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

Make a Telegram bot for notifying about new RSS feed items

https://ljmocic.medium.com/make-telegram-bot-for-notifying-about-new-rss-feed-items-4cfbcc37f4fd

Replace your #RSS #reader with a simple #Telegram #bot

IzzyOnDroid@mastodon.technology - Now there comes the long awaited "little 🌧" (still more in the queue) at #fdroid – 9 new apps and 66 updated! Newcomers include e.g.

* Ariane: a Gemini browser
* Freenet mobile: access the censor-free P"P Freenet network
* Just Another Workout Timer
* OCR: Tesseract-based text recognition
* Package Manager: manage your apps

and more. Take your pick!

https://IzzyOnDroid@mastodon.technology/

#izzy #fdroid #repo #mastodon

Changelog : v1.0.7
* Fix favourite button state not getting updated
* Sort apps by-default based on date updated
* Add new locale Portugese-Brazil (Pt-BR)
* Fix issue where installer method was getting reset to native on MIUI
* Fix issue where exta : was appended to download path

Hi all,

Here is the first public alpha for AuroraStore v4.
A lot has changed from v3.2.9 which was like 7 months ago.

Google keeps changing the API, so instead of patching every changes.
I decided to write a new GPlay API that is dynamic enough to embrace this regular changes.

Therefore a new client was required to explore this dynamic API.

Here are few things that are new:
1. You can browse streams similar to Play Store, ie For You, Editor's Choice, Early Access. EC & EA is not available on anonymous logins.
2. App Library, so you can track your app install history.
3. App-on-Sale, uses a 3rd party API for index, but app data is fetched from Google's servers
4. A dedicated section for Games
5. A new improved App UI
6. A lot of under the hood improvements.
7. Kotlin

Here are few things that will no longer be available or has changed:
1. Geo-spoof, would provide a companion app to facilitate the same, if required.
2. Favourite app, will add something called similar to WishList, limited to google login only.
3. Anonymous logins now use your device-config to create session, so your device-config is sent to my dispenser server. It may sound scary but it is not, here is a sample of what I send to my dispenser in order to create a anonymous session.

Whatever else is missing, will be added soon,

Please keep in mind that this is a alpha build and it has many bugs & scope for improvements.
Help us improve & support building a friendly FOSS Community.

Use /bug to report a bug & /suggestion to add a suggestion.

I read all messages, I may not reply to all. But I do read all.

Regards,
Rahul

AlwaysOnline Telegram

Run this on a server to make your telegram accounts appear as online always
Don't let others peak on your daily routine with recent online. So keep yourself always online

https://github.com/abusetelegram/AlwaysOnline-

#alwaysonline #tg #telegram

PCAPdroid

Capture traffic on Android devices and send the PCAP via UDP without root

PCAPdroid lets you capture the Android traffic and analyze it remotely (e.g. via Wireshark). The traffic can be easily captured on a remote PC via an UDP socket.

💡 Features:

✅ Capture apps traffic without root privileges

✅ Send captured traffic via UDP

✅ Download the traffic PCAP via the integrated HTTP server

✅ Show captured traffic real time statistics

✅ Apply a filter to only capture traffic for the selected app

✅ Decrypt HTTPS/TLS traffic via a remote mitmproxy

https://f-droid.org/packages/com.emanuelef.remote_capture/

#PCAPdroid #android #fdroid #app