Default Privacy

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Add it to any MCP client that supports remote servers.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "default-privacy": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.defaultprivacy.com"
    }
  }
}

18 tools

• dp_search

  Start here for a general privacy question. One keyword search across the whole hub: directory tools, how-to guides, curated tool stacks and the glossary. Use 1–3 keywords such as 'vpn', 'data broker' or 'grapheneos'; every keyword must match, and filler words like 'how', 'best'…

• dp_search_tools

  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 manager' work and a full sentence usually returns nothing. For a whole kind of…

• dp_get_tool

  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` (links, keyed by the field they back, with the date checked) and `caveats` (things…

• dp_list_categories

  List the privacy tool directory's category groups and subcategories with tool counts. Use the returned slugs to filter dp_search_tools.

• dp_find_alternatives

  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, Hotjar, Mixpanel, Facebook Pixel…). Pass the product's name. Trackers return a…

• dp_get_related_tools

  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 directory doesn't list, use dp_find_alternatives.

• dp_compare_tools

  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 Default Privacy has not checked it (never read null as no); quote the caveats…

• dp_search_guides

  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 Privately' series. Filter by category. Returns metadata and links; use dp_get_guide…

• dp_get_guide

  Fetch a single guide's full markdown content and metadata by slug.

• dp_list_stacks

  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…). Returns title, slug, a short description and url for each; use dp_get_stack for…

• dp_get_stack

  Fetch one privacy stack's full markdown content and metadata by slug: the tools in setup order, why each one, and the tradeoffs. Slugs come from dp_list_stacks or dp_search.

• dp_route

  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 privately") and get the best-matching Default Privacy situations, each with the…

• dp_check_mcp_server

  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 record with sources and caveats. An unlisted one returns a short checklist plus…

• dp_search_glossary

  Search the privacy & security glossary for defined terms. Returns term, definition, and link; use dp_get_glossary_term for the full entry.

• dp_get_glossary_term

  Fetch a single glossary term's full definition and content by slug.

• dp_check_email_security

  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.

• dp_check_whois_privacy

  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.

• dp_check_domain_breaches

  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 only — no personal email is queried.

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