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Is there a browser which supports isolating tabs?
Firefox 57 AKA "Firefox Quantum" now allows isolating tabs by introducing a "Contextual identities" AKA "Containers" API for extensions. Mozilla has released the Firefox ...
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Alternative to Ghostery (tracker-blocker) add-on for Firefox?
First, Ghostery is made by Ghostery Inc. an ad company. I'm sure their research is respectful but it is good to know about it at least.
I would try Privacy Badger made by EFF. The way it works is ...
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Is there a browser which supports isolating tabs?
Ghost Browser was designed specifically for the purpose of multilogin. Every time you open a new tab, you can put it into a new Session. (disclaimer: I'm the founder)
The new tab will be a separate ...
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Open-source file transfer over internet
You can use SFTP or you can use rsync over SSH. You need to configure your router for port forwarding port 22.
It meets your requirements, because:
It's encrypted using a password or an SSH key
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Email cloaking service
I also did a search for this kind of software. The full Craigslist solution is of course auto-enrolling you, so you don't need to create an account anywhere, messages are just in the anonymised system ...
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App that lets you individually control permissions on Android 5.1
You need XPrivacy.
It is compatible with many versions of Android, including Android 5.1. From the README:
XPrivacy has been tested with Android version 4.0.3 - 5.1.1 (Ice Cream Sandwich, Jelly ...
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Software to password-protect individual folder(s) on Windows 7
Compressing the folder using a free tools such as 7zip seems like it would work. Add a password.
Folder will have a visible icon, but any attempt to look inside will require a password.
Good luck.
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Email cloaking service
Yahoo! Mail has this feature of creating disposable email addresses in order to not reveal your original Yahoo email address from a quite long time.
Go to Settings → Security tab and then you can see ...
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Voice chat app that does not reveal my IP or other real-world details to other users
Discord is a great voice/text chat tool which has IP protection.
The Android version can be found here:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.discord
But its also available on the web, ...
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GPS location spoofing, excluding selected apps
If you are rooted, XPrivacy will accomplish the goal you desire. It is an Xposed module, so you will need to install the Xposed Framework first.
In XPrivacy, you can select which apps have access to ...
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GPS sports tracking app for Android WITHOUT social features
OsmAnd (Android) is a GPS app and famous as offline navigation app.
However, it has also the tracking features, so you load GPX track files, follow and track you activity, besides having some stats ...
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Chrome/Chromium alternative for the Firefox “Self-Destructing Cookies” extension
beforehand: no, there is not!
there can't and won't be any real equivalent for chrome(ium) until this 7 years old bug is solved... maybe google calls it internally a feature. :-(
--> so if there is ...
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Browser addon that aids avoiding sites with excessive use of third party cookies, tracking etc
Have you ever used uBlock Origin and its (unfortunately no longer developed) companion uMatrix? I cannot imagine browsing without them. Depending how strict you set them, they can block everything ...
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GPS sports tracking app for Android WITHOUT social features
I personally use Locus Pro which is perfect for running, hiking, cycling, etc.. It provides also navigation and vector maps (for free if you use OpenAndroMaps) and allows you to record waypoints and ...
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GPS sports tracking app for Android WITHOUT social features
There's RunnerUp, which is not only privacy-minded, but also free and open-source. There's no data being sent anywhere (unless you want to connect an account) and you can check that in the code.
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Email cloaking service
Elastic Email has a simple API for creating two-way anonymous email routing just like craigslist or airbnb. It uses an inbound email api to call a web-hook on your server to resolve the correct email ...
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Email cloaking service
Some interesting suggestions have been mentioned. With https://Gli.ph the issue is that you have to have a pay for a cloaked email address, but you will still get a service that is US based, which is ...
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Tool to delete browser history permanently
I don't know a toll that would do this alone, but you can delete the files yourself using SysInternals SDelete and a little batch file.
From its description on the website, it implements military ...
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Android Antivirus/Antimalware that respects privacy
Using my app search by permission, I only found two candidates being left when applying all your must-have conditions:
Ad Clean & Antivirus Security
Antivirus Free-Mobile Security
Both are ...
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Offline calendar for Android with at least basic functionality
RockPaperLz - I know your post is from many years ago now, but it still has value here in 2022! In 2022, by finally moving off of my very first old smartphone from 2016, I just now learned about the ...
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Android app to anonymize a JPG picture but leave latitude/longitude and time
SendReduced is an open-source, or paid for the pro version, Android app that allows you to:
Original file is not overwritten.
Set the maximum resolution that you wish to send photos to another ...
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Redact info from a PDF securely
The tools for redacting PDF can be expensive. But handing improperly redacted evidence to opposing counsel can be more expensive by orders of magnitude. Don't try to do this with free tools. Don't try ...
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Tool to determine if any HTTP bookmarks can be replaced with HTTPS equivalents (Firefox)
HTTPS Everywhere
is a Firefox plugin
is free
changes called URLS on the fly from HTTP to HTTPS if possible
It does not convert the bookmarks - but as long as you don't want to export your ...
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Software to password-protect individual folder(s) on Windows 7
I can suggest a few options that will meet your requirements (or partially). To clarify:
My answer will meet your requirement of: needing a password to view the data
My answer will not keep the "...
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reCaptcha alternative
Securimage, or http://www.phpcaptcha.org is a great alternative that I recently found. Although I have not experienced its effectiveness. It is entirely self hosted open source, and runs in php and ...
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Git file encryption to support file/folder based permission to protect the source code from theft
The encryption of git repository is designed to protect files from the theft from 3rd parties (e.g. when hosted on external servers such as GitHub or S3 Bucket, or by using Keybase), not from the ...
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Android music player that doesn't show full-screen album art
Pulsar has the ability to disable artwork (Settings->Show Artwork).
It comes in both a Free and Pro version. The Pro version adds more themes and things like an equalizer, but even the free version ...
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Remove private data from URL
If you are willing to write rules for each site, I can recommend Redirector.
It meets all your requirements: It's available for Firefox and Chrome, works in iOS, and is open-source.
With Redirector, ...
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Secure Android program for photos?
For starters, you can use Open Camera. Please see my answer here for the general recommendation, and let me focus on your requirement: You will need to separate the photos taken with this "other ...
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Speech Recognition: Free Software and Complete Privacy
Some list I did when asking Is there any decent speech recognition software for Linux?:
CMU Sphinx
CVoiceControl
Ears
Julius
Kaldi (e.g., Kaldi GStreamer server)
IBM ViaVoice (used to run on Linux ...
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