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

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

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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

Increase your anonymity for free

Ghostery is a completely free plugin for Windows 7-10 operating system. For each of the supported browsers (Chrome, Firefox, Opera, Edge, Safari, Cliqz) a different plugin is installed.

The main purpose of the plugin is not to protect against viruses, but to increase privacy of the Internet. It recognizes and blocks various code (bugs), which monitors user actions and collects information about him.

Despite this, this plugin will be useful for those who are worried about their anonymity and do not want to share their data with third parties, which in particular improves security. It is better to use this plugin in addition to those that protect the user from other threats.

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Find and track the IP address of any person

Grabify IP Logger can give you advanced and detailed statistical data and metadata for all clicks on your links. Your IP Logger link can access information about user’s IP address, location tracker (country, city) and so on.

The service works with just 3 simple steps:

✔️ Shorten long link.

✔️ Share the short link with another user.

✔️ Grab IP address after the user clicks on your short link.

Be attantive: you can also be a target of such actions ❗️Be careful opening links!

#service #security

Checking APK files for viruses

There is a small chance to stumble on dangerous applications even in PlayMarket , and if you download from other sources, this risk increases tenfold.

Therefore, you should take care of your security in advance. MetaDefender Cloud will help.

It is a free scanner that runs the file through the databases of 40 anti-viruses simultaneously. All you have to do is attach a file, its hash, its IP address, or a link to a suspicious site - and click "Process".

In just a few seconds the service will scan the entire file and show the results of each antivirus scan and also the metadata and rights of the application ✅.

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Swap geolocation in your browser

It's very useful feature that will allow you to keep at least a little more personal privacy.

Location Guard will keep your location private in your browser. You give it access to your location, and it controls what resources end up getting. And what they get is not what you actually have.

This kind of dispersion of your location is available at several different levels on an incremental basis. The extension is available for Chrome, Edge and Firefox.

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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

GOOGLE ALTERNATIVES WORTH TRYING

The recent focus on online privacy has seen more people seeking Google services alternatives offering the same level of functionality with the added bonus of better privacy. Here you are 👇.

✅ NewPipe is almost the same as YouTube, but without ads and with the ability to download videos for free. Only available on Android.

✅ Organic Maps is a private alternative to Google Maps. It works even without internet. There are no ads, no registration, no notifications, and your personal information is almost never collected.

✅ F-Droid is the best alternative for Google Play. It is an independent open source app store where you will find any app for free.

✅ WebMail is a simple email client with a plain design instead of Gmail. You can't register a new email in it, but you can continue to use your old email.

✅ StartPage is a Google search that doesn't collect any data about you. You can use it to find even blocked sites and visit them without proxies or VPNs.

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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.

#security #github #addon #chrome #firefox #edge

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

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.

#security #privacy

How to protect yourself from phishing sites with Google?

Password Alert is an extension which is activated when a user enters his password on a site with the form accounts.google.com. The plugin from Google developers does not store the password, but creates an imprint of it in the browser's local storage.

So far, the plugin is only available on Google Chrome, but there are alternatives - Chrome, Opera, Firefox. They are suitable for phishing protection with different forms of password filling.

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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.

#lifehack #windows

How to find and delete duplicate files on your PC quickly

All of us probably have duplicate files piled up on our hard drives over time. Files that you have downloaded several times, lying in such depths that you just can't get to them. You can get rid of such files manually, but it is much faster to use a special program 👇.

AllDup is a free and very powerful utility that allows you to perform a high-quality search for the duplicate files on your 💻 and quickly delete the excessive copies to save free space.

The program searches, deletes, copies and moves duplicate files, including identical audio records with different tags. There is a flexible customization of the search. With the built-in viewer you can examine files and choose what to delete.

#service #pc

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.

#security #privacy

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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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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Ear Agent Live: Ultimate Super Hearing Aid App

Ear Agent Live is a hearing app that turn your 📱 in to a powerful listening device. This is not a medical device, it just helps you hear better.

This app is very simple to use. Attach your headphones or hands free to your 📱 and turn on the app by clicking on big button at centre.

You can use it as hearing aid. Listen what ever you want by using this app. You can hear tv better. You can listen lecture more clear from back seats.

It includes an audio visualizer that tells you about the intensity of the sound with a line graph.

#service #android