The #FDroid website has a new banner on top to remind visitors that #Google did not change course and #Android will be locked-down in under 200 days.

If you care about the freedom to control your devices and care about the privacy of you data, please contact your representative and make your voice heard.

https://keepandroidopen.org/ (thanks @marcprux@mastodon.social) has the resources to guide you.

We know users will rarely visit the site so the Client(s) will get a banner soon too.

Thank you for your support!

Mastodon is testing easier ways to get you started in the fediverse https://www.theverge.com/tech/881352/mastodon-default-server-recommendations-experiment

US lawyers fire up #privacy class action accusing #Lenovo of bulk data transfers to #China

https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/17/lenovo_privacy_lawsuit/

#privacy #surveillance

Huge updates on the Stop Killing Games campaign and the EU Citizens' Initiative:

Giant stop killing games updat...

Google announced that as of September 2026, it will no longer be possible to develop apps for the Android platform without first registering centrally with Google. This registration will involve:

- Paying a fee to Google
- Agreeing to Google’s Terms and Conditions
- Providing government identification
- Uploading evidence of the developer’s private signing key
- Listing all current and future application identifiers

https://keepandroidopen.org/

#android #opensource #keepandroidopen

If you're on LinkedIn and are thinking about verifying your account with them, maybe read this first. It walks through LinkedIn's privacy disclosure to identify 17 companies that may receive and process the data you submit, including name, passport photo, selfie, facial geometry, NFC data chip, national ID #, DoB, email, phone number, address, IP address, device type, MAC address, language, geolocation etc. Unsurprisingly, it seems the biggest recipients are US-based AI companies.

https://thelocalstack.eu/posts/linkedin-identity-verification-privacy/

Across the US, people are dismantling and destroying Flock surveillance cameras

Link: https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/across-the-us-people-are-dismantling

Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47095134

When your password leaks:

→ Change your password
→ Problem solved

When your biometric data leaks:

→ You can't change your face
→ You can't change your fingerprints
→ The compromise is permanent
→ Your biometric data is in breach databases forever

This is why facial recognition for age verification is dangerous.

#Biometrics #Privacy #Discord

No, opposing LLMs isn't "purity culture." I've seen this now from quite a few different people, and I disagree vehemently. It is good, actually, to have moral principles and hold to them, even when people with more money than you find said principles annoying.

Stop Killing Games diventa ONG: la battaglia contro la “morte” dei videogiochi entra in una nuova fase - https://videogamezone.eu/news/stop-killing-games-diventa-ong-la-battaglia-contro-la-morte-dei-videogiochi-entra-in-una-nuova-fase-31885

Stop Killing Games Is Launching Two Official NGOs in the EU and the US

#gamingnews

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the future

https://gnulinux.tube/w/4fXBzivRGte6RbUAnUT2nx

Local consumer protection agencies, regulators, and representatives can be just as powerful as national ones, and they often listen more closely to their constituents (especially in an election year). New feature: you can now reach out directly to your EU Member of Parliament or US State Senator and consumer protection agencies from the regulators list at https://keepandroidopen.org/#consumers. Speak out now, before it is too late!

Yes, I could use archive.today (and its clones), but its behavior is WAY to sketchy at this point. See https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/02/wikipedia-bans-archive-today-after-site-executed-ddos-and-altered-web-captures/

Spotted around #CambridgeMA.

https://ladybird.org/posts/adopting-rust/

Here's that browser you said was gonna replace Firefox lol