Hans-Christoph Steiner @eighthave@librem.one

In This week in F-Droid (TWIF) we talk about:

* SimpleMobileTools and it's fork Fossify, and specially about the Gallery app
* SimpleX Chat update only for armv7
* the Arcticons apps are now reproducible and have to be reinstalled
* Screenshot sharer was replaced by QuickShot
* Tux Paint is now almost 250 MB big
* NewPipe has a 2023 recap blog post and maintainer changes

Total we had 2 more apps added and 138 more apps updated.

https://f-droid.org/2024/01/04/twif.html

#FDroid

Mickey's red shorts and yellow gloves might also be public domain thanks to a color poster from 1928 that was auctioned a few years ago: https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSBRE8AT04E/

Steve Ballmer is set to make $1 billion a year for doing nothing
https://edition.cnn.com/business/investing/steve-ballmer-one-billion-dividends/index.html

Amnesty to all countries: Ban the use and export of invasive spyware! https://securitylab.amnesty.org/latest/2023/12/india-damning-new-forensic-investigation-reveals-repeated-use-of-pegasus-spyware-to-target-high-profile-journalists/ #Staatstrojaner

Der Export und Einsatz solcher Spyware muss verboten werden! Regierung in Indien hackt Journalisten und Opposition mit #Staatstrojaner #Pegasus https://www.derstandard.at/story/3000000201146/indien-ueberwacht-journalisten-mit-pegasus-software

@newstik
There is a bunch of metadata that is made available when Signal links your Signal account to your Google device ID (which is needed to send push notifications):
- If your device has a Google account signed in (most do to install Signal from the Play Store) your Signal account will be linked to your Google account
- If you connect your phone to any wifi network, your Signal account will be linked to that wifi's IP address, often revealing your exact location to authorities

@newstik
- If you have any other apps installed that use push notifications, those would be linked to your Google device ID and thus your Signal account as well. Authorities can then link any data they get from those other apps also to your Signal account (and thereby phone number and identity).

Hey! We've been thinking a lot about what's next for the postmarketOS project,
we have a lot of ideas, but we can't do it without your help. We've decided to
join OpenCollective, this makes it possible for us to be financially supported
by and beholden to you - our community.

If you like postmarketOS and want to help us continue on our quest of true
ownership, we would highly appreciate your donations!

More info here 👇

https://postmarketos.org/blog/2023/12/14/pmos-on-oc/

This week in F-Droid (TWIF) was just published.

We have new alpha versions for F-Droid 1.19., and something about the Epic vs. Google trial.

On the app side, we talk about Threema, Xmp Mod Player, Orion Viewer, Transdroid, Minetest and Syncthing-Fork.

Last but not least, we had another 6 added apps, 109 updated apps and one removed app.

https://f-droid.org/2023/12/14/twif-threema-in-fdroid.html

#FDroid

I've just published a blog post on a new sample of Android/BianLian botnet which uses (1) an intentionally bad formed ZIP, and (2) uses a new packer.

https://cryptax.medium.com/bad-zip-and-new-packer-for-android-bianlian-5bdad4b90aeb

By the way, this will be covered in my @ringzer0 training.

#android #malware #zip #packer #kavanoz #medusa #JEB

🎉 Best News Of The Year! 🎉

Google confirms they will disable uBlock Origin in Chrome in 2024: Finally everyone understands it's time to quit Google. 😎

Here are our favorite browser alternatives:
➡️ https://tuta.com/blog/best-private-browsers

Which one did you pick?

🦊 Firefox
🦆 DuckDuckGo
🕵️ Tor Browser
Mullvad
Pale Moon
Puffin
GNU IceCat
WaterFox
Brave
Hyphanet

Dropbox was caught enabling "Third-party AI" as an opt-out default to all user accounts.
Meanwhile users were deeply uninformed of the changes..

This is our new world: If your privacy matters, keep your data yours!

Our friends @arstechnica explore the debacle:

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/12/dropbox-spooks-users-by-sending-data-to-openai-for-ai-search-features/

The jury in Epic v. Google has delivered its verdict — and it found that Google turned its Google Play app store and Google Play Billing service into an illegal monopoly.

https://www.theverge.com/23994174/epic-google-trial-jury-verdict-monopoly-google-play

Also need to address Apple’s monopoly too. https://www.gov.uk/cma-cases/investigation-into-apple-appstore

https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/es/ip_20_1073

Google verliert App-Store-Prozess gegen Fortnite-Macher Epic

Im Rechtsstreit mit dem Spieleentwickler Epic hat Google eine Niederlage erlitten. Der Internet-Riese betreibe mit seinem App-Store ein illegales Monopol, so das Gericht. Das Urteil könnte branchenweite Folgen haben.

➡️ https://www.tagesschau.de/wirtschaft/google-epic-app-store-100.html?at_medium=mastodon&at_campaign=tagesschau.de

#Monopol #Google #Epic #Fortnite #AppStore #PlayStore