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The first step in repairing any laptop or notebook is troubleshooting the problem accurately. For example, some people will run out and buy a new battery on the assumption it's failed when the problem is a frayed wire or a bad connector on the power cord, something that can be fixed with a little solder or electric tape. Likewise, a "dead" LCD screen could be a mainboard or video adapter failure, a bad inverter or a burnt out backlight. When the LCD itself needs replacing, it will probably be due to a physical crack in the glass or blocks of dead pixels. If your CD or DVD drive won't work anymore, make sure you've tried a selection of discs and try a cleaner kit before replacing the drive, and always double-check the connection before discarding the old drive. About the only problems that will identify themselves as imminent failures are increasingly loud hard drives or steadily decreasing battery life over time.

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The troubleshooting process always starts with identifying what works. If the problem is power related (whether battery or a question of the laptop not turning on) the first step is establishing that power is getting to the laptop. This means checking that the LED on the transformer brick is lit, and if it isn't (or doesn't have an LED), that it's plugged into a good power outlet. You can check that by unplugging the transformer and simply plugging in a lamp. Some of the oldest notebook models have an internal transformer, so the line power (110 VAC in the U.S., 220 most other places) goes directly into the laptop body. The next question is whether or not any of the little LED status lights on the laptop light up with the power plugged in. Even the oldest models usually have a power good status light. If you have positive power status and the notebook simply won't turn on, the next check is the battery. Some models of notebooks will not operate without a good battery installed, but most will, so Google up your particular model with a search like "operating without battery" and find out if your laptop will operate with a dead or missing battery. If the battery isn't an issue and the laptop still won't turn on one with the power good status light lit, it could be a switch failure, but it's more likely a power regulation or mainboard failure. Troubleshooting power regulation or the motherboard requires test equipment or spare board to swap out, and is beyond the scope of these articles.

There's very little difference between troubleshooting a Dell Latitude, Toshiba Satellite, Sony Vaio, IBM Thinkpad, HP Pavilion (and Compaq) or even an Apple Powerbook or iBook. The basic designs of all of these laptops are the same, even if one model uses an Intel CPU, another an AMD,a third a PowerPC and a fourth a low power Transmeta. A technician troubleshooting Toshiba laptops may be more like to start with the battery, as they are notoriously weak, just as troubleshooting HP and Compaq notebooks often begins with the RAM. However, it's a mistake to approach any notebook problem with a preconceived notion of the outcome rather than following a logical process of elimination. Just because one model of Dell tends to blue blotches on the screen when it ages doesn't mean that Dell kept manufacturing notebooks with the same problem. IBM and Sony and Apple laptops have generally been viewed as the higher quality than the more popular brands, but they all suffer similar failures due to overheating, wear and tear, and the occasional run of bad components.

It pays to go online and read the owners manual for extending the life of the battery in your particular laptop model if you didn't do so when you obtained it. Some older notebooks require that you cycle the battery continually, only working on AC power for as long as it takes to recharge the exhausted battery. Many newer models want you to fully discharge the battery around once a week, but otherwise don't care about leaving it plugged in the rest of the time, and newest designs don't care what you do as long as the laptop actually gets run on battery for a reasonable percentage of the time. If you think your battery is running down too fast, make sure you have enabled the aggressive power saving modes in software (usually accessed through Control Panel or the manufacturers icon) which dim the screen, slow the CPU, and let the hard drive spin down when unused. Also, keep in mind that the level of estimated battery life remaining that causes an onscreen alarm can be set by the user, and if your default setting is very conservative (between 10% and 20%), you may want to experiment with a lower level (between 3% and 5%) that will still give you time to save your work and shut down before the laptop goes into hibernation.

Video Failure

The first thing to check in cases of complete video failure is the power status, as detailed above. If you can always hear your laptop fan when you turn on the laptop and now you can't it's not a video failure, it's a power or mainboard failure. The next troubleshooting step is to connect an external monitor with a standard VGA connector, whether a CRT or an LCD. If your notebook won't light up the external monitor, it's extremely likely that either the motherboard or the internal video adapter (if it's not part of the mainboard) has failed. If the video adapter is a discrete component and you can find a replacement for under $100, it might be worth gambling on replacing, but it's almost never cost effective to replace a mainboard. There is a small chance that the internal connection to the external video port has coincidentally failed with the laptop's own video subsystem, but it's not all that likely.

If the external monitor works fine, your failure is with the laptops video subsystem, which is usually contained entirely in the screen/lid assembly. There is a decent chance that one of the cable bundles (video signal or power) that run through the hinges to the video subsystem has failed, so unless the failure is obvious (cracked screen, fading in a corner, faint image, bad pixels), you should still open up the main body of the laptop as well to visually inspect the connections. The easiest problem to identify is obviously a cracked LCD, but a slowly increasing number of dead spots or whole rows or columns on the screen indicates the the actual LCD assembly is bad. Replacing the LCD is pretty much the same on most notebooks, the real challenge is getting the lid open and removing it without breaking anything.

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If your screen brightness seems to flicker or sometimes is bright and sometimes almost fades out completely, even then the unit is plugged into the wall (don't get fooled by power saver mode), then you probably have a failing inverter or backlight. Between the two, the inverter is several times more likely to fail, it plays the role of the solid state ballast in modern fluorescent lights. The backlight itself is a CCFL (Cold Cathode Fluorescent Lamp) with a very long meant time between failure, while whole generations of inverters have been lemons on some laptop models, you can easily research your model on Google.

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Hard Drive Failure

Ports and Power Connector

Laptops are sometimes plagued by internal failure of the physical connectors, like the modem or network port seems to be detached within the case, making it tough to get a good connection, or the power connector solder joint to the board breaks. The only way to fix these problems is to open up the body of the laptop, determine exactly what has broken, and do your best to restore it to the original condition, rather than just kludging it. The problem with kludging anything in a notebook is that the tolerances are so tight that your kludge might fail as soon as you snap the case back together. When soldering anything on a laptop board, use a fine tip iron and don't gamble on overheating the board and stripping away circuitry. Use a decent solder sucker to quickly clean up the old solder rather than fooling around with copper wick, and if you get the feeling you're taking to long, just stop and let it all cool down before trying again.

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Orbot is a free proxy app that empowers other apps to use the internet more securely. Orbot uses Tor to encrypt your Internet traffic and then hides it by bouncing through a series of computers around the world. Tor is free software and an open network that helps you defend against a form of network surveillance that threatens personal freedom and privacy, confidential business activities and relationships, and state security known as traffic analysis. Orbot creates a truly private mobile internet connection.
Download Orbot: Google Play | F-Droid | Direct Download (.apk)

★ PRIVATE WEB SURFING: Use with Orfox, the most anonymous way to access any website, even if it's normally blocked, monitored, or on the hidden web. Get Orfox here.
★ PRIVATE CHAT MESSAGING: Use ChatSecure with Orbot to chat confidentially with anyone, anywhere for free. GetChatSecure
★ PRIVACY ON TWITTER: It works with the official Twitter app. To Tweet anonymously, just change the proxy settings to the following: Proxy Host: localhost: Proxy Port: 8118

★ PRIVACY FOR APPS: Any installed app can use Tor if it has a proxy feature, using the settings found here: https://goo.gl/2OA1y . Try private web searching with DuckDuckGo: https://goo.gl/lgh1p

★ PRIVACY MADE EASY: Check out our easy, interactive walkthrough: https://guardianproject.info/howto/browsefreely
★ IT'S OFFICIAL: This is the official version of the Tor onion routing service for Android.

***Expert Root Mode***
★ UNIVERSAL MODE: Orbot can be configured to transparently proxy all of your Internet traffic through Tor. You can also choose which specific apps you want to use through Tor.

***We Love Feedback***
★ OPEN-SOURCE: Orbot is free software. Take a look at our source code, or join the community to make it better: https://gitweb.torproject.org/orbot.git
★ ABOUT TOR: https://TorProject.org . Orbot source code is available under the Tor License
★ Please report bugs to our bug tracker! https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/newticket
★ MESSAGE US: Are we missing your favorite feature? Found an annoying bug? We'd love to hear from you! Send us an email: root@guardianproject.info . Come discuss on #tor, #tor-dev and #guardianproject on irc.oftc.net or #guardianproject on freenode.

★ HELP US BRING ORBOT TO YOUR COUNTRY: We're trying to get Orbot into as many languages as possible. Right now it's in: Arabic (العربية), Basque (Euskara), Bulgarian (български език), Chinese (中文简体), Czech (Čeština), Danish (Dansk), Dutch (Nederlands), English, Farsi (فارسی), French (Français), French (Français), German (Deutsch), Greek (Ελληνικά), Hebrew (עברית), Hungarian (Magyar Nyelv), Italian (Italiano), Japanese (日本語) Korean (조선말), Latvian (Latviešu), Malaysian (بهاس ملايو ), Polish (Polski), Portuguese (Português), Russian (Русский), Spanish (Español), Swedish (Svensk), and Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt).
If Orbot isn't in your language yet, we'd love to have you join our translation team: https://www.transifex.com/projects/p/orbot/

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Orbot is a free proxy app that empowers other apps to use the internet more securely. Orbot uses Tor to encrypt your Internet traffic and then hides it by bouncing through a series of computers around the world.

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Tails

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Avoid surveillance, censorship, advertising, and viruses

Tails uses the Tor network to protect your privacy online and help you avoid censorship. Enjoy the Internet like it should be.

Your secure computer anywhere

Shut down the computer and start on your Tails USB stick instead of starting on Windows, macOS, or Linux. Tails leaves no trace on the computer when shut down.

Digital security toolbox

Tails includes a selection of applications to work on sensitive documents and communicate securely. Everything in Tails is ready-to-use and has safe defaults.

Free Software

You can download Tails for free and independent security researchers can verify our work. Tails is based on Debian GNU/Linux.

Activists use Tails to hide their identities, avoid censorship, and communicate securely.

Journalists
and their sources use Tails to publish sensitive information and access the Internet from unsafe places.

Domestic violence survivors use Tails to escape surveillance at home.

You whenever you need extra privacy in this digital world.

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Tails uses the Tor network to protect your privacy online and help you avoid censorship. Enjoy the Internet like it should be. Shut down the computer and start on your Tails USB stick instead of starting on Windows, macOS, or Linux. Tails leaves no trace on the computer when shut down.

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EPIC

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EPIC - EPIC Online Guide to Practical Privacy Tools

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The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) focuses public attention on emerging civil liberties, privacy, First Amendment issues and works to promote the Public Voice in decisions concerning the future of the Internet.

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Prism Break (Windows)

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Opt out of global data surveillance programs like PRISM, XKeyscore and Tempora. Help make mass surveillance of entire populations uneconomical! We all have a right to privacy, which you can exercise today by encrypting your communications and ending your reliance on proprietary services.

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Noscript

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firefox; security; xss; clickjacking; script blocking; disable javascript; disable java; disable flash; disable plugins; safety; safe browsing; exploit; vulnerability; addon; add-on; extension; plugin;information technology; software solutions; web design; e-commerce; e-government; b2b; b2c; java; j2ee; ejb; .net; training; courses; consulting; consultants; palermo; sicilia; italia

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NoScript - JavaScript/Java/Flash blocker for a safer Firefox experience! - what is it? - InformAction

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NoScript for Firefox pre-emptively blocks malicious scripts and allows JavaScript, Java and other potentially dangerous content only from sites you trust. Download it now for free! - what is it?

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Do Not Track Me

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Abine Blur: passwords, payments, & privacy

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Blur protects your private info and helps you stay anonymous online with masked, burner cards (virtual cards), ad blocking, masked emails, and masked phones.

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HTTPS Everywhere

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You no longer need HTTPS Everywhere to set HTTPS by default! Major browsers now offer native support for an HTTPS only mode. Learn how to turn it on.

HTTPS Everywhere is a Firefox, Chrome, Edge and Opera extension that encrypts your communications with many major websites, making your browsing more secure. Encrypt the web: Install HTTPS Everywhere today.

Desktop

Mobile

Android:
Included in Tor for Android!

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Note: HTTPS Everywhere will sunset in January 2023. Read more here: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/09/https-actually-everywhere

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Mailvelope

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How to Use PGP Encryption With Gmail and Other Web Email With Mailvelope

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If you're looking for a way to secure your email from prying eyes, PGP encryption is the best way to do it. Unfortunately it's not always so easy to implement. The Mailvelope open source project is a Chrome browser extension that implements PGP encryption and is compatible with Gmail, Outlook.com, and Yahoo mail (among others).

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PGP Tutorial

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Tutorial for Gpg4Win using Kleopatra can be found here.

We found a great tutorial posted on reddit today about how to stay safe and use PGP.

The link to the original article is this: http://www.reddit.com/r/DarkNetMarkets/comments/1qdzl8/guide_pgp_4_n00bz/

All the credit for the tutorial goes out to this reddit user: BenZoThr0w - http://www.reddit.com/user/BenZoThr0w

All we did is to embed the images inside the tutorial for easier access & of course post it here to spread this important information.
>>>Add A Layer Of Encryption: Click For The Best VPN Services<<<
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The goal here today is to try and educate n00bZ on what PGP is, how to install GPA, I'm making the guide because I educated myself on PGP and it took awhile for me to understand it. So here is a picture guide to installing and creating a PGP key to encrypt and de-crypt messages.

=== BACKGROUND of PGP ===

Basically, each individual has a unique PGP key. In the program GPA, you import peoples unique key to your list of keys. When you go to write a PGP message, you type it normally in the clipboard { you'l learn about the clipboard later, it's your friend } and then press an encrypt button, which then lets you pick from your unique list of keys to encrypt to, where ONLY that person can read it. [ this is why people give their public keys out, so anyone can encrypt them a message ] === THE STEPS ===

- Step One -

Okay, so first things first, let's get a PGP program. One of the most popular is GPA. Head over to this link to download gpg4win which includes GPA {you can see a list of the programs gpg4win contains to the left of the download page, GPA is one of them}

Download: http://gpg4win.org/download.html

IMPORTANT !!!!!!! ***********************

When installing gpg4win you get the option to install which programs you want from the package. By default, GPA is not checked. MAKE SURE YOU CHECK GPA! You need it in order to easily encrypt and decrypt messages. This is what it looks like during the installation:

Next, you want to make a PGP key. Remember, none of the details need to be valid. I'd use your online name or a different alias when making your key. Something that isn't your gamertag for online games, or anything that may tie to you. A completely new alias. The e-mail doesn't need to be valid at all. Here are some pictures to help you through the process. Also make a backup of your key!!!

First, click the keys in the menu at the top. Alternatively, you can click CTRL+N to begin the process of creating a key. Shown here:

You will go through a set up, where you make a name for your key, which I suggest you use an alias. Shown here:

After selecting your alias it asks for an e-mail adress. This e-mail should be non existent, and be linked to a website that also doesn't exist. Shown here:

Then you're asked to make a backup of your key. I highly suggest you do this! Although you can make a back up at any time, you should just do it now. This is where your public key will be that you give to others to contact you. Shown here:

- Step 2 - Find Your Key -

Find where you put the back up of your key. It will be an .asc file but no worries, when asked to open the file just tell windows or whatever OS to open it using Notepad. Here you will find a public key similar to this.

When sharing your key with others, you wan't to copy and paste from the beginning dashes to the end dashes. Exactly how I have copied and pasted above.

- HOW TO IMPORT SOMEONE ELSES PGP KEY TO YOUR GPA PROGRAMS -

You see people giving their public keys away so others can contact them. Simply open a notepad file, copy and paste their key and import it using the GPA program. I will show you how to do this.

First make a blank text file and copy the users pubic key to it. Shown here:

Then, in the Keys menu where you made your key, select import keys. Shown here:

Select the Text file you saved with the public key in it. Shown here:

Then you should get this if the key was successfully imported:

Now, lets send an encrypted message.

First, open the clipboard. You can get there through the Windows menu or through the clipboard icon on the quickbar. Shown here:

Then after opening clipboard type the message you'd like to send and select encrypt at the top of the clipboard window. Shown here

When you press encrypt, you are given a menu shown below. In this menu you select what key you're using to send the message, and what key is going to be receiving the message. I chose to send the fake account used to make this tutorial a message with my personal account. Here's what that menu looks like:

After you select who's sending and who's receiving you should get an encrypted message that looks like this:

This encrypted message is what you send instead of cleartext. So when messaging on websites, simply paste the PGP message. If you receive a PGP message, you can also use the clipboard to decrypt the message you have received by opening the clipboard, pasting the PGP message you got, and then pressing the decrypt button, shown here:

That about sums it up. I hope that people with questions on PGP and how it's used can be solved here, as I tried to make the tutorial as noob as possible. Please be safe when communicating confidential or sensitive information on websites. Always PGP. Never FE. Be safe people. If you have questions, comment, and I'll try my best to answer them.

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Hope this helps.

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PGP Tutorial For Newbs (Gpg4Win) - Deep Dot Web

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Tutorial for Gpg4Win using Kleopatra can be found here. We found a great tutorial posted on reddit today about how to stay safe and use PGP. The link to the original article is this: http://www.reddit.com/r/DarkNetMarkets/comments/1qdzl8/guide_pgp_4_n00bz/ All the credit for the tutorial goes out to this reddit user: BenZoThr0w - http://www.reddit.com/user/BenZoThr0w All we did is to embed ...

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Linphone

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Linphone open-source voip software - video sip phone, voip phone

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Linphone open source VOIP project for desktop computers, smartphones, tablets and web browsers. Make audio and video calls in HD, create audio conferences, share pictures and files, communicate securely....

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Jitsi

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JaaS: the Team that Builds Jitsi Can Now Also Run it for You! Start now

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What's going on? Starting on August 24th, we will no longer support the anonymous creation of rooms on meet.jit.si, and will require the use of an account (we will be supporting Google, GitHub and Facebook [...]

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Italian Schools Using WeSchool Platform Based on 8×8's Jitsi for Distance Learning.

LangSciPress @LangSciPress

Somewhat unexpected, but we now run our own videoconferencing software, #Jitsi It is 100% privacy friendly, 100% open source and runs on our own servers.

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Free Video Conferencing Software for Web & Mobile | Jitsi

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Learn more about Jitsi, a free open-source video conferencing software for web & mobile. Make a call, launch on your own servers, integrate into your app, and more.

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Cryptocat

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Chat easily and securely with your buddies using Cryptocat.

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TOR Project

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ABOUT US

We believe everyone should be able to explore the internet with privacy. We are the Tor Project, a 501(c)(3) US nonprofit. We advance human rights and defend your privacy online through free software and open networks. Meet our team.

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The Tor Project | Privacy & Freedom Online

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Anonymity Online | Defend yourself against tracking and surveillance. Circumvent censorship.

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Duck Duck Go

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DuckDuckGo - Protection. Privacy. Peace of mind.

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The Internet privacy company that empowers you to seamlessly take control of your personal information online, without any tradeoffs.

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Start Page

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Startpage - Private Search Engine. No Tracking. No Search History.

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Search and browse the internet without being tracked or targeted. Startpage is the world's most private search engine. Use Startpage to protect your personal data.

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Disconnect

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Visualize and block the invisible websites that track you.

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Ghostery

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Pentest Tools

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Online Penetration Testing and Ethical Hacking Tools

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Pentest-Tools.com is an online framework for penetration testing and security assessment. Perform website penetration testing, network security assessments and advanced reconnaissance using our platform.

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Screen Cast-O-Matic

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Our screen capture tools help you easily create, edit and communicate with videos and images. Simple and intuitive tools to share your ideas.

Windows, Mac / iOS, Android, and Chromebook | No account required

Easy video communication for everyone

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How can ScreenPal help you?

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With ScreenPal I've been able to extend my expertise and automate some of my more routine tasks by creating high-quality video content and feedback, which then frees up my time for more personalized mentorship.

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ScreenPal's user-friendly interface and seamless integration into our existing teaching methods made it an obvious choice. From day one, it was clear that ScreenPal was not just another tech tool; it was a catalyst for active learning and collaboration.

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We use ScreenPal internally to create and manage all of the videos we share with educators. ScreenPal makes it easy to create videos with a consistent, branded look and feel, and then to share all of those videos from a central repository.

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Join millions of people communicating through video.

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At ScreenPal, we don't believe that video recording and editing should be difficult, or cost a fortune. Our simple and intuitive tools help you get the job done easily.

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Prezi

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Slideshare

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Discover, Share, and Present presentations and infographics with the world's largest professional content sharing community.

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Trello

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Capture, organize, and tackle your to-dos from anywhere | Trello

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Make the impossible, possible with Trello. The ultimate tool to boost your productivity. Escape the clutter and chaos—stay efficient with Inbox, Boards, and Planner from anywhere, even on mobile.

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Reset the Net

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More for Android

1. Encrypt your phone and choose a 10 digit PIN, too, for very strong protection if your phone is lost, stolen, or seized.

2. Firefox syncs your passwords securely, and lets you install privacy-protecting extensions like Adblock Plus, Noscript, and HTTPS Everywhere.

3. Don't trust carriers. Buy your Android phone directly from Google, or if you're tech savvy, install Cyanogen.

4. Orbot and Orweb let you browse the web privately and anonymously with Tor.

5. For savvy users, K-9 and APG let you send encrypted emails.

More for iPhone

1. According to Apple's Legal Process Guidelines, Facetime calls and iMessages are end-to-end encrypted. This is significant, but Textsecure and Redphone are more secure and trustworthy

2. Use a PIN on your iPhone for better legal protection against searches, and some protection against thieves.

More for Mac

1. Filevault is built-in, and protects you if your Mac is lost, stolen, or seized. Turn on Filevault.

2. GPG tools lets you encrypt emails using Apple's Mail.app

More for GNU/Linux

1. Firefox syncs your passwords securely, and lets you install privacy-protecting extensions like Adblock Plus, Noscript, and HTTPS Everywhere.

2. For savvy users, Thunderbird and Enigmail let you encrypt your emails.

3. Tails is a USB-bootable operating system for privacy and anonymity. Try it!

4. Many GNU/Linux distributions provide support for Full Disk Encryption. Instructions for Ubuntu.

5. GNU/Linux users, install all these tools from your favorite package manager.

Important notes

Re: Pidgin and Adium, if you believe you may be the specific target of surveillance, these aren't the tools for you. Pidgin has had a large number of remotely exploitable vulnerabilites recently, and auditors looking at the code believe there are likely to be many more. Still, these tools are effective against passive mass surveillance, and they're unusually easy to use.

Cryptocat is not a magic bullet. Even though Cryptocat provides useful encryption, you should never trust any piece of software with your life, and Cryptocat is no exception. Cryptocat does not mask your IP address or hide your identity, and, like all software, cannot fully protect against a targeted attack on your person or electronics.

This page was made in consultation with technologists and activists at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and their contribution was invaluable. Thanks EFF!

Wondering why we didn't include (insert app here)? Read our criteria for these recommendations.

Feedback? Email us.

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Encrypt your phone and choose a 10 digit PIN, too, for very strong protection if your phone is lost, stolen, or seized. Firefox syncs your passwords securely, and lets you install privacy-protecting extensions like Adblock Plus, Noscript, and HTTPS Everywhere. Don't trust carriers. Buy your Android phone directly from Google, or if you're tech savvy, install Cyanogen.

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Internet Toolbox

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Internet tools: Networks, servers, code. Geek goodies.

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Tom's ITPro

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IT Pro - Articles and Forums on Tom's Hardware

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Here's every Tom's Hardware article using the tag IT Pro. Also, see what the Tom's Hardware community has to say about: IT Pro.

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Central Ops

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Free online network tools - traceroute, nslookup, dig, whois lookup, ping - IPv6

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Free online network tools, including traceroute, nslookup, dig, whois, ping, and our own Domain Dossier and Email Dossier. Works with IPv6. Some source code included.

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Tools 4 Noobs

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© Copyright Tools 4 noobs 2007-2018. All rights reserved. If you need a particular online tool, don't hesitate to give us a message by using our contact form, and we'll see what we can do about it.

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SEO PowerSuite

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Download SEO PowerSuite to boost your Google rankings

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Download SEO PowerSuite - the only all-in-one SEO toolkit you need to outrank your competition and get a top placement in Google & other search engines!