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JohnMalkovich,IamfondofCEHtechniques.Igraduatedcourses.
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Iwillsharewithyouseveralhacks:
1.Findthesecret.govfiles.Forthis,you'llneedtouseGooglesearchoperators.Just
pasteintotheGooglelinethefollowing:site:.gov"topsecret"
andyouwillfindthousandsofpagesinGoogle.
2.Watchmoviesonlineforfree.Forthisyoucanusethefollowingmethod:
googlethemoviesname.Forexample:"TheRevenant"
scrolldowntothepagination
openthepage10,than20th,than30th,untilyou'llseethismessage:Inresponseto
multiplecomplaintswereceivedundertheUSDigitalMillenniumCopyrightAct ,
wehaveremoved3resultsfromthispage.Ifyouwish,youmayreadtheDMCA
complaintsthatcausedtheremovalsatLumen :Complaint ,Complaint ,
Complaint ."
clickonany"Complaint"link
Ctrl+F"revenant"
findtheline"AllegedlyInfringingURLs"andchooseanywebsitethatpublishedthe
movieonline
3.ChecktheIPofthepersonyouareskypingwith.Forthis,justgotoSkypeIP
Resolver2016 andpastetheSkypelogintotheline.
4.ChecktheSkypenamefromemail.ForthisjustgotoYouarebeing
redirected... andpastetheemailaddressofoneyouwanttocheck.

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ShoaibKhan,TechnologyEnthusiast."Gotogeek"formany!FollowmeandIshall
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Ihavequiteafewtechhackstoshare:
1.SavescreenshotsdirectlyusingWindowskey+PrntScrkeyonWindows
8/8.1/10.ThescreenshotsgetsavedtotheScreenshotsfolder("Pictures\Screenshots")
as.pngfiles.
2.WeallloveanduseGoogleChromebrowserbutsometimesitcanbecomeapainin
thea**espiciallywhenyouhavequiteafewtabsopen.Itconsumesalotofprecious
RAMandslowsdownyourdevice.

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AllmyprevioustabsarestilltherebutnowtheydonotconsumemyRAMwhenIamnot
usingthem.
3.
Notbeingabletoaccesstorrentsitesisabigproblemnowadays!

TherearemanyworkaroundsforthislikeproxyserversandVPN's.Butwhowantsto
wastetimeopeningaproxysiteeverytimeorinstallingandsettingupaVPNservice
(whichyougenerallydon'tgetforfree).
ThereisaniftylittlesolutionforthisTunnelBearVPN .Withthislittleextensionyou
canbrowsefromanylocationintheworldjustattheclickofabutton

4.ManyatimeswefeeltheneedtotransferfilestoourAndroidphonesand
Laptops/Desktopsandviceversa.JustinstallESFileExplorer(ESFileExplorerFile
ManagerAndroidAppsonGooglePlay )onyourAndroidPhone.
FortransferringfilesfromPhonetoLaptop/Desktop:
OpenEsFileExplorer>OpenSidebar>Network>RemoteManager>TurnOn

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EntertheaddreesinyourPC'sBrowserandvoilayoucannowaccess,copyanyofthefiles
onyourphone.

FortransferringfilesfromLaptop/DesktoptoPhone:
AgainopenESFileExplorer>OpenSidebar>Network>LANandScanfordevices.You
shouldseeyourLaptop/Desktopclickonitandnowyoucanaccessallyoursharedfolders
onyourAndroidDevice.

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Note:Yourdevicesshouldbeonthesamenetworkandyoushouldhaveturnedonsharing
onyourLaptop/Desktop.

5.DownloadentireYouTubePlaylistswithjustoneclick:
Yes!Youcandothat.JustopentheplaylistonYouTubeandcopythelink.

NowdownloadthisawesomesoftwareYouTubePlayListDownloader
PasteUrlintoit,chooselocationandthequalitythatyouwantanddownloadallthe
videosinthatplaylist.

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That'sallfornow.Iwillpostmoreinthefuture.ThanksandEnjoy!
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SaiVikas,Thecuriousprogrammer.
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I'llshareabunchoftricks:
SeekingYoutubeVideos:
ThisisacooltrickthatallowsyoutoskiptodifferentsectionsofavideoonYouTube.
Whilewatchingvideosonyoutube,youcandirectlyskippartsofthevideowithout
usingthemouseorarrowkeys.Youcanjustpressanyofthenumberkeys(notfrom
thenumpad,butfromthetoprow,belowthefunctionkeys)from0to9toskipparts
ofthevideo.Ifyoupress'2',you'llskip20%intothevideoasshownintheimage.

Ifyoupress'0',you'llgettothebeginningofthevideo.
ToggleFullScreeninYouTube:Whileplayingavideo,justpressFtotoggle
fullscreenonoroff.Itisaneatlittlekeyboardshortcut.
Editthetextofanywebsite:Youcaneditthetextofanywebsiteinyourbrowser.
Obviously,itcan'tchangethetextoftheoriginalwebsite,thechangesappearonlyin
yourbrowserandtheygetlostifthewebpageisrefreshed.Butyoucanfoolyour
friendswiththistrick.Youcancreatefakefacebookstatusesandevilthingslikethat!
ButbeforeItellyouthetrick,Iadviseyoutouseitforentertainmentpurposesonly.
I'mnotresponsibleforanyevilactsofyours:DSohere'sthetrick,justcreatetwo
bookmarksnamed'Editwebsite'and'Stopediting'withthefollowingURLs
respectively.
Editwebsite
1 javascript:document.body.contentEditable%20=%20'true';%20document.designMode='on'

StopEditing
1 javascript:document.body.contentEditable%20=%20'false';%20document.designMode='off'

Addthosebookmarkstoyourbookmarksbar.Justopenawebsiteyouwanttoedit,and
pressthe'EditWebsite'bookmark,thenyoucaneditthewholetextinthewebsiteasyou

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wish.Whenyoufinishedediting,justpressthe'StopEditing'bookmark,andnowthetext
can'tbeedited.
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ValerioCietto,Hardwaredeveloper.
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Fastannotatedcroppedscreenshots
OnLinux,withcompizwindowsystem:
EnableAnnotate,nowyoucandrawdirectlyonthescreen
Makeakeyboardshortcuttomakescreenshotofanarea.
Nowyoucanhighlight,drawtext,selectthearea,makeascreenshotandshare/saveit
withinseconds,withoutopeninganything.
Freecloud1Tb
Next"hack".
AttachanexternalUSBharddisktotherouter,ifitsupportsit.
Gotohttp://192.168.1.1 orwhateverisyourroutersettingpage.
EnableFTPserver.TherouterwillgiveyouaFTPaddress.
Nowyoucanusethatharddiskfromfilemanagerusingthataddress.
Absoluteprivacyonacomputer
FlashaUSBkeywithatleast8GbwithUbuntu.
Downloadingandflashingshouldtakemorethan10minutes,butthisisreallyworthit.
BootinBIOSmode,pressingasfastasyoucanESCmaywork.
ChangebootordersoUSBisthefirst,disablesecurebootifwindows8ormore.
PuttheUSBkeyin.
EnjoyLinux.OtheruserswillneverknowyoubootedfromUSB.Ifdiskisnotencrypted
youcanevenread/writedata.Thisisusefulwhenwindowsisbrokenbeyondrepair,you
can'ttrustthePCorwanttorecoverfiles.
Ubuntuincludesbydefaultlibreoffice,Mozillaandgparted,whichisthebesttoolfor
managingfilesystems.
Youcansavefilestothekeywhendone.
IPcameraHD
SmartphonesarealsoadeluxeIPcamera.
FastWiFi,IP57,5MPx,3Gmessaging,Autofocus,Zoom,easyconfiguration,GPS,led
lights,storageondeviceorcloud,backupbattery,microphone,speakerthesefeatures
youcanfindonveryexpensivesurveillancearedefaultorbetteronsmartphones,andeven
alowendsmartphonewithabrokenscreencandoit.
Installanappsearchingfor"IPCamera"onyourappstore.
Idon'thaveanyspecificrecommandation,astheychangefrequently,pickandtrywhat
youfeelthebest.
Don'tbeafraidtotipthedeveloperbypayingthe"pro"versionordonating.
Aphonecanstayonlineallday,andthenprovideatimelapseoramotionalarm.
Itcanphonedirectlyyouorthepolice.
Playloudsoundtoscareintruders,oryoucaneventapinthespeakerandspeakyourself.
Emailforwarding
Doyouneedtouseadullwebmailatwork,universityorotherassociation?
ImporttheaccounttoGmailorconfigureemailforwardingtoyourmainemailaccount
tocheckemailinafriendlierandmoreorganizedway.
Learnalittleofscripting
Scriptingisdifferentthanprogramming,buttheessenceistellingthecomputerwhatit
needstodowithaslittleeffortaspossible.
AnyOShashisscriptinglanguage,BashforLinuxeMac,.batforWindows.
Trythescriptintheterminalfirst,theconsolewillalsohelpyoutochecksyntaxand

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functionality,ifyouareunsureyoucansearchonthewebforsamplescripts("rm"means
delete,bewareoftrolls).
Thenifthecommandworks,youcansaveitonafile,makeitexecutableandthenyoucan
doubleclickonthefiletoexecuteit.
Thisistimesavingtosortfilesfortypeontherightfolders,copyallfilesonausbkeyto
yourdocuments,openingawelcomemessageonstartup,timingopeningofprogramsat
boottime,makebackupsoranykindofthing.
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SaitejaDesu
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1.Downloadanyvideoinyoutubebyjustreplacinghttps://www
enter,itwillredirecttoapagetodownloadthevideo.

.withssandpress

Forexample,openanyvideoinyoutubewhichyoulike,andremovehttps://www
URL

.in

Replacewithss,

PressEnter,itwillredirecttothepagewhereyoucandownload,

EDIT:
2.AnothersimplehackusefulinChromeBrowseri.e.,incaseifyouwanttoopenprevious
closedtabinstantlyuse,CTRL+SHIFT+T.
3.Areyoutiredofsearchingmeaningofunknownwordswhileyouarereadinganythingin
web??
Thentrythis,addGoogleDictionaryaddontoyourchromebrowser.Done,nowyou
justneedtodoubleclickonthewordwhichwillshowmeaningattopoftheword.
Belowisthescreenshotforthesame,

Amazing.Isn'tit!
Cheers!

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HeathFournier,SoftwareEngineer
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Here'sanoldiebutagoodieforWindowsmachines.Itwillletyouhideafileinside
anotherfile.Soinotherwordsyoucanhideazipfileinsideanimage.
OpenaCMDshell(orpowershell)
cdtoafolderthatcontainsa.gif,jpgetcanda.zipfile
Runthefollowingcommand:copy/bMyPic.gif+MyArchive.zipMyZipPic.gif
TheresultingfilecanbeopenedbyanarchiveextractionapplikeWinrarorwhatever,and
alsoinanimageviewer.ItwillappearasanimageintheOShoweversothezipfileis
hiddenwell.Itshouldworkforotherfiletypestoo.
Here'sanotherkindofcooltrickthathasnopracticalusewhatsoever,butiscooltoshow
yourfriends.ItwillshowyouTerminalStarWars:

Youneedtelnet.ItwillbeavailablebydefaultonOSXandother'nixmachines.On
Windows,yougenerallyhavetogototheControlPanel>AddRemoveFeaturesand
addtheTelnetoption
Openaterminalonnix,orCMD/PowershellonWindows.
Runthefollowingcommand:telnettowel.blinkenlights.nl
EnjoytheterminalversionofStarWars.Itgoesonforever.Someoneputahellofalotof
timeintoit.
HeresonemoreforaniPhone.Itwillshowyounumbersinsteadofbarswhichismuch
moreaccurate.Thelowerthenumber,thebetterthesignal.Basicallyanythingunder105
orsoisadecentsignal.90wouldbegreat.
Gotothephoneappanddialthisnumber:*3001#12345#*
Thatwillbringyoutothefieldtest.Holdthepowerbuttondownuntilthe"Slideto
poweroff"controlappearsbutdon'tslideit.
HoldtheHomebuttondownuntilthesliderandfieldtestgoesaway.Youshouldsee
numbersinsteadofbarsintheupperleft.
Justdoitagainifyouwanttochangeback.EDITPerLuisVilla'scomments,
apparentlydoingitagaindoesn'talwayschangeitbackforeveryone.Ifthat'sthe
case,tryfollowingtheseinstructions:
'Gotothephoneappanddialthisnumber:*3001#12345#*onceonfieldtest.press"Back
tophone"ontheupperleftcorner.'
TherearesomeothercoolthingsyoucandointhatfieldtestappbutI'llleavethosefor
someoneelse.
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