How to store text messages safely?

We store most of our valuable information in text form, and if fraudsters gain access, the situation will be very unpleasant.

Paranoia Text Encryption protects your notes, cryptocurrency keys, emails, social media posts and any other text from spies, hackers and prying eyes.

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

Simply copy and paste to and from your favorite apps or save to a file for later use. Available on Android, iOS, Windows, Linux.

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Stop sites from tracking the links you visit

There is a tracking mechanism that is triggered when a person clicks on various links and hyperlinks. Since you are now aware of it, you may want to protect yourself.

Ping Blocker is a browser extension that prevents sites from tracking the links you visit through hyperlink auditing.

The extension is also available for Edge and Firefox.

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How to copy text from a photo or a document

Sometimes you need some text from an image, don't you? Brandfolder is a text extractor that allow you to extract text from any image.

You may upload an image or document (.pdf) and the tool will pull text from the image. Once extracted, you can copy to your clipboard with one click.

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Work with tabs as "trees" in Firefox

If you are not satisfied with the usual tab system, you can make it more convenient and structured. To do this you just need to install the Tree Style Tab extension.

New tabs opened from the current tab are automatically organized as "children" of the current tab.

Such "branches" are easily folded (collapsed) by clicking on the arrow shown in the "parent" tab, so you no longer need to suffer from too many visible tabs.
If you want, you can restructure the tree 🌳 via drag and drop.

You can hide or open this panel with the F1 key or the extension icon at the top.

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Encrypt your data 

You need to securely protect your data. One of the best tools for it is VeraCrypt. It's simple, easy to install, you just have to come up with a strong password and not store it digitally.

My laptop hard drive has been encrypted for years: I enter a password every time that can neither be recovered nor reset.

VeraCrypt is used by hackers, investigators, journalists and anyone else who deals with important data. So far, not a single intelligence agency in the world has managed to decipher VeraCrypt algorithms.

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Save your data from a stolen smartphone

You should be warned in advance that you may have your 📱 stolen and tried to unlock it - it's not uncommon. To save important data from falling into the wrong hands, there is this app and smarthack 👇:

✔️ If you have an iPhone, open the settings and in the section "Face ID and password code" turn on the option "Erase data". After the tenth attempt to enter the wrong password, the 📱 will delete all data.

✔️ Wasted is an app (for Android) which completely locks 🔐 and wipes the device in an emergency situation. For example, if it has not been turned on for several days: this number of days can be adjusted.

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Tips for working with Microsoft
Word

✅ To quickly insert the current date, press SHIFT + ALT + D, and to insert the time, SHIFT + ALT + T.

✅ If you accidentally typed a text with the CAPS LOCK key enabled, then select the text in uppercase and press SHIFT + F3.

✅ To speed up the cursor movement through the text, hold down CTRL and use the arrows.

✅ By holding CTRL, you can select all the parts of the text you are interested in, even if they are not arranged in a row.

✅ The F4 key repeats the last command used.

✅ Place the cursor at the beginning of the text selection and click at the end of the desired text segment with the SHIFT key held down for quick selection.

✅ Press CTRL + ENTER to quickly create a new sheet.

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Сheck if your data is leaking through a VPN

Do I Leak is a tool to check for data leaks through VPNs. It is designed to detect most leaks that could reveal your real identity.

To test, go to the link, select "VPN Leak Test" and click on "Begin test". Then follow the simple instruction and the service will check everything for you. Use only verified VPN services.

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Awesome

A huge database of free courses, books and lectures to start a career in IT! All materials are in lists and are valuable knowledge that can be easily turned into a profit.

Contents:

• Artificial Intelligence (AI)
• Prompt Engineering Guide
• Machine Learning
• Quantum Computing
• NLP
• Deep Learning
• Data Science
• Computer Vision
• Big Data
• Python

A database of collections on any topic is here. You will find absolutely everything from Linux guides to courses for game development.

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Turn YouTube videos into GIFs

Gifrun is the service where you can turn any YouTube video into a GIF. Go to the site, provide a link and an editing panel will appear.

You can specify the duration of the gif, the format, the number of FPS, add text, and make the gif infinite or repetitive.

You can download the video directly from here and you can add filters to your GIF: Sepia, Vignette, Silver etc.

Use it!

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🔒 Cryptomator

Cryptomator offers multi-platform transparent client-side encryption of your files in the cloud.

Key Features:

✔️ Works with Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive, MEGA, pCloud, ownCloud, Nextcloud and any other cloud storage service which synchronizes with a local directory;
✔️ Open Source: No backdoors, control is better than trust;
✔️ Client-side: No accounts, no data shared with any online service;
✔️ Totally transparent: Just work on the virtual drive as if it were a USB flash drive;
✔️ AES encryption with 256-bit key length;
✔️ File names get encrypted;
✔️ Folder structure gets obfuscated;
✔️ Use as many vaults in your Dropbox as you want, each having individual passwords;
✔️ 256-bit keys (unlimited strength policy bundled with native binaries);
✔️ Scrypt key derivation;
✔️ Cryptographically secure random numbers for salts, IVs and the masterkey of course;
✔️ Sensitive data is wiped from the heap asap;
✔️ Lightweight.

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How to remove watermarks from an image

We all love to share pictures from the Internet, especially if we find something we've been looking for a long time. But unfortunately, many of them are drowned in annoying watermarks, spoiling the whole atmosphere, and sometimes overlapping half of the image.

To avoid wasting time looking for a replacement or working in a photo editor, you can ask for help from Watermark Remover, whose artificial intelligence will get rid of unnecessary elements of any image in a matter of seconds.

It will cope not only with semi-transparent watermarks, but also with invisible marks which only special software can spot.

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Keep Alive

Keep Alive will send a custom message via SMS to one or more people if you haven't used your device in a given period of time. Intended to be used as a failsafe for those living alone in case of an accident or other emergency. Once the settings are configured, no further interaction is required.

Features:
✔️100% Device-based, no cloud services or accounts required;
✔️Free with no ads or trackers;
✔️Minimal Battery Usage;
✔️Multiple SMS Recipients;
✔️Custom Alert Messages;
✔️Optional: Include Location Information in SMS;
✔️Optional: Place a phone call with speakerphone enabled

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🏙 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.

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Stake is regulated by the DFSA.

How to block access to a smartphone microphone

You can get rid of wiretapping forever with the Micro Guard FREE app for Android. It securely locks the microphone so that no applications can access it.

To use, you need:

1️⃣ Download the app from Google Play.
2️⃣ Open, move the slider to the "ON" mode and click on "Scan for spies".
3️⃣ Then click on "Fix all problems".
4️⃣ Allow to enable the "Deep detective" function. It will help to record attempts to gain access to the microphone without your knowledge.

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​​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.

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​​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?

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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 💻.

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Useful Run Commands Every Windows User Should Know

Press Win + R on your ⌨️ to open the Run dialog box and enter any of 👇 commands to access the respective tool.

🔹 "." - the user's folder.
🔹 ".." - user folder.
🔹 "control" - control panel.
🔹 "msconfig" - system configuration parameters.
🔹 "appwiz.cpl" - programs and components.
🔹 "cleanmgr" - a disk cleaning utility.
🔹 "resmon" - resource monitor.
🔹 "calc", "notepad", "mspaint" - calculator, notepad and paint.
🔹 "main.cpl" - mouse parameters.
🔹 "mstsc" - remote desktop.
🔹 "msinfo32" - system information.
🔹 wab - Contacts.
🔹 dccw - Display Color Calibration.
🔹 desk.cpl - Display Settings.

Use it!

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Simple ways to identify fake YouTube videos

Services for video analysis:

🔴 YouTube Geofind is a tool for finding videos by geolocation. Select an area on the map and see all the videos that have been uploaded from that location. You'll know if the video was actually posted by an eyewitness of some event.

🔴 YouTube Metadata. You send a link to the video and get a comprehensive analysis of the video's metadata. Where, when and by whom the video was published. There are accurate statistics on the number of subscribers and views.

🔴 Truepic. The service analyzes the pixels and metadata of the video to accurately determine its authenticity. When, what and where is happening in the photo or video. To do this, choose one of the products and click "Start for free".

🔴 Frame-by-frame. The service slows down the video and puts it into frames. ➡️ You can see everything as much detailed as possible. Just paste in a link and click "Watch video".

Save and use it!

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