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Latest — May 28, 2025

MacOS: Wi-Fi = OFF

Leaving Wi-Fi on while traveling can expose you to security risks. While macOS tries to restore your last Wi-Fi state, it is unreliable: Wi-Fi may turn back on if you forget to turn it off at shutdown or if a system service interferes. This is why we created a tool to keep Wi-Fi off at startup.

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RASPBERRY PI VIDEOLOOPER

You are an artist and tired of having no access to expensive Brightsign Players or a dedicated Computer to loop your Full HD video? RaspberryPi micro-computers are cheap and well equipped for the job!

HEADLESS SETUP: basic configuration of a Raspberry Pi + hardened SECURITY

For a lot of projects we do use Raspberry Pi micro-computers. This post is both, a short introduction and a quick first-time setup tutorial, focused on security - with a few small setup tweaks.

6 Reasons to stop using Adobe CC

1: LOCK-IN EFFECT // 2: DATA PROFILING // 3: SECURITY ISSUES // 4: TERMS & CONDITIONS // 5: SANCTIONS AND THE ABUSE OF POWER // 6: ALTERNATIVE SOFTWARE DOES EXIST!

DaemonLeash

DaemonLeash finds and kills Adobe background processes that keep running on your Mac while you are not actively using Adobe software. It is the first script we ever published on GitHub! Due to a recent spike in interest we decided to post about it, even though we have stopped maintaining the script.

Troubleshooting SpoofMAC

You read our previous post and you noticed that proprietary software now asks you to re-enter your license key after each reboot? The reason is that it checks for the MAC address you used when you registerd the software... We show you how to fix this problem!

SpoofMAC

A MAC address uniquely identifies your device to each new network it connects to. MAC addresses can therefore be used to track your location as you move between WiFi networks and Bluetooth receivers. We show you how to randomize your devices MAC addresses every time you reboot your computer!

term7: anonymous digital clairvoyant and privacy advisor

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Install MacPorts

MacPots lets you install additional Linux packages on your Mac. Tired of Adobe Media Encoder? MacPorts makes it easy to install ffmpeg, which is FOSS and much more versatile! Want to connect anonymously to your Nextcloud? MacPorts can install Tor as a service, to sync files over the Tor Network...

Kill Siri

Have you ever tried to disable Siri? If you did, you probably noticed that even if you switch off Siri in your System Settings, there still are Siri Processes running in the background. We want to show you how you can disable them!