​​🔐 How to encrypt WhatsApp chat backups in iCloud on iPhone

All WhatsApp messages are encrypted by default, but when you upload them to iCloud, iCloud can see those messages.
The process to turn encryption for these backups on or off can be done within the iOS WhatsApp application.

Step-by-step guide:

1. Open WhatsApp Settings.
2. Go into Chats → Chat & Backup → End-To-End Encrypted Backup.
3. Tap Turn On.
4. Choose between Password or 64-digit Encryption Key.
5. Setup a password and tap Next.
6. Tap Create.

WhatsApp needs some time to transition to encrypted backups.

#security #whatsapp #iphone

🔋 DevCheck Hardware and System Info

DevCheck gives you all the information you need about your hardware and operating system in a clear, accurate and organized way.

DevCheck provides the most detailed CPU and System-on-a-chip (SOC) info available. See specifications for Bluetooth, GPU, RAM, storage and other hardware in your phone or tablet. Find all the details about your WiFi and mobile networks, including dual SIM info. Get real time sensor data. Learn about your phone's operating system and architecture, including codename, brand, manufacturer, bootloader, radio, serial number, device id Android version, security patch level and kernel.

DevCheck also displays the most advanced camera specifications, including sensor size, pixel size, aperture, focal length, ISO range, RAW capability, face detection, 35mm equivalents and more.

DevCheck provides real-time info about your battery status, temperature, level, technology, health, voltage, current and capacity.

Try and use it!

#app #android

🕶️ Decentraleyes

Decentraleyes protects you against tracking through "free", centralized, content delivery.
It prevents a lot of requests from reaching networks like Google Hosted Libraries, and serves local files to keep sites from breaking.

Websites have increasingly begun to rely much more on large third-parties for content delivery. Canceling requests for ads or trackers is usually without issue, however blocking actual content, not unexpectedly, breaks pages. The aim of this add-on is to cut out the middleman by providing lightning speed delivery of local (bundled) files to improve online privacy.

Main Features:

* Protects privacy by evading large delivery networks that claim to offer free services.
* Complements regular blockers such as uBlock Origin, Adblock Plus, et al.
* Works directly out of the box; absolutely no prior configuration required.

#addon #chrome #firefox

🔐 CanvasBlocker

This extension protects user privacy by prevents the HTML canvas element from being used by malicious scripts for fingerprinting the user. This extension adds a slight noise to the data generated by the canvas element when certain methods are being called. This way the canvas element cannot be used for fingerprinting purposes. Compared to other similar extensions, this one is lighter and uses a more effective method to block fingerprinting from all frame elements (top and subframes).

Main Features:

* Fingerprint defender with as minimum footprint as possible.
* Block or disable fingerprint on certain hostnames.
* Notify when the canvas fingerprint is detected.
* Disable notification for a few hostnames or for all hostnames.
* Works on cross-origin (CORS) and sandboxed iframes (like Disqus and Hangouts).

#addon #chrome #firefox #privacy

​​🔑 Universal Text Encryption Tool

Paranoia Text Encryption keeps your notes, cryptocurrency keys (seeds, mnemonics), emails, social networking posts, and any other text safe from snoopers, hackers, and prying eyes.

The app provides real security as data is encrypted using strong encryption algorithms such as Blowfish 448bit, AES 256bit, RC6 256bit, Serpent 256bit, Twofish 256bit, GOST 256bit.

How to use it:

1. Copy and paste data from your applications.
2. Save it to a file for later use.
3. Profit!

Fully compatible with Paranoia Text Encryptor for Android and Paranoia Text Encryption for iOS.

It's completely free and open source, provides cross-platform desktop versions (Windows, Linux, macOS).

#privacy #security #windows #linux #mac

👻 PassBrow

PassBrow is an extension designed to maintain user privacy through a default password to lock the browser.

PassBrow blocks access to your browser, allowing no access to browser data, bookmarks, settings, internet, etc.
It is very simple to use, just access the extension options and register a new password. After that, you can lock Chrome by reopening the browser, clicking the Lock pop-up button, pressing the shortcut key ctrl+shift+9 or cmd+shift+9, typing 'pb lock' in the address bar, or accessing the Lock Browser option from the menu of context.
To unlock you can simply enter your password.

PassBrow works not only with Chrome, but also with other browsers, e.g. Opera, Firefox, Brave.

#addon #chrome #firefox #opera

🎵 Retro Music Player

Retro Music player is one of the best Material design offline music player for Android.

Main Features:

* 10+ now playing themes;
* Driving Mode;
* Headset/Bluetooth support;
* Music duration filter;
* Folder support - Play songs by folder;
* Gapless playback;
* Volume controls;
* Home screen widgets;
* Lock screen playback controls;
* Lyrics screen (download and sync with music);
* Sleep timer;
* Easy drag to sort playlist & play queue;
* Tag editor;
* Create, edit and import playlists;
* 30+ languages support.

Unfortunately, it don't support online music download or music streaming.

#app #android #music

Librefox Browser

Librefox aims at enforcing privacy and security of Firefox without forking the project.
Librefox uses more than 500 privacy/security/performance settings, patches, and a cleaned bundle of Firefox (updater, crashreporter and Firefox's integrated addons that don't respect privacy are removed).

Main Features:

* Updated browser: because this project is not a fork, it is kept updated with the latest Firefox version.
* Extensions firewall: limit internet access for extensions.
* User settings updates: gHacks/pyllyukko base is kept up to date.
* Librefox-addons: set of optional Librefox extensions
Statistics disabled: telemetry and similar functions are disabled
* Tor Librefox-addons: adapted Librefox extensions for TBB.
* Multi-platform (Windows/Linux/Mac).
* Dark theme (classic and advanced).
* Recommended and code reviewed addons list.
* Community-Driven.

#firefox #windows #mac #linux #privacy

​​⏱️ Transportr - Open Source Public Transit

Transportr is a Free Public Transport Assistant without Ads or Tracking developed by people around the world in their free time.

This app uses the data of various local public transport agencies and provides a unified interface for them.
It can not verify the correctness of the data and therefore offers no guarantees for the displayed information.

Main Features:

🛣️ Trip Routing. Just tell Transportr where you want to go!
It will find the best connections for you, advises you where to change buses,
and even gives you an estimated time of arrival.

⏱️ Live Departures. Shows upcoming departures from any and all stations.

🗽 Software Freedom. The source code for Transportr is 100% open. You can freely use, study, share and improve it. You can even add your city yourself, if it is not already supported.

🛰️ Finds your Position. Transportr uses GPS satellite navigation to keep track of your current position - so you never get lost.
You can find nearby stations to start a new trip
and then see how far along the journey you are.

🌟 Remembers Favorite Places. To get you where you need to go faster, Transportr saves frequently used locations and trips.

🚫 No Ads, No Tracking. This app does not display ads
or annoying notifications.
It also does not use tracking tools such as Google Analytics to spy on you.

🗺️ Beautiful Maps. Displays stations or your entire trip on a map and always knows where you are to not miss where to get off the bus.

#app #android

📖 xBrowserSync

Browser syncing as it should be: secure, anonymous and free! Sync bookmarks across your browsers and devices, no sign up required.

xBrowserSync is a completely free and open source tool for syncing your bookmarks and browser data between your desktop browsers. xBrowserSync respects your privacy and gives you complete anonymity — no sign up is required and no personal data is ever collected. It is also completely secure; your data is encrypted client-side with military grade encryption, Even if someone intercepted your data, only you can decrypt it.

With the xBrowserSync mobile app you can use xBrowserSync on the go with your Android device. Once you have created a new sync on your desktop browser using the web extension, simply scan your sync ID code into the app and enter your password to connect to your synced data.

Main Features:

★ Sync bookmarks between desktop browsers, and access bookmarks on the move using the xBrowserSync Android app.
★ Absolutely free, there are no charges for using the service.
★ Totally anonymous, no sign up or submission of personal data required, just install and sync.
★ Encrypts your browser data client-side using military grade encryption that only you can decrypt.
★ Browse, find, modify and share bookmarks quickly and easily.
★ Enrich your bookmarks with descriptions and tags.
★ Works with native desktop browser bookmarking features.
★ Add bookmarks with the mobile app by sharing from your favourite apps.
★ Share bookmarks with friends with the mobile app.
★ Back up and restore your synced data for total peace of mind.
★ Run your very own xBrowserSync cloud service for syncing in complete privacy.

#addon #app #chrome #firefox #privacy

🔑 Tofu Authenticator

Tofu is an easy-to-use, open-source two-factor authentication app designed specifically for iOS.

Tofu generates one-time passwords to help you protect your online accounts. These passwords are used together with your normal password when you sign into services like Google, Facebook, Dropbox, Amazon, and GitHub.

Tofu works with all services that provide two-factor authentication using the HOTP and TOTP algorithms. It does not require a network or cellular connection and can be used in airplane mode.

#app #iphone #security

​​🔑 Electrum

Electrum is a lightweight and open-source Bitcoin wallet.
It can be used on mobile, desktop or with the command line interface.

Main Features:

* Your private keys are encrypted and never leave your computer.
* Your funds can be recovered from a secret phrase.
* Electrum is fast, because it uses servers that index the Bitcoin blockchain.
* You can export your private keys and use them in other Bitcoin clients.
* Electrum servers are decentralized and redundant. Your wallet is never down.
* Electrum Wallet verifies all the transactions in your history using SPV.
* Keep your private keys offline, and go online with a watching-only wallet.
* Split the permission to spend your coins between several wallets.
* Electrum supports third-party plugins: Multisig services, Hardware wallets, etc.

#app #privacy #security

​​📱 GrapheneOS

GrapheneOS is a privacy and security focused mobile OS with Android app compatibility developed as a non-profit open source project. It's focused on the research and development of privacy and security technology including substantial improvements to sandboxing, exploit mitigations and the permission model.

GrapheneOS does not include either Google Play services or another implementation of Google services like microG. It's possible to install Play services as a set of fully sandboxed apps without special privileges via sandboxed Play services compatibility layer.

#android #os

⌨️ Hacker's Keyboard

Hacker's Keyboard has separate number keys, punctuation in the usual places, and arrow keys. It is based on the AOSP Gingerbread soft keyboard, so it supports multitouch for the modifier keys.

There are about thirty different languages covered, which can be enabled in the settings. Completion dictionaries are only possible via plug-in packages, available from the website.

This keyboard is especially useful if you use ConnectBot for SSH access. It provides working Tab/Ctrl/Esc keys, and the arrow keys are essential for devices such as the Xoom tablet or Nexus S that don't have a trackball or D-Pad.

The permissions requested by the application are those needed by the underlying Gingerbread keyboard.

#app #android #keyboard

❌ ExifCleaner

ExifCleaner is a free and open source desktop app to clean metadata from images, videos, PDFs, and other files.

Main Features:

* Supports popular image formats such as PNG, JPG, GIF, and TIFF.
* Supports popular video formats such as M4A, MOV, and MP4.
* Supports PDF documents* (partial).
* Batch-processing.
* Multi-core support.
* Dark mode (automatic).
* No automatic updates or network traffic.
* Multi-language support.
* Relatively few NPM dependencies (no JS frameworks).

#app #security #windows #mac #linux

​​⚔️ Simplewall: Free and lightweight Firewall

Simple tool to configure Windows Filtering Platform (WFP) which can configure network activity on your computer.
The lightweight application is less than a megabyte, and it is compatible with Windows 7 SP1 and higher operating systems.

Main Features:

* Simple interface without annoying pop ups.
* Rules editor (create your own rules).
* Internal blocklist (block Windows spy / telemetry).
* Dropped packets information with notification and logging to a file feature (win7+).
* Allowed packets information with logging to a file feature (win8+).
Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) support.
* Windows Store support.
* Windows services support.
* Free and open source.
* Localization support.
*IPv6 support.

#app #windows #security

​​🌎 Lingva Translate

Lingva Translate is an alternative front-end for Google Translate, serving as a Free and Open Source translator with over a hundred languages available.

Inspired by projects like NewPipe, Nitter, Invidious or Bibliogram, Lingva scrapes through GTranslate and retrieves the translation without using any Google-related service, preventing them from tracking.

#service #lifehack

​​📖 How Long to Read

Imagine a situation: you bought a book, but you don't know how long you will read it. Maybe reading the book will take only a few hours, maybe even days? Today we have a cool resource that will answer your question.

How Long to Read is a book search engine that helps you find out how long it will take to read books and provide reading time data that is tailored to you.

The service assumed a speed of 300 WPM for this calculation but you can complete a reading speed test to calculate using your own reading speed.

Sounds like magic, doesn't it?

#lifehack #service #books

​​📊 Terms of Service; Didn’t Read

“I have read and agree to the Terms” is the biggest lie on the web. “Terms of Service; Didn't Read” is a user rights initiative to rate and label website terms & privacy policies, from very good (class A) to very bad (class E).

This extension informs you instantly of your rights online by showing an unintrusive icon in the toolbar. You can click on this icon to get summaries from the Terms of Service; Didn't Read initiative.

Optionally you can notify companies for their grades by sharing on Twitter, if you do not like this feature, simply head over the settings and hide the share button.

This extension is open source.

#addon #chrome #firefox

​​🔐 Safing Portmaster

Portmaster is a free and open-source application that puts you back in charge over all your computer's network connections.

Main Features:

* Monitor All Network Activity
Discover everything that is happening on your computer. Expose every connection your applications make and detect evil ones.

* Block Unwanted Connections
Many programs connect to the Internet without your knowledge. When you find unwanted connections, you can now simply block them.

* Auto-Block via Selected Filter Lists
Automatically block ads, trackers and malware hosts via trusted domain-lists, which are also used by Ad-Blockers, etc. Easily change the defaults to fit your needs.

* Enforce Secure DNS
Even with invasive connections gone, you do not want to share your dns requests out in the open. With the Portmaster, you can easily re-route all your dns queries to a DNS-over-TLS provider of your choice.

#app #security #windows #linux

🔑 Nebulo - Dns over HTTPS/TLS

Nebulo is a free, open-source, no-root, light-weight dns-over-https, dns-over-tls, and dns-over-http-over-quic client for Android with emphasis on privacy and security. It is fast, highly-customizable, ad-free, efficient on the battery, contains zero analytics / tracking.

Nebulo uses Android's VPN APIs to create a dummy (local) VPN which intercepts only DNS requests and encrypts them before sending it to a DNS resolver of your choice. This dummy (local) VPN is not a real VPN and does not encrypt any other traffic or hide your real IP. As only one VPN can be active per profile at any given time, you can decide between using Nebulo or a real VPN.

Core Features:

* Encrypted DNS using dns-over-https, dns-over-tls, and dns-over-http-over-quic protocols.
* Customizable in-memory DNS cache with configurable cache-expiry.
* Preset list of privacy-respecting DNS servers.
* Add any DNS server.
* DNS speed test.
* DNS query logging.
* DNS blocklists.
* Disable IPv4 / IPv6.
* Allow captive portals.
* Allow search domains on the current network.

#app #android #security