attempting to detect smart glasses nearby and warn you - yjeanrenaud/yj_nearbyglasses

An all-in-one DNS blocklist in various versions (light, normal, pro, pro++ and ultimate). It can be used as a standalone blocklist. For every region. Blocks ads, affiliate, tracking, metrics, telemetry, fake, phishing, malware, scam, cryptojacking and other "crap". Based on various blocklists. No, they are not just block lists cobbled together from different sources. They have been optimized and extended to efficiently "clean the Internet" in all areas.

...everytime a company adds AI features to their tools they do so automatically and without letting people opt-out by default. And so it is necessary to exorcize AI features out of the tools that we use ourselves by following these instructions...

Valetudo is an opinionated software solution for cloud-free vacuum robots installed on thousands of robots. Since it was started in 2018, it has matured to a reliable fire-and-forget solution that just works. Root your Roomba! (Note: Roombas not supported by valetudo, but plenty of other makes are.)

A brief writeup describing how to open a (paid) e-mail account without having any personal information (e.g. credit card) directly attached to it.

Rayhunter works by intercepting, storing, and analyzing the control traffic (but not user traffic, such as web requests) between the mobile hotspot Rayhunter runs on and the cell tower to which it’s connected. Rayhunter analyzes the traffic in real-time and looks for suspicious events, which could include unusual requests like the base station (cell tower) trying to downgrade your connection to 2G which is vulnerable to further attacks, or the base station requesting your IMSI under suspicious circumstances.

A research tool for generating adversarially perturbed license plate overlays on vehicle images, producing structured datasets with reproducibility, transparency, and ethical guardrails.

Document Colour Tracking Dots, or yellow dots, are small systematic dots which encode information about the printer and/or the printout itself. This process is integrated in almost every commercial colour laser printer. This means that almost every printout contains coded information about the source device, such as the serial number.

Suggestions on how to avoid leaving a trail of where your printed material was printed.

This guide provides general best practices and helpful tips related to losing your device; authorities confiscating your smartphone; service disruption, either due to intentional interference by authorities or caused by networks being overloaded by large groups of people; targeted surveillance; and mass surveillance.

Digital security training can feel overwhelming, and not everyone will have access to new apps, new devices, and new tools. There also isn't one single system of digital security training, and we can't know the of everyone we communicate with—some people might have concerns about payment processors preventing them from obtaining fees for their online work, whilst others might be concerned about doxxing or safely communicating sensitive medical information.

Better yet, don't take pics but for fuck sake at least do this.

RequestPolicy is an extension for Mozilla browsers that increases your browsing privacy, security, and speed by giving you control over cross-site requests.

A list of VPN, DNS, CDN, email, etc service providers outside the United States.

Tips, Tools and How-tos for Safer Online Communications from the Electronic Frontier Foundation.

Discover all the local license plate recognition cameras tracking you around your city.

A quick clear guide to making the most of Signal's protections.

EU-based alternatives to various tech products. For anyone interested in hosting their data outside the US for obvious reasons.

A nifty little comic explaining the Luddite movement and how it applies to our current techno-hell.

Many organizations collect and sell your personal data, often without your consent. Use this free service to send them a data deletion or access request. Start by searching for an organization below.