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A while back Louis Rossman and FUTO gave us the open source not-FOSS app Grayjay, which is designed to let you surf and search all your favorite video streaming services at once.

Grayjay does everything the popular BraveNewPipe app does, plus more.

So far Grayjay works w/these platforms (to a certain extent)

- Rumble
- Odysee
- Youtube
- FUTO's PeerTube Instance
- Twitch
- Patreon
- Soundcloud
- Kick
- Nebula

Sorry, no BitChute support yet.

Grayjay lets you download videos for offline viewing, & then export those to your Movies folder on your phone.

You can download Gray using one of these options:

1. Get it through the Zapstore

1. Sideload the apk install file 👉 here

2. Add the FUTO repo to F-Droid and install from there

Their GitLab source code can be found 👉 here.

Another major benefit is Grayjay will Chromecast movies, without Google Play Services installed.

#Grayjay #Futo

I am often asked why GrapheneOS is my favourite degoogled operating system.
This is a great comparison of the better known Stock- Android alternatives
https://eylenburg.github.io/android_comparison.htm

Take my money: OCR crypto stealers in Google Play and App Store

In March 2023, researchers at ESET discovered malware implants embedded into various messaging app mods. Some of these scanned users’ image galleries in search of crypto wallet access recovery phrases. The search employed an OCR model which selected images on the victim’s device to exfiltrate and send to the C2 server. The campaign, which targeted Android and Windows users, saw the malware spread through unofficial sources. In late 2024, we discovered a new malware campaign we dubbed “SparkCat”, whose operators used similar tactics while attacking Android and iOS users through both official and unofficial app stores. Our conclusions in a nutshell:

We found Android and iOS apps, some available in Google Play and the App Store, which were embedded with a malicious SDK/framework for stealing recovery phrases for crypto wallets. The infected apps in Google Play had been downloaded more than 242,000 times. This was the first time a stealer had been found in Apple’s App Store.

The Android malware module would decrypt and launch an OCR plug-in built with Google’s ML Kit library, and use that to recognize text it found in images inside the gallery. Images that matched keywords received from the C2 were sent to the server. The iOS-specific malicious module had a similar design and also relied on Google’s ML Kit library for OCR.

The malware, which we dubbed “SparkCat”, used an unidentified protocol implemented in Rust, a language untypical of mobile apps, to communicate with the C2.

Judging by timestamps in malware files and creation dates of configuration files in GitLab repositories, SparkCat has been active since March 2024.

https://securelist.com/sparkcat-stealer-in-app-store-and-google-play/115385/

Extremely pleasing to see SLNT ( the providers of my Faraday products) have secured their 8th military contract. This time with the US AirForce Global Strike Command (AFGSC).
Congratulations :)

I have been a bit  slow in the pickup, but I see we can now have multiple brave browsers in the same login...
In the brave window, hamburger menu, more tools, add new profile...
Perfect for those wanting to run multiple metamask wallets etc on the same PC login.
Far preferable over Firefox....

Elon Musk: “I am not working on a phone. I can tell you where I think things will go, which is that we’re not going to have a phone in the traditional sense. What we’ll call a phone will really be an edge node for AI inference with some radios to connect. Essentially, you’ll have AI on the server side communicating with AI on your device—formerly known as a phone—and generating real-time video of anything you could possibly want. There won’t be operating systems or apps in the future; it’ll just be a device that’s there for the screen and audio, and to put as much AI on the device as possible.”

(via Joe Rogan Experience Podcast)

https://x.com/SawyerMerritt/status/1984322181241680266

I have just had these made for me, and listing on my website.
They are similar to a placemat., but I have EMF shielding material in the middle so if you use a laptop on your knees it will protect from radiation :)
For a limited time I am taking pre-orders for $70 plus $15 postage.
Expected in about 2 weeks....
Email me with your interest and I will out your name down :
https://freedomtech.com.au/emf-protection-laptop-pad-30x40cm/

Last day today for this special price.

I have just had these made for me, and listing on my website.
They are similar to a placemat., but I have EMF shielding material in the middle so if you use a laptop on your knees it will protect from radiation :)
For a limited time I am taking pre-orders for $70 plus $15 postage.
Expected in about 2 weeks....
Email me with your interest and I will out your name down :
https://freedomtech.com.au/emf-protection-laptop-pad-30x40cm/

I know the price of a deGoogled phone puts it out of reach for many people. Others stay on stock Android because they think they'll need to learn a whole new technology (they won't).
If your friends, your family, or even yourself want a bit more privacy without changing your phone, I've just revamped this earlier guide to help.

https://freedomtech.com.au/android-app-alternatives/