Via Tom's Hardware: Facebook flags Linux topics as 'cybersecurity threats' — posts and users being blocked

Does this mean that Meta/Facebook is going to also ban mentions of:

• #Android phones?
• #SteamDeck / #SteamOS?
• Most "smart" cars, TV's, appliances?
• Most (somewhere around 90 percent) of the top Websites?
• Talk of Meta's own internal infrastructure?

What an absolutely asinine thing to do. Linux is incredibly prevalent in the technology landscape today. Yes, #linux on the desktop is a small percentage of the overall devices on the market today. However, linux usage in #embedded, #server, and #appliance applications is to a level where censoring references to it is insanity.

The irony of all of this? Zuckerfaces recent pull back of moderation on Meta's sites.... Meaning it's now okay to bash socially vulnerable populations, spread tons of mis-information on many social and political topics... But linux?"Oh no! That's a #CyberSecurity threat!"

This reeks of political #tomfoolery. I won't be surprised if it's eventually revealed that our new overlords put pressure on #Meta to #censor linux.

tomshardware.com/software/linu…

Facebook flags Linux topics as 'cybersecurity threats' — posts and users being blocked

DistroWatch is one of the largest affected organizations.

^{Mark Tyson (Tom's Hardware)}

#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today with 18 updated (10 RB) and 2 added apps:

* Working Time Account: record your personal working and free time 🛡️
* Logline - MovieApp: discover, organize, and rate movies 🛡️

RB status: 419 apps (33.8%)

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#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today with 11 updated (9 RB) and 1 added apps:

* SimpleTune: a Material 3 YouTube Music Client

apt.izzysoft.de/magisk had 4 #Magisk modules updated.

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Dear #Android #App #Developers, as it still happens far too often (no naming, no shaming! 💩 happens to everyone of us) a reminder to take good care of your #signing keys – and also take precautions for the case that your keystore might get lost. Please take a look at: f-droid.org/2023/09/03/reprodu… where I outline this topic.

Thanks!

#security

Reproducible builds, signing keys, and binary repos | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository

Earlier this year, we reported about our progress concerning reproduciblebuilds. Meanwhile,more and more apps are using this; you can find some statisticsher...

^f-droid.org

@heluecht

Ich vermute mal schlicht, es handelt sich um #Unicode-Zeichen, die Dein System nicht kennt. Sehe ich hier unter älteren #Android-Versionen häufiger. Normal.

Vgl.
mastodonium.de/@tagestipp/298

To get some experience as a video content creator, I started @nextcloud_academy. It's inspired by explaining basic things to my in-laws over the phone. The channel will have short videos with step-by-step tutorials that you can show to people who are new to #Nextcloud.

I'm starting by showing how to set up an automatic backup of your photos and videos on #Android. (Bear with me, it's the first video I've ever put together 🙈 ).

vhsky.cz/w/vir1iWwNPcEF9Z4VuMM…

Jak automaticky zálohovat fotky a videa z Androidu do Nextcloudu? (Oficiální aplikace)

Toto video krok po kroku ukazuje, jak nainstalovat oficiální aplikaci Nextcloud pro Android, jak se s ní přihlásit k účtu a jak nastavit automatické zálohování fotek a videí z mobilu.

^VHSky

#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today brings you 20 updated and 1 added apps:

* Sekia (Sefirah): Windows Notification Mirroring, Clipboard Sync, File Transfer, Media Control

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Earlier today, Google rejected a feature request asking for the option to use DNS-over-HTTPS servers other than Google’s and Cloudflare’s in Android: issuetracker.google.com/issues…

According to Google’s own testing, DoH is more private, secure, and performant than DoT on Android. There is no reason whatsoever to limit it to a handful of Google-approved servers.

Just like with Manifest V3 in Chrome, this arbitrary restriction on what DNS servers can use the most modern technologies in Android is a clear example of Google abusing their position to campaign against blocking invasive trackers. One of the clearest uses for custom DNS servers is the ability to block privacy-invasive services like Google’s at the DNS level.

Further details & discussion on our forum: discuss.privacyguides.net/t/go…

#android #google #privacy #dns

Google rejects feature request for arbitrary DNS-over-HTTPS server support

https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/331250145?pli=1#comment7 Some background, since 2022 Android has used DNS-over-HTTP/3 instead of DNS-over-TLS for its Private DNS setting, but only for two predefined servers (Google and Cloudflare).

^{Privacy Guides Community}

#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today with 19 updated and 1 added apps:

* Remind Me! – Set alarms for a specific date in the future 🛡️

Enjoy your #free #Android #apps with the #IzzyOnDroid repo

And thanks for all your kind words and congratulations to our grant 😍

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💡did you know ... you can have recent #deltachat chats on #android directly on the home screen:

- long tap the “Delta Chat” icon, you see the most recent chats then
- drag the desired chat to the home screen

This one was mentioned on Kuketz blog:

memories.gallery/
github.com/pulsejet/memories

#memories #nextcloud #photos #backup #android

GitHub - pulsejet/memories: Fast, modern and advanced photo management suite. Runs as a Nextcloud app.

Fast, modern and advanced photo management suite. Runs as a Nextcloud app. - pulsejet/memories

^GitHub

My mother-in-law set up the #Nextcloud app to back up photos from her #Android phone. However, no photos were uploaded. I thought she did something wrong, but in fact it was set up correctly, including all permissions. But nothing was even queued for upload. I couldn't make it work either.

I got a recommendation for #FolderSync, but it's freemium and it felt fishy with all the data consent dialogs. Then I went to #FDroid and discovered #RoundSync and wow, it's a great piece of software, clean, lean and does reliably what I want it to do. The sad fact is that @newhinton, app developer, gets 3€/month for it on Liberapay. We really need to get more money into open source apps.

And now, your #AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid with 12 updated and 1 added apps:

* OSS-Dict: an offline dictionary reader (fork of Aard 2 with new Material design and updated features)

Oh, and 1 updated #Magisk module at apt.izzysoft.de/magisk

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#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today brings you 9 updated and 1 added apps:

* VpnHood! CLIENT: a new variant of the existing one, but without proprietary parts – so no Anti-Features anymore! Please switch before we remove the "old one" 😉 And thanks, Trudy, for making this possible!

RB status: 411 apps (33.4%)

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What operating systems do you use?

This includes on your PC/computer and mobile devices, or anywhere else for that matter. Select all that apply!

Please BOOST for maximum exposure to the #Fediverse

If your choice isn't listed, simply comment and let's discuss things!

#Poll #Polls #POTD #Question #Questions #QOTD #Windows #MacOS #Linux #Unix #ChromeOS #iOS #Android #Tech #Technology #AllThingsTech

• Windows (44%, 207 votes)
• Linux (79%, 373 votes)
• MacOS (37%, 176 votes)
• Unix (6%, 31 votes)
• ChromeOS (6%, 29 votes)
• iOS (37%, 174 votes)
• Android (60%, 284 votes)
• Other -> Comment below! (5%, 27 votes)

Wow, I might have to switch back to Android just to get away from the SMS spam! Lol, now they're doing the "hey it's been a long time since we've talk! How have you been?" kind of thing, and then they go "oh, are you my friend Henry?" So then after you say no, they'll go "Well that's okay, can we still talk?" And eventually they get to the whole "did you hear about the new program, for the elderly, poor, disabled, veterans, elderly, other people, elderly, oh please be elderly..." lol. But you can just about always tell because it's a number you've never interacted with, and it's an SMS. Not an iMessage, not an RCS message. Now, I know some Android users are gonna be using messaging apps that don't use RCS. But honestly the likelihood of that versus scam is kinda lopsided towards being a scam.

Poor Robokiller, they've not cracked down on this new tactic yet. And one almost got me too. My Pixel contacts were quite out of date, since I'd not added my new iPhone contacts yet. So I wasn't even sure if it was someone I really hadn't talked to in a long time, or what.

#Android #iOS #scam #spam

#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today with 16 updated and 1 added apps:

* IPTV Mine: Watch 500+ live india TV channels 🛡️

3 #Magisk #modules were updated at apt.izzysoft.de/magisk

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#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today with 19 updated and 2 added apps:

* Podcini.X - Podcast instrument (Podcini.R is discontinued) 🛡️
* MBCompass: simple and efficient compass

12 old apps have been removed (using v1-only signing with weak keys & their repos removed/archived etc), we still investigate other v1-onlys having good keys.

RB status: 408 apps (33.1%)

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"If an app asks for Android permissions that it doesn't rightfully need (like screen recording permissions for a BMI app), deny it; who knows what kind of things the app can harvest if you allow it?"

Huh? Don't install it in the first place! Because, "who knows what kind of things the app can…" 🤦‍♂️

Of course, if unsure, reaching out to the devs for clarification is fair. But make sure the answer is reasonable.

#Android #security #malware

#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today brings you 17 updated (with 11 RB) and 1 added apps:

* Stay Put - Unplug Alert: prevent casual theft of your device while charging in public spaces 🛡️

Told you we'll fix the 404, right? OK, RB status now: 405 apps (32.6%) 🥳

At apt.izzysoft.de/magisk 1 #Magisk module was updated.

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#Google Starts Tracking All Your Devices In 6 Weeks—Forget Chrome And #Android

Long story short is that Google has made updates to its advertising ecosystem essentially _permitting_ the fingerprinting of devices for use in targeted advertising. In their words they are going to be “less prescriptive with partners in how they target and measure ads.”

Doesn’t mean fingerprinting wasn’t happening before, just that Google is giving the green signal to the rest of the ecosystem to do so… and will likely use this to maybe replace third-party cookies.

Use an adblocker. Seriously.

#privacy #ads #privacymatters #useadblockers

forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/20…

Google Starts Tracking All Your Devices In 6 Weeks—Forget Chrome And Android

Say hello to 2025—the way you're tracked has suddenly changed. Here's what you need to know.

^{Zak Doffman (Forbes)}

#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today brings you 21 updated and 1 added apps:

* ShareAsQR: allows sharing some plain text as a QR code 🛡️

Btw: 14 of those 21 apps are established as RB here, so ⅔ of the updates. That said, RB status: 403 apps (32.4%) – just 0.9% missing for "1 out of 3"!

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#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today brings you 12 updated apps (hey, all without that DependencyInfoBlob 🤩) and 1 added app:

* Octo: an unofficial FLOSS Octopus Energy agile tariff monitor 🛡️

RB stats: 401 apps (32.3%) – yupp, we crossed the 400! 🥳

At apt.izzysoft.de/magisk 5 #Magisk modules where updated.

Enjoy your #free #Android #apps with the #IzzyOnDroid repo and #reproducibleBuilds

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#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today brings you 16 updated and 3 added apps:

* Pixelix: a client for Pixelfed 🛡️
* Droid Pad: create control interfaces for BLE, WebSocket, MQTT, TCP, and UDP protocols 🛡️
* sms2call: automatically call a configured number when an SMS with specific content is received 🛡️

RB status: 397 apps (32%)

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#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today brings you 10 updated and 3 added apps:

* Lotus: a music player designed with Material You 🛡️
* NowiPass: a secure password manager that uses AES to encrypt your passwords 🛡️
* Weread: Read it later for web content

RB status: 394 apps (31.8%)

Enjoy your #free #Android #apps with the #IzzyOnDroid repo

PS: For a list of updated apps, you can follow @fdroid – which also covers other repositories 😉

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#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today with 17 updated (10 of those RB) and 1 added apps:

* healthlog: log health tests, incl. Cholesterol/Sugar/BP/RFT 🛡️

At apt.izzysoft.de/magisk 1 #Magis module was added (and 2 were upated):

* DynamicSystemTweaks-arm64: Improves system performance without battery loss or overheating for arm64-v8a with 8 cpu core devices only (Android 10+)

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Gibt es eigentlich einen alternativen #AppStore für #Android mit einer Art #Eltern Modus für #Kinder, sodass man für das Kind keinen Google Account einrichten muss?

#digitalePrivatsphäre

#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today brought you 18 updated apps. Usually I only toot the rain if there are added ones, but… This time, 12 out of those 18 were #reproducibleBuilds (that is 2/3 of the updates). 2 of those failed, 1 I was able to repair (the other not, so I'll have to see we get it fixed with upstream for the next release).

Enjoy your reproducible and #free #Android #apps with the #IzzyOnDroid repo

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#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today brings you 12 updated and 2 added apps:

* NextPush: UnifiedPush provider with Nextcloud 🛡️
* UP-Example: Example application using UnifiedPush library 🛡️

RB status: 388 apps (31.4%)

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