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  1. LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Monday, 23-Jan-2023 14:48:47 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
    I installed #I2P and I2Pd on an #Android tablet. I went to the built-in addressbook and found that many of the sites listed no longer exist.

    There were a few private gitea forges, a couple of inactive blogs, and so on. They can keep the current addressbook as a "historical" section, but the the main list should be updated 1-4X per year to prune dead sites.
    In conversation about 10 days ago from mustard permalink
  2. LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Saturday, 14-Jan-2023 16:44:15 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
    in reply to
    • Ji Fu
    @fu I have not heard of #Status.im before. From a quick look, it reminds me of #Nostr, but #P2P instead of using relay servers.

    (Last time I looked, Nostr did not have a decent #Android client, but I hear that the Damus #IOS client is great.)
    In conversation about 19 days ago from mustard permalink
  3. LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Sunday, 08-Jan-2023 19:03:10 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
    Whew. The #i2p project should clean out their default addressbook in the I2P program, at least the #Android version. Most of the sites listed no longer exist.
    In conversation about a month ago from mustard permalink
  4. LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Tuesday, 03-Jan-2023 21:30:26 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
    https://nostr.com/ Took a look, but there doesn't seem to be a production-ready #Nostr client for #Android.
    In conversation about a month ago from Choqok permalink

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    1. Nostr
  5. LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Monday, 05-Dec-2022 18:42:00 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
    On my #Android tablet, ManyVerse ( an #SSB client ) complains that it can't connect to any pubs. I had it connected to multiple pubs, but they appear to have closed. I don't know if it is worth seeking out a new batch.
    In conversation about 2 months ago from web permalink
  6. LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Sunday, 04-Dec-2022 22:44:06 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
    https://nu.federati.net/url/288799 [arstechnica com]

    #Samsung, among others, has leaked their #Android app-signing keys.

    > Guess what has happened! ลukasz Siewierski, a member of Google's Android Security Team, has a post on the Android Partner Vulnerability Initiative (AVPI) issue tracker detailing leaked platform certificate keys that are actively being used to sign malware. The post is just a list of the keys, but running each one through APKMirror or Google's VirusTotal site will put names to some of the compromised keys: Samsung, LG, and Mediatek are the heavy hitters on the list of leaked keys, along with some smaller OEMs like Revoview and Szroco, which makes Walmart's Onn tablets.

    ...

    > What OEMs really need to do is stop using the compromised keys to secure their apps. It's not clear why Samsung continues to use the key. Android's APK Signature Scheme V3 allows developers to change app keys with just an updateโ€”you authenticate an app with the new and old key and indicate that only the new key is supported for updates. This is a requirement for Play Store apps, but again, system apps from OEMs are not subject to any of the Play Store rules, so some OEMs are still using the old v2 signature scheme.

    > Thankfully, these leaked keys are only for apps and not the keys used to sign OS updates. So even if the v3 signature scheme is not in use, theoretically the affected companies could ship a still-secure OTA update that includes new system apps with new keys, and they could make new corresponding Play Store updates that are compatible with those new keys. That sounds like a lot of work, though.
    In conversation about 2 months ago from Choqok permalink

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    1. Samsungโ€™s Android app-signing key has leaked, is being used to sign malware
      from @RonAmadeo
      The cryptographic key proves an update is legit, assuming your OEM doesn't lose it.
  7. Cosmin (cosmin@gnusocial.net)'s status on Saturday, 29-Oct-2022 07:54:17 UTC Cosmin Cosmin
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    What are you folks using for browsing #GnuSocial on #Android?
    In conversation about 3 months ago from gnusocial.net permalink
  8. LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 11-Aug-2022 19:36:37 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
    > Google Wi-Fi Provisioner won't work unless you enable Play Services

    > Samsung Location SDK won't work unless you enable Play Services

    I might believe that if #Wi-Fi wasn't working all the time I have had this phone. As for #location, that is turned off anyway. If there is any legitimate purpose for which the phone needs its location, tower triangulation can help a lot.

    It makes me wonder what is so important about Play Services. What extra data collection or owner / user monitoring is embedded that #Android itself lacks?
    In conversation about 6 months ago from mustard permalink
  9. LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Monday, 07-Feb-2022 12:28:33 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
    #NYTimes begins a series on smartphone tracking, based on the largest dataset ever leaked. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/12/19/opinion/location-tracking-cell-phone.html [www nytimes com]

    Turn location OFF and leave it OFF. Nearly all application programs (apps) will still work, but they will periodically nag you, saying they cannot function without it. (Similar to the way several unrelated #Android apps will claim that they cannot work without Google Play Services being enabled.)

    Note that many apps added some sort of mapping related functionality, which doesnโ€™t fully work without location. But do you really need to share your music and video choices with nearby strangers?
    In conversation about a year ago from Shoyu permalink

    Attachments

    1. Opinion | Twelve Million Phones, One Dataset, Zero Privacy (Published 2019)
      What we learned from the spy in your pocket.
  10. LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Tuesday, 01-Feb-2022 23:10:11 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
    #Samsung and #Google announce unified watch platform, merging #Tizen and #Android based #WearOS. https://www.theverge.com/2021/5/18/22440483/samsung-smartwatch-google-wearos-tizen-watch [www theverge com]
    In conversation about a year ago from mustard permalink

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    1. Google and Samsung are merging Wear OS and Tizen
      from Chris Welch
      This is a huge deal for the Android smartwatch world.
  11. LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Monday, 17-Jan-2022 15:55:44 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
    Lenovo Tab3 ... still running #Android v.6.0 with last (only) update in 2017. Time to see about flashing an updated OS onto it.
    In conversation about a year ago from AndStatus permalink
  12. LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Sunday, 12-Dec-2021 19:26:55 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
    #Android apps updating. #F-Droid presented me with 34 updates. Likely due to #log4j vulnerability.
    In conversation about a year ago from mustard permalink
  13. LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Saturday, 11-Dec-2021 04:41:51 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
    in reply to
    • GeniusMusing
    • a Claes unto himself ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ’›
    @geniusmusing

    Believed affected: * cloud platforms
    * enterprise applications ( which are often written in #Java )
    * Minecraft ( which was where the #log4j flaw was discovered )
    * #Android apps ( noted by @clacke )

    Possibly, other "log4" libraries may have a similar flaw.
    In conversation about a year ago from web permalink
  14. LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Tuesday, 30-Nov-2021 04:16:29 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
    I have an old #Samsung Galaxy A tablet. I primarily use it for watching streams (videogames โ€ฆ twitch and seriousposters) and videochats. Whatever #Android version it runs has not been updated in years.

    I want to replace it โ€ฆ and possibly install LineageOS or another such OS on the decommissioned device.
    In conversation about a year ago from Shoyu permalink
  15. a Claes unto himself ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ’› (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Friday, 26-Nov-2021 10:07:19 UTC a Claes unto himself 🇸🇪🇭🇰💙💛 a Claes unto himself ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ’›
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    I am using XClipper and it is brilliant. The clipboard history even survives reboot!

    I used to open a tab to hashify.me and post things into it as a workaround just in case a form I was typing a long text into would unload from memory as I was flipping tabs for sources and quotes. hashify.me stores text in the URL, so it can survive an unload+reload.

    Never again! Now I just copy the partially-written post to the clipboard and I can still go find and copy links and quotes without losing it.

    XClipper - Smart Clipboard manager for Android (A smart clipboard manager for Android with synchronization feature.)

    f-droid.org/packages/com.kpstvโ€ฆ

    #Android #FDroid #XClipper #ClipboardManager
    In conversation about a year ago from libranet.de permalink
  16. a Claes unto himself ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ’› (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Sunday, 10-Oct-2021 05:35:19 UTC a Claes unto himself 🇸🇪🇭🇰💙💛 a Claes unto himself ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ’›
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    The saga of trying to build the monster that is Chromium for Android, reproducibly, all from source:

    gitlab.com/fdroid/rfp/-/issuesโ€ฆ (Bromite, Chromium degoogled)

    gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroiddata/-โ€ฆ (Unobtainium, Chromium all open source, all from source)

    guix manages to build ungoogled-chromium for GNU and that's hard enough, but for Android it's even trickier. Part of the problem is as usual to disentangle the Play Services dependencies.

    For now it is, indeed, unobtainable.

    To even almost-succeed you need over 4 GiB virtual memory for the linking, over 10 GiB disk space for the sources alone and over 30 GiB disk space for the build artifacts. If you are a bit starved for CPU or I/O you're looking at s 24+ hour build.

    #Bromite #Unobtainium #UnobtainiumBrowser #Android #Chromium #FDroid
    In conversation Sunday, 10-Oct-2021 05:35:19 UTC from libranet.de permalink
  17. LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Sunday, 25-Jul-2021 18:29:36 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
    Serious information disclosure bug in #Signal on #Android https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/issues/10247

    Attaching a photo also attaches photos from other conversations.
    In conversation Sunday, 25-Jul-2021 18:29:36 UTC from web permalink

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    1. Images from another user displayed in message ยท Issue #10247 ยท signalapp/Signal-Android
      I have searched open and closed issues for duplicates I am submitting a bug report for existing functionality that does not work as intended I have read https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/...
  18. LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Monday, 05-Jul-2021 07:30:17 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
    Today I learned: "Anbox":{https://anbox.io/} ... #Android in a Box. #Anbox allows Android to run on top of a #GNU / #Linux distro, integrated with it.

    Uses #LXC and other standard technologies.
    In conversation Monday, 05-Jul-2021 07:30:17 UTC from web permalink
  19. LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Sunday, 18-Apr-2021 14:16:12 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
    When did #Android start hiding the 'apps' that have used the most of the current battery charge? https://nu.federati.net/attachment/280731
    In conversation Sunday, 18-Apr-2021 14:16:12 UTC from mustard permalink

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  20. Humane Tech Now (humanetech@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 14-Feb-2021 14:36:41 UTC Humane Tech Now Humane Tech Now
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    Heads up #Fediverse

    @k9mail is looking for funding to maintain their popular #android mail app. #k9mail hopes to raise โ‚ฌ1,000 p/w on #liberapay to be able to work fulltime on the project.

    https://k9mail.app/2021/02/14/K-9-Mail-is-looking-for-funding

    In conversation Sunday, 14-Feb-2021 14:36:41 UTC from mastodon.social permalink
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