It is proven!
Android apps can be built using only standard packages from Debian Buster!
https://gitlab.com/Matrixcoffee/hello-world-debian-android
"This project helps to document the Android tools in Debian by providing an example build, and can serve as a base template for new projects for those who would like to develop Android apps using only truly Free and Open Source software."
#Google will require #Android App Bundles for new apps in Play, thereby forcing developers to give Google their app's private signing key. This further centralizes the ecosystem and strengthens their #monopoly by making it harder to publish outside of Play https://www.xda-developers.com/google-play-billing-v3-app-bundle-requirement-2021/
#tracking users and usage is an essential element of data analytics, so what exactly is tracking? Here is our first attempt at an overarching definition:
https://guardianproject.info/2020/05/20/on-the-classification-of-tracking/ #TrackingTheTrackers #CleanInsights
Am. 7. Mai hat @IzzyOnDroid einen Vortrag privatsphärefreundlichen Umgang mit #Android für unsere Schwestergruppe in #Bayreuth gehalten. Inzwischen ist auch die Aufzeichnung via #Peertube verfügbar. Viel Spaß!
https://libre.video/videos/watch/37c7dc78-6058-4e3f-bb47-73f6b9c2c9b3
Often the most surveilled work places, whether in a warehouse, a call centre or as a delivery driver - are those where people’s job security and rights are the most precarious and these tools and data, can be used as a tool to target and sanction.
https://privacyinternational.org/case-study/3840/it-allows-us-work-dignity https://nitter.net/privacyint/status/1263728048026710017/photo/1
Debian welcomes our 2020 Google Summer of Code #GSOC interns: https://bits.debian.org/2020/05/welcome-gsoc2020-interns.html
Its great to see the current explosion of public #Jitsi Meet. To help choose which one works for you, we set up a test project "jitsi-monitor" to gather data on public #JitsiMeet instances daily:
* config including STUN, analytics, etc.
* TLS setup
* TCP traceroute
* what else?
This should run locally for choosing the closest instance. Our results are in basic HTML format. This can be used to make Javascript UIs. The full JSON, source, etc. are available at
https://guardianproject.gitlab.io/jitsi-monitor/
We have started a public wiki page to gather all the gov/etc #Coronavirus #Android apps, we are also monitoring what is in those apps. Please let us know if any are missing, or direct edit if you have access.
https://gitlab.com/trackingthetrackers/wiki/-/wikis/Coronavirus-apps
Looking for an #opensource alternative to #skype #zoom and other tools? Here are 7 options from @opensourceway@twitter.com
https://opensource.com/alternatives/skype
Next week will be two online #cryptoparty|s in #Berlin:
Tue, April, 28 @k19
https://www.cryptoparty.in/berlin/online
7-11pm
main channel / meetingpoint:
https://meet.systemli.org/CryptoPartyBerlin
check out the website (see above)
Mi, April, 29 @juristische Falkultät der HU
https://www.cryptoparty.in/berlin/hu-jura
7-9pm
meeting point:
https://meeten.statt-drosseln.de/b/reb-rmc-au4
Did you know Google Analytics is the biggest tracker on the web?
Website owners: Knowing you're sharing your users' data with Google should be enough to stop using Google Analytics but just in case, @markosaric has more reasons that go beyond privacy.
https://plausible.io/blog/remove-google-analytics
Original tweet : https://twitter.com/DuckDuckGo/status/1254406628591501312
I share this without any schadenfreude:
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-europe-tech-idUSKCN22807J
Tor for Android by @torproject is a mobile browser that provides both privacy and anonymity online by masking who you are and where you are connecting as you browse. Review our guide on using Tor for Android to get set up. https://ssd.eff.org/en/module/how-use-tor-android
The massive infrastructure required to run face recognition cannot be easily dismantled when the COVID-19 emergency is over. We cannot allow law enforcement and other government officials to use a time of crisis to normalize this invasive tactic. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/03/face-surveillance-not-solution-covid-19-crisis
Expanding patent rights would make healthcare less accessible and is the wrong response to the current crisis.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/04/lengthening-patent-terms-10-years-exactly-wrong-response-covid-19
The next step in making #localization easier: Markdown and long-form texts, from docs to blogs. Here is what we have learned so far:
https://guardianproject.info/2020/04/23/figuring-out-crowdsourced-translation-of-websites/
Zoom failures teach a valuable lesson about what really matters in a software
We have started a public wiki page to gather all the gov/etc #Coronavirus #Android apps, we are also monitoring what is in those apps. Please let us know if any are missing, or direct edit if you have access.
https://gitlab.com/trackingthetrackers/wiki/-/wikis/Coronavirus-apps
There is now a nice comic of the PEPP-PT protocol idea for #Covid #ContactTracing https://ncase.me/contact-tracing/ anyone know of anyone working on implementing it?
Together with many Dutch civil rights defenders the FSFE has signed a statement to outlines 10 principles a contact tracing app should abide by #freesoftware #privacy
People, apps and code you can trust