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Aurora Store is an unofficial, FOSS client to Google Play with an elegant design. Aurora Store allows users to download, update, and search for apps like the Play Store. It works perfectly fine with or without Google Play Services or microG.
Features:
• FOSS: Has GPLv3 licence
• Beautiful design: Built upon latest Material 3 guidelines
• Account login: You can login with either personal or an anonymous account
• Device & Locale spoofing: Change your device and/or locale to access geo locked apps
Ever wondered why lots of apps that have no need for Internet access require Internet Permissions? Its usually either to display adverts or send your sensitive data back to servers in USA, China or Russia. Karma Firewall can block this traffic and protect your personal data. You do not need any technical skills to use, no complicated IP Addressing, Ports, Packet Filtering etc. Simply select the apps you want to block, and you are protected.
Karma Firewall is the safest, most trusted Android Firewall. Karma FW is completely different from all other VPN Firewalls. We intercept no allowed traffic. Karma FW requires NO Internet permissions. Without Internet permissions Karma FW CANNOT steal your data and send it anywhere.
NOTE: The Basic version of F-Droid Client has a reduced feature set (e.g. no nearby share and no panic feature). It targets Android 13 and can do unattended updates without privileged extension or root.
F-Droid is an installable catalogue of libre software apps for Android. The F-Droid client app makes it easy to browse, install, and keep track of updates on your device.
It connects to any F-Droid compatible repositories. The default repo is hosted at f-droid.org, which contains only bona fide libre software.
(September 26, 2026)
F-Droid has released version 2.0 of its official Android app, delivering its largest client update in a decade. The open-source Android app repository said the release follows more than a year of development and 14 test builds, with a staged rollout planned over the coming weeks.
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Why Change DNS at the Router Level
By default, your router hands out your ISP‘s DNS servers to every connected device via DHCP. Setting DNS on the router itself — rather than on each individual device — means every device on the network inherits the new resolver automatically, including devices you can‘t easily configure yourself (smart TVs, IoT sensors, guest devices).
Router-level DNS is the right layer for three common goals: faster page-load times from a lower-latency resolver, ad/tracker filtering through resolvers like NextDNS or AdGuard DNS, and defending against DNS hijacking, where malware or a compromised ISP silently redirects your DNS queries. If your router‘s DNS settings changed and you didn‘t do it, treat that as a compromise signal — check for unauthorized WAN DNS entries first.
Router DNS is a WAN-side setting, distinct from DNS cache, which is a local, per-device store of resolved lookups. If you‘re troubleshooting stale results after switching resolvers, see How to Flush DNS Cache — a router-level change won‘t clear cache already held by client devices.
(Updated on March 12, 2022)
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An open and Free DNS service for security and high privacy.
Block over 3.2M ads, tracking, malware, scam and phishing domains.
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DNS IPv4: 174.138.21.128 / 188.166.206.224 – port 53 or port 5003
DNS IPv6: [2400:6180:0:d0::5f6e:4001] – port 53 or port 5003
DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH/DoH3 A+): How to
DNS-over-TLS (DoT): How to
DNS over TLS (DoT) is a protocol for the encrypted transmission of DNS (Domain Name System) queries. Name resolution on the Internet is typically transmitted unencrypted via UDP. With DoT, however, the assignment of domains and the associated IP addresses is encrypted using the Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol. This protects the transmission from interception, manipulation and man-in-the-middle attacks.
DNS over TLS: Definition
DoT is the standard (RFC 7858) proposed by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) for fortifying DNS connections. In contrast to conventional DNS requests, DoT establishes a secure TCP (Transmission Control Protocol) connection between the client and the DNS server, which is authenticated and encrypted using TLS.
(20.01.2024)
A Domain Name System (DNS) matches human-friendly domain names to computer-friendly IP addresses.
When you type in a domain name like cyberghost.com, for example, your web browser sends the request to your ISP via your router. Your ISP refers the request to its default DNS server. The DNS server then supplies the relevant IP address so your browser can load the appropriate page.
A DNS also saves a local copy or cache of sites you’ve recently visited on your device for quick and easy reference.
It seems like a streamlined service; what could go wrong? Check the following reasons why you should change your DNS.
Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
American Samoa
Andorra
Angola
Anguilla
Antarctica
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Armenia
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Bahamas
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belarus
Belgium
Belize
Benin
Bermuda
Bhutan
Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil
British Indian Ocean Territory
British Virgin Islands
Brunei
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
Cape Verde
Cayman Islands
Chile
China
Colombia
Cook Islands
Costa Rica
Croatia
Cuba
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
Estonia
Ethiopia
Fiji
Finland
France
French Polynesia
Gabon
Gambia
Georgia
Germany
Ghana
Greece
Greenland
Grenada
Guadeloupe
Guam
Guatemala
Guinea
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Hong Kong
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Ivory Coast
Jamaica
Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Latvia
Lebanon
Liberia
Libya
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macao
Macedonia
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Mali
Malta
Marshall Islands
Martinique
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mexico
Micronesia
Moldova
Mongolia
Morocco
Mozambique
Myanmar
Namibia
Nauru
Nepal
Netherlands
New Caledonia
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Nigeria
Niue
North Korea
Norway
Pakistan
Palestine
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Puerto Rico
Qatar
Reunion
Romania
Russia
Rwanda
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Samoa
Sao Tome and Principe
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Seychelles
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
South Africa
South Korea
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Suriname
Swaziland
Sweden
Switzerland
Syria
Taiwan
Tajikistan
Tanzania
Thailand
Togo
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Turks and Caicos Islands
U.S. Virgin Islands
Uganda
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
United States
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Venezuela
Vietnam
Wallis and Futuna
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe
(May 3, 2023)
While the DNS has been refined and extended since it was standardized in 1983, its privacy properties have not. As designed, DNS information is sent unencrypted across the Internet, and thus is viewable by anyone along the path, resulting in lack of privacy.
Perhaps the biggest risk is that it’s so easy to forget DNS exists…! It’s hard to know or care about something you never see.
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update 12-04-2026
Radio Utopie is completely reader-funded.
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The extraordinary ban of the three news outlets’ reporters, which began over the weekend, represented a clear escalation of Trump’s long-running efforts — in the courts and through administrative action — to restrict news coverage he finds objectionable or, in his words, “fake news.” They were also the latest test of First Amendment protections in the United States, where the government is constitutionally forbidden from restricting the press.
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