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8,494 | 10,619 | |
2.4% | 1.3% | |
9.3 | 9.7 | |
1 day ago | about 16 hours ago | |
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GNU General Public License v3.0 only | GNU General Public License v3.0 only |
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portmaster
- Portmaster is a privacy suite for your Windows and Linux desktop
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I pwned half of America's fast food chains, simultaneously
There's a very good relatively new open-source GUI firewall app like this called Portmaster:
It's available for Windows and Linux
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Port forwarding done by university network admin, they opened every port past 1024???
You can get your own firewall app. Portmaster by safing.io lets you open and close what ever ports you want on your windows system
- A recommendation for adblock
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Zen: Ad-blocker and privacy guard for Windows, MacOS and Linux
amazing work OP! what's the difference between zen and portmaster? :) i would like to compare options to see which one fits my needs the best way
- Portmaster open-source application firewall
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Portmaster Application Firewall v1.4
For Context: Technical Introduction from https://github.com/safing/portmaster#technical-introduction
Portmaster is a privacy suite for your Windows and Linux desktop.
Base Technology
- Portmaster integrates into network stack using nfqueue on Linux and a kernel driver (WFP) on Windows.
- Packets are intercepted at the raw packet level - every packet is seen and can be stopped.
- Ownership of connections is found using eBPF and `/proc` on Linux and a kernel driver and the IP Helper API (`iphlpapi.dll`) on Windows.
- Most settings can be defined per app, which can be matched in different ways.
- Support for special processes with weird or concealed paths/actors:
--- Snap, AppImage and Script support on Linux
--- Windows Store apps and svchost.exe system services support on Windows
- Everything is 100% local on your device. (except the SPN, naturally)
--- Updates are fully signed and downloaded automatically.
--- Intelligence data (block lists, geoip) is downloaded and applied automatically.
- The Portmaster Core Service runs as a system service, the UI elements (App, Notifier) run in user context.
- The main UI still uses electron as a wrapper :/ - but this will change in the future. You can also open the UI in the browser
Feature: Secure DNS
- Portmaster intercepts "astray" DNS queries and reroutes them to itself for seamless integration.
- DNS queries are resolved by the default or configured DoT/DoH resolvers.
- Full support for split horizon and horizon validation to defend against rebinding attacks.
Feature: Privacy Filter
- Define allowed network scopes: Localhost, LAN, Internet, P2P, Inbound.
- Easy rules based on Internet entities: Domain, IP, Country and more.
- Filter Lists block common malware, ad, tracker domains etc.
Feature: Network History ($)
- Record connections and their details in a local database and search all of it later
- Auto-delete old history or delete on demand
Feature: Bandwidth Visibility ($)
- Monitor bandwidth usage per connection and app
Feature: SPN - Safing Privacy Network ($)
- A Privacy Network aimed at use cases "between" VPN and Tor.
- Uses onion encryption over multiple hops just like Tor.
- Routes are chosen to cover most distance within the network to increase privacy.
- Exits are chosen near the destination server. This automatically geo-unblocks in many cases.
- Exclude apps and domains/entities from using SPN.
- Change routing algorithm and focus per app.
- Nodes are hosted by Safing (company behind Portmaster) and the community.
- Speeds are pretty decent (>100MBit/s).
- PSA: Intel Graphics Drivers Now Collect Telemetry by Default
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Thoughts on safing.io
Portmaster itself is open source (https://github.com/safing/portmaster)
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Count me out on next releases
Then install https://safing.io/ (Portmaster); it's free.
Cryptomator
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Dropbox: How to opt out of 3rd party AI partner access to your Dropbox
the best way to do this is with https://cryptomator.org
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Is it private if I lock my pdf
Before putting anything on a cloud service I would recommend 3rd party tools, like Cryptomator, to encrypt folders and such, then upload to a cloud service.
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Encryption for Google Drive (Mac)
I use Cryptomator - https://cryptomator.org
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VeraCrypt: Free, open source, disk encryption for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux
I've used countless encryption "schemes" over the years, from True/Vera-Crypt to encrypted sparse bundles/images, and none have ever really felt right.
These days i tend to use Cryptomator[0] instead. It accomplishes what none of the others could do, which is transparent encryption across devices.
With Cryptomator, i simply create a vault somewhere in the cloud, stuff data in it, and i can access it from my laptop, phone or tablet, and not think much about it. It integrates into the normal file browsing APIs, and doesn't get in the way.
Because it does "per file" encryption, it also doesn't need to download a 20-100MB chunk from the cloud before decrypting, so it's rather fast (depending on file size of course).
- Ask HN: Any Encrypted Notes Backup?
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Local encryption of files and folders
Cryptomator's arguably the most popular encryption software for cloud storage (you can give yourself zero-knowledge encryption by using them) - it's actually what they specialize & focus on (cloud encryption). It's 100% open source and Free to use on computers. On phones I believe it's just a 1-time fee of a few bucks ($13-14, then you have it forever) - note: their iOS offering is still new, so may be a bit unpolished at the moment.
- Que es lo peor que les dijo su ex mientras terminaban?
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Encrypted file in OneDrive Personal Vault Detected as Ransomware.
This is the solution: https://cryptomator.org/
- Help switching to SelfHosted
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Hi, I'd like to use Obsidian as a note-taking app for my therapy practice, but I need my Vault to be encrypted.
Cryptomator. It is made for uploading files securely to cloud storage, but works locally, is easy to use, and completely free for your use case.
What are some alternatives?
simplewall - Simple tool to configure Windows Filtering Platform (WFP) which can configure network activity on your computer.
rclone - "rsync for cloud storage" - Google Drive, S3, Dropbox, Backblaze B2, One Drive, Swift, Hubic, Wasabi, Google Cloud Storage, Yandex Files
opensnitch - OpenSnitch is a GNU/Linux interactive application firewall inspired by Little Snitch.
VeraCrypt - Disk encryption with strong security based on TrueCrypt
audacity - Audio Editor
gocryptfs - Encrypted overlay filesystem written in Go
spn - Safing Privacy Network
dokany - User mode file system library for windows with FUSE Wrapper
LuLu - LuLu is the free macOS firewall
Picocrypt - A very small, very simple, yet very secure encryption tool.
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cryfs - Cryptographic filesystem for the cloud