Mastodawn

There still a little time left to speak out before #Google s next big anti-competitive monopoly-abusing move of thwarting #SideLoading on #Android

https://keepandroidopen.org/

#FDroid #FreeSoftware #foss #DMA #AntiTrust #monopoly

Keep Android Open

Advocating for Android as a free, open platform for everyone to build apps on.

uniq Feb 12

Neil Brown Jul 26, 2025

tl;dr: too long; didn't read

ai;dr: contains AI slop; didn't read

av;dr: requested age verification; didn't read

451;dr: content unavailable for legal reasons; didn't read

js;dr: page required JavaScript; didn't read

ps;dr: problematic site; didn't read

dr;dr: I feel like a pair of curtains. Pull yourself together.

uniq Jan 27

Torsten Grote Jan 25

F-Droid Basic 2.0 alpha is now available for early testing. Feedback is encouraged and appreciated. More information in the blog post: https://f-droid.org/2026/01/24/fdroid-basic-2.0-alpha.html
#fdroid

uniq May 17, 2025

wakko May 17, 2025

If generative #AI is so transformative for coding, where are all of the #FOSS contributions?

uniq May 15, 2025

brozu ▪️May 15, 2025

In 2010, #AaronSwartz downloaded 70 GB of articles from JSTOR. He faced a $1 million fine and 35 years in prison
➡️ Aaron took his own life in 2013.

#Meta illegally downloaded over 80 terabytes of books from LibGen, Anna's Archive, and Z-library to train its #AI models
➡️ facing no consequences.

Information is power, knowledge is power.

Beware and fight against those who want to keep you ignorant, unaware, and misinformed.

#digitalrights #openknowledge #opendata #privacy

uniq Mar 28, 2025

Next game night is going to be wild. #mtg

uniq Mar 12, 2025

US administration is using #tracking data from a legitimate app for asylum seekers to target people for deportation. If this plays out like in Germany a century ago, I suspect we'll see a lot more of that targeting all sorts of people including political opposition and minorities. I wonder what that'll mean for publishing #FOSS #apps.

https://www.latintimes.com/trump-admin-repurposes-app-used-migrants-request-asylum-track-them-down-deport-them-577999

#privacy #analytics #profiling

Trump Admin Repurposes App Used By Migrants To Request Asylum To Track Them Down And Deport Them

CBP One app, used by migrants during the Biden administration to request asylum, will be used to track them down and deport them

Latin Times

uniq Feb 18, 2025

Christian Stöcker Feb 17, 2025

What Europe should do RIGHT NOW: Make it extremely easy for US scientists to get long-term visa, create as many additional research jobs in key areas as possible, create new, generous science and research funds. People are losing their jobs over there NOW. Let‘s welcome them.