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This week in #FDroid (TWIF), this time in the correct week :awesome: :

- please do test F-Droid 1.21.0-alpha
- GNU/Linux.ch have a short introduction video about us
- PPSSPP got an update after 9 years
- Ruler (Privacy Friendly) got an update after 8 years
- and also VLC got an update, but only a targetsdk bump, so no new features here
- and a big round of cleaning

Read the full details at https://f-droid.org/2024/10/10/twif.html


Video guides, games and players | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository

This Week in F-DroidTWIF curated on Thursday, 10 Oct 2024, Week 41F-Droid coreNothing new to add, just that we hope more users get a chance to test 1.21.0-al...
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#fdroid

Three years ago, #FDroid had a similar kind of attempt as the #xz #backdoor. A new contributor submitted a merge request to improve the search, which was oft requested but the maintainers hadn't found time to work on. There was also pressure from other random accounts to merge it. In the end, it became clear that it added a #SQLinjection #vuln. In this case, we managed to catch it before it was merged. Since similar tactics were used, I think its relevant now

https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroidclient/-/merge_requests/889


Search improvements: Sort based on keyword matching and removed alphabetic sort (!889) · Merge requests · F-Droid / Client · GitLab

The search results are pretty unusable currently. So I've changed it to show apps in this order: App name matches keyword, summary matches keyword, description matches keyword. Also,...
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#fdroid #xz #backdoor #vuln #sqlinjection

:fdroid: Happy #FDroidFriday!

🏆 This week I thought I'd share my new found fondness of Binary Eye. If you want more control over the process of scanning barcodes, I can't recommended this tool enough. Very powerful and flexible!

What #FDroid apps have you found useful this week?

https://f-droid.org/en/packages/de.markusfisch.android.binaryeye

#Android #apps #BinaryEye #barcode #barcodes

#android #Apps #fdroid #fdroidfriday #binaryeye #barcode #barcodes

#Gadetbridge 0.78 is now available in #fdroid. It fixes the OTA with #InfiniTime and also integrates the new weather service added in InfiniTime 1.14!

#pinetime @PINE64

#Pinetime #fdroid #InfiniTime #Gadetbridge @PINE64

#fdroid versions aren't affected, updates disabled.

This is where #foss and #gplv3 shines: when a developer does something like this, just fork the repository and carry on.

#foss #fdroid #gplv3

@ntnsndr @efoundation I don't know much about how their app works, but I can tell you that #FDroid takes privacy, security, and transparency very seriously, for example https://f-droid.org/docs/Security_Model

Security Model | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository

App signing Initial Installs F-Droid as built-in app store Protecting against malicious contributor-generated data HTTPS/TLS configuration Security Au...
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#fdroid @Nathan Schneider @accounts/efoundation

@ntnsndr @efoundation /e/ foundation prioritizes ease of use over #FreeSoftware, they are more about being #Google-free. If you want human-reviewed Free Software, then stick with f-droid.org as your only app source. The official #FDroid client provides free software, as easy as possible.
#freesoftware #Google #fdroid @Nathan Schneider @accounts/efoundation

And don't forget the downloads from #fdroid !
#fdroid

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