Free websites that are so useful they feel illegal to know

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  • cancel-culture

    Tools for fighting abuse on Twitter

  • What a silly list with a disappointing title. The paywall dodger was the only site on the list that A) I hadn't already heard of and B) could possibly be construed as illegal. Here's my list:

    https://www.fakenamegenerator.com/ - needs no explanation.

    https://camelcamelcamel.com/ - Amazon price tracker.

    https://www.g2a.com/ - buy/sell reused software licenses and keys, usually between 10% and 60% of MSRP, just check that they aren't stolen first...

    https://www.steamregionalprices.com/ - Check the price of Steam games in other countries so you know where to set your VPN.

    http://makemkv.com/ - DVD/BluRay ripping tool with really good support for breaking DRM.

    https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/sponsorblock-for-y... - Skip over sponsored segments of YouTube videos.

    https://newpipe.net/ - Alternate Android client which blocks YouTube ads by default.

    https://www.eldorado.gg/ - buy and sell video game accounts to dodge bans, play on different regions, etc.

    https://github.com/travisbrown/cancel-culture - Dig up Twitter dirt on people.

    https://github.com/jivoi/awesome-osint#-Table-of-Contents - Giant list of tools for finding people on the Internet.

    https://aruljohn.com/freeshell/ - list of UNIX servers you can get a free account on.

    https://www.cloudatcost.com/ - the most cheap, scummy cloud provider I have ever used.

    https://tachiyomi.org/ - Manga client which gets you ""free"" copies of things.

    https://www.freetaxusa.com/ - nothing sketchy about this except the name. All the features of TurboTax, etc and more for $15.

    https://github.com/derv82/wifite2 - Wireless network "auditing"

    Note I don't actually condone piracy, doxxing, etc. I'm just saying this is a much more interesting list to talk about.

  • tachiyomi

    Discontinued Free and open source manga reader for Android.

  • What a silly list with a disappointing title. The paywall dodger was the only site on the list that A) I hadn't already heard of and B) could possibly be construed as illegal. Here's my list:

    https://www.fakenamegenerator.com/ - needs no explanation.

    https://camelcamelcamel.com/ - Amazon price tracker.

    https://www.g2a.com/ - buy/sell reused software licenses and keys, usually between 10% and 60% of MSRP, just check that they aren't stolen first...

    https://www.steamregionalprices.com/ - Check the price of Steam games in other countries so you know where to set your VPN.

    http://makemkv.com/ - DVD/BluRay ripping tool with really good support for breaking DRM.

    https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/sponsorblock-for-y... - Skip over sponsored segments of YouTube videos.

    https://newpipe.net/ - Alternate Android client which blocks YouTube ads by default.

    https://www.eldorado.gg/ - buy and sell video game accounts to dodge bans, play on different regions, etc.

    https://github.com/travisbrown/cancel-culture - Dig up Twitter dirt on people.

    https://github.com/jivoi/awesome-osint#-Table-of-Contents - Giant list of tools for finding people on the Internet.

    https://aruljohn.com/freeshell/ - list of UNIX servers you can get a free account on.

    https://www.cloudatcost.com/ - the most cheap, scummy cloud provider I have ever used.

    https://tachiyomi.org/ - Manga client which gets you ""free"" copies of things.

    https://www.freetaxusa.com/ - nothing sketchy about this except the name. All the features of TurboTax, etc and more for $15.

    https://github.com/derv82/wifite2 - Wireless network "auditing"

    Note I don't actually condone piracy, doxxing, etc. I'm just saying this is a much more interesting list to talk about.

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  • awesome-osint

    :scream: A curated list of amazingly awesome OSINT

  • What a silly list with a disappointing title. The paywall dodger was the only site on the list that A) I hadn't already heard of and B) could possibly be construed as illegal. Here's my list:

    https://www.fakenamegenerator.com/ - needs no explanation.

    https://camelcamelcamel.com/ - Amazon price tracker.

    https://www.g2a.com/ - buy/sell reused software licenses and keys, usually between 10% and 60% of MSRP, just check that they aren't stolen first...

    https://www.steamregionalprices.com/ - Check the price of Steam games in other countries so you know where to set your VPN.

    http://makemkv.com/ - DVD/BluRay ripping tool with really good support for breaking DRM.

    https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/sponsorblock-for-y... - Skip over sponsored segments of YouTube videos.

    https://newpipe.net/ - Alternate Android client which blocks YouTube ads by default.

    https://www.eldorado.gg/ - buy and sell video game accounts to dodge bans, play on different regions, etc.

    https://github.com/travisbrown/cancel-culture - Dig up Twitter dirt on people.

    https://github.com/jivoi/awesome-osint#-Table-of-Contents - Giant list of tools for finding people on the Internet.

    https://aruljohn.com/freeshell/ - list of UNIX servers you can get a free account on.

    https://www.cloudatcost.com/ - the most cheap, scummy cloud provider I have ever used.

    https://tachiyomi.org/ - Manga client which gets you ""free"" copies of things.

    https://www.freetaxusa.com/ - nothing sketchy about this except the name. All the features of TurboTax, etc and more for $15.

    https://github.com/derv82/wifite2 - Wireless network "auditing"

    Note I don't actually condone piracy, doxxing, etc. I'm just saying this is a much more interesting list to talk about.

  • NewPipe

    A libre lightweight streaming front-end for Android.

  • What a silly list with a disappointing title. The paywall dodger was the only site on the list that A) I hadn't already heard of and B) could possibly be construed as illegal. Here's my list:

    https://www.fakenamegenerator.com/ - needs no explanation.

    https://camelcamelcamel.com/ - Amazon price tracker.

    https://www.g2a.com/ - buy/sell reused software licenses and keys, usually between 10% and 60% of MSRP, just check that they aren't stolen first...

    https://www.steamregionalprices.com/ - Check the price of Steam games in other countries so you know where to set your VPN.

    http://makemkv.com/ - DVD/BluRay ripping tool with really good support for breaking DRM.

    https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/sponsorblock-for-y... - Skip over sponsored segments of YouTube videos.

    https://newpipe.net/ - Alternate Android client which blocks YouTube ads by default.

    https://www.eldorado.gg/ - buy and sell video game accounts to dodge bans, play on different regions, etc.

    https://github.com/travisbrown/cancel-culture - Dig up Twitter dirt on people.

    https://github.com/jivoi/awesome-osint#-Table-of-Contents - Giant list of tools for finding people on the Internet.

    https://aruljohn.com/freeshell/ - list of UNIX servers you can get a free account on.

    https://www.cloudatcost.com/ - the most cheap, scummy cloud provider I have ever used.

    https://tachiyomi.org/ - Manga client which gets you ""free"" copies of things.

    https://www.freetaxusa.com/ - nothing sketchy about this except the name. All the features of TurboTax, etc and more for $15.

    https://github.com/derv82/wifite2 - Wireless network "auditing"

    Note I don't actually condone piracy, doxxing, etc. I'm just saying this is a much more interesting list to talk about.

  • wifite2

    Rewrite of the popular wireless network auditor, "wifite"

  • What a silly list with a disappointing title. The paywall dodger was the only site on the list that A) I hadn't already heard of and B) could possibly be construed as illegal. Here's my list:

    https://www.fakenamegenerator.com/ - needs no explanation.

    https://camelcamelcamel.com/ - Amazon price tracker.

    https://www.g2a.com/ - buy/sell reused software licenses and keys, usually between 10% and 60% of MSRP, just check that they aren't stolen first...

    https://www.steamregionalprices.com/ - Check the price of Steam games in other countries so you know where to set your VPN.

    http://makemkv.com/ - DVD/BluRay ripping tool with really good support for breaking DRM.

    https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/sponsorblock-for-y... - Skip over sponsored segments of YouTube videos.

    https://newpipe.net/ - Alternate Android client which blocks YouTube ads by default.

    https://www.eldorado.gg/ - buy and sell video game accounts to dodge bans, play on different regions, etc.

    https://github.com/travisbrown/cancel-culture - Dig up Twitter dirt on people.

    https://github.com/jivoi/awesome-osint#-Table-of-Contents - Giant list of tools for finding people on the Internet.

    https://aruljohn.com/freeshell/ - list of UNIX servers you can get a free account on.

    https://www.cloudatcost.com/ - the most cheap, scummy cloud provider I have ever used.

    https://tachiyomi.org/ - Manga client which gets you ""free"" copies of things.

    https://www.freetaxusa.com/ - nothing sketchy about this except the name. All the features of TurboTax, etc and more for $15.

    https://github.com/derv82/wifite2 - Wireless network "auditing"

    Note I don't actually condone piracy, doxxing, etc. I'm just saying this is a much more interesting list to talk about.

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