Announcing Android Reproducible Builds at IzzyOnDroid with rbtlog
IzzyOnDroid is the largest 3rd-party F-Droid-compatible repository of open source Android apps [...] It provides [...] additional security and transparency via multiple custom scans and checks.
rbtlog is a Reproducible Builds transparency log for Android APKs. [...] It allows anyone to easily run a rebuilder for any apps available from a git repository with release tags plus accompanying APKs built and signed by the developer.
We are pleased to announce "Reproducible Builds, special client support and more in our repo": a collaboration between various independent interoperable projects: the IzzyOnDroid team, 3rd-party clients Droid-ify & Neo Store, and rbtlog (part of my collection of tools for Android Reproducible Builds) to bring Reproducible Builds to IzzyOnDroid and the wider Android ecosystem.
lists.reproducible-builds.org/…
android.izzysoft.de/articles/n…
#ReproducibleBuilds #IzzyOnDroid
GitHub - obfusk/rbtlog: Reproducible Builds Transparency Log for Android APKs
Reproducible Builds Transparency Log for Android APKs - obfusk/rbtlogGitHub
misconceptions about FOSS, no, 315:
FOSS does not necessarily mean “community developed”. For example, Lua isn’t developed in the open. The source code is still distributed, freely licensed, and easy to fork.
gender!!
video description: an quadruped animal-like drone sits perched on Odd_Jayy’s shoulder, then is in their arms and nestling their chest. the drone excitedly “looks” up as Odd_Jayy cuddles it.
I added a section to everything #curl about what we do to mitigate backdoor attempts:
everything.curl.dev/project/se…
Did I forget anything obvious?
Security - everything curl
everything there is to know about curl, libcurl and the cURL projecteverything.curl.dev
Katie Ledecky who just won another gold medal and is one of the GOATs, has POTS (Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome), which causes a fast heart rate, dizziness, and fatigue. For years she didn't speak about the condition as she didn’t want it to shape the media narrative.
self.com/story/katie-ledecky-h…
Everything Katie Ledecky Has Shared About Living With the Health Condition POTS
For nearly a decade, Olympic swimmer Katie Ledecky has lived with postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome, or POTS. Here’s how she manages its symptoms.Cindy Kuzma (SELF)
I didn’t expect a core member of the Mastodon team to admit they will not hire a safety resource unless the project gets bigger in response to someone saying they are willing to fundraise specifically for that purpose, but here we are.
I’m honestly stunned it was that easy to get them to admit safety of an unregulated space just isn’t important.
But I appreciate them confirming everything I’ve said about the priorities of that project not being remotely centered around the people that use it.
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🇩🇪 Schluss mit der Rumeierei – jetzt ist es Live! mehr als 18% der Apps bei IzzyOnDroid verfügen bereits über Reproducible Builds (also mehr als jedes 6. Ei – oops, jede 6. App; mehr folgen). Zwei wundervolle Clients werden Euch dies und weiteres transparent machen. Das & weitere spannende News könnt ihr hier nachlesen: android.izzysoft.de/articles/n…
All dies war nur möglich Dank der Hilfe von @obfusk – und ihrem github.com/obfusk/rbtlog
#IzzyOnDroid #reproducibleBuilds #FDroid #transparency
Reproducible Builds, besondere Client-Unterstützung und mehr in unserem Repo
Spannende Neuigkeiten im IzzyOnDroid Repo: Jetzt haben wir reproduzierbare Builds, spezifische Unterstützung durch einige der beliebtesten F-Droid-Clients und mehr!IzzyOnDroid
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It is time once again for me to ask all #unix #retrocomputing enthusiasts to dust off their old iron and run a test program. This one's about corner cases of mmap().
paste.sr.ht/~zackw/69f6fe80133…
I want to know about OSes that fail one or more of the tests, no matter how old they are.
I have already tested current versions of Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, AIX, and Solaris. Further testing with these is only useful if you can identify an exact version number where something changes (e.g. "FreeBSD prior to version x.y fails tests A, B, C"; "AIX prior to version w.z does not recognize XPG_SUS_ENV=ON"; that sort of thing). I don't expect any CPU dependence for this test, but if you discover some, that is also worth knowing about.
Please report results by following up to <lists.gnu.org/archive/html/aut…>. (You can write to this mailing list without subscribing.) Please do not reply to this post with results, or email me directly.
(I'm happy to talk about the test itself on here, say if you want help understanding what's being tested or you're having trouble getting it to compile or like that. But I really need all the results in one place.)
Please spread this call for testers widely.
My phone rang. As did the phones of everybody else in the coffee shop. Unknown number.
I looked around. Everyone inside, and on the street outside, stared at their phones and rejected the call.
I looked at my phone.
Answered.
"Hello?"
"You are," a voice said, "the Chosen One."
Reporter calls his blindness an asset for key Trump shooting interview: ‘Vision could get in the way’
BBC’s Gary O’Donoghue hopes his reporting shows ‘barriers put in the way of disabled people do not need to be there’Ramon Antonio Vargas (The Guardian)
Canonical Reports Revenue Growth in 2023, Reaching $251 Million
In 2023, Canonical's revenue rose by $46M, driven by gains in sales, marketing, and R&D, with operating profit at $45M.LinuxToday
aws.amazon.com/blogs/devops/ac… #aws #blog
Accelerate your Terraform development with Amazon Q Developer | Amazon Web Services
This post demonstrates how Amazon Q Developer, a generative AI-powered assistant for software development, helps create Terraform templates.Amazon Web Services
Any thoughts here on Fedi about the ISO week date system? Under it today's date is "2024-W31-3" (or "2024W313" in compact form, which I like less).
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_week…
I actually kinda really like it in concept and want to learn to use it. I've set up my bar to show me both the week date and the standard ISO date, to hopefully help me start getting a feel for it.
"Keeping VLC free and without ads is a no-brainer. I know people focus a lot on that part but, for me, it’s just the way it should be and it’s not difficult for me to keep it like that... Sure, more money would be fun, but most of the people I know who have more money are annoying." -- Jean-Baptiste Kempf
welcometothejungle.com/en/arti…
reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/g6c…
usesthis.com/interviews/jean-b…
#OpenSource #NonExtractiveSystems
The one who kept VLC free
Jean-Baptiste Kempf discusses how he initially got involved in VLC and shares his tips for developers who want to improve and get hired.Welcome to the Jungle
If you're an EU citizen and you hate DRM and planned obsolescence, here's an easy petition for you to sign:
TL;DR: If online-only DRM servers shut down, publishers would be required to keep your game working regardless.
Only targets video games because that is where this practice is by far the most prevalent today, but it would set a precedent that we might soon need for things like phones, cars, and all the other things that are increasingly getting CPUs shoved inside them.
1 year to reach 1 million signatures.
Video with more explanation, if you have an 11-minute attention span:
Europeans can save gaming!
Europeans can save videogames from being destroyed! The European Citizens' Initiative has just launched and represents the biggest and most ambitious chance...YouTube
Are you running Chrome 127 on Windows? I can use your help for a quick test.
1. Go to this URL:
cdpn.io/pen/debug/bGLrYBo
2. Zoom or resize so the table has a scrollbar at the bottom.
3. Without using your mouse, Tab to the table.
4. Use your arrow keys to scroll it left-right.
If it works, cool. If not, less cool. I have a case of someone where the keyboard scrollable containers feature added in Chrome 127 does not work.
I have filed a Chromium bug:
issues.chromium.org/issues/356…
If anyone here knows someone on the Chrome team, probably let them know their latest attempt to make scrolling areas focusable is not working for everyone.
Updating this post with Chrome’s stutter-step release of this feature is becoming a part-time job:
adrianroselli.com/2022/06/keyb…
Keyboard-Only Scrolling Areas
I have spent a few years banging on about ensuring scrolling areas on a page are accessible to keyboard-only users.Adrian Roselli
If you read this from the Google Chrome Developer Blog, when do you expect this feature to be available?
Ref: developer.chrome.com/blog/new-…
New in Chrome 127 | Blog | Chrome for Developers
Chrome 127 is rolling out now! With support for font-size-adjust, user activations propagated in the Document Picture-in-Picture API, keyboard focusable scroll containers and there's plenty more.Chrome for Developers
Confirmation that this feature is not really in 127:
“Currently, 10% of users see it. By 128, 100% of users should expect keyboard focusable scrollers to be enabled by default.”
“Because we need to be a bit nimble as we do that ramp-up, we didn't put all of the nitty gritty details of that ramp schedule into the blog post. But it's true that some people will see this feature enabled in M127, potentially up to a majority of users.”
So Chrome’s claim was 90% wrong.
toot.cafe/@aardrian/1128773450…
Adrian Roselli (@aardrian@toot.cafe)
I rather resent the fact that trillion dollar companies are relying on end users to perform #accessibility testing. Google, Microsoft (GitHub), Apple (Safari), Amazon, etc.Toot Café
@vick21 “From now on scrollers are click-focusable and programmatically-focusable by default” is not the same as enabled for 10% of users today and then later up to 100%.
Given the feedback to the Chrome Developers blog post announcement language question that I asked here and elsewhere, I am not alone in thinking the feature was available for everyone.
@vick21 I guess I need to understand what a “complete roll-out” means.
Everyone who tested this for me was running a point release of 127. As far as I am concerned, that is a complete roll-out.
Hey guys ,
Good to meet yall . I joined Mastodon when I saw it trending when twitter was burning 😄
This shit good 👍🏾 it's different from IG , tik tok and shit. I following sum good people on this app but just thinking not many black vibes ??
How do we connect with other black folk?
I like connecting with all folk white and black but they seem to be hardly any black folk on mastodon?
Please hit me up so I can follow y'all
Love Jaden ❤️
Tagged PDF - Accessibility is the right thing to do!
Tagged PDF is intended as an aid to meeting the PDF accessibility requirements Section 508 and PDF Universal Accessibility (PDF/UA)Tagged PDF
Chrome appears to be first to have hit all the 2024 Interop #accessibility test goals:
web.dev/blog/interop-2024-a11y
Interop tests (which you can read to balance against the Chrome claim):
wpt.fyi/results/?label=experim…
While I want more (more done, more aggressive goals, etc), this is good. Kudos to the team for getting there.
#a11y
Interop 2024: Chrome at 100% for the accessibility focus area | Blog | web.dev
Chrome now passes 100% of tests for the accessibility focus area. This post explains the improvements made.web.dev
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I think a major factor to the Harris switch is that Trump was ready to run the rest of his campaign holed up in Mar-A-Lago, popping out to rallies and interviews with safe outlets. And now he's out here showing his ass to a roomful of Black journalists.
I hope he stays out of his comfort zone for the rest of the election. Harris will win in a walk.
#USPol
Data privacy is a much more complex topic than we give it credit for being.
How easy is it for a stranger to find someone like you?
How easy is it for a company to find you?
How easy is it for the government to find you?
How easy is it to find ... yourself?
Somehow we have a system where the companies have it easiest, strangers (with a little $) are second... the government does OK and you? you know the least of all.
By knowing as little as possible it *feels* safer... more private, right?
Since it's targeted, people who aren't the targets see only a very small fraction of it.
Black folks aren't making shit up. Listen to them.
#racism
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