​​Change your username everywhere

If you need to change your username on various internet services, you should use service Namechk first. It lets you enter any username, then see the services where that name is still available 🔎.

This way, you'll know whether a new handle will work on all sites. If you don't want to change your username on half of the services you use, then find that it's already in use on some others ✔️!

#service

​​How to speed up the work of any browser

Over time, the browser becomes very clogged — unnecessary cookies, files and other garbage appear in databases. This cannot be avoided, even if you have a powerful computer. Instead of manually cleaning the browser, try the SpeedyFox utility.

It optimizes databases where your download and visit logs, cookies and other settings are stored. The program carefully deletes all the most unnecessary data and leaves only the necessary one. After that, the browser will speed up, and the data will load several times faster.

After launching SpeedyFox, click "Optimize" and in a few seconds the browser will be optimized. Almost all browsers (Firefox, Chrome, Opera) and even Skype and Viber messengers are available for this. Windows and Mac OS are supported.

#lifehack #utility #windows #mac

​​The Most Helpful Google Search Modifiers Everyone Should Be Using

Hidden google tricks:
✔️ Use quotation marks around the phrase to force Google to show results matching the entire phrase.
✔️ Use dashes to exclude misleading words (canyon -grand).
✔️ Looking to expand your search results? Use a tilde symbol before a word to find results related to the term (coding ~class. That way, you’ll also see results for coding colleges, classes, courses).
✔️ Type in the search phrase, and then just add filetype:pdf at the end to look for PDFs. You can also find PowerPoint presentations, Word documents, and Excel sheets using this format.
✔️ Use an asterisk for words you can’t remember.
✔️ You found a website you liked and want to find more websites like it — use related:(site address).

Did you know about it?

#lifehack

Blocky

Blocky is a DNS proxy and ad-blocker for the local network written in Go with following features:

✔️Blocking - Blocking of DNS queries with external lists (Ad-block, malware) and whitelisting;
✔️Advanced DNS configuration - not just an ad-blocker;
✔️Performance - Improves speed and performance in your network;
✔️Various Protocols - Supports modern DNS protocols;
✔️Security and Privacy - Secure communication;
✔️Integration - various integration (Grafana, Prometheus and database, Various REST API endpoints);
✔️Simple configuration - single or multiple configuration files in YAML format;
✔️Simple installation/configuration - blocky was designed for simple installation.

#lifehack #security #github

​​Information That Used to Steal Your Identity

Identity theft can be costly. Scammers don't need all these items to crack your identity; just a few will suffice. You need to protect each one to ensure nothing devastating happens in the future.

✅ Your Date and Place of Birth. This could be used to reset your password or grant thieves access to your account.

✅ Your Financial Account Numbers. It's easy to protect this information. Just be sure these numbers aren't where a scammer could find it.

✅ Your Banking PINs. Use different PINs for different accounts.

✅ Your Physical and Email Address. Both of these can be used in phishing to get you to reveal personal information. Even past addresses can be useful, as some organizations will ask for your previous address during sign-up.

✅ Your Driver's License or Passport Number. A passport is esp. dangerous - the scammer can create accounts in your name in other countries.

✅ Your 📱 Number (can be used for phishing).

#security #privacy

​​KasmVNC - Linux Web Remote Desktop

KasmVNC provides remote web-based access to a Desktop or application.

KasmVNC is accessed by users from any modern browser and does not support legacy VNC viewer applications.

KasmVNC uses a modern YAML based configuration at the server and user level, allowing for ease of management.

#linux

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​​Google knows all places you’ve gone 📌

Don’t enjoy feeling like you’re being tracked? You can change your settings as well as delete your location history.

How to turn off location services on Android:
✅ Open the Settings app;
✅ Tap “Connections” or “Privacy”;
✅ Choose “Location”;
✅ Toggle the switch to off.

How to disable location tracking on Google:
✅ Go to your Google Account.
✅ Click “Data and Personalization” from the menu on the left.
✅ Select “My Activity” ➡️ “Location Services”
✅ Toggle the switch off.

#security #privacy

​​Octarchive

Octarchive is a simple backup utility that clones all repos from a GitHub/Gitea account to a local folder for storage.

Features:
✔️Backup your work: In case your GitHub account is breached or gets banned, Octarchive ensures you always have a local copy available.
✔️Mirror your account: If your internet connection is slow or GitHub is banned in your jurisdiction, you can use Octarchive and a web server to mirror your repos.
✔️Automate processes: By exposing all of your repos to the filesystem, otherwise tedious processes such as bumping copyright dates or updating names become easy.

#github #backup

​​AIWP

AIWP is a lightweight app that utilizes the OpenAI DALL·E 3 API to generate phone wallpapers in the background based on custom user prompts, with time, location and weather data injected into those prompts.

Features:
✔️Bring Your Own Key handling of OpenAI API keys.
✔️Efficient background process updating wallpapers using either inexact or exact alarms
✔️Coarse location access to inject city and country names into generation prompts
✔️Open-Meteo API usage to inject weather information into prompts

#github #app

​​🏙️ Stake Properties

Digitally invest in prime rental properties in Dubai from only AED 500 (USD 136), no matter where you are in the world!
Stake is available to savvy investors all over the world.

💰 Join now and you will get AED 200 as bonus!🤑

🤔 How it works:

1. Browse: Sign up in less than 3 minutes and browse collection of properties.
2. Purchase: Buy a piece of the ones you love, starting from only AED 500.
3. Own: Sit back and track your income and investments online.
4. Exit: Hold, exit or resell your stake in a way that suits your financial goals.

Stake is regulated by the DFSA.

#service

​​FREE Browser

FREE Browser is a web browser for optimal privacy.

Features:
• AdBlocker using StevenBlack host list;
• Measures against browser fingerprinting;
• Advanced settings for javascript, cookies and DOM-storage (domain/bookmark based);
• Third party cookies are not supported in general;
• Support for Greasemonkey style scripts (supported: @match, @name, @run-at);
• Optimized for one hand handling (toolbar at bottom);
• TAB control (switch, open, close, unlimited tabs);
• Fast toggle for most important settings;
• Zoom in/out;
• Search current website;
• Web search (from marked text via context menu);
• Save as PDF;
• Open links in other apps (for example YouTube);
• Backup

#android #privacy

​​How to operate files urgently even without a PC 💻

If you need to make changes in files, change the format or something else and you are without a 💻. TinyWow will help you!

TinyWow provides a free set of utilities for working with different types of files, from PDF to JSON. There is everything there: file conversion, video compression, PDF protection, signing a document, removing sound from a video and many other useful things.

The interface is intuitively simple. Select the desired task and upload the files. All files, both processed and unprocessed, are deleted after 15 minutes. Just save 🔖 the service, and it will definitely save you one day.

#service

​​ReActor

ReActor is an advanced web UI for Stable Diffusion.

ReActor allows you to quickly and accurately replace faces in images with many enhancements and no NSFW filter.

Features:
✔️Very fast and accurate face replacement (face swap) in images;
✔️Multiple faces support;
✔️Gender detection;
✔️Face restoration of a swapped face;
✔️Upscaling of a resulting image;
✔️Facial Mask Correction to avoid any pixelation around face contours;
✔️CUDA acceleration support since version 0.5.0;
✔️API support: both SD WebUI built-in and external (via POST/GET requests)

#service #github

​​Block particular sites in Google search results

The uBlacklist extension allows you to hide individual sites on a Google search page. After installing it, the option "Block site" will appear next to each of the suggested items, click on it, and this line will disappear. 

Essentially, the search results will not change. You will just be shown one line less on this page. Everything works as simply and conveniently as possible.

What you may need it for? First and foremost for parental control when you want to forcibly limit access to a particular page. The same applies to the corporate segment.

The extension is available for Chrome and Mozilla.

Use it!

#service

​​Transform your email into easy-to-use lists

Manage your email, clients, tasks and team workflow with ease without leaving your inbox with Sortd.

Sortd for Gmail is a simple and easy add-on for Gmail that will turn your emails into organized lists to help you grow your business.

Your entire team can now easily see who's working on what, thanks to a transparent view of both email conversations and team tasks in one place. 

Perfect for teams and companies that need a simple, cost-effective and powerful solution for important functions like sales, account management and customer support.

Use it!

#service

Search for duplicate files in a cloud storage

There are applications for finding duplicate files on our devices. But there are not so many applications for searching cloud storages. DeDuplicate is one of the very few representatives of this kind of utilities.

You give the application access to the files in a cloud and start scanning them. You can specify individual folders or the entire cloud. Once the scan is complete, you will need to check which files you want to keep and which you want to discard.

The advantage is that DeDuplicate does not download files to your device and the size of files is not particularly important for the speed of scanning.

The utility supports Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive, MEGA and Yandex.Disk. There are versions for iOS and Android available.

Use it!

#service

Check websites reputation

Have you ever wondered how to check the security of a website? Check the reputation and security of websites by enlisting the expertise of other users with Web of Trust, extension for Chrome.

While browsing, the extension will alert you when you visit dangerous sites, dishonest online stores, dangerous links and more.

Reputation icons are displayed next to search engine results, social media, email, and other popular sites to help you:

🟢 Green shows that the site is safe.

🟡 Yellow urges you to be wary.

🔴 Red indicates potential danger. Do not visit the site, threats are identified.

A site's reputation is calculated by combining advanced algorithms and millions of user reviews.

Use it!

#security

Private, fast and secure access to the open internet

Lantern allows you to access banned and inaccessible sites and bypass regional restrictions.

The service automatically detects if the site you're visiting is blocked and then opens a blocked resource through its own servers or through Lantern users running access points.

If the site is not blocked, the utility does not use a proxy and your browser opens web pages directly at the fastest possible speed.

You can download it for Windows, Linux, Mac, iOS and Android. It's free.

Use it!

#security

Useful keyboard ⌨️ shortcuts you should know and use

There are many different combinations of keys that make life easier.

✅ Alt + Backspace. If you accidentally deleted some text, this combination will help to get everything back in its place.

✅ Ctrl+Shift+N. The key combination creates a new folder on the desktop. In the Google Chrome browser, it opens a new tab in incognito mode.

✅ Alt+Tab helps you quickly switch between all open windows.

✅ Shift+Delete deletes files without going to the Trash folder. Be careful with this function, it will not be so easy to get the data back.

✅ Win+L - lock screen. Useful function if you don't want someone to use your 💻.

#lifehack #pc

How to Know If Someone Has Blocked You on WhatsApp

WhatsApp lets you block a person to prevent any spam or barrage of messages. There are indications to learn about if you’ve been blocked on WhatsApp.

✅ If you can’t see contact’s profile picture, that happens if the person has blocked or removed your number and enabled the option to hide their Display Picture from people not in the Contacts.

✅ If your messages don’t go through and you don’t get the blue ticks, it’s quite likely that the person has blocked you.

✅ When you call someone on WhatsApp, you see the Calling status. When the service connects to the other person’s WhatsApp, you see the Ringing status. if the person has blocked you, you only notice calling status while making a voice or video call.

✅ You won’t be able to add someone to a WhatsApp group if the person has blocked you or disabled automatically being added to the group.

#lifehack