SMSecure is a privacy-focused SMS messenger for Android.

SMSecure is a fork of Silence/TextSecure, created to preserve encrypted SMS functionality on modern Android devices. It keeps the familiar feel of a classic SMS app while adding tools for private, verified conversations.

🔐 Encrypted #SMS conversations
Use end-to-end encrypted SMS with compatible contacts. SMSecure uses the Signal #encryption protocol for secure conversations when both sides support it.

SMSecure
https://f-droid.org/packages/org.jimvixx.smsecure

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Deku SMS
Deku is an SMS app that supports end to end #encryption and photo sharing
DekuSMS is an open-source SMS app designed to prioritize your privacy and security while using SMS.
With DekuSMS, you can send and receive end-to-end encrypted SMS messages, ensuring that your conversations remain confidential.

DekuSMS also enables users with the option to configure the app to forward their SMS messages to their online servers.

Deku SMS
https://f-droid.org/packages/com.afkanerd.deku

OpenVibe

open-source desktop environment for agentic coding, built with Tauri and Rust. In my testing, it uses up to 4.5× less peak RAM than comparable Electron-based tools.

The agent works directly with a real repository: it gathers context, creates a plan, edits files, runs commands, and shows its progress and tool calls directly in the chat.

The application combines Monaco Editor, reviewable diffs, change rollback, Git, a terminal, LSP, MCP integrations, and a dedicated Chromium instance that the agent can control through CDP.

OpenVibe runs locally and is not tied to a single AI provider. Users can connect a cloud API, a custom OpenAI-compatible endpoint, or a local model through Ollama, LM Studio, or vLLM.

Builds are available for Windows, macOS, and Linux. The project is licensed under GPL-3.0.

GitHub:
https://github.com/nihmadev/OpenVibe

#ai

Tuba 0.11 released [LWN.net]
https://lwn.net/Articles/1089537/

"Version 0.11 of the Tuba fediverse client has been released. Notable changes in this release include support for Mastodon collections and quotes, ability to create custom thumbnails for attachments, a new emoji picker, a build for Android, as well as many other enhancements"

GitHub - GeopJr/Tuba: Browse the Fediverse · GitHub

@dcntr
#MastodonClient #Mastodon #Fediverse #Tuba

🍿 Google Secretly Installed a New App on Your Phone Again — Check It Now!

🔗 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhDWMrAYw2g

#debloat #Android #Google #how #why

How to block it from installing

Same way as the safetycore blocker.

https://github.com/daboynb/developer-verifier-placeholder

And if you didn't have it for safetycore, it can be found here:
https://github.com/daboynb/Safetycore-placeholder

If you have any issues theres a issue tracker with some that had issues on some brands

https://github.com/daboynb/developer-verifier-placeholder/issues/1

@NoGoolag @LibreWare
#debloat #Android #Google #how #why

If you're having trouble on android 17, try this

🍿 Can't Remove Bloatware in Android 17 with ADB? Try This Instead

🔗 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaJs9vuSnqc

#debloat #Android #Google #how #why #adb

Tldr don't install #chrome

weights.bin (4GB), a malicious file by Google on web browsers

#Google #bloatware #spyware #ai #why

Designation of Autistici/Inventati as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist

https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesperson/2026/08/designation-of-autistici-inventati-as-a-specially-designated-global-terrorist/

💥 An israeli doctrine became US counterterrorism policy and put an Italian server collective on the terror list

For twenty-five years, a few dozen volunteers in Italy have run free email accounts, virtual private networks and Noblogs, a platform for activists who would rather not entrust their politics to Google or Meta. On 26 August 2026, the United States Treasury designated their collective, Autistici/Inventati, a Specially Designated Global Terrorist, placing a volunteer-run mail service in the legal company of al-Qaeda and Islamic State.


🟠 The Israeli Blueprint That Put an Italian Mail Server on America’s Terror List - READ MORE:
https://21stcenturywire.com/2026/08/31/the-israeli-blueprint-that-put-an-italian-mail-server-on-americas-terror-list/

@My21wire
#AusticiInventati

SimpleX Chat v7.0.0
=> https://simplex.chat/

SimpleX - the first messaging platform operating without user identifiers of any kind - 100% private by design! iOS and Android apps are released!

Private & encrypted - the only platform without user identifiers!

Changelog:
=> https://github.com/simplex-chat/simplex-chat/releases/tag/v6.5.6
=> https://github.com/simplex-chat/simplex-chat/releases/tag/v7.0.0

Via @dcntr
#IM #SimpleX

umbrelOS 2.0 Brings Cloud Like Ease to Self Hosted Servers – https://reclaimthenet.org/umbrelos-2-cloud-like-self-hosted-server-upgrade

UmbrelOS, the free and open-source operating system for self-hosted server apps, is trying to make using a home server as easy as using a cloud service, with the key difference being that the user is in control of the hardware and the data.

GitHub - getumbrel/umbrel: An elegant home server OS. Run OpenClaw, store your files and, and do more with over 300 apps in the Umbrel App Store. · GitHub – https://github.com/getumbrel/umbrel

#HomeServer #SelfHosting #UmbrelOS

Ikey Doherty vs Tech Industry (Omarchy Showdown) (YT)

I'm Ikey Doherty, former open source developer / distro developer / founder etc.
Recently I became aware of Omarchy and more specifically the founders (DHH) deeply offensive comments about nomadic people.
Having previously fully exited open source & the industry, this upset and triggered me

The fact that tech executives the world over have pumped around $13 million into what's effectively a wallpaper-respin-distro as a trojan horse for normalising their extreme views.. well we can't be putting up with that now can we?

This is the launch video to start our content journey where we'll be building (in public) a distro from scratch to show the industry, and those from marginalised backgrounds like myself, you don't need a huge wallet or permission to do better than the deeply entrenched tech industry

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ikey-Doherty-Plans-Linux-Build

- Buy me an energy drink or become a member

- The new GitHub account "Barney" first

#gnulinux

Elom Musk's X Tried to Kill Nitter. The Project Just Said It’s Coming Back | itsFoss

Nitter, the open source front-end for reading X posts without signing up for an account, is not going anywhere yet.

Weeks after X Corp's lawyers showed up demanding a permanent shutdown, the project's GitHub repository has come out of read-only mode with an updated README that says

Now, the repository and the homepage carry the same message, with the latter further stating that the flagship instance of Nitter and third-party-hosted ones will be back up soon.

A proper announcement is expected sometime within the next few days.

@itsfoss_official
#Nitter

The Changing State of Openness in Android | Chaos Computer Club - Foscon

In this talk, I want to give an overview of the changes that Google has introduced in the past twelve months in the #Android ecosystem and how they are affecting Android users, device manufacturers, custom #ROM maintainers and the open-source community in general.

Last year, Google announced the introduction of Android Developer Verification and upcoming restrictions for Android Application sideloading on Android-certified devices. This caused a wave of opposition in the open-source community and led to the creation of the "Keep Android Open" initiative. Projects like #UnifiedPush, have seen an increased interest and ideas for a Unified Attestation framework are emerging.

Apart from that, there are further changes that Google has made to the development process of the AOSP that affect #AOSP developers and custom ROM maintainers, like #LineageOS or #GrapheneOS.

Content Creators Will Love This FOSS Android App | it's Foss

If you are a content creator in 2026, then I am sure you end up juggling through a stack of apps and browser-based tools for the same handful of jobs. One resizes an image, another handles format conversion, a third takes care of watermarks, and a website somewhere tells you the exact pixel dimensions Instagram, X, or YouTube expects.

None of those steps take long on their own, but doing them one after another for every single post does add up.

Image Toolbox is built to make all that easier. It's an Android app that offers resizing, format conversion, watermarking, and platform-accurate exports under one roof.


Image Toolbox | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository
https://f-droid.org/packages/ru.tech.imageresizershrinker/

https://github.com/T8RIN/ImageToolbox

via @itsfoss_official
#ImageToolbox