Brad Baris bradbaris

Anonymising PDFs

PDF metadata

Metadata in PDF files can be stored in at least two places:

the Info Dictionary, a limited set of key/value pairs
XMP packets, which contain RDF statements expressed as XML

PDF files

Install/Verify you have Sublime Text 3 (http://sublimetext.com/3)
Install/Verify that Package Control Module is installed to for Sublime Text: https://packagecontrol.io/installation

Linux: Click the Preferences > Browse Packages… menu  Browse up a folder and then into the Installed Packages/ folder  Download Package Control.sublime-package and copy it into the Installed Packages/ directory  Restart Sublime Text

Open up Package Control in your sublime text. (cmd+shift+P)
1. Type PC Install to make use of FuzzySearch to bring up Package Control: Install Package

Hit the enter key

Adding Auth to Express App

using Passport

Username & Password 'passport-local' strategy

Use these as a guides
http://passportjs.org/guide/configure/
http://passportjs.org/guide/username-password/

The app will need to setup and enable sessions.

Most VPN Services are Terrible

Short version: I strongly do not recommend using any of these providers. You are, of course, free to use whatever you like. My TL;DR advice: Roll your own and use Algo or Streisand. For messaging & voice, use Signal. For increased anonymity, use Tor for desktop (though recognize that doing so may actually put you at greater risk), and Onion Browser for mobile.

This mini-rant came on the heels of an interesting twitter discussion: https://twitter.com/kennwhite/status/591074055018582016

The purpose of this document is to make recommendations on how to browse in a privacy and security conscious manner. This information is compiled from a number of sources, which are referenced throughout the document, as well as my own experiences with the described technologies.

I welcome contributions and comments on the information contained. Please see the How to Contribute section for information on contributing your own knowledge.

	#!/bin/bash
	mkdir /tmp/curl-ca-bundle
	cd /tmp/curl-ca-bundle
	wget http://curl.haxx.se/download/curl-7.22.0.tar.bz2
	tar xzf curl-7.22.0.tar.bz2
	cd curl-7.22.0/lib/
	./mk-ca-bundle.pl
	if [ ! -d /usr/share/curl/ ]; then
	sudo mkdir -p /usr/share/curl/
	else

	/**********************************************************

	ADOBE SYSTEMS INCORPORATED
	Copyright 2005-2010 Adobe Systems Incorporated
	All Rights Reserved

	NOTICE: Adobe permits you to use, modify, and
	distribute this file in accordance with the terms
	of the Adobe license agreement accompanying it.
	If you have received this file from a source

	ghanity ()
	{
	local code="$1" url="$2";
	echo 'creating vanity GitHub URL... ';
	ghurl=$(curl -s -i http://git.io -F "url=$url" -F "code=$code" \| grep Location \| awk '{print $2}');
	echo $ghurl \| pbcopy;
	echo "copied to clipboard: ${ghurl}"
	}

	// NOTE: I previously suggested doing this through Grunt, but had plenty of problems with
	// my set up. Grunt did some weird things with scope, and I ended up using nodemon. This
	// setup is now using Gulp. It works exactly how I expect it to and is WAY more concise.
	var gulp = require('gulp'),
	spawn = require('child_process').spawn,
	node;

	/**
	* $ gulp server
	* description: launch the server. If there's a server already running, kill it.

	/*

	Given the array of IDs, which contains many duplicate integers
	and one unique integer, find the unique integer.

	*/

	// O(n^2): loop in loop
	function find_unique_brute (array) {
	var result = null, n = array.length;