Oh lol.. I just managed to export a working #Android build for the first time yay!
It does uses an older API (29) for now but it should work!
android
What Happened to the Android Applications of Simple Mobile Tools?
Uncover the truth behind the sale of Simple Mobile Tools’ Android Applications to ZipoApps and learn about what alternatives are available.
https://www.adamsdesk.com/posts/simple-mobile-tools-android-applications/
The e Foundation makes privacy-friendly de-Googled versions of the Android operating system, and sells de-Googled Android phones under their Murena brand. You can follow their official video account at:
➡️ @efoundation
You can browse all their previously uploaded videos at https://peer.tube/a/efoundation/videos
You can also follow their general non-video accounts at @e_mydata and @murena
#FeaturedPeerTube #DeGoogling #Android #FOSS #PeerTube #PeerTubers
#introduction après quelque temps sur mastodon :
- intéressé (assez pour y passer trop de temps) par les outils informatiques du monde #libre en commençant par #linux (#MXlinux user here) mais aussi #android et #foss
- réfléchit aux outils libres... qui libèrent ! notamment autour de la #décentralisation et du #smallweb #smolweb
- kiffe la musique du #Mali
- de manière très originale aime la #nature, les #arbres, et développe ses compétences en #permaculture
- un peu de #photographie de rue
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#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": https://gultsch.social/@daniel/114012904576436518
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
Edited 279d ago
Even though #Signal *itself* has sound security - taken in isolation - it's always moored in an ecosystem (that of smartphones which run #iOS or #Android) which, by default, have #AI set up to shoulder-surf Signal, sending reports back to the mothership. In #iOS, that AI is called "#Apple Intelligence", and in #Android, it's called #Google Assistant. Repeat, these are on by default. *Only a small percentage of your family, friends, colleagues, and fellow country-persons will pain-stakingly disable these.*
Sure, Signal itself is secure by default, but "a chain is only as strong as its weakest link". And the weakest link is the ecosystem which Signal is moored in - that of smartphones policed and patrolled by AI, which report back to their respective motherships *in a strong majority of cases*.
Alternatives like #Deltachat (for normies willing to open their wallets/purses to rent an auto-crypt-compatible email address) and #XMPP (easily free to use, however realistic and mature only for non-iOS/#MacOS-users at present) have comparable E2E encryption. Deltachat and XMPP *don't* require smart-phone "moorings" - thereby making it much more realistic to dodge the almost-pervasively AI-patrolled ecosystems.
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#music for #FridayThe13th about the many #pets #Caturday #DogsOfPixelfed i'v been able to enjoy: )
#orba #artiphon #fenderStudio #Android #scribesAndMakers #MastoArt
https://mirlo.space/mew3/release/fri
had to lose all of them but 4...
Do they live on? You can decide...
#YOLO or #YOLA you choose
Contacte-me utilizando daltux na plataforma de comunicação distribuída #Jami: https://jami.net
Acabo de instalar na tornozeleira eletrônica de bolso #Android via #FDroid.
#SoftwareLivre #GNU #FreeSoftware
Seeing today's @@FediFollows
how would I, someone who's not very knowledgeable about tech, transition from being a long time #Android user to something not Google?
Can I get a Samsung phone that is not android? Are there a lot of apps that can run on something not-android and not-apple?
Can I still "text" from non-android/apple? (I have a few friends still not on signal)
Edited 117d ago
Signal Cloud Backups are now available to test!
"Backup your messages and media using Signal's secure, end-to-end encrypted storage service. Never lose a message when you get a new phone or reinstall Signal"
Learn more about Signal Backups and how you can help test the new feature: https://community.signalusers.org/t/public-signal-backups-testing/69984?u=salt505
Testing is currently open for Android, with staging versions coming to Desktop and iOS soon.
Edited 151d ago
⚠️ In four days Gemini wants to scan your phone ⚠️
Stop #Google now: 👉 https://tuta.com/blog/how-to-disable-gemini-on-android
"Sideloading" is the rentseeker word for "being able to run software of your choosing on a computing device you purchased". There is no reasonable case for an operating system developer having a say over what programs you run on your hardware.
Votre téléphone est sous Android ? Saviez-vous que depuis avant-hier, sans action de votre part, Gemini y est activé par défaut ?
https://next.ink/191556/tuto-comment-empecher-gemini-lia-de-google-dacceder-a-vos-applications/
Vivaldi 7.5 for mobile is here! Bugs have shipped off on a one-way cruise to give you a smoother, speedier browser that works your way. ☀️
We ❤️ #opensource - as much as we dislike #Google
Break free from Big Tech tracking, go secure! 💪 🔒
Edited 216d ago
🇩🇪 
Meine IT Sicherheits-Privatsphäre Übersicht für alle :-)
( 05.08.2025
Die weiterentwicklung von #GalyxOS stagniert
wohl erstmal...)
als PDF:
https://cryptpad.digitalcourage.de/file/#/2/file/Kvo0eIWc8SfCJYXTxujy+YlD
sachliches-Feedback wie immer, erwünscht :-)
#Privatsphäre #Datenschutz #sicherheit
#security
#AppStore
#Kryptografie
#Passwort #PasswortManager #Informationssicherheit #Informationsfreiheit #IFG #Politik #Gaming #gog #Lutris #Android
#Mail #Cloud #Browser #WebBrowser #Verschlüsselung #DNS #VeraCrypt #Fdroid #Messenger #Threema #Signal #Linux #Foss #OpenSource #UnplugTrump #Fediverse #Menschenrechte #Community #LinuxHelden
#GamingonLinux #VPN #GegenRechtsHilfe #FediLZ #Mastodon #Shopping #PreppingforFuture #Prepping #Katastrophenvorsorge #Schutzmaßnahmen #supportyourhinterland #Mobilfunk #NewPipe #uBlock #Medienkompetenz #Facebook #Instagram #Meta #YouTube #Chatkontrolle #überwachung #Matrix #Suchmaschine #Tastatur #2FA #Nichtszuverbergen
Edited 110d ago
I've got a nerd #AskFedi question, expectations are high since we are on the Fediverse 😘
Situation: I’ve tagged mothers keys with bluetooth trackers. I hate this stuff, but she’s suffering from dementia and I also need some sleep. I'm using android trackers, e.g. the Google Find Hub. I hate this too.
#Caregiving #Alzheimers #Dementia
Question: How can I improve the bloody “home tracking abilities” of these #%#@! trackers on Google Find network?
#Bluetooth #Android #RaspberryPi #FediHelp
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Edited 112d ago
If you run a linux phone, how do you handle android specific apps? Like, for instance, my banking app, or my government ID app that only run on android.
Also open to hearing which linux phone you like best, or if you just use a random device as your phone, what is it, and what do you run on it?
I've been considering using the pilet as my daily driver phone going forward when it finally ships, but I wanted to know, how do I handle the "sometimes I still need an android app" side of things, and even if I didn't get the pilet, I'd still want a linux phone, as android feels less and less like it will remain open forever.
#Google is making it necessary for #Android app developers to disclose their personal information to Google. This includes legal name, address, email, and phone number.¹
Here is the timeline given by Google.²
1. October 2025
Start as invite-only
2. March 2026
All developers can disclose their identity to Google
3. September 2026
"Regional enforcement begins" in Brazil, Indonesia, Singapore, and Thailand
4. 2027 and beyond
"Global enforcement"
We will explain more in next posts.
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🌗 Linux 手機現今比以往任何時刻都更加重要
➤ Android 生態系統的急速退化，迫使我們加速投入 Linux 手機的開發
✤ https://feddit.org/post/18353777
作者認為，在 Android 生態系統日益封閉、Google 限制開發者自由並加強平臺控制的趨勢下，Linux 手機的重要性正與日俱增。雖然目前 Linux 手機可能尚未完全成熟，但迫切需要加速相關開發，以提供一個開放且具隱私保護的替代方案，對抗 Android 生態系統的這種發展趨勢。文章也探討了多種 Linux 手機的發行版與裝置支援情況，並有使用者分享了他們的轉移經驗與電信服務選擇。
+ 我完全同意！Android 越來越像 iOS，失去它原本的開放性。我已經在等我的手機合約到期，就換成 Linux 手機。
+ 沒想到可以在 Android 裝置上裝 Linux，太酷了！我正好有幾臺舊平板可以拿來試試看。
#Linux手機 #Android #開放原始碼 #隱私 #技術發展
Marre des appels indésirables ? Un développeur français vous propose de bloquer plus de 16 millions de numéros sur iOS et Android.
https://framablog.org/2025/09/23/sarah-qui-ca-raccroche/
#spam #ios #android
F-droid was the first thing I thought of when I saw the news come by of Google's plan to turn Android more into iOS. Custom roms are already a dying breed due to all the crap that Google has been pulling, and now this.
It's such a shame we've ended up with a smartphone OS duopoly. It could've been so much better, sigh.
https://f-droid.org/en/2025/09/29/google-developer-registration-decree.html
#Android #Fdroid #Google #FOSS #Enshittification
It's such a shame we've ended up with a smartphone OS duopoly. It could've been so much better, sigh.
https://f-droid.org/en/2025/09/29/google-developer-registration-decree.html
#Android #Fdroid #Google #FOSS #Enshittification
You know you're a very normal phone user when the very first thing you do when a new phone comes in is flash it with a custom firmware.
Because what could go wrong.
#Android #Doov #R77 #Dumbphone #Smartphone #LineageOS #DigitalMinimalism
Because what could go wrong.
#Android #Doov #R77 #Dumbphone #Smartphone #LineageOS #DigitalMinimalism
