Das Librephone-Projekt der Free Software Foundation
https://linuxnews.de/das-librephone-projekt-der-free-software-foundation/ #fsf #lineageos #android #linux #linuxnews

Important article on IRL Free Software status.

You still have a lot of appliances that need to be treated as computers.

Android is treated as a throw away appliance

Manufacturers Stop giving updates to Android devices with then a few years, obsoleting a perfectly good working mobile computer

You also have a lot of hardware parts which need open software to run them

We have not really won yet

#OpenSource #programming #Linux #Android

https://dorotac.eu/posts/fosswon/

Hackers can steal 2FA codes and private messages from Android phones

> Android devices are vulnerable to a new attack that can covertly steal 2FA codes, location timelines, and other private data in less than 30 seconds.

> The new attack, named Pixnapping by the team of academic researchers who devised it, requires a victim to first install a malicious app on an Android phone or tablet.

> The app, which requires no system permissions, can then effectively read data that any other installed app displays on the screen. Pixnapping has been demonstrated on Google Pixel phones and the Samsung Galaxy S25 phone and likely could be modified to work on other models with additional work. Google released mitigations last month, but the researchers said a modified version of the attack works even when the update is installed.
https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/10/no-fix-yet-for-attack-that-lets-hackers-pluck-2fa-codes-from-android-phones/ #Android #Cybersecurity #InfoSec #2FA #Privacy #Pixnapping #GooglePixel #Samsung #MobileSecurity #DataBreach #ZeroDay #TechNews #Hacking

LineageOS 23 released

The LineageOS project has released version 23 of their AOSP-based Android variant. LineageOS 23 is based on the initial release of Android 16 - so not the QPR1 release that came later - because Google has not made the source code for that release available yet. Like other, similar projects, LineageOS also suffers from Google's recent further lockdown of Android; not only do they not have acce

https://www.osnews.com/story/143524/lineageos-23-released/

#Android

Anyone know how to disable the extremely annoying rotate rectangle button in #android that appears in the lower left corner? (Which changes the phone from portrait to landscape)

Does an #android application exist that would work as bridge from sms to email? So, move received SMS to Email and allow replying to SMS from email (2-way sync therefore).

I don't even ask for ios for that...

The worst part? It's the growing loss of trust in @EUCommission, driven by a dangerous slide into proposals like "Chat Control" and their dystopian approach to age verification which, laughably, would require a Google a/o Apple-approved device and account.

Data, service sovereignty, my ass.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/08/google-will-block-sideloading-of-unverified-android-apps-starting-next-year

#alphabet #google #android #eu #europe #privacy

In case you have not done so yet, you should play around with Open Camera and advanced Open Source camera program which will unlock features of your camera hardware you didn't know existed.

I've tested the program on all of my current androids

#OpenCamera #Android #OpenSource #POSIX #GNU #GPL

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The photograph shows a close-up view of a green leaf placed on a blue fabric with a floral pattern. The leaf is prominently positioned in the center, with its veins and edges clearly visible. The background fabric features pink and white flowers with a gradient effect, adding a vibrant contrast to the green leaf. The top of the image displays camera interface elements, including icons for settings, flash, and a timer, with the time "06:30:08" and battery level "88.6%" visible. The bottom of the image includes camera controls, such as a shutter button and a circular record button, indicating that the photo was taken using a smartphone camera. Ovis2-8B 🌱 Energy used: 0.209 Wh

Just in case you have not heard of it yet Open Camera is a very powerful camera control program

#Android #programming #camera #POSIX #OpenSource

https://opencamera.org.uk/

F-Droid 1.23 released with Material Design 3 redesign, new repository sites, Logcat file export option

https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroidclient/-/blob/HEAD/CHANGELOG.md

#fdroid #android #opensource #freesoftware

Here are my personal recommendations for apps on GrapheneOS:

* App Stores: Sandboxed Google Play, F-Droid (with IzzyOnDroid repository), Accrescent (installable via GOS App Store), Obtainium (for APKs)

* Phone: Default AOSP/GOS phone app
* SMS: Default AOSP/GOS messenger app
* Contacts: Default AOSP/GOS contacts app
* Camera: Default GrapheneOS Camera app

* Browser: Vanadium (default), Vivaldi browser (Play/Obtainium), Firefox/Fennec (Play/F-Droid)

* File manager: Fossify File Manager (Play/F-Droid)
* Gallery: Fossify Gallery (Play/F-Droid)
* Notes: EasyNotes (Accrescent/F-Droid)
* Calculator: OpenCalc (Obtainium/F-Droid)
* Weather: BreezyWeather (Obtainium/Play/F-Droid)
* Mastodon: Moshidon (Obtainium/Play/F-Droid)
* Matrix: Schildichat (F-Droid, own F-Droid repo)

* Sunup: For apps that support UnifiedPush as notification service (Obtainium/Play/F-Droid)

#grapheneos #android #opensource #fdroid #accrescent #obtainium #fossify #izzyondroid #vanadiumbrowser #vivaldibrowser

However I can highly recommend the FreeOTP+ fork which has some other nice features, but crucially, saves and loads data correctly.