Google has news on what you will need to do for still being able to sideload apps:

* enable developer options
* confirm that you are not tricked
* restart phone and re-authenticate
* wait one day
* confirm with biometrics that you know what you are doing
* decide if you only want unrestricted installs for 1 week or forever
* confirm that you accept the risks
* enjoy the few apps that still have developers motivated to develop for a user-base willing to put up with this

https://goo.gle/advance-flow

SpaceX's highly paid lawyers responded to the hundreds of comments and oppositions submitted to the FCC in one letter, that basically shows they didn't actually read our petitions to deny. And now we astronomers and dark sky advocates who are volunteering our time have to do a shitload more work to respond to their non-response. By Friday.

Fuck you, SpaceX.

In 2013 Aaron Swartz committed suicide for facing 35 years in prison for mass downloading scientific articles.

13 years later, Meta is almost getting away with an infraction orders of magnitude larger.

The law didn't change.

https://torrentfreak.com/uploading-pirated-books-via-bittorrent-qualifies-as-fair-use-meta/

🚨Google wants to kill Android freedom

We've signed an Open Letter to urge #Google to keep #Android #free & #open!

Otherwise Google’s Android is becoming Apple: Your device, their rules.

Here's more info: 👉 https://tuta.com/blog/google-wants-to-kill-android-freedom

Read the full open letter here: 👉 https://keepandroidopen.org/open-letter/

The Death of a Software Craftsman (it happens a lot 'round here)

https://naildrivin5.com/blog/2026/02/23/the-death-of-the-software-craftsman.html

AI Abstinence? All in on Agents? Or resign yourself to becoming a niche craftsperson?

Keep Android Open

https://f-droid.org/2026/02/20/twif.html

🚫 Stop checking admin? — it may be creating technical debt.

Authorization bugs aren’t minor issues.
They can expose salaries, contracts, or customer data.

This article breaks down a Kaigi on Rails 2025 talk proposing a permission-centric architecture that scales with real SaaS systems — combining RBAC + ABAC and explicit rules instead of implicit roles.

Read 👇
https://rubystacknews.com/2026/02/17/stop-checking-admin-designing-authorization-that-wont-become-technical-debt-kaigi-on-rails-2025/

#Ruby #Rails #Authorization #Security #SaaS #WebDev #KaigiOnRails