding script in the window, there is nothing hidden. It’s way more as only clearing trash, but naturally in Linux there isn’t a lot of settings needed, like in Windows or Mac. Made in the UK, FOSS

      https://github.com/undergroundwires/privacy.sexy