#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

#reproducibleBuilds

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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

Nebuchadnezzar

Information and insights concerning the configuration and maintenance of Tommi’s server.

^{Tommi (Tommi’s mind)}

#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

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#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

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#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

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#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

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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

🚨BREAKING: Google will soon install an app called #AndroidSystemSafetyCore

They say it's a "safety measure" to protect your #privacy, but in fact it's client-side scanning.

Yet, we all know that client-side scanning is bad: tuta.com/blog/eu-client-side-s…

Deinstall the app on your #Android: System -> Apps

"There is no prosecution at any cost." | Tuta

Germany opposes client-side scanning planned by EU - it would create an unprecedented surveillance monster that violates fundamental rights.

^Tuta

#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

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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/…

Google System APK Transparency

^{Google for Developers}

#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

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Just a reminder, especially in this wild time we live in. DO NOT INSTALL WORK MDM ON YOUR PERSONAL DEVICE.
If your work requires Microsoft Intune or similar MDM, to get email/teams/slack. don't accept it. It opens your device up for them to access private data and disable/delete your phone (even if they say they wont, they can)

blog.cdemi.io/never-accept-an-…

#privacy #android #iphone #work #email #outlook #microsoft

Never accept an MDM policy on your personal phone

In this new age of BYOD (Bring Your Own Device), employees can bring personally owned devices (laptops, tablets, smartphones, etc...) to their workplace, and to use those devices to access privileged company information and applications.

^{Christopher Demicoli (blog.cdemi.io)}

#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today brings you 19 updated (14 of those RB) and 2 added apps:

* Sefirah: the continuation of Sekia (Windows Notification Mirroring, Clipboard Sync, etc)
* Moneytopia: track your personal expenses 🛡️

Enjoy your #free #Android #apps (and #reproducibleBuilds) with the #IzzyOnDroid repository

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Late report of #AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today, with 8 updated and 1 added app:

* Hypatia is the FOSS malware scanner formerly provided by DivestOS. This is a hopefully maintained fork of it.

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

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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.

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

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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

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

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

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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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#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

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

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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%)

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

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#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.

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

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