gtriever

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gtriever2d ago
Keep Android OpenMar 18
How do you feel about the impending lockdown of Android?
Good, it is necessary for our safety and security
0.9%
OK, I trust Google to prioritize user interests
0.5%
Bad, it is an attempt to take complete control
57.3%
Terrible, this is the end of software freedom
41.3%
Poll ended at .
gtriever2d ago
Keep Android Open6d ago
Thank you April (@aprilorg) for supporting Keep Android Open at https://keepandroidopen.org/open-letter/#signatories @keepandroidopen #KeepAndroidOpen
An Open Letter to Google regarding Mandatory Developer Registration for Android App Distribution

Open Letter to Google Regarding Mandatory Developer Registration for Third-Party App Distribution

gtrieverMar 14
Stop Killing Games OfficialFeb 24

Watch our press conference after our meeting with the @EUCommission earlier today where you can meet some of the #StopKillingGames team and supporters, and hear answers to some live questions streamed from our Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/stopkillinggames_official

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaACIq0ar44

Thanks to JoshStrifeHayes, Clemens from @doesitplay.org, Moritz Katzner, all the organisers, @marketkag.bsky.social and of course Ross Scott and all of you almost 1.3 million people who signed this!

StopKillingGames_Official - Twitch

"Stop Killing Games" is a consumer movement started to challenge the legality of publishers destroying video games they have sold to customers. This is our official Twitch channel.

Twitch
gtrieverMar 6
Keep Android OpenFeb 27
Remember the long-since-expunged Android philosophy? "We also wanted to make sure there was no central point of failure, where one industry player could restrict or control the innovations of any other." Because the Wayback Machine remembers (https://web.archive.org/web/20140702115900/https://source.android.com/source/index.html)…
gtrieverMar 6
Keep Android OpenMar 5

The first week of our Open Letter to Keep Android Open has been a resounding success! Our signatories list has grown to nearly 50 organizations from 20 countries around the world, including the
@eff, @OpenMediaOrg, @brave, @Vivaldi, and many more!

https://keepandroidopen.org/open-letter/#signatories

An Open Letter to Google regarding Mandatory Developer Registration for Android App Distribution

Open Letter to Google Regarding Mandatory Developer Registration for Third-Party App Distribution

gtrieverMar 6
Nextcloud 📱☁️💻Mar 6

🖊 Nextcloud has joined 30+ organizations in signing an open letter to Google opposing the #Android developer verification program.

Why does this matter? Because innovation thrives in #OpenEcosystems!

@keepandroidopen

Read the letter to find out more! 👇https://nextcloud.com/blog/open-letter-android-developer-verification-program/

Nextcloud signs open letter against Android developer verification - Nextcloud

Nextcloud joins more than 30 organizations in signing an open letter to Google opposing the Android Developer Verification Program.

Nextcloud
gtrieverMar 6
Electronic Frontier FoundationMar 6
Targeted advertising gives your location to the government—just ask CBP. https://eff.org/deeplinks/2026/03/targeted-advertising-gives-your-location-government-just-ask-cbp
The Government Uses Targeted Advertising to Track Your Location. Here's What We Need to Do.

The online advertising industry has built a massive surveillance machine, and the government can co-opt it to spy on us.

Electronic Frontier Foundation
gtrieverFeb 19
Show threadEDRiJan 28

2/ 🚧 That’s why the current political moment is worrying. Under the banners of “simplification” and “competitiveness”, deregulation is accelerating.

The #DigitalOmnibus proposal feels more like a bulldozer, heading straight for core data protection safeguards. Rights are reframed as technical hurdles: they easy to reopen, easy to weaken.

Read more about the impacts of this proposal on core rights to data protection & the confidentiality of communications

https://edri.org/our-work/why-the-digital-omnibus-puts-gdpr-and-eprivacy-at-risk/

Why the Digital Omnibus puts GDPR and ePrivacy at risk - European Digital Rights (EDRi)

On 19 November, the European Commission has published two Omnibus proposals: one that rewrites key parts of the GDPR and ePrivacy rules.

European Digital Rights (EDRi)
gtrieverFeb 19
Good News CommunityJan 31

Exciting news! 🌟 The Good News Community is now on Keet – the fully peer-to-peer messenger with zero servers, end-to-end encryption, and direct private chats. Share uplifting stories, positive vibes, memes & more without any surveillance or middlemen.
Join our room -> Link in the comments

Download Keet free at https://keet.io and come spread some joy! Who's in? 🚀

@goodnews

#Keet #P2P #GoodNews #Privacy #PositiveVibes #Decentralized

Keet - The Peer to Peer Chat App

Keet is a peer-to-peer chat application that allows users to communicate directly with each other. 100% end-to-end encrypted. Never on a server.

gtrieverOct 20
Free Software FoundationOct 14
Big #news for #FreeSoftware and anyone who uses a cell phone: https://u.fsf.org/493 #FSF
FSF announces Librephone project — Free Software Foundation — Working together for free software