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Nutzt ihr Antivirus-Apps auf eurem Android? Spart euch den unnötigen Ballast – sie bieten nur trügerische Sicherheit und sind oft voller Tracker. 👇

kuketz-blog.de/truegerische-si…

#android #security #google #tracking #virus #antivirus #app



#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today with 1 added, 5 returned and 10 updated apps:

* Karui ToDo: a privacy focussed todo list app to quickly jot down things to do 🛡️

Returned were treehouses remote, AutoDND, URLSanitizer, freeDictionaryApp and Blue Line Console. All of them RB. Altogether 16 apps today, 15 of them RB.

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



Непогана стаття про альтернативні мессенджери, але зовсім не відкрили тему #Android #Google #Messages це гуглосміття без попередження та запиту встановлює з 2025 року пару програмуль на ваші мобільні пристрої – слідкують заради вошого добробуту! Раджу перевірити пристрої та видалити:
1) Android System #SafetyCore
2) Android System #KeyVerifier


#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today brings you 17 updated (14 RB) and 1 added apps:

* NowiChat: a chat app with bluetooth networking and end-to-end security

RB status: 490 apps (39.7%)

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

PS: if you wonder that @fdroid reports more added apps: those have been here before, we're just restoring some that were removed earlier when they reached F-Droid.org (old policy, we no longer do that) 😉


GrapheneOS: Android pro lehce paranoidní uživatele

Pokud chcete mobilní telefon, který je bezpečný, opravdu respektuje vaše soukromí, zároveň nechcete přijít o populární aplikace, bez kterých už se dnes těžko obejdete, může vám současný trh přijít jako výběr mezi kompromisy. Podíval jsem se tedy na systém, který o sobě tvrdí, že jimi netrpí.

#Android #bezpečnost #Google #GrapheneOS #mobil #Pixel #soukromí

blog.eischmann.cz/2025/03/07/g…
(reakce na tento příspěvek se může zobrazit jako komentář pod článkem)


#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today brings you 10 updated and 1 added apps:

* Baba: contribute to @panoramax – the federated FOSS alternative to StreetView 🛡️

RB stats: 479 apps (39.1%)

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


In the newest Thunderbird for Android Progress Report, we have:

* Account drawer and notification improvements
* A roadmap sneak peak
* Updates on K-9 Mail and Gmail
* Our plans for an iOS app and
* A report from FOSDEM!

#Thunderbird #Android #OpenSource

blog.thunderbird.net/2025/03/t…


#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today brought you 11 updated (7 RB) and 1 added apps:

* Delta: Hotspot manager using Shizuku API

2 #Magisk modules have been updated at apt.izzysoft.de/magisk

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


#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today brings you 17 updated (11 RB) and 2 added apps:

* Minimo Launcher: Home screen without distractions
* SocketChat: a simple app to chat with anyone you want on the same network 🛡️

RB status: 474 apps (38.8%)

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


I just published a new #article about the implementation for the new Trusted Time API by #Google - "Trusted Time API Implementation"

#AndroidDev #Android #Medium #Articles #TrustedTimeApi #API

medium.com/@nicosnicolaou/trus…



#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today brings you 15 updated (10 RB) and 2 added apps:

* LaundryNotes: Store washing information and symbols for all your fabrics 🛡️
* DDNS Updater: Simple Dynamic DNS Updater

Removed apps:

* IrssiNotifier: inactive since 2018, proprietary/tracking libs
* Ficsave: Defunct (Server gone)

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


First, they shut down the Basic HTML site, forcing many of us to switch to clients such as Thunderbird. Now, they're using qr codes which are not only inaccessible to the blind but also to those who don't use smartphones! This is ridiculous! Yes, they do still have the option to click whether it's you trying to sign in or not (which still requires a smartphone and a carrier, which they claim to be concerned about), but how long before they remove that, too?

pcmag.com/news/google-is-repla…

#accessibility #Android #authentication #blind #Google #GMail #IOS #Narrator #NVDA #sms #Talkback #technology #Voiceover #Windows


#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today with 12 updated (10 RB) & 2 added apps:

* EasyControlFork: remote control solution from Android to Android 🛡️
* Payload Dumper Android: extract boot.img or any other images without PC

The update to Telegram SMS had to be retracted due to malware warnings.

6 old/abandoned/broken apps have been removed: StopMotion, EP RSS Reader, Play Music Exporter, MyGrades, mensaApp, Timberdoodle.

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


#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today brought you 16 updated (15 RB), 2 added and 5 removed apps:

+ URLCheck: analyze/share URLs before opening them 🛡️
+ Iconify (Foss): customize Android UI (rebranded from non-Foss)
- Monerujo (see previous toot)
- Howl: no longer maintained, author requested removal
- CameraRollX: same
- vTunnel: source gone 2y ago
- Compagnon HIIT: no updates since 2018 & source gone

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







#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today brought you 11 updated apps, 10 of them RB. No apps have been added, but 5 old ones have been removed:

* Timetables (7y, usage unclear)
* Backups (repo disappeared)¹
* BlabberTabber (defunct)
* Whats Done (added trackers, no response on issues, development stopped)¹
* Radio Player: repo disappeared, unclear permissions¹

¹ alternatives exist

RB status: 469 apps (38%)

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




#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today brings you 8 updated (all RB) and 2 added (also RB) apps:

* ReTerminal: a Terminal Emulator 🛡️
* Dharmik: an offline app to browse Hindu texts (currently: Bhagavad Gita and Atharvaveda) 🛡️

Our first "RB only" AppRain, so to speak 🥳 Current RB status: 468 apps (37.7%)

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

Enjoy your #free #Android #apps with the #IzzyOnDroid repository :awesome:

#reproducibleBuilds


If anyone uses Android with TalkBack and the onscreen Braille keyboard, please try to reproduce and report this issue:

In Talkback, if onscreen keyboard echo is set to words, and a word with punctuation after it is typed, TalkBack does not read the word when Space is typed. Similarly, if an emoticon is typed, like ":)" nothing is spoken when Space is typed.

Steps to reproduce:

• Turn on TalkBack, and open TalkBack settings by tapping once with three fingers. Set up the TalkBack Braille keyboard under the Braille section.
• Go to Verbosity settings, then the keyboard echo option for onscreen keyboards, and set it to "words."
Now, open a text box, turn on the TalkBack Braille Keyboard, and type something like "this is a test." Note the period after test. Then, swipe right with one finger to enter a space.

Expected results:

TalkBack should read "this" "is" "a" "test period."

Actual results:

TalkBack reads "this" "is" "a" and is silent after test is written.

I also put it up on Google's issue tracker if anyone wants to start it.

issuetracker.google.com/issues…

#accessibility #android #blind #TalkBack #Braille



#XMPP enthusiasts out there: what would you say the ultimate Achilles heel of the XMPP ecosystem is, at present? Fragmentation of clients? What?

My sense is that it's this: when one goes to store an XMPP address in one's addressbook, there doesn't seem to be standard way to store an XMPP address. #Android doesn't have that as an allowable field, and #Thunderbird and #Nextcloud have an "Instant Messaging" field, where the type can be set to "XMPP". But are these two compatible with each other when trying to sync between them? Edit: Yes, but there's a catch: *the XMPP address must be prefixed with "xmpp:"*

So "user@foo.bar" is not an OK XMPP address, but "xmpp:user@foo.bar" is.

Then to make matters worse, now there's a wish to change the labeling of "XMPP Address" to "Chat ID": gultsch.social/@daniel/1140129…

It might be a long time before the address synchy-ness ever works again between Android <-> #Davx5 <-> Nextcloud <->Thunderbird

Note: Android allows a "Jabber" type for an IM address, where you *don't* prefix the address with "xmpp:".

(#DeltaChat gets to gloat hard here, as they have plain-old email addresses)

#prosody #conversations #gajim #dino #snikket #monocles #monal


Happy I Love Free Software Day! 💕

Unfortunately, this year I could not join nor organize any in-person celebration, BUT of course I want to share my gratitude to the many, countless #FreeSoftware services I don’t merely use, but actually depend on.

Last year, I decided to focus only on #YunoHost, because it would have been crazy to list all the projects I use and I love.

This time, even if I will most certainly forget someone, I am challenging myself to mention all the #LibreSoftware my life is powered by.

Without further ado, THANK YOU to:

  • @yunohost, for powering Nebuchadnezzar
  • @fedora, for running my beloved #Framework laptop
  • @frameworkcomputer, for designing and building repairable, #Linux-friendly and truly open hardware
  • @gnome and @GTK, for being just gorgeous
  • @calyxos (thus @LineageOS), for powering my #Fairphone5
  • #Obtainium, for making me directly download apps on my phone, and @fdroidorg for distributing them
  • #AuroraStore, for proxying the download of apps I am doomed to get from Google Play
  • @element, for developing #Synapse, even though the new proprietary Synapse Pro is VERY PROBLEMATIC AND DISAPPOINTING
  • #Fractal, for being the most beautiful and awesome #Matrix client ever
  • @signalapp, for keeping me connected with the people I love
  • @Mastodon, for also maintaining a feature-packed experimental fork (#GlitchSoc), that is what Pan runs
  • #Tuba and #Moshidon, for being the most beautiful and awesome #Mastodon clients ever
  • #Firefox, for still remaining the best possible #browser choice, despite #Mozilla’s governance messiness
  • @openstreetmap, for allowing us to find the right path, both literally and metaphorically!
  • @organicmaps, for being the simplest, cleanest, yet feature-rich #OSM client and navigation app
  • @protonvpn, for making me browse safely from/to anywhere in the planet and @protonprivacy #ProtonMail, for hosting my email, despite the latest alarming political statements…
  • @libreoffice, for allowing me to draft documents with ease, the last of which was my #CV
  • #LanguageTool, for preventing me from making embarassing spelling mistakes
  • @photoprism, for safely storing and indexing all my photographic memories, on Aby, and for providing stellar and friendly support too!
  • #Actual, for moderating the very likely risk of ending up completely broke, since it forces me to manage my finances consciously and coherently
  • @readeck, for storing and sorting ALL my varied and overwhelming inputs
  • @nextcloud, for storing and synchronizing my data, for its #calendar, its #tasks, and all its awesome apps
  • #Rustdesk, for preventing my friends and family members from going crazy, by allowing me to remotely connect to their devices and directly address the issues they have
  • #Listmonk, for sending out my newsletter
  • @eleventy, for powering all the websites I maintain, above all the virtual representation of my mind, and for being the only reason why I resist and try to continue learning #JavaScript
  • @forgejo, for giving us a chance to truly control and collectively develop the sources of our software, but most importantly @Codeberg, for RESISTING, RESISTING, RESISTING, despite the hatred and attacks nazi assholes throw at them
  • @musicbrainz for keeping music knowledge open and free, and @ListenBrainz for scrobbling the crazy music I listen to
  • The @fsfe, for promoting this celebration and fighting the good fight!

Lastly, but most importantly, the biggest thank you goes to all the free software libraries and dependencies the above mentioned #software are made of/built with, including #C, #JavaScript, #Python, #Rust, and all community-maintained programming languages.

I am super sorry if I forgot someone!

#OpenSource #ILoveFS #SoftwareFreedom #Fairphone #Android #LineageOS #FSFE #OpenStreetMap #PhotoPrism #LibreOffice #Readeck #Eleventy #11ty #GNOME #Signal #forgejo #Codeberg #MusicBrainz #ListenBrainz #MetaBrainz


#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid with 10 updated (4 RB) and 2 added apps today:

* TDX: explore and monitor your favorite artists and their latest releases 🛡️
* Private DNS Quick Setting: Toggle Private DNS from Quick Settings 🛡️

RB status: 446 apps (35.8%)

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


#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today with 13 updated (6 RB) and 1 added apps:

* Smither: a light-weight Android client for Mastodon 🛡️

RB status: 433 apps (34.7%)

Enjoy your #free #Android #apps with the #IzzyOnDroid repository :awesome:


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

* Open Note: a powerful Markdown notepad 🛡️

At apt.izzysoft.de/magisk the discontinued (archived) LSPosed module was replaced with its successor by JingMatrix.

Enjoy your #free #Android #apps with the #IzzyOnDroid repository :awesome:


#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today with 12 updated (6 RB) and 1 added apps:

* traced it: Quick notes with time & amounts 🛡️

at apt.izzysoft.de/magisk 1 module was updated and 1 new module was added:

* OpenEUICC: provide eSIM support on Android devices that do not support eSIM

Enjoy your #free #Android #apps with the #IzzyOnDroid repository :awesome:


Quoting a Mastodon post by GrapheneOS:
"The app doesn't provide client-side scanning used to report things to Google or anyone else. It provides on-device machine learning models usable by applications to classify content as being spam, scams, malware, etc. This allows apps to check content locally without sharing it with a service and mark it with warnings for users."

grapheneos.social/@GrapheneOS/…

#AndroidSystemSafetyCore #Android #Privacy #GrapheneOS



#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today with 14 updated (11 RB) and 2 added:

* Print(Notes): a cross-platform markdown notes app inspired by Google Keep and Obsidian
* Scrcpy: mirror display and touch control between Android devices

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

Enjoy your #free #Android #apps with the #IzzyOnDroid repository :awesome:



You remember #Apple scanning all images on your #mobile device?

If you have an #Android #phone, a new app that doesn't appear in your menu has been automatically and silently installed (or soon will be) by #Google. It is called #AndroidSystemSafetyCore and does exactly the same - scan all images on your device as well as all incoming ones (via messaging). The new spin is that it does so "to protect your #privacy".

You can uninstall this app safely via System -> Apps.

developers.google.com/android/…


#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today brings you 15 updated (10 RB) and 1 added apps:

* Perceived Stress Scale: Take the test to find out how stressed you are 🛡️

Number of apps in the repo: 1242
RB status: 422 apps (34%) (1 app failed RB today, will hopefully be brought back soon)

Enjoy your #free #Android #apps with the #IzzyOnDroid repository :awesome: