Current Google IzzyOnDroid block status: block still ungoing even though Google literally doesn't list a single "suspicious" URL anymore after we made the false positives unreachable for them.
This is ridiculous. 5 days of almost 1300 clean FOSS apps being blocked by Google for "malware" that doesn't exist. Zero proof, zero accountability, zero recourse.
IzzyOnDroid is clean and we work hard to keep it that way.
France is rolling out Visio, a homegrown secure videoconferencing platform, to all government employees by 2027.
The move aims to replace American tools like Teams, Zoom and Webex that currently fragment public administration communications and create security vulnerabilities.
The platform already has 40,000 regular users and is being deployed to 200,000 agents. Major institutions like CNRS are switching over this quarter, with CNRS replacing Zoom for its 34,000 staff and 120,000 affiliated researchers by late March.
Visio runs on French sovereign cloud infrastructure certified by ANSSI, uses AI transcription technology from French startup Pyannote, and will add real-time subtitling from French AI lab Kyutai by summer 2026. Beyond security and digital sovereignty, the switch generates real savings of about 1 million euros per year for every 100,000 users leaving paid license solutions.
Minister David Amiel frames this as essential to protecting sensitive government data and scientific exchanges from exposure to non-European actors while supporting French tech companies.
It's taken them more than 36h to reevaluate their "finding". The files are non-existing for at least 38h. Still: review failed. They now mark us red for a file that does not even exist! How should one trust such a service to be safe – and not just a random annoyance?
Honestly, if it's THAT reliable, rather turn it off. It seems to be rather useless (for you and me), and utilized for censorship (or how else should one understand this?)
We've requested another review yesterday evening. But despite of that system being fully automated, and quite obviously no single human involved, there's still no response – 15+ hours later.
They still flag us for files which no longer exist even.
Are they incapable of running their own services properly? But then, powerful enough to decide how others have to run theirs? This is ridiculous.
Done! With a scathing message for ~them~ the AI bot to enjoy.
I can't WAIT to turn my back on #Android, literally my last and only tie to #Google.
We can only hope that this attack on 3rd party app stores, and #FOSS in general, leads to accelerated development of #mobilelinux and motivate devs to start porting their apps to it.
It's HIGH TIME to end this duopoly of iOS and Android as our only choices for our mobile phones and tablets.
Friendly reminder of why #Google is just plain evil: they've taking down #IzzyOnDroid (a third party Open Source Android "app store" like #FDroid) *twice* in the past 30 days over false positive malware scanning.
We are receiving reports that Google flags our repo as "having dangerous apps" or being a "dangerous site" – texts being very vague, no proof given (nor did they inform us). They also link to a page they call "Transparency Report" – which is of the same vagueness, but definitely not transparent (transparencyreport.google.com/…)
We're not aware of any such dangerous content. All apps on our repo are properly scanned, see izzyondroid.org/about/security…
Hab heute meinen persönlichen DIDAY gestartet und mich von allen Apple Diensten verabschiedet (hatte das fette One Abo). Nur die 2 TB iCloud behalte ich. Bin jetzt tatsächlich nach ganz langer Zeit wieder bei Spotify gelandet. Mein Sohn hat das Familienabo spendiert, weil ohne Premium geht das gar nicht. Als Nächstes geht’s noch Google an den Kragen, allerdings werden YouTube und Gemini erstmal bleiben. Meine Mailkonten sind mittlerweile zu @mailbox_org umgezogen, bin da erstmal glücklich. Der zukünftig größte Brocken wird aber der Umzug der 1.3 TB Daten die in der iCloud liegen und zusätzlich noch 600 Gb die im Google Drive geparkt sind. Dafür muss ich bestimmt Urlaub nehmen und ordentliches Gras besorgen um ruhig zu bleiben. 😂🤣🙃
Many times during my career, I have heard that #Linux has no chance on the #desktop unless some corporation picks it up and prepares it for the masses. #ChromeOS was given as an example.
I think it is safe to say today that all those small Linux vendors and communities have beaten #Google with its Chrome OS.
Ich habe noch mehr #Google APPs gefunden, selbst der dämliche Wecker war von Google aber ich sollte nun alles mögliche gelöscht/deaktiviert haben. Dafür habe ich viele gute #opensource APPs gefunden. Meist ähnliche oder identisch zu ihren Google equivalent, meistens bieten die Open source Varianten sogar mehr features. Ich hab jetzt vpn, DNS sever mit firewall, APP blocker & nutze #ArcaneChat Fazit: umstieg auf #F-droid / Open Source lohnt sich. #smartphone
Les géants du web centralisent nos vies numériques en échange de leurs services Les communautés du logiciel libre offrent des services alternatifs éthiques Le réseau Framasoft souhaite le démontreren les hébergeant
8. Disable google advertising ID in phone settings
9. Install F-Droid where you can discover many FLOSS apps deliberately not published on google play
10. Switch from a fingerprint to a pin (added bonus that police in several countries can legally force your thumb onto your phone but cant legally force you to give up a pin)
11. Switch from google notification servers to something else like microg and/or set notifications to not display message content or at least not display message content when the phone is locked (Im pretty sure all that can be done from notification settings)
12. Switch from googles keyboard app to an open source alternative from f-droid (google has been fined millions before for illegally and secretly tracking geolocation it wouldnt surprise me if they do the same with keystrokes, and also mic and camera)
13. There's a bunch of other phone-home features spread across the settings but mostly under privacy category and accessibility category that you might want to turn off if you have no use for
Idea for #Apple and #Google: Include a setting for their #AI to give photos meaningful file names. Because I'm tired of trying to differentiate between 5187923061456387928_121.jpg and 5892706374823612537_353.jpg. P.S. It would have been nice if even without AI they gave names like current date, current time with seconds and a sequential number… dreaming is not forbidden? right? #Accessibility
Gemini came to my Google Home devices today, and now everything is better! It's all so much better! I don't know how anyone could think it is anything but better! Listen for yourself! #Tech #AI #Gemini #Google
This weekend, I tried out TalkBack 16.2. And rather than rant about the one step forward and a good 3 steps back it took in Braille support, or how it can't take an actual screenshot and describe the screen unless there's one accessible element onscreen it can grab on to, or any of the other stuff I routinely rant about, today, I'll just say thank goodness for the iPhone.
I'm so glad I didn't sell or give away my iPhone 16 or Apple Watch. I'm so glad I got the AirPods Pro 3. I'm so glad it's evident that at least a few blind people work at Apple and are listened to at least when it comes to their most popular product, the iPhone. I'm so, freaking, glad that Apple at least keeps the lights on for Braille on their platforms. And I'm so glad screen recognition is a thing so when I'm playing a video game, I can have the menu read out even though there is no accessible element on the screen. I'm so glad that with AirPods, Voiceover isn't too sluggish and that you can't really tell that, when you swipe passed the visible end of a list, like the settings app, VoiceOver scrolls the screen for you. I'm so glad that at least that bit of magic is still there. You don't *have* to know these things. In Braille, it *feels* like a Braille-first interface, as far as we've made one in the past 30 years. And when VoiceOver gets AI image descriptions, I'll be thankful for those too. In the meantime, hey Siri, describe my screen. I'm so glad that I can almost always keep my iPhone in my pocket and just use Braille. I'm glad I can type my passcode in Braille and it just works! I'm so glad I can read a book and it pans to the next page. I'm so glad I can bind just about any VoiceOver command to arbitrary Braille keys. If I want dots 1-3 with Enter to go to next link, I can make it do so! If I want Space with Enter with O to open the Braille Access app chooser, there it is! Oh also I can press Command, Option, Control, FN, and Shift modifier keys with Braille commands. Just sayin'. At this point, iOS with Braille would be a way more blind-friendly OS than Android. And I think we should make this more clear: Braille-friendly is blind-friendly. Because if your interface is flexible enough to work with Braille, it'll be flexible enough to work with speech.
"After nearly four years of development, #Google is finally rolling out native #HTTPLiveStreaming (#HLS) playback to #Chrome on desktop with version 142 and newer, a major upgrade that’s also arriving on Microsoft #Edge and other #Chromium-based #browsers."
After nearly four years of development, Google is finally rolling out native HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) playback to Chrome on desktop with version 142 and newer, a major upgrade that’s also arriving on
🕯 **Операция «Анти-Google»: Госдума готовит цифровое лоботомирование** В российской власти снова обнаружили источник всех бед — Google. Оказалось, что американская корпорация тайно мешает суверенитету, экономике и, вероятно, хорошему урожаю. Поэтому в Госдуме аккуратно достали лом и начали обсуждать «постепенные ограничения». Не запрет, нет. Медленное, заботливое удушение. Идеолог процесса — депутат Андрей Свинцов. План простой, как чугунный утюг: если данные хранятся не там, где хочется депутату, значит данные вражеские. А раз вражеские — надо отучить население ими пользоваться. Сначала бизнес, потом обычные люди, потом — «а вы и не заметили, как стало лучше». Под раздачу потенциально идёт всё: поиск, почта, YouTube, Android-сервисы. Это подаётся как «мягкое выдавливание», хотя по факту выглядит как попытка вытащить зуб через ухо. **Что это означает на практике, без заклинаний:** Android внезапно вспомнит, что он не отечественный. Google Play Services — та самая невидимая начинка, без которой приложения начинают вести себя как обиженные коты. Обновления ломаются, push-уведомления умирают, карты тупят. Телефон, правда, не превращается в кирпич — звонить и писать SMS всё ещё можно. Добро пожаловать в 2003 год, только дороже. YouTube и Gmail официально превращаются в экстремистский контент — пока вы не включите VPN и не притворитесь финном. Власть искренне удивляется, что VPN всё ещё существуют, и параллельно пытается запретить их так, чтобы ими начали пользоваться даже пенсионеры. Банки — редкий остров рациональности. Им Google не нужен. Деньги ходят по «Миру», СБП и НСПК. Банкоматы не взорвутся, наличка выдаётся, онлайн-банкинг жив. Максимум — Google Pay уходит в закат, а ему на смену выходит Mir Pay с выражением лица «я старался». Интернет целиком не рухнет. Его давно готовят к осадному режиму: суверенный, скрепный, с фильтрацией и рекомендацией «перейти на отечественный аналог». Google просто станет очередной жертвой эксперимента «а что если выколоть один глаз — станет ли лучше видно». **Контекст для понимания:** Roblox, FaceTime, Snapchat уже ушли в категорию «экстремизм по настроению». WhatsApp — следующий кандидат. Логика простая: если сервис не контролируется, значит подозрителен. Если подозрителен — вреден. Если вреден — запретить. Наука, IT и реальность в обсуждении не участвуют. Итог не апокалипсис, а привычная деградация по расписанию. Не «всё сдохло», а «всё стало хуже, но постепенно, чтобы не пугать». Населению рекомендуют адаптироваться: скачать офлайн-карты, привыкнуть к альтернативам и не задавать лишних вопросов. Суверенный интернет — это когда у тебя всё работает, но как будто назло. #Google #цензура #суверенныйинтернет #импортозамещение #Android #VPN #Госдума #цифроваяизоляция
I feel like the android keyboard is really bad with talkback at the moment. Like, really bad. This morning when I was in the car I had an issue with my Pixel Buds. I wanted to google it, but this is where the issue appeared: As you may know, typing on Android devices with Talkback is already a quite slow experience even using direct touch. But imagine even if your finger is on the proper letter, if you lift it it chooses one that is next to it basically every third letter. If you have at least some bit of imagination, this will probably be very bad in said. And let me tell you, it infact is as crappy as it sounds. I sincerely hope this is something which gets fixed as soon as possible. I already noticed it two or three days ago. If this won't be fixed, my phone simply isn't workable with and I will need to use voice messages and dictation for everything. #accessibility #a11y #google #android #pixel #googlepixel #talkback #blind
I received an invite to the early access to the Android developer console in my inbox yesterday, the one related to Google's new push to make developers verify Android apps that are distributed outside Play.
Google had talked previously about providing a specific verification tier for students and hobbyists, but with limitation on how many app installs it could have. Well that sounds nice of them, right?
But the question I had on my mind back when I read that was: How many devices would that mean? Ten thousand, a thousand, a hundred?
Did YouTube ask you to verify your age with ID or credit card? You're not alone! YouTube AI is increasingly trying to estimate how old you are based on your habits following the global push for age verification.
I'm on #GrapheneOS without MicroG or anything Google at all, so I use UnifiedPush to get notifications from #Fedilab, #Element and #ElementX (and something else I've forgotten LOL).
I set up family members with Element using UnifiedPush as, although they have Play Services, I prefer not to give Google (or by extension Trump atm) metadata about who my family talks to and when.
I'm a Google Workspace admin, and a team member sent me a screenshot showing that a message they wanted to send was being blocked because it violated an organizational policy-- which was news to me-- I hadn't put in place to block messages based on their content.
Turns out Google Workspace now warns by default when the message content mentions gender identity.
Google Accessibility. If you ever have a time that you need to get in touch with Google Accessibility, then there are a couple of ways of doing this. Call by phone, (650) 417-9257. Or, submit something in writing with their contact form at, g.co/disabilitysupport . #Google #Accessibility #Contact #phone #Form #Blind
Lots of folks speculating about AirDrop working on the Pixel, if it was reverse engineering or asking if Apple might break the compatibility. The reality might be a bit more mundane. Seems Apple is just being forced to play by regulators' rules... youtu.be/t2I9FyZdhbs
TEAM SGG PATREON https://www.patreon.com/SomeGadgetGuy AirDrop now works on Pixel phones! Did Google reverse engineer Apple's popular file sharing protocol? ...
Gemini AI needs to be disabled on Android or it will override your privacy settings and gain full access to your texts, calls, and WhatsApp - even if you’ve turned off Gemini Apps Activity on your phone.
Gemini3.0 Preview is out. Test it on Google AI Studio. So far it has performed wonderfully in programming here. It understood almost 2800 lines of code and created working, performant and readable code in one try, that achieved what it had to. aistudio.google.com/prompts/ne…
