#microg v0.2.28.231657

https://github.com/microg/GmsCore/releases/tag/v0.2.28.231657

Changelog
Entirely new, rewritten location stack
Major update to maps implementation. Thanks fynngodau
Support for reCAPTCHA Enterprise API
Various compatibility improvements

Notes
The new location stack does not support UnifiedNlp modules anymore. This was a step necessary to take to get locations properly working on latest Android versions. This means that some features previously available through UnifiedNlp modules do no longer exist. The goal is to merge the most important of those features into GmsCore. For now, the new locations stack is relying exclusively on Mozilla Location Service for network based location.
microG GmsCore now requests a few additional privileged permissions. As always, privileged permissions are optional for microG and you can continue using microG as an unprivileged app with only minor downsides. The new privileged permissions are:
android.permission.LOCATION_HARDWARE
android.permission.MODIFY_PHONE_STATE
android.permission.NETWORK_SCAN
android.permission.UPDATE_DEVICE_STATS
android.permission.WATCH_APPOPS

#GApps: Open GApps, NikGApps, FlameGApps, and more #spyware

https://www.xda-developers.com/download-google-apps-gapps/

#Accrescent

A novel Android app store focused on security, privacy, and usability.
Currently in early alpha

https://accrescent.app

https://github.com/accrescent/accrescent

Features:
App signing key pinning
Signed repository metadata
Automatic, unprivileged, unattended updates
First-class support for split APKs
No remote APK signing
Meaningful quality control for submitted apps
No account requirement for installing apps
...and more. See the features page on the website for details.

Warning from its faq:
Apps do not need to be open-source to be submitted to Accrescent. Although open-source software provides additional transparency and can make it easier for users to check overall code quality, it is not inherently more secure or private than closed-source software. Likewise, proprietary software is not inherently less secure or private than open-source software. Since Accrescent is focused on security and privacy it wouldn't make sense for it to restrict developers to a specific source model.

#apk #store

LibreMobileOS

AOSP-based mobile OS aiming to ease transition to de-googled(*) #Android use-cases, while also supporting using Google services.
Supports microg or gms

https://libremobileos.com/lmodroid

https://get.libremobileos.com

Buttplug Sex Toy Control Project

Buttplug is an open-source standards and software project for controlling intimate hardware, including sex toys, fucking machines, and more.

https://buttplug.io

Intiface® is a set of applications for accessing and controlling intimate haptics/sensor hardware, built on the Buttplug Framework.

https://intiface.com

Snappy: A tool to detect rogue WiFi access points on open networks –

Cybersecurity researchers have released a new tool called 'Snappy' that can help detect fake or rogue WiFi access points that attempts to steal data from unsuspecting people.
Attackers can create fake access points in supermarkets, coffee shops, and malls that impersonate real ones already established at the location. This is done to trick users into connecting to the rogue access points and relay sensitive data through the attackers' devices.

#Cybersec #Python
#Wifi #RogueAccessPoints

PhoneSploit Pro

An all-in-one hacking tool written in Python to remotely exploit Android devices using ADB (Android Debug Bridge) and Metasploit-Framework.

https://github.com/AzeemIdrisi/PhoneSploit-Pro

#kali #nethunter #hacking #Metasploit #Android #ADB

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We may finally have a censorship resistant online shopping market where people can buy and sell using Bitcoin and hopefully other currencies!

Nostr Market is a decentralized marketplace, and it just saw it's first official release two days ago. It is built as an extension for LNbits.

It is for both merchants, and individuals looking to sell anything and everything.

Nostr Market is based on the Nostr protocol, which means there are no central servers or controlling authority.

User iefan, in reference to his project, announced on Nostr that, "there will soon be a web version of Nostr Marketplace. I will have no control over it, and it will be completely unstoppable."

His version of Nostr Marketplace is called the "Zapit Store" because people will be able to buy and sell by "zapping" Bitcoin to each other.

Nostr and Nostr Marketplace are built around Bitcoin.

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Here is a demo of Nostr Marketplace in action. (Starts at 1:54:06)

#Nostr_Marketplace

Cromite

#Cromite is a #Chromium web #browser fork based on #Bromite with built-in support for ad blocking and an eye for privacy.

Available for Android Marshmallow and above (v6.0, API level 23) and Windows.

https://github.com/uazo/cromite

F.A.Q. https://github.com/uazo/cromite/blob/master/FAQ.md

wiki https://github.com/bromite/bromite/wiki

Download https://github.com/uazo/cromite/releases

Squawker (An open-source anonymous Twitter client) fork of Fritter

Features:
- Privacy: No login, no tracking, with all data local
- Feed: View all your subscriptions in a chronological feed
- Subscriptions: Follow and group accounts
- Search: Find users and tweets
- Bookmarks: Save tweets locally and offline
- Trends: See what's trending in the world
- Polls: View results without needing to vote
- Light and Dark themes: Protect your eyes.. And more!

#FrontEnd #Privacy #Twitter
F-Droid | Github

My brand new project, Android Debloat List, is created not only to catalogue potential apps that might be disabled, uninstalled or replaced with FOSS alternatives but also to warn users about the potential danger of using certain system apps. As part of this effort, I’ll also be recording vulnerabilities for system apps. To report a vulnerability, create a new issue with the following information:
1. Package name along with its name/label
2. CVD/CVE (or if not supported, link to the vulnerability)
3. Affected versions (either a list or a range) using version name (optional) and version code
4. Optional comments
5. How it should be dealt (update, remove, replace with alternative, keep due to potential issues)

Why? Because vulnerabilities do not show up in almost any AV software.

[I’m currently taking a break from FOSS development, I’ll create an issue template for it when I’ll be back in the next month.]

#UAD Universal #Android #Debloater

Cross-platform GUI written in Rust using ADB to debloat non-rooted android devices. Improve your privacy, the security and battery life of your device.

https://github.com/0x192/universal-android-debloater

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You can get most music and movies through Bittorrents. Here's how you set up qBittorrent for search, and how to set it up to keep yourself off of your ISP's radar.

Click each step to go to a more detailed tutorial for that step.

1. Enable Search
(Watch ☝️ the video )

2. Require Encryption

3. Use a USA IP Blocklist

4. Limit Number of Connections

5. Limit Connection Speed

6. Use a Different Port at Each Startup

7. Use a VPN with your system
There are so many options
on VPNs. We're not going
to attempt to tackle this.

I have been using these settings for almost 20 years without a VPN, and have never received a cease and desist notice from any ISP. Most tutorials recommend you use a VPN, but you can try these settings, and if your ISP leaves you alone, no need to pay for a VPN. If you get the letter, then you can get a VPN.

Note: You can do the exact same things in Transmission, except search.

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#qBittorrent_Setup

Saber

A (work-in-progress) cross-platform libre handwritten #notes app

https://saber.adil.hanney.org

https://github.com/adil192/saber

LibreTube (Alternative YouTube frontend for Android built with Piped)

LibreTube is an alternative frontend for YouTube. It uses the Piped API to load data and play videos and thus needs no YT account and no Google Services on your device.

FDroid | Telegram
#LibreTube #FrontEnd #Piped