Xiaomi Geeks Bot

@XiaomiGeeksBot

The bot has been re-written from scratch with tons of improvements and cleanups, you'll note the dramatic increase of responding speed!

I have kept everything in commands as you've used to, with some touches here and there.

This update of the bot introduces some new feature that gives you the best of @XiaomiFirmwareUpdater, @MIUIUpdatesTracker, and @MIUIVendorUpdater.

- Now you can subscribe to your device updates of firmware, MIUI, or vendor so easily using subscribe command. Read subscriptions help section for more details.
- Are you using the bot in a device specific group? With this update you can set the preferred device of a chat with /set_codename codename in order to be used as default for commands that needs the codename of the device.
- Multi-languages are here! Thanks to the awesome community, bot has been translated into Arabic, Chinese Simplified, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazilian), Spanish, and Turkish! You can change the language using /set_lang command in your pm, and your group if you're an admin.
- Bot help has been more simplified into groups, and I've added usage example of every single command.
- You can manage your bot options using /settings command.

https://github.com/XiaomiFirmwareUpdater/xiaomi_uranus_tgbot

Note: You can contribute to bot translation on crowdin if you'd like to use the bot in your own language.

I'll wait your feedback and bugs reports :D
Thank you for the support and hopes you'll like this new update!


📡 @yshalsager_projects
#bot #xiaomi #firmware #vendor #miui

Open Note Scanner + PDF Converter

A full FLOSS alternative to document scanner apps like CamScanner

♦ https://f-droid.org/app/com.todobom.opennotescanner
♦ https://f-droid.org/app/swati4star.createpdf

(Open Note Scanner requires you to download OpenCV manager from GitHub or Play)


📡 @NoGoolag 📡 @Libreware
#apps #opennotesscanner #pdf #converter #notes #scanner #pdf #camscanner

Session

A Signal protocol fork with decentralized servers and no need for a phone number

Session is a cross-platform, anonymous and decentralized messaging application. You don't need a phone number or email address to make an account.

Session uses the Loki Service Node network to route the data, for which the nodes are rewarded with $LOKI. The Loki Network itself is made up of some ~1000 community operated Service Nodes where 44% of the supply is held in the SNs - about US$7.5 million at the moment.

I love Signal, but I don't love the attached phone numbers or central servers, but I know there's a challenge in allowing an altruistic intention over a financial incentive for the node operators - Sybil resistance. By using Loki's Service Node network, the crypto-economics is designed in a way that a bad actor would drive the price exponentially up while trying to accumulate enough Loki to be able to perform any traffic analysis on the routed data.

Think of it as a Signal fork meets a Monero fork meets an incentivized TOR network.

Web: getsession.org

FAQ: getsession.org/faq

Whitepaper:
https://getsession.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Session-Whitepaper.pdf

Sources: github.com/Loki-project

Comments:
http://old.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/f4yt7z/session_a_signal_protocol_fork_with_decentralized/


📡 @NoGoolag 📡 @Libreware
#session #signal #decentralized #im #instant #messaging #alternatives

Search engine alternatives

♦ DuckDuckGo
-> https://duckduckgo.com
-> http://3g2upl4pq6kufc4m.onion
- US based (EU servers for EU, though).
- Mostly Bing, Yahoo and own crawler results
- Issues: Proprietary, some components are free
- ToS;DR: https://tosdr.org/#duckduckgo
- Criticism here
-- https://gitlab.com/prism-break/prism-break/issues/2143
-- https://redd.it/aqz3q8

♦ SearX
-> https://searx.xyz
-> https://searx.xyz/tor.html
-> searx.space for other instances
- Instance of the open source metasearch engine
- You can choose which search engine to use for the results.
- Issues: No privacy policy, some public instances use Cloudflare, ads or may log IP addresses/searches.

♦ Qwant
-> https://www.qwant.com
- French based
- Own crawlers and Bing results.
- Issues: "French law makes it mandatory to keep some connection data for one year"
- Privacy Policy: https://about.qwant.com/legal/privacy
- ToS;DR: https://tosdr.org/#qwant
- Criticism:
-- https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/bstxms/qwants_future_regarding_ethics
-- https://forum.vivaldi.net/topic/35097/ethics-a-heavy-suspicion-towards-the-qwant-search-engine

♦ MetaGer
-> https://metager.org
- Open-source metasearch engine
- Based in Germany
- Stores some information temporarily: https://metager.org/datenschutz

♦ YaCy
-> https://yacy.net
- Distributed self hosted search engine, built on P2P networks

♦ Mojeek
-> https://www.mojeek.com
- Uses its own crawlers

Others:

♦ List of search engines:
-> https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_search_engines

♦ Startpage
-> startpage.com
- Bought by an ad company
- uses Goolag search
- https://restoreprivacy.com/startpage-system1-privacy-one-group

♦ Ecosia
-> https://www.ecosia.org
- A bing frontend
- Criticism:
-- https://info.ecosia.org/privacy#privacy-faq-item-6

♦Gigablast
-> https://gigablast.com
- Fails SSL at Mozilla observatory
-- https://observatory.mozilla.org/analyze/www.gigablast.com

♦ Yippy
-> yippy.com
- Uses Goolag ads

♦ SwissCows
-> swisscows.ch

♦ Disconnect
-> search.disconnect.me
- Connects to Amazon

♦ Wolfram Alpha
-> www.wolframalpha.com
- Doesn't even work without JavaScript

♦ Oscobk
-> oscobo.co.ukk

♦ Lukol
-> www.lukol.com
- Shares data with Goolag
- Privacy policy: https://lukol.com/privacy.php


📡 @NoGoolag 📡 @Libreware
#searchengines #search #alternatives

Collabora Office

Open source text editor, spreadsheet and presentation program based on LibreOffice, enhancing your possibilities to work on mobile and for collaboration.
Edit documents directly on your phone or tablet, guaranteeing your privacy and putting you in full control of your data and documents. 

Collabora Office uses the same engine as LibreOffice for Windows, Mac, and Linux. This, combined with a new front-end based on Collabora Online, reads and saves documents similarly to LibreOffice desktop.

https://www.collaboraoffice.com/press-releases/collabora-office-4-2-0-for-ios-and-android

Android:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.collabora.libreoffice

iOS:
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/collabora-office/id1440482071

Supported files:
• Open Document Format (.odt, .odp, .ods, .ots, .ott, .otp)
• Microsoft Office 2007/2010/2013/2016/2019 (.docx, .pptx, .xlsx, .dotx, .xltx, .ppsx)
• Microsoft Office 97/2000/XP/2003 (.doc, .ppt, .xls, .dot, .xlt, .pps)

Report issues:
This app is in active development, feedback and bug reports are very welcome.
Use the bugtracker and attach any files that caused problems via
https://www.collaboraoffice.com/apps/ab-bug . Please note that anything you enter in the bugtracker will be public.


📡 @NoGoolag 📡 @Libreware
#collabora #office #text #notes #spreadsheet #alternatives

WireGuard Gives Linux a Faster, More Secure VPN.

The virtual private network software from security researcher Jason Donenfeld wins fans with its simplicity and ease of auditing.

VPNs, or virtual private networks, are an important part of any security and privacy toolbox.

https://www.wired.com/story/wireguard-gives-linux-faster-secure-vpn/

Read Via Telegram

https://www.wireguard.com/

📡@cRyPtHoN_INFOSEC_EN
📡@cRyPtHoN_INFOSEC_DE
📡@NoGoolag

Core

The world’s largest collection of open access research papers

https://core.ac.uk

#openaccess #research #papers

YouTube video hosting alternatives


📽 Odysee
https://odysee.com
📽 Lbry Lbry.tv
🖥 📱https://lbry.com/get?showall=1

📽 BitChute
https://www.bitchute.com
https://app.bitchute.com/bitslide/

📽 BitTube
https://bit.tube

📽 DTube
https://d.tube
📱 DTube (IzzyOnDroid repo)
https://f-droid.org/app/com.powerpoint45.dtube

📽 PeerTube
https://joinpeertube.org
📱 Thorium
https://f-droid.org/app/net.schueller.peertube
📱 Tubelab
https://f-droid.org/repo/app.fedilab.tubelab
📱 P2Play (IzzyOnDroid repo)
https://f-droid.org/app/org.libre.agosto.p2play


Youtube viewers

📱 Newpipe Sponsorblock @newpipe_sponsorblock
• https://github.com/polymorphicshade/NewPipe/releases
📱 Newpipe @newpipe_releases
• https://github.com/TeamNewPipe/NewPipe/releases/
• https://newpipe.net/FAQ/tutorials/install-add-fdroid-repo/
📱 NewPipe Legacy (for Android OS versions 4.x)
https://f-droid.org/app/org.schabi.newpipelegacy

📱 Skytube
https://f-droid.org/app/free.rm.skytube.oss
📱 SkyTube Extra (IzzyOnDroid repo)
https://f-droid.org/app/free.rm.skytube.extra

📱 YouTube @Vanced
Mod of official closed source app without ads
(Also available in magisk module downloads)

📱 Songtube
@songtubechannel
@songtubegroup
https://github.com/SongTube/SongTube-App

📱 MusicPiped
Music player that only streams audio files (no video), thus eliminating heavy data usage or storage.
https://f-droid.org/app/deep.ryd.rydplayer

📱 Music Downloader (IzzyOnDroid repo)
mp3 / mp4 YouTube downloader
https://f-droid.org/app/com.andreacioccarelli.musicdownloader

📱 YiB (IzzyOnDroid repo)
mp3 / mp4 YouTube downloader
https://f-droid.org/app/com.teocci.ytinbg

📱 YoutubeDL (IzzyOnDroid repo)
Download any video/audio on youtube except videos with age filter
https://f-droid.org/app/me.harshithgoka.youtubedl

📱 YouTube Stream
Get YouTube Stream and open it with local application
https://f-droid.org/app/org.thiolliere.youtubestream

📱 Hello Music (IzzyOnDroid repo)
Music player. Download mp3 from the Youtube app via the share menu – and lets you list, display and open music from within the app.
https://f-droid.org/app/vinetos.hellomusic

📱 YoutubeDownloader - url extractor (IzzyOnDroid repo)
Extracts the urls to the YouTube video or audio files, so you can stream or download them. It features an age verification circumvention and a signature deciphering method (mainly for vevo videos).
https://f-droid.org/app/at.huber.youtubeDownloader

📱 TubTub (IzzyOnDroid repo)
YouTube player which plays only audio in background
https://f-droid.org/app/com.smedic.tubtub

📱 WebTube
https://f-droid.org/app/cz.martykan.webtube


📺 Kore
Kodi remote, send links to play in other device with kodi
https://f-droid.org/app/org.xbmc.kore

📺 Yatse (closed source)
Kodi remote control, cast and send links
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.leetzone.android.yatsewidgetfree


🌐 Invidious (browser based yt viewer)
https://invidio.us
https://github.com/omarroth/invidious


🖥 PC youtube-viewer
https://github.com/trizen/youtube-viewer/blob/master/README.md

🖥 Minitube
https://flavio.tordini.org/minitube

🖥 FreeTube
https://freetubeapp.io

🖥 Youtube-dl
https://youtube-dl.org

🖥 SMPlayer
https://www.smplayer.info

🖥 VLC
https://www.videolan.org

🖥 Pennywise
https://github.com/kamranahmedse/pennywise

🖥 YtSubsTracker (View subscriptions and play with VLC)
https://gitlab.com/Mis012/YtSubsTracker


📡 @NoGoolag 📡 @Libreware
#yt #youtube #video #alternatives

Raspberry Pi Imager Makes Flashing OS Images Easier on Windows, macOS and Ubuntu

https://www.cnx-software.com/2020/03/06/raspberry-pi-imager-makes-flashing-os-images-easier-on-windows-macos-and-ubuntu


@cnxsoftware
#rpi #raspberry #pi #imager #flashing

Drauger OS

Linux desktop gaming operating system. It aims to provide a platform for gamers to use where they can get great performance without sacrificing their security. Furthermore, it aims to make it easy for anyone to game, whether they use a keyboard and mouse, or some sort of controller.

https://www.draugeros.org

Telegram group:
https://t.me/draugeros

Wiki
https://www.draugeros.org/go/wiki

Download:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/drauger-os/files/latest/download

More info:
https://itsfoss.com/drauger-os

List of Windows games working on Linux:
https://www.protondb.com


📡 @Libreware
#draugeros #linux #gaming

Nekogram FOSS version

Compiled from https://github.com/Nekogram/Nekogram-FOSS

Non Foss version: https://github.com/Nekogram/Nekogram

Fdroid status:
https://gitlab.com/fdroid/rfp/issues/1241


📡 @Libreware
#nekogram #foss #tg #telegram #android

Guide to download ebooks off of IRC rooms

Reddit URL, so take a little precautions and maybe use old.reddit.com

https://old.reddit.com/r/Piracy/comments/2oftbu/guide_the_idiot_proof_guide_to_downloading_ebooks/

@libreware @nogoolag

#ebooks #irc #piracy #free #gratis

Best Open Source Voice/Video Chat Tools

(Technology has come so far, we can transmit video)

♦Jitsi
~~ https://jitsi.org

♦Linphone
~~ https://www.linphone.org

♦Nextcloud Talk
~~ https://nextcloud.com/talk

♦Jami
~~ https://jami.net

♦Wire
~~ https://wire.com

♦Matrix
~~ https://matrix.org

♦Signal
~~ https://signal.org

♦Kmeet
~~ https://github.com/Infomaniak/android-infomaniak-meet

♦Mirotalk
~~ https://github.com/miroslavpejic85/mirotalk

♦Dino
~~ https://dino.im


📡 @NoGoolag 📡 @Libreware
#chat #video #videocall #im #alternatives #foss #not #skype

Jitsi Meet - Free and open source online video chat

- Great alternative to Zoom, Skype, Hangouts etc.
- No account required, just a URL and a code
- Encrypted by default
- Free and open source
- Simple and easy to use
- Private, unlike Zoom, https://blogs.harvard.edu/doc/2020/03/27/zoom/
- Great video and audio quality (normally better then alternatives like Hangouts or Zoom)

Website here - https://meet.jit.si/

More privacy-respecting alternatives: https://t.me/Libreware/730

#videochat #conferencing #opensource #zoom #skype

Disable Fuck Services script 1.2

The goal of this program is to disable many trackers by Google, Facebook and others from the installed apps (and from Google Services if you have them). It will do a search and disable many of the analytics, ads, and firebase services for all user apps

1. Download the DisableFuckServices12.sh file
2. Copy it to /data/local/tmp with some root explorer (I used Mixplorer)
3. Give it 755 permission (also used Mixplorer for this, right after pasting)
4. Open a terminal (like Termux or Terminal Emulator)
5. Do the following 2 commands:
su
cd /data/local/tmp
sh DisableFuckServices12.sh
6. Wait (maybe a couple minutes depending on the number of apps installed)
7. Done

Warning: there is a small chance some apps will force close after this.
If so you can just reinstall them

https://forum.xda-developers.com/apps/magisk/script-disable-fk-services-trackers-apps-t4074427

Changelog : 
- 1.0 : Original version from MOVZX
- 1.1 : add Facebook trackers
- 1.2 : add IAMs trackers read Ars technica article https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/03/4000-android-apps-silently-access-your-installed-software

Credits:
by MOVZX
Updated by rayman95
DanGoodin from Ars Technica
Tutorial by saitama


📡 @NoGoolag 📡 @Libreware
#disablefuckservices #disable #trackers #ads #analytics #firebase #fb #facebook