#security-privacy
20 posts
- Zion, part 2: about 40 containers and nothing exposed to the internet
The software on my trash-rescued homelab: ZFS, Docker Compose, Tailscale-only access with real HTTPS, a VPN'd download stack, Immich and the boring backup bits.
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15 min read
I debloated my TCL Google TV over ADB, found Samba TV’s ACR inside a system service, and replaced the home screen with a 33 KB launcher
Medium Debloating a TCL Google TV over ADB without root: auditing packages, finding Samba TV ACR in a system service, and building a lightweight custom launcher.
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7 min read
Building cross-distro offline voice dictation for Linux (and why it took more than a model)
DEV The story behind Vocalinux, from the missing Linux dictation gap to whisper.cpp, remote HTTP STT, Wayland text injection, and a tray app you can use every day.
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5 min read
Getting around site blocks in India: VPNs, proxies and one nasty VPN scam
X How to get back on Telegram during India's ban, why incometax.gov.in barely loads for me without a VPN, and a fake VPN sponsorship that stole a dev's creds.
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6 min read
Locked out of GitHub for three days over a compromised CLI token X In May 2026 GitHub suspended my account over a compromised gh CLI token. Their explanation pointed back to the stealer that hit my Mac in 2025.
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9 min read
My AI agent lives on a $3.49 VPS, and the internet keeps knocking X I skipped the Mac mini and put Clawdbot (now OpenClaw) on a $3.49 Hetzner VPS. Bots found it within hours. My hardening list, token bill and Alfred.
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6 min read
How I Built a Privacy-First Offline Speech-to-Text Tool That I Use Every Single Day Medium Introducing Vocalinux, an open-source, 100% offline voice dictation tool for Linux using Whisper or VOSK, with its architecture, features and install guide.
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2 min read
I got hacked on X by pasting one command into Terminal X A sponsored Google result, a fake Cloudflare check and a 360-line macOS stealer. My X account posted crypto spam for 12 hours.
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6 min read
LLMFeeder: the browser extension I built to feed web pages to LLMs X A Wes Bos post, a quick prototype, a friend's Firefox PR, 100 GitHub stars in about two weeks, and the first people trying to sell me installs.
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5 min read
"index of: pan card": how a Google search exposes India's ID documents X A plain Google search turned up PAN and Aadhaar files on open servers in 10 seconds. Why open directory listings leak ID documents, and why I think security in India is a culture problem.
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9 min read
Elevating Trust: Atlassian's Journey to HIPAA Eligibility Expansion!
LinkedIn How Atlassian expanded HIPAA eligibility by replacing a manual BAA process with a self-serve flow and a new service integrating IronClad with Admin Hub.
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5 min read
Anyone holding my phone can take over my Swiggy account X My Swiggy account's phone number was changed without an OTP or a heads-up to my number, and now I can't change it back for six months.
- A journey to mystical lands of the homelab: my Lord of the Rings homelab talk
Today I walked colleagues at Uber through my homelab, where every box has a Lord of the Rings name. Pi-hole at 48.3%, RAID 5 and idols as heatsinks.
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4 min read
Pi-hole on a 4-year-old Raspberry Pi 2: no ads on the whole network X I finally set up Pi-hole on my old Raspberry Pi 2, powered off the modem's USB port. A month later, 24% of the DNS queries on my network were ad-related.
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3 min read
CRED on day one: my first impressions X I tried CRED on day one. The onboarding is blazing fast and the 750+ score gate makes sense, but CRED is not saying much about what happens to my card data.
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3 min read
5 cool ways to surf blocked sites in your office/college
BitSnapper One click process to unblock banned sites in Chrome, Windows, Android, and iPhone. Now you can watch youtube, download torrents without getting noticed.
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6 min read
How to block intrusive MTNL broadband ad popups in your browser? BitSnapper Learn how to block the annoying MTNL pop up ads which appears out of no where in your browser on bottom right side. Say no to shady practises by MTNL!
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2 min read
Adgaurd - An ad blocker which works without root! BitSnapper Adgaurd is an ad blocker which works without root! You can block those unwanted ads on your Android devices using this application which use VPN technology.
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5 min read
Do you want the best search experience? Use DuckDuckGo! BitSnapper Discover why you should use DuckDuckGo & abandon google for the best search experience. DDG doesn't track you, provide unbiased results & a lot more.
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3 min read
How to disable ads from uTorrent like a pro? BitSnapper Admit it! Web user like us hates ads to the core! They are just omnipresent. Discover how to disable ads from uTorrent & make p2p file sharing a breeze?
