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GrapheneOS App Installation Guide

Got GrapheneOS on your device and want to know how to actually get apps without compromising your privacy? This guide covers the safest way to install your apps.

GrapheneOS App Store

Why GrapheneOS Is the Most Secure Android OS

GrapheneOS is a security- and privacy-focused mobile operating system built on Android. It runs on Google Pixel hardware and reinforces Android’s security model at every level. As the developers explain, GrapheneOS "starts from the strong baseline of the Android Open Source Project (AOSP) and takes great care to avoid increasing attack surface or hurting the strong security model." In practice, this means every feature is scrutinized for risk: unused hardware is disabled by default, new capabilities are opt-in, and aggressive exploit mitigations are added throughout the OS. The result is an Android variant that sacrifices little usability, but greatly strengthens defenses against both targeted and automated attacks.

Brave Browser Debloating Guide

Brave is an excellent, privacy-focused browser, but its default configuration comes packed with extra features that many users consider bloat. This guide will walk you through how to get rid of the bloat, hide the ads, and disable background services for a clean, minimal browsing experience.

Part 1: Clearing the Visual Bloat

The default start page and toolbars are crowded with Brave "cards," news feeds, and native crypto shortcuts. Fortunately, the surface-level clutter is easy to hide directly from the UI.

Clean the Start Page: Open a new tab, click the Customize button in the bottom right corner, and toggle off Brave News, Cards, and any unwanted background images or stats.
Clean the Toolbar: Right-click on the Brave Rewards, Brave Wallet, Brave VPN, and Leo AI icons located next to the URL bar, and select Hide.

Operations Security (OpSec) Bible

Operations Security (OpSec) is about controlling the information you leak into the world. In an age of data brokers, constant surveillance, and automated tracking, practicing good OpSec is necessary.

Before adopting any of these practices, you must first define your Threat Model.

Spectrum from Eric Murphy's YouTube video.

MX Master 3S logiops configuration

Config features:

Hi res scroll with free-spin enabled by default
Side buttons = Volume
Thumb gesture button = Switch between workspaces (hold and drag mouse right/left)
Option to use thumb gesture button to switch hosts (commented out)

Decrypt LUKS volumes with a TPM on Fedora Linux

This guide allows you to use the TPM on your computer to decrypt your LUKS encrypted volumes. If you are worried about a cold boot attack on your hardware please DO NOT use this guide with your root volume!

Preflight Checks

Verify that you have a TPM in your computer:

# systemd-cryptenroll --tpm2-device=list
PATH DEVICE DRIVER

Alternative bindings for the 540p using pactl and i3 - Keyboard

 # set laptop display to lower res - thats better
 exec  xrandr --output eDP1 --mode 1920x1080
 
 # set Numlock to on at login time
 exec --no-startup-id numlockx on
 
 # start pidgin on launch

	debloat_brave() {
	echo "Creating policies..."
	sudo mkdir -p /etc/brave/policies/managed/
	local debloat_policies="/etc/brave/policies/managed/debloat.json"

	if [ ! -f "$debloat_policies" ]; then
	sudo touch "$debloat_policies"
	fi
	sudo tee -a "$debloat_policies" >/dev/null <<'EOF'
	{

	#---------------GitHub Pages + Namecheap Domain + SSL Cheat Sheet------------#

	NOTE: You do NOT need to buy PositiveSSL from Namecheap.
	GitHub Pages provides free SSL automatically via Let's Encrypt.

	# Namecheap Domain Setup
	Buy Domain
	Go to namecheap.com, select and buy domain name.
	Navigate to DNS Settings
	Login to Namecheap → Username dropdown → Dashboard

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