Nuovo video tutorial su @FreeTube@fosstodon.org (Windows, macOS, Linux e Android), @invidious@social.tchncs.de (web) e Tubular (Android) per guardare #YouTube senza pubblicità con software libero.

PeerTube: https://videos.gianmarco.gg/w/myCVxF9Jqy4emPmZXPe6fD
Odysee: https://odysee.com/@gianmarcogg03:e/freetube:a
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNlyFjL173o

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#FreeSoftware #LibreSoftware #SoftwareLibero #OpenSource #FOSS #Video #Privacy #Linux #GNULinux #Android #Windows #Mac #macOS #Ad #Ads #AdBlock #Google

If you've wondered how Android developer verification affects Accrescent, today we have a new blog post explaining briefly what it is, how it impacts us, and how we're responding.

https://blog.accrescent.app/posts/android-developer-verification/

#accrescent #android #appstore #security #privacy

Commerzbank (one of the largest German banks) just banned GrapheneOS:

https://discuss.grapheneos.org/d/28440-commerzbank-one-of-the-largest-german-banks-bans-grapheneos

There is literally zero reason why banking apps shouldn't work on GrapheneOS, and yet so many European financial institutions prefer to rely on the security assurances of megacorporations controlled by a foreign country.

At least I hope that the current geopolitical madness will contribute to stopping this plague.

#google #android #aosp #grapheneos #lineageos #bigtech #enshittification #security #privacy #digitalsovereignty #usa #eu #europe #politics #germany #commerzbank

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!

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

KDE supports the "Keep Android Open" campaign

#Google will cut off independent developers to #Android if they do not register with Google first. This will kill independent platforms like @fdroidorg@floss.social and severely impede FLOSS devs from creating apps for Android.

https://keepandroidopen.org/

Many KDE apps are deployed for Android: KDE Connect, Itinerary, Tokodon, and there's even a test version of Krita for Android.

KDE calls on Google to reverse course and @keepandroidopen@techhub.social.

https://keepandroidopen.org/open-letter/

Motorola announces partnership with Graphene OS to bring us secure phones!

https://motorolanews.com/motorola-three-new-b2b-solutions-at-mwc-2026/

So the mysterious manufacturer GOS was working with was Motorola, not OnePlus as early speculations suggested. This is good news, Motorola is owned by Lenovo and makes cool phones!

Reminder that Graphene OS is still based on AOSP and therefore, IMHO, eventually doomed to succumb to Google's shenanigans. However, for now and for the foreseeable future, that's the best we can have.

#grapheneos #motorola #android #aosp #linux #pixel #google #enshittification #security #privacy

Motorola annuncia una partnership con la GrapheneOS Foundation

https://motorolanews.com/motorola-three-new-b2b-solutions-at-mwc-2026/

#GrapheneOS #Privacy #Cybersecurity #Android

📩 Leggi e diffondi la lettera aperta contro il programma di verifica degli sviluppatori Android

La descrizione del programma di Google continua a dichiarare chiaramente che:

"A partire da settembre 2026, #Android richiederà che tutte le app vengano registrate da sviluppatori verificati per poter essere installate su dispositivi Android certificati."

https://keepandroidopen.org/it/

@eticadigitale

Grazie a @raccoon@hollow.raccoon.quest per la segnalazione

https://makertube.net/w/cQECfDkuLGR9eUQquUEo4K

Per chi usa la scrittura swipe, HeliBoard ha avviato un progetto per la raccolta delle tracce di swipe al fine di creare un modello open source per realizzare una libreria alternativa a quella (chiusa) di Google.

Se avete già HeliBoard, trovare nelle impostazioni le istruzioni per partecipare.

Se non l'avete, cosa aspettate ad installarla e contribuire?!!

#android #opensource #swipe #keyboard

Remember? "Sideloading" is here to stay, and won't go away, they said? Don't be afraid, they said? Something something "we heard you"? Suuuure! Who would ever doubt it!

Attached the copy of a mail developers with apps in the PlayStore CURRENTLY receive. Please, read the text in the red box carefully:

"Apps not registered by September 2026 WILL NO LONGER BE INSTALLABLE ON CERTIFIED ANDROID DEVICES in select countries."

See an exception there? I don't.

#Google #Android #DeveloperCertfication

sounds like the web is about to get a lot more annoying to use for #grapheneos users and others using #android devices with """compromised integrity""", people without smartphones, people using smartphones with other operating systems, etc.: https://support.google.com/recaptcha/answer/16609652

google's new "mobile reCAPTCHA verification" will require you to scan a QR code from either an iOS device with the reCAPTCHA app or an android device with up-to-date google play services.

EDIT: this is part of google's new "fraud defense" system, and is (seemingly) intended to be used for more "important" things like purchases rather than just e.g. comment sections. however, there's nothing stopping site owners from using this thing everywhere

#Android verification is coming: #Google confirms timeline and supported app stores

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/06/google-shares-updated-timeline-for-rolling-out-android-developer-verification/

#sideloading #privacy #FOSS #cybersecurity

More than 200k users said NO!

More than 70 organisations signed a letter saying NO!

#FDroid wrote posts on why NOT!

We've talked with you and your representatives, around the world.

We've made the #KeepAndroidOpen website to explain it.

If you read the #Android tech news, you saw it.

If you use a search engine, you found it.

If you've asked their own #Gemini, you got the summary.

But who didn't see, hear or read anything from above? Yes, #Google

For your saftety? https://f-droid.org/2026/07/01/adv-malware.html

#CalyxOS is back – download release 7.2.2.0 with full maintenance support

https://calyxos.org/news/2026/07/01/calyxos-official-release-is-back/

#Android #privacy #FOSS