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.

💰 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.

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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How to clone apps and use multiple accounts at once

To be able to switch between multiple accounts in the same application quickly and conveniently, there is a function of cloning apps. This is especially useful for messengers - you can combine work and private life on the same 📱.

On some Android devices, the cloning function is already built in: "Settings" - "Applications" - "Clone apps". Also some users have the option to add a second space, it can be found in the settings.

If there is no built-in app duplication, there is a Clone App for you. It allows you to create clones of apps and use them for different purposes. Download the app, create a duplicate of the applications you need, bring them to the main screen.

Privacy functions:
✔️"Clone App" provides special protection for your privacy!
✔️You can customize the icon and application name.
✔️You can set up a private space that only you know.

Try it!

#security #app #android

The social network that won't be blocked

The developers of the decentralized social network Bastyon.com have created a blockchain-based platform that is immune to blocking and censorship. Bastyon combines the most useful things from YouTube, Twitter, Torrent, and Bitcoin.

Android owners can use the application, which does not depend on Google, and the messenger itself is protected by end-to-end encryption. It is also important that you do not need to leave any personal information when registering, which constitutes a high level of user privacy.

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How to encrypt a short message into audio 🎼

How to send a message without network access? We talk about offline messengers that work over a P2P network. With this kind of software, it doesn't matter if there is a connection or not, the recipient will get the message. Of course, if Bluetooth "reaches".

📌 But r2t2 is a special thing. Here you can encrypt the message into audio, and then it plays back on the motherboard - through the computer speaker. Most 💻 are equipped with such speakers. AND! It's all without a network connection!

R2t2 is taken out of the deep web.

Save and try it!

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Things You Need to Do Before Deleting an App

Here are multiple steps making sure an app is fully disconnected from your 📱 and other accounts:

✅ Delete all your data on the app. You can usually find an option to delete stored data under menu titles like “privacy,” “account settings,” or “security".

✅ Log in to your account through a web browser, if possible. Sometimes you’ll find additional settings available through the desktop version of the app.

✅ Unlink or revoke any Facebook or Google integrations, finding the “linked accounts” option and removing the app or link. You can also remove integrations through the linked account instead. Just sign in to it, check your settings to see which apps they share data with, and then delete what you no longer use.

✅ If you can’t find any information about deleting your data on an app, contact the app’s customer service team and request in writing that your data be completely deleted.

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How to be sure an account in Telegram is deleted

In Telegram you can easily make an account look exactly like a deleted account.

Such accounts have a deleted photo, username is removed, name is as "Deleted Account" and privacy options are restricted (last online time, forwarding messages, showing phone number, etc.).

There are a couple of points that can help you recognize a fake 👇

✅ A really deleted account shows "last seen a long time ago" instead of the last activity time.

✅ There is no message entry field.

✅ When you change the interface language, the account name changes.

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View Hidden Passwords Behind Asterisks in Chrome and Firefox

Almost all browsers hide the password field with asterisks for security purposes. If your password wasn’t saved for some reason, and you have a complex passcode, it’s nice to be able to see what’s behind the curtain 👇.

In Google Chrome:

✅ Open a website where you have your password saved, right-click on the password field and go to Inspect Element.

✅ When the HTML Editor opens, look for input type = “password” field and change “password” to “text” and press Enter to save.

✅ An easy way to find that line of code is to hit Ctrl + F and type: password in the search field and arrow to it.

In Firefox:
✅ Right-click the password field and click Inspect Element.

✅ A gray bar will appear with the password field highlighted. Press Alt+M or click on the icon shown below to open the Markup Panel.

✅ It will show you the code for the password field. Just look at the highlighted line and change type=”password” to “text”.

Use it!

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