Is TikTok Dangerous To Personal Privacy and Security?

Similar to most proprietary social media networks, TikTok collects user data and information. What Are the Dangers of TikTok?

✔️ TikTok collects a lot of data. TikTok takes advantage of every access permission you give it, collecting info about your 📱 model, screen resolution, current OS, phone number, email address, location, and even contact list.

✔️ Multiple security vulnerabilities within the app. TikTok uses an insecure HTTP connection to deliver videos instead of the more secure option, HTTPS.

✔️ The hundreds of hours of video that individuals upload themselves are a goldmine for artificial intelligence and machine learning development.

✔️ Using TikTok regularly, either as a consumer or content creator, increases your digital footprint.

Be careful what you share on TikTok ❗️

Do you use TikTok? Do you like it?

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How to Analyze Laptop Battery Health

Not sure how healthy your 💻 battery is? Here is 👇 the best tool to analyze your laptop's battery life and health.

The powercfg command is a hidden tool on Windows. To generate a battery report, press Windows Key + X and select Command Prompt. ➡️ type in powercfg /batteryreport. This command saves a battery report in HTML format on your 💻 (the address will be written).

Open the file and check the following parameters:

✔️The difference between Design Capacity and Full Charge Capacity. As batteries wear over time, the full charge capacity will be less than the design capacity.
✔️ Battery capacity drained over the last few days in different power states. Also, check out the battery usage graph.
✔️Compare the battery life from the time you purchased the 💻 and see the trends of Full Charge Capacity in relation to Design Capacity.
✔️Check the battery’s usage and duration.

With this test you can identify problems that affect your battery life.

Use it!

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Make your phone private

If you're a Google user, you know that the company watches almost every click you make and will provide all the data to services on the first request. Doesn't sound very appealing, does it?

Fortunately, you can get rid of it by installing CalyxOS firmware, which focuses on security and privacy.

It will completely remove all traces of Google from Android so that the company knows nothing about you. All that remains is to download alternatives to Google apps (we talked about it some days ago).

Also you will be able to encrypt all calls by default and add a "red button" for emergency data cleaning.

Try it!

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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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nxs-backup

nxs-backup is a tool for creating and delivery backups, rotating it locally and on remote storages, compatible with GNU/Linux distributions.

Features:

✔️Full data backup;
✔️Upload and manage backups to the remote storages (S3, SSH (SFTP), FTP, CIFS (SMB), NFS, WebDAV);
✔️Fine-tune the database backup process with additional options for optimization purposes;
✔️Notifications about events of the backup process via email and webhooks;
✔️Built-in generator of the configuration files to expedite initial setup;
✔️Easy to read and maintain configuration files with clear transparent structure;
✔️Possibility to restore backups by standard file/database tools

https://nxs-backup.io/

#linux #github #backup

🏙 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.

Cracked Apps Can Be Harmful To Your Android Phone!

Are you the type to circumvent the Google Play Store to get a free copy of a paid app? Downloading cracked Android apps from a shady website or untrustworthy third-party app store is how most Android devices get infected.

Don't risk everything just to get hold of one app❗️ These are why you should avoid cracked apps on your 📱.

✔️ Cracked apps are one of the biggest sources of malware and viruses.

✔️The download sources for cracked apps are often malicious.

✔️There is no guarantee that the APK file will actually work. The websites offering cracked apps have another benefit to gain from your visit to their site. They clickbait you to visit their website to improve the site's traffic in the process.

✔️Your account might get banned along with potential legal issues.

Stay safe and avoid cracked apps!

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Share files conveniently!

Send Anywhere is a file sharing application that takes an easy, quick, and unlimited approach to file sharing. It is for anyone wanting to share quality content quickly, from any device to anyone in the world 🌍.

The service uses p2p networking, making the transfer process safer and faster. In addition, the service requires no login or registration - all that's required is a one-time 6-digit code that syncs the sending and receiving devices.

Sending:
1. Select a file and click Send.
2. The service will generate a 6-digit one-time key that you will share with the person you want to send the file to.

Obtaining: enter the 6-digit one-time key on the receiving device.

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📢  @Best Channels

⚡️ Step into the epicenter of the finest Telegram Channels - A tailor-made collection designed just for you! Discover a world curated to match your interests, and stay ahead with the best content, right on your fingertips👍

YT Channel Downloader

YT Channel Downloader is an intuitive desktop application built to simplify the process of downloading YouTube media content.

Features:

✔️Fetch Video Listings: Just input a YouTube video, playlist or channel URL and get a list of the videos;
✔️Selective Download: Choose exactly which videos you want to download, or select all at once;
✔️Quality Control: Specify video/audio quality or opt to download only the audio;
✔️Download Marking: Keeps track of downloaded files for easier management;

https://github.com/hyperfield/yt-channel-downloader

#app #youtube #video #github

Wi-Fi from a PC 💻 without a router!

If you have a device 💻 with a Windows 10 version, you can activate the Internet distribution directly from your PC.

✅ Click "Start" - "Settings" - "Network and Internet" — "Mobile Hotspot". The network name and password will already be registered here. If desired, you can change them using the "Edit" button.

✅ Switch the button to "On" mode (Share your internet connection with other devices).

#lifehack #windows

Extract favorite scenes from YouTube videos

YTCutter is a single tool with multiple purposes. Perhaps you don't want to download a full YouTube video; you might only need a small clip. With it, you can select the portion that you need and just download that.

Copy and paste a YouTube URL and it will immediately start playing. Use the Start field for when you want the clip to begin and the End field for your big finish.

The trimmed clip can be downloaded as a video file (MP4), a GIF file, or as an audio file (MP3).

#service #youtube

Wristkey

Wristkey is an open-source 2FA client for Wear OS (but it works on any Android-based smartwatch!).

Features:

✅ Can be used without pairing your watch to a phone.
✅ Imports (and exports) from Aegis Authenticator, andOTP and Bitwarden using ADB, WiFi or file imports.
✅ Screen locking via PIN, pattern and password.
✅ Local storage encrypted using 256-bit AES-GCM.
✅ WiFi transfers encrypted using XSalsa20-Poly1305 and X25519.
✅ Time and counter mode OTPs, up to SHA512 and 4-8 digits.
✅ Supports round and square devices.

https://github.com/0x4f53/Wristkey

#app #android

How to Prevent a USB Attack

There are dozens of ways a cyberattacker could use a USB drive to install an exploit on your 💻. It can be via thumb drive devices and public USB charging ports, a practice known as juice jacking.

How to Avoid USB Attacks

✅ Don't Plug In Unknown Drives. One common tactic is sending USB drives to people in the mail and making them look like promo offers from big box tech stores. Do not use it ❗️

✅ Work-Life Balance. If you use a USB drive for work, keep it separate from anything personal. Regularly scan your USB devices with an antivirus or anti-malware program.

✅ Disable Autorun. On Windows: open Control Panel and find the AutoPlay setting. Uncheck Use AutoPlay for all media and devices.

✅ Keep your systems updated, especially if you’re running Windows.

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🐣 GodMode - the smol AI Chat Browser

GodMode is a dedicated chat browser that only does one thing: help you quickly access the full webapps of ChatGPT, Claude 2, Perplexity, Bing and more with a single keyboard shortcut (Cmd+Shift+G).

As a result, content is generated much faster, and there can be several times more options for creating it along the way. At the same time, you don’t need to depend on the patterns of one specific neuronal networks

https://github.com/smol-ai/GodMode

#github #ai

How To Hide Personal Photos and Videos

For Android:

To natively hide your photos on an Android device, open up your File Manager. Add a new folder, but start the name with a period. Example: .Secrets.

When you move your photos and videos into this folder, they won't appear in your gallery or albums. ❗️You can only access them through your file manager. 👌

For iPhone:

Just select the photo you want to conceal, and tap "Hide" at the bottom of the screen. This will move the image to your Hidden" folder, and it'll stay out of any Moments, Collections, or Albums.

These device-native hiding techniques aren't password protected or encrypted, though, so using them is more risky. If someone knows your phone passcode, they can still access it.

Also there are apps for this task (password protected or encrypted). Would it be interesting for you to know about them?

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Musicat

A sleek desktop music player and tagger for offline music 🪕 With experimental features like map view, GPT analysis, artist toolkit. 

Features:
🎵 supports MP3, FLAC, WAV, AAC, OGG
🔗 linked library, using original files on disk
👀 auto-watch and re-scan folders
🏷 with metadata tagging support (read and write ID3v2, Vorbis)
🖼 download album art, origin country from Wikipedia
🎤 fetch lyrics for current song
🗺 World Map view - see your library on a map
💿 a neat mini-player
🎸 U2's latest album automatically added to your library
📊 Stats, album timeline
🤖 Dive deeper with ChatGPT or local Ollama model for additional insights.

https://github.com/basharovV/musicat

#app #github #music #mac

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.

#security #lifehack #android #windows #linux

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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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.

#security #windows #linux #mac

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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