Old Photo Restoration (Official PyTorch Implementation)

https://github.com/microsoft/Bringing-Old-Photos-Back-to-Life


#graphics #Photo #Restoration

FreeTube has been rewritten from scratch to provide a new and enhanced experience, including a built in extractor API to serve videos.

Hi Reddit!

I typically don't like self-advertising, but there's been enough public interest in this that I feel like it's worth making the announcement myself.

FreeTube is an open source desktop YouTube client (For Windows, Mac, and Linux) that is focused around watching YouTube in a more private manner compared to YouTube directly. It includes all major features you'd expect from YouTube like subscriptions, playlists, history, etc. All of this information is stored locally on your machine and not sent out to any third party servers.

Today's release is a year long rewrite of the application that includes much better stability among other things. One of the big major additions is a new local API extractor for obtaining data. You may know that we've used the Invidious API in the past. It's still an option, but we now have 2 methods of obtaining data, which really lets you tweak how private your experience is. We continue to use no official API from YouTube and can now optionally be entirely independent of Invidious or other external API services.

If you've used FreeTube in the past, you might be aware that there were quite a few issues with it. Parts of it weren't stable and bugs were fairly frequent. This should hopefully be changed now as we have a much better code base to work with. I highly recommend that you try it out again if you've tried it in the past. The feedback so far has been very positive.

You can take a look at the related blog post over here:
https://write.as/freetube/release-0-8-0-beta-the-rewrite-is-here

You can download the latest release here:
https://freetubeapp.io/#download

There's bound to be someone who is upset about this, so I'll just get this out of the way.

FreeTube is built using Electron. I'm not going to apologize on my use of it as we've had many internal discussions about this. At the end of the day, Electron is still my best tool for making sure that the app is compatible with all major operating systems. Using Electron also keeps the door open for a web version in the future. Switching away from Electron would remove all discussions about a web version or cross-platform support. I would be focusing on Linux support only and would be dropping half of my current user base. It's simply not a good option.

I'll be available to answer any questions you have, let me know what you think!

https://redd.it/j3x1v5
@r_privacy
#freetube #yt #youtube #pc

GHunt

GHunt is an OSINT tool to extract a lot of informations of someone's Google Account email.

👀 👉🏼 It can currently extract :

✅ Owner's name
✅ Last time the profile was edited
✅ Google ID
✅ If the account is an Hangouts Bot
✅ Activated Google services (Youtube, Photos, Maps, News360, Hangouts, etc.)
✅ Possible Youtube channel
✅ Possible other usernames
✅ Public photos
✅ Phones models
✅ Phones firmwares
✅ Installed softwares
✅ Google Maps reviews
✅ Possible physical location

⚠️ Warning:
02/10/2020: Since few days ago, Google return a 404 when we try to access someone's Google Photos public albums, we can only access it if we have a link of one of his albums.
Either this is a bug and this will be fixed, either it's a protection that we need to find how to bypass.
So, currently, the photos & metadata module will always return "No albums" even if there is one.

👀 👉🏼 https://github.com/mxrch/GHunt

#ghunt #google #account #tool
📡@NoGoolag

Barinsta

Open source Instagram client for android

https://barinsta.austinhuang.me

https://github.com/austinhuang0131/barinsta

Download
https://github.com/austinhuang0131/barinsta/releases

https://f-droid.org/en/packages/me.austinhuang.instagrabber/


#barinsta #ig #instagram #fb #Facebook #alternatives

NewPipe 0.20.0 released: A new major version, a new unified player, a new notification experience... A lot is new this time!

https://newpipe.schabi.org/blog/pinned/release/newpipe-0.20.0

Get it on:
https://github.com/TeamNewPipe/NewPipe/releases

Or from their fdroid repo:
https://newpipe.schabi.org/blog/announcement/f-droid/pinned/f-droid-repo


#newpipe #yt #youtube #alternatives

Magisk news: A new version of Magisk has been released.
===============================================

Magisk users: This is VERY DIFFERENT than previous versions, it's been re-written in many critical ways!

You are advised not to just install it blindly before thoroughly checking the documentation.

Among other things, it CANNOT BE INSTALLED FROM A 3RD-PARTY RECOVERY TOOL LIKE TWRP. Due to all the complex partitioning schemes on modern devices, they had to change this aspect.

If you choose to install this, I HIGHLY recommend backing up all your important data first, and READ THE DOCUMENTATION.



Magisk changelog:
https://topjohnwu.github.io/Magisk/changes.html


Magisk Manager changelog:
https://topjohnwu.github.io/Magisk/app_changes.html


Magisk Installation Instructions (VERY IMPORTANT)
https://topjohnwu.github.io/Magisk/install.html


Magisk Documentation - general page:
https://topjohnwu.github.io/Magisk/


General Magisk repository page:
https://github.com/topjohnwu/Magisk


General Magisk support forum - XDA Developers
https://forum.xda-developers.com/apps/magisk/mod-magisk-v1-universal-systemless-t3432382

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Free P2P VPN

People use a VPN — virtual private network — for a lot of reasons. However, for many people it is synonymous with hiding your network traffic, one thing that VPN can do. FreePN is a relatively new open source project that aims to build a free peer-to-peer VPN network. Like TOR, it is decentralized.

Right now, you can download for Ubuntu and Gentoo. There is a way to ask for early access for Debian, Fedora, and Arch. Windows, iOS, MacOS, and Android versions are promised for the future.

https://hackaday.com/2020/10/18/free-p2p-vpn

https://github.com/freepn

https://www.freepn.org


#freepn #vpn #p2p
📡 @NoGoolag
📡 @Libreware

Rhasspy Voice Assistant

Rhasspy (pronounced RAH-SPEE) is an open source, fully offline set of voice assistant services for many human languages

https://github.com/rhasspy/rhasspy

https://rhasspy.readthedocs.io/en/v2.4.20/wake-word/

https://www.reddit.com/r/homeassistant/comments/edcxb3/rhasspy_vs_mycroft_vs_ada_almond/


#rhasspy #voice #assistant

LineageOS adopts SeedVault as its open source backup solution

For those not familiar with SeedVault, it is an open-source backup app that uses the same internal APIs as adb backup. The application doesn’t need root access, but it must be compiled with the operating system. The backup location is user-configurable, with options ranging from a USB flash drive to a remote self-hosted cloud alternative such as NextCloud. This makes SeedVault a particularly viable option for users who doesn’t want to store their personal data to Google’s proprietary cloud-based storage.

👀 👉🏼 https://nitter.net/t_grote/status/1220036097293586432#m

👀 👉🏼 http://telegra.ph/LineageOS-adopts-SeedVault-as-its-open-source-backup-solution-12-06

via www.xda-developers.com

⚠️Warning not all apps can be backed up this way
Some apps declare they cannot be backed up in their manifests so adb backup, therefore seedvault, skips them


#lineage #android #seedvault #opensource #backup #tool
📡@NoGoolag

🔵 Android's Root backup solutions:

▶️ 1) Titanium backup pro (paid, closed source)

https://matrixrewriter.com/android/

https://www.titaniumtrack.com/titanium-backup.html

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.keramidas.TitaniumBackup

Get licence file with PayPal option, don't purchase via playstore, Goolag takes 30% of in-app purchase amount from the developer

▶️ 2) OandbackupX
https://f-droid.org/packages/com.machiav3lli.backup

https://github.com/machiav3lli/oandbackupx

⚠️Warning: oandbackupX may not be stable yet

▶️ 3) cbackup
https://kdrag0n.dev/g/cbackup


🔵 Android's Nonroot backup solution:

▶️ Seedvault
https://github.com/stevesoltys/seedvault

So far it is supported by CalyxOS, GrapheneOS, LineageOS, Crdroid

⚠️Warning not all apps data can be backed up this way
Some apps declare they cannot be backed up in their manifests, so seedvault skips them. It can backup apks though if their data can't be backed up. Split apks backup is not supported (yet?)

In this case, you need SAI
SAI (SAI lets you install and export split APKs) - https://f-droid.org/packages/com.aefyr.sai.fdroid

and custom recovery file manager. Copy app data from /data/data of user apps and save it to local storage, copy them to /data/data when needed. For convenience, create a recovery script to restore data in /data/data. Encrypt them when not needed


#backup #android
📡 @NoGoolag 📡 @Libreware

Depix-is a tool for recovering passwords from pixelized screenshots.

This implementation works on pixelized images that were created with a linear box filter.

In this article I cover background information on pixelization and similar research.

https://github.com/beurtschipper/Depix


#depix #ocr #pixelized
📡@NoGoolag

Insular

Isolate your big brother app.
This is a fork based on the excellent Island. Extra credit to Shelter which inspire me to make the completely FLOSS fork of Island.

Differences from Island:
Basically no difference, except that
-all blobs (gms, crashlytics, etc) are removed to comply with F-droid's policy
-Internet access of this app is removed because we just don't need it

Features:
Isolate app, for privacy protection.
Clone app, for parallel running.
Freeze app, to completely block its background behaviors.
Hide app, for various reasons.
Archive app, for potential future use on-demand.
Use VPN only on one side, or different VPN on both sides.
Prohibit USB access.

https://gitlab.com/secure-system/Insular

Get it on F-droid


📡 @NoGoolag 📡 @Libreware
#insular #island #shelter #isolate #apps

Mull

This is a privacy oriented and deblobbed web browser based on Firefox. It enables many features upstreamed by the Tor uplift project using preferences from the arkenfox-user.js project. It is compiled from source and proprietary blobs are removed using scripts by Relan.

Source code : https://gitlab.com/divested-mobile/mull-fenix

Project website: https://divestos.org

F-Droid repo:
https://divestos.org/fdroid/official/?fingerprint=E4BE8D6ABFA4D9D4FEEF03CDDA7FF62A73FD64B75566F6DD4E5E577550BE8467


📡 @NoGoolag 📡 @Libreware
#mull #web #browser #ff #firefox #fennec

Super Productivity

Multi platform To-Do list app with sync, import and export functions

Web
https://super-productivity.com

Download
https://github.com/johannesjo/super-productivity/releases

https://apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid/repo/com.superproductivity.superproductivity

Source code (MIT)
https://github.com/johannesjo/super-productivity-android


📡 @NoGoolag 📡 @Libreware
#superproductivity #todo #list

Krita - a professional FREE and open source painting program

It is made by artists that want to see affordable art tools for everyone.

— concept art
— texture and matte painters
— illustrations and comics

https://krita.org/en/

https://docs.krita.org/en/KritaFAQ.html#license-rights-and-the-krita-foundation

#krita #art #illustrations #comics #painting #program #opensource #linux #windows #mac
📡 @NoGoolag 📡 @Libreware

Madaidan's Linux Hardening Guide

https://madaidans-insecurities.github.io/guides/linux-hardening.html


#madaidan #Linux #Hardening #Guide

How to sum numbers in LibreOffice Calc automatically.

LibreOffice Calc is a popular Microsoft Excel alternative that is part of LibreOffice. You can download LibreOffice for all major desktop operating systems and Calc will be installed alongside other modules automatically.

Using Calc works pretty much the same as in Microsoft Excel. You enter data in a spreadsheet and may use advanced features such as functions or charts manually or automatically.

One of the most common things that Calc users do is calculate the sum of numbers, e.g. of a column or a row, when using Calc.

https://www.ghacks.net/2020/12/26/how-to-sum-numbers-in-libreoffice-calc-automatically/

📡@cRyPtHoN_INFOSEC_DE
📡@cRyPtHoN_INFOSEC_EN
📡@BlackBox_Archiv
📡@NoGoolag

Windows reference manual

If you suddenly find you have Windows on your hard drive:
- dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/[drive]
- burning causes pollution so just call an exorcist

General:
- https://rentry.co/fwt
- https://t.me/NoGoolag/2549
- https://tb.rg-adguard.net/public.php
- https://github.com/jebofponderworthy/windows-tools
- https://github.com/massgravel/Microsoft-Activation-Scripts

App managers:
- https://chocolatey.org
- https://scoop.sh
- https://store.rg-adguard.net

Telemetry:
-https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/privacy/manage-connections-from-windows-operating-system-components-to-microsoft-services
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/privacy/configure-windows-diagnostic-data-in-your-organization

- https://github.com/mirinsoft/debotnet
- https://github.com/Sycnex/Windows10Debloater

Security reference:
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security
- Use Enterprise edition. It has a lot more security features.
- Use Virtualization Based Security to stop stuff like mimikatz or capcom.sys
- https://github.com/beerisgood/Windows10_Hardening
- https://www.microsoft.com/security/blog/2020/03/17/secured-core-pcs-a-brief-showcase-of-chip-to-cloud-security-against-kernel-attacks/
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/threat-protection/windows-defender-application-control/applocker/using-software-restriction-policies-and-applocker-policies
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/information-protection/bitlocker/bitlocker-group-policy-settings#a-href-idbkmk-unlockpol1arequire-additional-authentication-at-startup
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/threat-protection/microsoft-defender-atp/controlled-folders
-https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/threat-protection/microsoft-defender-application-guard/md-app-guard-overview
- User accounts is part of the windows security model, its better to use an admin account only when you need it rather than 24/7

#windows #spyware

Plexus

https://plexus.techlore.tech

Remove the fear of Android app compatibility 
on de-Googled devices

Plexus is a crowdsourced project that relies on the community. You can contribute here: https://github.com/techlore-official/plexus


#plexus #alternatives #degoogle #gapps

https://RSS.app

Instantly generate RSS feeds from any URL to add to your favorite RSS news reader app

#rss