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Google's Developer Verification mandates real-identity registration for app developers starting September 2026 on certified Android devices 📱.

F-Droid, EFF, and FSF warn it threatens open-source repos, centralizes Google control, and endangers developer privacy 🔒.

@fdroid
@eff
@fsf

🔗 https://itsfoss.com/news/android-developer-verification/

#TechNews #Android #Google #Privacy #OpenSource #FOSS #Developers #Security #Freedom #Sideloading #EFF #F-Droid #UserChoice #Regulation #DigitalRights

Google Says Developer Verification Makes Android Safer. Critics Say It Just Makes Android More Closed

The line between a secure garden and a locked cage is getting blurry.

It's FOSS

Die #Vorratsdatenspeicherung ist grundrechtswidrig.

Um die rechtsstaatliche Alternative «Quick Freeze» durchzusetzen und damit die Massenüberwachung durch den Staat nachhaltig abzuschaffen, brauchen wir 23'000 Franken.

Hilf mit, die Vorratsdatenspeicherung zu kippen: https://www.digitale-gesellschaft.ch/quickfreeze/?s=m

The EU wants creepy AI to scan EVERY message you send. Even the encrypted ones. 😱

But guess who’s EXEMPT?

✅ Government
✅ Military
❌ YOU

That’s not just hypocrisy – that’s Orwellian surveillance.

We at Tuta have been fighting Chat Control since 2022 – and we’ve been winning. 💪
Now, we need YOU to join the fight.

📞 Call your rep.
🔗 Find out more here: https://tuta.com/blog/chat-control-criticism

Let’s save privacy in Europe. ✊

@protonprivacy
Hello Proton team
How is it with the protondrive linux client and the android two way sync? I did not find any update in this regard and like to know if it is worth waiting for proton or if I need to look for some thing else.

Dear #AskFedi,

I need to explore ADHD-friendly and secure login methods on Linux, that can have a backup login method.

Any good sources on this topic?

Edit: “login” as in desktop environment login.
Edit: LUKS would probably fall under this, but it's a bit easier as you can have multiple keys. No MFA though.

@adhd

#Linux #security #ADHD

A really annoying thing that absolutely needs to stop:

- "More info in the discord!" / "Changelog in the Discord!"

STOP THAT.

Discord is a closed, proprietary platform. Post your stuff on the actual open web where more people will see it.

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