whoBIRD - Identify bird sounds in real time

whoBIRD, the ultimate birding companion that can recognize birds by their sounds, anywhere in the world! Powered by the cutting-edge BirdNET project, whoBIRD boasts an extensive database of over 6,000 bird species worldwide. Using advanced machine learning algorithms, this Android app can accurately identify birds based on their unique vocalizations.

What's more, whoBIRD performs its magic in real time entirely on your device, without requiring an internet connection. This means you can use it anytime, anywhere – whether you're deep in the forest or at the edge of a remote lake.

https://github.com/woheller69/whoBIRD

https://f-droid.org/packages/org.woheller69.whobird/

Google has announced that, starting in 2026/2027, all apps on certified Android devices will require the developer to submit personal identity details directly to Google.
Since the developers of this app do not agree to this requirement, this app will no longer work on certified Android devices after that time.

https://altcha.org/

Free, open-source #Captcha alternative
ALTCHA uses a proof-of-work mechanism to protect your website, APIs, and online services from spam and unwanted content.

Unlike other solutions, ALTCHA is free, open-source and self-hosted, does not use cookies nor fingerprinting, does not track users, and is compliant with data-privacy regulations and accessible.

Dicio assistant

Dicio is a free and open source #voice #assistant running on #Android. It supports many different skills and input/output methods, and it provides both speech and graphical feedback to a question. It interprets user input and (when possible) generates user output entirely on-device, providing privacy by design. It has multilanguage support, and is currently available in these languages: Czech, English, French, German, Greek, Italian, Polish, Russian, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish and Ukrainian. Open to contributions :-D

https://github.com/Stypox/dicio-android

Download
https://f-droid.org/packages/org.stypox.dicio
https://github.com/Stypox/dicio-android/releases
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.stypox.dicio

Skills
Currently Dicio answers questions about:
search: looks up information on DuckDuckGo (and in the future more engines) - Search for Dicio
weather: collects weather information from OpenWeatherMap - What's the weather like?
lyrics: shows Genius lyrics for songs - What's the song that goes we will we will rock you?
open: opens an app on your device - Open NewPipe
calculator: evaluates basic calculations - What is four thousand and two times three minus a million divided by three hundred?
telephone: view and call contacts - Call Tom
timer: set, query and cancel timers - Set a timer for five minutes
current time: query current time - What time is it?
navigation: opens the navigation app at the requested position - Take me to New York, fifteenth avenue
media: play, pause, previous, next song

Speech to text
Dicio uses Vosk as its speech to text (#STT) engine. In order to be able to run on every phone small models are employed, weighing ~50MB. The download from here starts automatically whenever needed, so the app language can be changed seamlessly.

⚡️Stack Wallet - Open Source

Our community has been pining for a reliable wallet that respects people’s privacy. I’m happy to say StackWallet fits the bill.

I spoke personally with the founder and learned it’s a wallet that is doing things properly. It’s completely open-source, non-custodial, and privacy-preserving by default. You can choose StackWallet official nodes or pick your own, and it has a custom backup to restore all your wallets if needed.

The UI/UX is excellent, making it a friendly wallet that supports Monero, Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Litecoin, and others—with proper support for Monero. It also has a built-in exchange for quick in-app trades, plus a private mode that turns off connections for coin prices (no third-party connections).

Check it out today: https://stackwallet.com

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How to Track the People Tracking YOU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjXp3bBd2h8

Discover “Chasing Your Tail,” an open-source surveillance detection tool you can build with a Raspberry Pi. In this exclusive Black Hat interview, creator Matt explains how it tracks Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and even tire sensors to spot if you’re being followed, then flips the noscript to map where your followers spend time. Learn the origins of this tool, from avoiding surprise visits to protecting informants and aiding search & rescue. We cover the tech stack (Kismet, Python, GPS integration), real-world success stories, and how you can set it up yourself for under $100. Perfect for security pros, privacy
advocates, and tech enthusiasts.

https://github.com/ArgeliusLabs/Chasing-Your-Tail-NG

Chasing Your Tail (CYT)

https://github.com/ArgeliusLabs/Chasing-Your-Tail-NG

A comprehensive #WiFi probe request analyzer that monitors and tracks wireless devices by analyzing their probe requests. The system integrates with #Kismet for packet capture and WiGLE API for #SSID #geolocation analysis, featuring advanced #surveillance #detection capabilities.


Features

    Real-time Wi-Fi monitoring with Kismet integration
    Advanced surveillance detection with persistence scoring
    Automatic GPS integration - extracts coordinates from Bluetooth GPS via Kismet
    GPS correlation and location clustering (100m threshold)
    Spectacular KML visualization for Google Earth with professional styling and interactive content
    Multi-format reporting - Markdown, HTML (with pandoc), and KML outputs
    Time-window tracking (5, 10, 15, 20 minute windows)
    WiGLE API integration for SSID geolocation
    Multi-location tracking algorithms for detecting following behavior
    Enhanced GUI interface with surveillance analysis button
    Organized file structure with dedicated output directories
    Comprehensive logging and analysis tools

Requirements
    Python 3.6+
    Kismet wireless packet capture
    Wi-Fi adapter supporting monitor mode
    Linux-based system
    WiGLE API key (optional)

AI-Video-Transcriber

#AI #Video #Transcriber is a powerful video trannoscription and summarization tool with support for over 30 platforms such as #YouTube and #TikTok.

It offers multilingual support and intelligent trannoscription with high accuracy through Faster-Whisper.

The tool also provides automatic text optimization and #summary #translation using GPT-4.

AI-Video-Transcriber is also compatible with mobile devices, making it easy to use.

https://github.com/wendy7756/AI-Video-Transcriber

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#LineageOS 23 released and the state of #Android #aosp

https://lineageos.org/Changelog-30/

The App That Google Couldn’t Shut Down
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vlc255SwBXw

ReVanced Manager is an application that uses ReVanced Patcher to patch Android apps.

💪 Features
💉 Patch apps: Apply any patch of your choice to Android apps
📱 Portable: ReVanced Patcher that fits in your pocket
🤗 Simple UI: Quickly understand the ins and outs of ReVanced Manager
🛠️ Customization: Configurable API, custom sources, language, signing keystore, theme and more

🔽 Download
You can download the most recent version of ReVanced Manager at revanced.app/download or from GitHub releases.
Learn how to use ReVanced Manager by following the documentation.

Another option:
https://rvxapp.com

#yt #YouTube #Vanced #revanced

Your #Amazon #Kindle Can Finally Be Jailbroken Again
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4ZliC82RtA

Better buy linux eBook readers: #ebook@nogoolag

How to run #ADB and #fastboot in #Termux without root to unlock #bootloader, run ADB commands, remove #bloatware, flash ROM, or even root another #Android

https://www.mobile-hacker.com/2025/06/16/how-to-run-adb-and-fastboot-on-a-non-rooted-android-smartphone-using-termux/:

1. It supports debloating of various manufacturers and mobile carriers such as LG, Samsung, Xiaomi, Huawei, Oppo, Realme, Vivo, ZTE, OnePlus, Nokia, Sony, Asus, Google, Fairphone, Motorola, Tecno, Unihertz.
2. Full access to the app’s private storage — including databases, tokens, cached credentials, config files, or even offline user data.
3. Another common issue in AndroidManifest.xml is this flag: When enabled (which it is by default unless explicitly disabled), Android allows the app’s private data to be backed up via ADB — again, even on non-rooted devices.

Android, use termux-adb command instead of adb
https://github.com/nohajc/termux-adb

Android debloater for pc and debloat lists
https://github.com/Universal-Debloater-Alliance/universal-android-debloater-next-generation

https://github.com/Universal-Debloater-Alliance/universal-android-debloater-next-generation/blob/main/resources/assets/uad_lists.json

#debloat

Universal Android Debloater Next Generation

https://github.com/Universal-Debloater-Alliance/universal-android-debloater-next-generation

This is a detached fork of the UAD project, which aims to improve privacy and battery performance by removing unnecessary and obscure system apps. This can also contribute to improving security by reducing (but not eliminating) the attack surface. Read the wiki for more details on getting started. Whilst UAD-ng can remove system apps, it cannot detect or remove potentially malicious system services or drivers baked into the firmware of your device by various vendors; some vendor-specific apps are only UI front-ends to vendor-provided system services, and as such disabling/uninstalling those apps will not stop a service from running. Additional information can be found in package denoscriptions inside the Universal Android Debloater Next Generation application.

#Android #debloat #UADNG

Collabora Launches Desktop #Office Suite for #Linux

https://itsfoss.com/news/collabora-launches-desktop-office-suite/

https://www.collaboraonline.com/collabora-office/

yt-fts - YouTube Full Text Search

https://github.com/NotJoeMartinez/yt-fts

yt-fts is a command line program that uses yt-dlp to scrape all of a #YouTube channels #subnoscripts and load them into a sqlite database that is searchable from the command line. It allows you to query a channel for specific key word or phrase and will generate time stamped YouTube urls to the video containing the keyword.
It also supports semantic search via the OpenAI embeddings API, Gemini embedding API and using chromadb.

Blog Post
LLM/RAG Chat Bot
Video Summaries
Semantic Search
CHANGELOG

Installation:
pip install yt-fts

#yt