This is just a quick post to share a hardened gpg.conf Usually stored in ~/.gnupg/gpg.conf personal-cipher-preferences AES256 AES192 AES personal-digest-preferences SHA512 SHA384 SHA256 personal-compress-preferences ZLIB BZIP2 ZIP Uncompressed default-preference-list SHA512 SHA384 SHA256 AES256 AES192 AES ZLIB BZIP2 ZIP Uncompressed cert-digest-algo SHA512 s2k-digest-algo SHA512 s2k-cipher-algo AES256 charset utf-8 fixed-list-mode no-comments no-emit-version [...]
Enhance your privacy and security with this guide! If you don't know what DoT or DoH are, check out my earlier post! This guide assumes you are running the latest version of Firefox, which you should be doing anyway, as it's important to keep your browser up to date for [...]
Here are just some DNS over TLS and DNS over HTTPS providers to get you started, but there are many more and you should evaluate your options. Make sure to check each provider's privacy policy. Please note that the following are not links! They are the addresses you need to [...]
DNS over TLS is long over due, and here's why. Should I care and does it affect me? Yes. TLS or Transport Layer Security, is the same technology that protects your browsing when using HTTPS. It basically wraps HTTP into a secure tunnel, so that no one can see or [...]
Encrypted DNS is a must, and easy to set up! Android 9 even has the option built-in! And as a bonus, ad blocking! Android 9 and later (built-in) Android Pie only supports DNS over TLS. To enable this on your device: Go to Settings → Network & internet (or Connections) [...]
Need a VPN to stay protected on the go while on public Wi-Fi but don't want to pay for a VPN provider? Here's how! Prerequisites This guide requires you to have a public IPv4 address pointing to your router, and you should be able to set up port forwards on [...]
This guide is a must if working on the go with a Mac/Windows laptop and using tethering from Android, iOS, or on slow or paid public Wi-Fi! If you're a Windows 10 user - or have used Windows 10 in the past - you might know the feature of setting [...]
Or by full name, GL.iNet GL-AR750S-Ext (SLATE). Great little device! Picture of the GL.iNet "Slate" - CES Innovation Awards 2019 Honoree This is a review of the GL-iNet Slate I bought this device some time ago, and I think it's great and I can recommend it to anyone that either [...]
Or: How to enhance the privacy of your Pi-hole If you use a Pi-hole like I do, you probably care about privacy in some form. If you do, you should disable query logging and here's why. There are 5 privacy levels in Pi-Hole's FTL DNS, going from 0 (show everything) [...]