Seal can be your go-to app for easy YouTube downloads! 🦭

https://news.itsfoss.com/seal/

#opensource #android #youtube

Seal: A Nifty Open Source Android App to Download YouTube Video and Audio

Download YouTube video/music (for educational purpose or with consent) with this little, handy Android app.

^{Sourav Rudra (It's FOSS News)}

Effortlessly connect your Android smartphone to your Linux system using GSConnect.

https://itsfoss.com/gsconnect/

#linux #android

Seamlessly Connect Your Android Phone and Linux Using GSConnect

Let's improve the 'relation' between your Linux computer and the Android smartphone.

^{Sreenath (It's FOSS)}

Android ham radio? It's possible! 📻

https://news.itsfoss.com/android-open-source-ham-radio/

#android #opensource

Turn Your Android Phone into a Ham Radio with this Open-Source Project

A clever hack to make your phone more useful!

^{Sourav Rudra (It's FOSS News)}

Android ham radio? It's possible! 📻

https://news.itsfoss.com/android-open-source-ham-radio/

#android #opensource

Turn Your Android Phone into a Ham Radio with this Open-Source Project

A clever hack to make your phone more useful!

^{Sourav Rudra (It's FOSS News)}

We didn't expect Google to do this. 😳

https://news.itsfoss.com/google-android-linux-terminal/

#android #linux

Wow! Google is Working On Running a Native Linux Terminal App on Your Android Device!

Google engineers are up to something interesting here. Let's find out!

^{Sourav Rudra (It's FOSS News)}

Valve appear to be testing ARM64 and Android support for Steam on Linux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/09/valve-appear-to-be-testing-arm64-and-android-support-for-steam-on-linux/

#Steam #Linux #ARM #Android

We're hiring! 🚀

👩🏽‍💻 From developer positions in #WebRTC and #Android, to Partner Marketing and PR - our team is growing faster than ever!

🌏 Come join Nextcloud's globally distributed team of deeply passionate individuals!

#opensourcejobs #remotefirst

https://nextcloud.com/jobs/

Nextcloud is looking for people who want to join our team

We are a modern, distributed, open source company whose mission is to provide our users and customers with the means for data storage, access and communication under their control

^Nextcloud

Get weather forecasts in style!

https://news.itsfoss.com/breezy-weather/

#opensource #android

Discover the ultimate podcast app for 2024! Open-source, customizable, and free on Android. 📱✨

https://news.itsfoss.com/antennapod/

#android #opensource

This Open-Source Android Podcast App is What You Need in 2024

A neat podcast manager app.

^{Ankush Das (It's FOSS News)}

Android users, rejoice! 🥳

https://news.itsfoss.com/google-linux-kernel-support/

#linux #android

Google Just Extended Linux Kernel Support for Android: This is Good!

Google's move to support the Linux Kernel longer should give Android users better security.

^{Sourav Rudra (It's FOSS News)}

Fossify File Manager for Android is a straightforward app that gets the job done.

https://news.itsfoss.com/fossify-file-manager/

#opensource #android

My Favourite Pick for Open-Source File Manager App on Android

A straightforward file manager that gets the job done.

^{Ankush Das (It's FOSS News)}

A FOSS app for Android to protect files. Will you be trying it out?

https://news.itsfoss.com/safe-space/

#opensource #android

An Open-Source Android App That Simplifies Storing Important Files

Pretty simple, and a nifty open-source tool for Android.

^{Ankush Das (It's FOSS News)}

Manage your expenses with this open-source Android app!

https://news.itsfoss.com/paisa-expense-tracker/

#android #opensource

This Open-Source Expense Manager for Android Looks Sleek!

It's all about money with this tracker, and it's very useful.

^{Ankush Das (It's FOSS News)}

Take control of which apps get internet access.

https://news.itsfoss.com/netguard/

#android #privacy

A Powerful Open-Source Android App to Help You Block App's Internet Access

Take control of internet access on your Android device with this app.

^{Ankush Das (It's FOSS News)}

Great news! I love the Firefox Addon but the UI sure looks a little outdated.

I feel like Bitwarden is heading in the right direction. They also made their mobile authenticator public not too long ago: https://github.com/bitwarden/authenticator-android

#Firefox #Bitwarden #Android #FOSS

GitHub - bitwarden/authenticator-android: Bitwarden Authenticator mobile app for Android.

Bitwarden Authenticator mobile app for Android. Contribute to bitwarden/authenticator-android development by creating an account on GitHub.

^GitHub

This open-source SMS app for Android will make you ditch the default one!

https://news.itsfoss.com/quik-sms-app/

#android #opensource

Ditch Google's Messaging App with This Open-Source Android SMS App

A replacement to Google messaging app? Works for me!

^{Ankush Das (It's FOSS News)}

Novel attack against virtually all VPN apps neuters their entire purpose

TunnelVision, as the researchers have named their attack, largely negates the entire purpose and selling point of VPNs, which is to encapsulate incoming and outgoing Internet traffic in an encrypted tunnel and to cloak the user’s IP address. The researchers believe it affects all VPN applications when they’re connected to a hostile network and that there are no ways to prevent such attacks except when the user's VPN runs on Linux or Android. They also said their attack technique may have been possible since 2002 and may already have been discovered and used in the wild since then.

Your VPN may not actually be functioning

#VPNs #ArsTechnica #Computers #Linux #TunnelVisionVulnerability #Android

Novel attack against virtually all VPN apps neuters their entire purpose

TunnelVision vulnerability has existed since 2002 and may already be known to attackers.

^{Ars Technica}

Get your productivity game on with Goodtime!

https://news.itsfoss.com/goodtime/

#android #opensource

A Simple Open-Source Productivity Timer App for Android

Keep yourself focused, get rid of distractions, and time your work.

^{Ankush Das (It's FOSS News)}

Here's a cool Mastodon Android client!

https://news.itsfoss.com/moshidon/

#android #mastodon

I Think This is the Most Beautiful Mastodon Android Client!

A nice Mastodon experience with this Android app.

^{Ankush Das (It's FOSS News)}

Get your daily feed dose with this open-source Android app!

https://news.itsfoss.com/feeder-rss-reader/

#opensource #android

The Only RSS Feed Reader You Need for Your Android Device!

Get the daily dose of information with this open-source Android app!

^{Ankush Das (It's FOSS News)}

The first app highlight in our new FOSS Android series. Got any suggestions for us to cover next?

https://news.itsfoss.com/simple-keyboard-android/

#opensource #android

I Found The Perfect Open-Source Keyboard App for Android

A simple, secure, and privacy-friendly keyboard app for Android that you need!

^{Ankush Das (It's FOSS News)}

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

There is an open #GitHub issue for the #Nextcloud #Android app, which renders the app useless for anyone affected.

Issue opened on Sep 17, Now 2 1/2 months and 114 comments later this Issue is still open, and no sign that it will be fixed anytime soon.

https://github.com/nextcloud/android/issues/11974

Excessive file upload conflicts after update to 3.26.0 (not before) · Issue #11974 · nextcloud/android

⚠️ Before posting ⚠️ This is a bug, not a question or an enhancement. I've searched for similar issues and didn't find a duplicate. I've written a clear and descriptive title for this issue, not ju...

^GitHub

Huge announcement ! @calyxos is now available for the Motorola G32, G42 and G52 ! Why is this a big deal ? Because it helps us further our mission of making #PrivacyByDesign available to the maximum amount of people around the world as we can..

Google Pixel phones are the default and easiest phones to support while maintaining the #Android security model with a locked boot loader and full verified boot. But they are only sold in around a dozen countries around the world.. and are not cheap

One day after launching Vivaldi on iOS, Vivaldi is the top iPad app in Norway and #5 on iPhones. Not a bad start at all. We are on the list in many other countries as well.

Make sure to share the great news with all your friends! @Vivaldi is now available!

#Browser #Vivaldi #iPhone #iPad #Norway #Android #iOS

PSA: Google has now begun to roll-out the Ad Topics "feature" onto Android itself. It's not just in Chrome you have to disable the settings. Please #Boost to spread awareness.

If you didn't get the pop-up screen on your Android device (it'll look like the first two screenshots), to opt-out of these settings:

1. Go to your device Settings
2. Press on "Google"
3. Press on "Ads"
   
   • While you're here, press on the "Delete Advertising ID" button and delete it

   
   

4. Press on "Ad Privacy"
5. Review: "Ad Topics", "App-suggested ads", and "App Measurement". Make sure they are all labelled as "OFF". (This page will look like the third screenshot.)

If you don't see "Ad Privacy" in Step 4 then it means that it hasn't been rolled out to you yet. You might need to wait and check back in a couple of days to see if/when it has been implemented to disable these settings.

EDIT: There's another setting to review. In step 2, scroll to "Personalize using shared data". Turn everything off.

#Android #Google #Privacy #AdTopics

So Google is now preventing people from removing location data from photos taken with Pixel phones.

Remember when Google's corporate motto was "don't be evil?"

Obviously, accurate location data on photos is more useful to a data mining operation like Google.

From Google: "Important: You can only update or remove estimated locations. If the location of a photo or video was automatically added by your camera, you can't edit or remove the location."

It's enshitification in action.

Source: https://support.google.com/photos/answer/6153599?hl=en&sjid=8103501961576262529-AP

#technology #tech @technology #business #enshitification #Android #Google @pluralistic #infosec