My Google Pixel 9 Pro just got an update to Material Expressive, and it makes the dynamic colors in #Conversations_im way too intense for my taste.
Remember that you can turn off 'Colorful chat bubbles' in the interface settings.

I don't know - at this point, the 'primary and secondary surface' theme colors maybe aren't meant for things like chat bubbles anymore. Anyway, the setting to turn them off is already there. Or go back to the default (non-dynamic) theme.

🚨 BREAKING: Google just got fined €325M for breaking privacy laws.

Let's celebrate this BIG WIN for #privacy 🔒

👉 tuta.com/blog/gmail-ads-annoyi…

But know this: You don't need ad-blockers to get an ad-free email. 😉

#France #Google #Gmail #Tuta

in reply to Tuta

WOW. So is this money actually reaching users's pockets whose privacy has been illegally breached? Don't think so.

I am afraid this is another legal bribing scenario. Hey Google, we received a complaint that you were illegally collecting data without user's consent. Ohh we are sorry EU. You can sue us and we pay you 325 million. Deal? Deal.

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Whenever you think @mozilla could not get lost any further, Hiob has got news for you:

#Firefox „now lets you access Microsoft #Copilot from the sidebar”

🤡🗑️🔥

ghacks.net/2025/09/05/firefox-…

#AIslop #AIcraze

🚀 Just published: Collabora Online @CollaboraOffice — Open-source document editing suite for secure collaboration

Powerful online document editor with Microsoft Office compatibility. Integrate into your infrastructure or use trusted hosting partners for secure team collaboration.

openalternative.co/collabora-o…

"Uh, do I really need to install this app to order food?"

"Yes. And also we'll need access to your contacts, location 24/7, your photos, microphone, and possibly your soul."

"…I just wanted a pizza."

"Cool. In exchange, here’s 6 push notifications a day, and targeted ads for gym memberships (because you're eating too much pizza)."

Let's look at App Tracking, why it's bad & how you can turn it off 👉 tuta.com/blog/app-tracking

#AppTracking #BigTech

I've had Fedora as my main operating system for 4 years and couldn't be happier!

I only use Windows at work out of necessity, but at home it's 100% free software. LibreOffice has completely replaced Microsoft's Office suite, and honestly, I don't miss it at all.

Who else here made this transition? What was your experience like?

#Fedora #Linux #OpenSource #LibreOffice #FreeSoftware

For any #FirstContact fans, #PeterCawdron has put his next book up for preorder toward the end of October.

I'm going through a difficult patch and not reading much at the moment, but we're looking at nearly 6 weeks away. Hopefully things will have improved by then. My daughter's due to be on a school trip, my Son is due to be a few weeks old, and my job is due to be paused. SO I might get there around about the right time.
#Bookstodon

Friday.

The iron tripped our home electric supply this morning. I reset, came down to the office, unplugged the mesh wifi repeater thing because it struggles to reconnect without the stupid app, then turned on the hard drive I use for batch processing multigig videos, then got distracted by a phone call.

Next, the hard drive goes green on my dashboard. It's etherneted into the unplugged extender.

Please send help.

ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah
como é que é?
meri quê?

🔗 jn.pt/pais/artigo/reitor-do-po…

Ein sehr guter Blogbeitrag von meinem KIT-Kollegen Gerhard zum Thema Urlaub - der gut erklärt, warum auch eine Behinderung wie Geburts-Blindheit durchaus kontextabhängig nicht behindernd sein kann.

blindnerd.de/2025/08/20/unter-…
#a11y #accessibility
#blindNerd

CoMaps is now on IzzyOnDroid!

IzzyOnDroid is an Android store for Free & Open Source Software. The apps are free (as in „free beer“ and as in „free speech“) and Open Source.

Builds for IzzyOnDroid are directly from developers and signed by developers. This enables very fast publishing (whereas F-Droid re-builds apps from source).

There are several ways to install and update CoMaps via IzzyOnDroid:
apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid/index/a…

#IzzyOnDroid #FOSS #OpenSource #FreeSoftware #FOSSCommunity #LibreApps

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in reply to CoMaps - Hike, Bike, Drive

Builds for IzzyOnDroid are directly from developers and signed by developers. This enables very fast publishing (whereas F-Droid re-builds apps from source).

So any developer can distribute self signed malicious apps fast.

Without checks. Wonderful Idea.

Fdroid builds from reviewed source code.

I will stick with FDroid and recommend others to do the same.

in reply to Kerplunk

@Kerplunk we'd suggest you read the security section at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid/index/i… 😉 TL;DR: multiple scans are performed on apps published via #IzzyOnDroid, to make it as safe & secure as can be. In the 10 years of our existence, there hasn't been a single incident of a malicious app. So please, don't spread uninformed misinformation ("without checks" even). Thanks! @CoMaps

PS: IzzyOnDroid also has #reproducibleBuilds to ensure apps were built from the indicated source. Planned for CoMaps as well

in reply to Hu

@ib @IzzyOnDroid
Have your system ever detected anything malicious before?

I was hit by a malicious verified by playstore app, so yes, the experience was painful.

The most malicious thing on any android device is inclusion of GAPPS, the google tracking and spyware suite.

I have absolutely nothing against izzysoft way but now have a non google phone and after binning a phone that became malicious, extremely cautious with regard to applications and stores.

in reply to Kerplunk

@Kerplunk @ib I cannot really tell about "malicious" – but "suspicious", yes. Usually before (or rather instead) of inclusion. We then do not include such app unless clarified and found "OK". And yes, we avoid proprietary components like GMS. We make few exceptions where it's unavoidable, but then clearly mark the app with the NonFreeComp anti-feature

And yes, being cautious is essential, so thanks for taking care! We try to assist you there as good as we can, eg. with full transparency

in reply to NeatNit

@neatnit The official F-Droid client lets you set a "preferred repo". All clients I've tested so far allow you to select the source repo when you scroll to "versions". As for @CoMaps the entries are even distinct, as the app uses a different packageName at F-Droid. Updates are usually taken from the repo you installed an app from. A full description of the process is unfortunately too long for a toot 😉 @Kerplunk
in reply to IzzyOnDroid ✅

@IzzyOnDroid @Kerplunk Thanks! Perhaps worthy of an article to link to, similar to the security one you linked before. For me this is one of the things I overthink that makes me wary.

For example I have added the repository for Bitwarden, and I'm worried that they can (for example, in theory) add a malicious version of whatever app I'm searching for in the real F-Droid repo with a fake version number that's newer than the real one.

in reply to NeatNit

@neatnit now, THAT would require them to also hold the proper signing keys – which is very unlikely unless the original party has leaked them – so only the signer of the original app should be able to do that. F-Droid keeps theirs very safe, on an air-gapped machine. We always recommend the devs proper measures. Also see: f-droid.org/2023/09/03/reprodu… @CoMaps @Kerplunk
in reply to NeatNit

@neatnit Yupp. App signing is kind of TOFU (Trust On First Use). So check carefully before the first install, then the "signing stuff" protects you against malicious actors providing "updates". It's just one piece of protection, though – there's e.g. always the "supply chain" (e.g. a dependency the app uses could "sneak things in"), which is why we established several additional scans, @CoMaps @Kerplunk

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(2/2) For example, our "APK library scanner" finding "unexpected (proprietary) libs" is no rarity. For apps in our repo, in 90% this was unintended and got fixed by the corresponding dev quickly. In the other 10% we were either able to convince the dev to use a FOSS alternative (while updates were stalled here), or (in rare cases) had to remove the app entirely.

@neatnit @Kerplunk

🚴 ČR vs. zahraničí: Jak vypadají opravdové cyklostezky?


Srovnáváme naší cyklistickou infrastrukturu se zahraničím! Proč má Praha jen symbolické cyklopruhy, zatímco třeba polský Białystok buduje stovky kilometrů chráněných cyklostezek?

Podívejte se, jak se město s mnohem menším rozpočtem a rozlohou stalo vzorem pro městskou cyklistiku. Zjistíte, proč oddělené cyklostezky nejsou jen o asfaltu, ale o bezpečnosti a plynulosti dopravy pro všechny.
Městská cyklistika je budoucnost! Přináší méně zacpané silnice, zdravější obyvatele a čistší vzduch. Inspirujte se s námi a pojďme společně pomoci Praze stát se cyklistickým rájem.

V tomto videu se dozvíte:
Problémy a nedostatky pražské cyklistické infrastruktury.
Jak funguje moderní cyklistika v Białystoku.
Konkrétní čísla a srovnání cyklostezek.
Výhody rozvinuté městské cyklistiky pro celé město.
Na závěr rychlý pohled do města Lodž.

Pomozte nám zlepšit Prahu! Sdílejte toto video s úředníky, politiky a všemi, kterým záleží na budoucnosti našeho města. Máte fotky nebo videa cyklostezek ze zahraničí, které fungují? Pošlete nám je!

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U SPD je to jako kdysi u Miroslava Sládka. Odpadlíci promluvili a obvinili vedení hnutí, že vyvádí z SPD peníze.

A podali kvůli tomu trestní oznámení.

"Získané informace nasvědčují tomu, že mohlo dojít a dochází k účelovému vyvádění finančních prostředků hnutí SPD," stojí v oznámení pro policii.

Jde o stejné podezření, kterému Tomio Okamura čelil už v Úsvitu. Lídr SPD pochybnosti vždy striktně odmítal.

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