FreeTube: An Open Source YouTube Player Built for Privacy

an open source desktop YouTube player built with privacy in mind

This is just a short and sweet update on my “HOW TO: Break Up With Google” post. For most people the hardest thing to do, when breaking up with Google, is to move away from YouTube.

What most people don’t realize ( including myself until a couple of months ago ) is that you can use RSS with YouTube. Check how to do it here.

One other thing you can do is use FreeTube – a free and open source cross-platform app that allows you to watch YouTube without advertisements and prevents Google tracking from you with their cookies and JavaScript.

The app is still in beta, and there’s some bugs ( like using Tor for API calls does not work and max video resolution is 720p ) but for the most part works great. Also keep in mind that if you have a ton of subscriptions, when you open the app, it will take some time to load all the subscriptions. Also, I THINK, it will bypass geo-restrictions. Not sure though, as I’ve not come across any geo-restricted videos to test it out.

FreeTube Features

  • Watch videos without ads
  • Use YouTube without Google tracking you using cookies and JavaScript
  • Make API calls through the Tor network
  • Subscribe to channels without an account
  • Local subscriptions, history, and saved videos
  • Export & import subscriptions
  • Open videos from your browser directly into FreeTube (with extension)
  • Mini Player
  • Light / dark theme

Learn more and download FreeTube on the project’s github page.

Onyx is Now Available for macOS Mojave

Onyx for macOS Mojave now available

Onyx is now available for macOS Mojave. If you’re not familiar with the tool, Onyx is a multifunction utility for macOS that allows you to verify the startup disk and the structure of its system files, to run miscellaneous tasks of system maintenance, to configure some hidden parameters of the Finder, Dock, QuickTime, Safari, Mail, iTunes, login window, Spotlight, and many of Apple’s applications, to delete caches, to remove a certain number of files and folders that may become cumbersome, and more.

Download Onyx here.

How to Use Screen Recording on iOS Devices

Do you want to record a video of your iOS device’s screen?

Do you want to record a video of your iOS device’s screen? To be entirely honest nowadays it is easier than ever before to do so as iOS 11 has its very own built-in screen recorder.

Still as you’ll soon see it helps to know all your options – and there are a number of them.

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Cryptee: A Cross Platform, Encrypted Home for Your Private Documents and Photos

Cryptee is a cross platform, encrypted and secure home for your private documents, notes, files and photos.

You should know by know that it’s important to encrypt your files before uploading them to the cloud. But still, most people, are using services like iCloud, Dropbox and/or Evernote without any concern because they’re “convenient”.

If you’re one of those people you might want to take a look at Cryptee –  a cross platform, encrypted and secure home for your private documents, notes, files and photos.

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What’s Happening On the Smartphone Market?

Smartphones have become an integral part of modern life. They are everywhere in the developed world and are increasingly present in developing economies like India, Africa, and South America, providing people with an easy means of listening to music, reading the news, playing Gaming Club online blackjack, and keeping in touch with their fellow smartphone-wielding counterparts. Smartphone sales have been soaring in the last decade – but despite their entering a series of new, untapped market, their growth has slowed in the last few quarters. But this is only one of the many surprising things that is happening on the smartphone market today.
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