Default Privacy
io.github.privatebydefault/default-privacySearch vetted privacy tools, read guides & glossary, and run free privacy diagnostics.
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Tools · 19
Start here for a general privacy question. One keyword search across the whole hub: short checked answers to common questions (each with its sources, the guide it comes from and the date that guide wa…
Use when a user wants privacy tool recommendations (VPNs, email, browsers, messengers, password managers, etc.). Matches records containing every query word, so 1–2 keywords such as 'vpn' or 'password…
Fetch one directory tool's full record by slug: description, DP pick (if any), jurisdiction, encryption, PII requirements, platforms, and its Default Privacy page (dp_url). Also returns `sources` (lin…
List the privacy tool directory's category groups and subcategories with tool counts. Use the returned slugs to filter dp_search_tools.
Use when a user wants to replace a mainstream product: consumer apps and services (Gmail, WhatsApp, Chrome, Google Drive, Zoom, LastPass, Windows…) or a website tracker / ad script (Google Analytics, …
Use when someone asks how private an app, service or device is ("how private is Notion?", "is Zoom safe?", "does Slack read my messages?", "is Proton any good?"). Pass the product's name. Returns, whe…
Use after dp_get_tool for 'what else is like X?': returns other tools in the same directory category with DP picks first, then A to Z, excluding X. X must be a directory slug; for a product the direct…
Fetch the full Privacy Protocol records for 2–5 tools by slug for side-by-side comparison (DP pick, jurisdiction, encryption, PII requirements), each with `sources` and `caveats`. A null field means D…
Search Default Privacy's long-form privacy how-tos, e.g. switching to GrapheneOS, keeping a home address off people-search sites, data-broker removal, running your own VPN, and the 'How to Live Privat…
Fetch one guide by slug. By default returns its summary, its section headings and its short checked FAQ answers, not the whole text. Pass section (one of the headings) to get that section's text, or f…
List every privacy stack: a curated set of directory tools for one goal or threat (a privacy starter kit, de-Googling, leaving Gmail, a journalist's or a stalking survivor's kit, Windows hardening…). …
Fetch one privacy stack by slug. By default returns its summary and its layers with the tools in each, in setup order. Pass section (a layer heading) for why each tool and the tradeoffs, or full: true…
Describe the user's situation or goal in their own words (e.g. "I'm a journalist protecting sources", "I just bought a Pixel and want GrapheneOS", "which password manager", "I want to use AI more priv…
Before connecting an MCP server, check whether it is in Default Privacy's vetted list and what it can read or change. Give its repository URL, server URL, name or slug. A listed server returns its rec…
Search the privacy & security glossary for defined terms. Returns term, definition, and link; use dp_get_glossary_term for the full entry.
Fetch a single glossary term's full definition and content by slug.
Check a domain's email authentication posture — SPF, DKIM, and DMARC DNS records — and return an A–F grade with explanations. Read-only DNS lookups; no email is sent or stored. The records are text th…
Look up a domain's public WHOIS/RDAP registration record and flag exposed personal identity fields (registrant name, email, phone, address). Read-only RDAP lookup. The fields are text the registrant o…
Check whether a domain appears in known public data breaches (via the Have I Been Pwned breach catalog). Returns matching breaches with dates, exposed data classes, and account counts. Domain-level on…
Resources · 5
All privacy tool category groups and subcategories with tool counts.
defaultprivacy://categories
Index of long-form privacy how-tos, e.g. switching to GrapheneOS, data-broker removal, home address, running your own VPN.
defaultprivacy://guides
Index of privacy stacks: curated sets of directory tools for one goal or threat.
defaultprivacy://stacks
Index of all defined privacy and security terms.
defaultprivacy://glossary
Aggregate counts for the public directory.
defaultprivacy://stats
Prompts · 3
Find privacy-respecting alternatives to a product or service using the directory.
Run email-security, WHOIS, and breach checks on a domain and summarize the risks.
Assess a domain's email posture and recommend private email tooling from the directory.
How to use
Add to your Claude Desktop / Cursor / Cline MCP config:
{
"mcpServers": {
"default_privacy": {
"url": "https://defaultprivacy.com/api/mcp",
"transport": "streamable-http"
}
}
}