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grote

@grote@chaos.social

#FreeSoftware activist interested in topics of technology-enabled social and political change.

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retiolus, to random
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Trying to implement forum handling trough headless for my https://briar.retiolus.net :blobcatcoffee:

grote,
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@retiolus
Awesome! Already in a state for upstreaming those new routes?

spaghetticode, to androiddev
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⚠️ EncryptedSharedPreferences is now deprecated

I wrote a blog post about what this means for you and the security of your app

https://spght.dev/articles/28-05-2024/jetsec-deprecation

#AndroidDev #MobileSec

grote,
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@spaghetticode Thanks for the write-up! I wonder if it really is better to store sensitive data on remote servers rather than on-device. As soon as it leaves the device, there's a lot more considerations about that data being safe.

fdroidorg, to fdroid
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This week in was published again.

We would be happy, when some more users install 1.20 of our client for more testing before we mark it as suggested for all users.

Also:

  • aFreeRDP, LibreOffice & OpenOffice document reader and Green were updated again
  • Frigoligo is a new wallabag app
  • Principia is a new sandbox building game
  • Tailscale was completely rebuilt
  • Conversations and Quicksy were updated
  • ente Photos with self hosted support

https://f-droid.org/2024/05/23/twif.html

grote,
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@fdroidorg @wolfytuga To clarify: You have version 1.20 installed on an Android 8 and on an Android 10 phone? Then, Android 10 is not showing changelogs at all, for not a single app? But it did show them with F-Droid 1.19?

grote,
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@wolfytuga @fdroidorg For Conversations, if you expand the versions list at the bottom, can you send screenshots of that showing the installed version? Also, what happens when you press that MORE button above the screenshots on Android 10?

grote, (edited ) to random
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F-Droid 1.20 is out. In this version, I overhauled how repositories are working. Read more in my blog post for @fdroidorg :
https://f-droid.org/2024/05/16/repository-overhaul-in-client-1-20.html

cryptgoat, to fdroid
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#FDroid (and Basic) 1.20 is here! 🥳
https://f-droid.org/packages/org.fdroid.fdroid/
You gotta update manually for now.

You can now select your preferred repository for each app (see screenshot). Thanks to the @fdroidorg team especially @grote for the new release.

Now, can somebody please implement an option to share the link to an installed app instead of directly sharing the full APK? 😬

#FreeSoftware #Android

grote,
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@cryptgoat
Keep an eye out for https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroidclient/-/merge_requests/1385
@fdroidorg

grote,
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@rugk
Not merged, yet though. Tell @eighthave how the old behavior was confusing and how this is an improvement.
@cryptgoat @fdroidorg

ErikUden, to random
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hello netherlands you mean to tell me I don't need to download a separate app for every local transportation system for every city I visit but can simply use my existing credit, debit, or EC card as both payment and ticket?

My feeble German mind cannot comprehend this

grote,
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@ErikUden
How do they check if you have paid your ticket? The cards shouldn't disclose past transactions to anyone, right? Or do they just not care and if you are in, you probably paid?

MishaalRahman, to random
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Honestly surprised it took this long, to be honest.

YouTube cracking down on third-party apps that block ads: https://9to5google.com/2024/04/15/youtube-app-block-ads/

grote,
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@MishaalRahman they first needed to be sure to have the video monopoly, so people (like me) have no place else to watch the same content.

xipo, to random German
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@grote was ist mir dem #Transportr los? Die App stürzt nachdem aufrufen gleich wieder ab.
Ich nutzen /e/OS

grote,
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@xipo Ich nicht. Am besten logcat besorgen und dann ein ticket aufmachen: https://github.com/grote/Transportr/issues/new?assignees=&labels=bug+%F0%9F%90%9E&projects=&template=bug_report.md&title=

grote, (edited ) to random
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Version 1.20 of @fdroidorg brings some pretty big changes of how repositories are handled:

• official repo is always preferred
• the repo an app comes from is prominently shown
• if an app is available from more than one repo, you can choose where to get it from
• power users can change global repo priorities

#fdroid

grote,
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When tapping an app, the user sees the app details screen as usual. There, a new box at the top shows the repository the app comes from.

All information on that page including the versions provided for installation are provided by that repo.

grote,
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If the app is available from more than one repository, the box in the app details screen becomes a drop-down where the user can see all repos and choose which one should be used for installation, updates and app information.

video/mp4

grote,
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It is now possible to re-order the position of repositories in the list. The repo at the top has the highest priority while the repo at the bottom has the lowest priority. Only if an app is available from more than one repo, the priority matters.

For example, if NewPipe's repo was added and the user always wants to prefer apps from that repo, they can move it to the top. In older versions of F-Droid, newly added repos were implicitly granted higher priority than repos added before.

video/mp4

grote,
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If you did not yet opt-in to beta versions of F-Droid, please manually install 1.20 and help testing before we make it available for everyone.

grote,
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@RichiH The info comes from the selected repo. No upgrading to 1.20 should be all that is needed.

grote,
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@morethanevil No that's not possible, but we have a ticket for it: https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroidclient/-/issues/549

grote,
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@mxmehl
Yes, the global priority only kicks in, if the user did not set a per-app preference.

selectallfromdual, to android Italian
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📝 Aggiungere un repository a F-Droid
Come fare per aggiungere un repository ad F-Droid per avere accesso alle applicazioni al di fuori dal repo ufficiale...

👉 https://www.selectallfromdual.com/blog/1361

#️⃣ #android #fdroid #opensource #toolperandroid

grote,
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@oausi Could you please send screenshots of the screens that are inconsistent, so we can fix them?

grote,
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@selectallfromdual
Check out https://chaos.social/@grote/112201804810245375

phanthomas, to fdroid German
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Hab gerade über #fdroid die Apps aktualisiert. Beim #feedreader blieb der Download hängen. Bin dann von der Aufgabenansicht in die Appansicht gewechselt. Da stand dann links installieren.
Dummerweise wurde nicht der ganze Text des Buttons angezeigt, den es fehlten die beiden Buchstaben de, die waren außerhalb des Bildschirms.
Und schwupp war die APP weg.
Natürlich hab ich genau die Einstellungen nicht gesichert. Jaja ich weiß, kein Backup kein Mitleid. Ich glaub ich geh dann besser mal ins Bett.

grote,
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@phanthomas Autsch, tut mir leid! Welche F-Droid version hast du denn? Benutzt du die priv-ext? Magst du mal nen Screenshot schicken, wo nicht der ganze Buttontext angezeigt wird?

grote,
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@phanthomas Danke für die Infos! Wir versuchen das in https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroidclient/-/merge_requests/1371 zu verbessern.

apps, to random
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We are currently blocked by Google for submitting new releases.
They asked videos showing why we need the permission "background services".
Videos are done and will be submitted tomorrow.
This feature is mainly used when posting because it needs to support the thread submission that can embed several media.
The other use case is for fetching the Home timeline.
That's why we have to postpone 3.28.1.
Sorry for that

grote,
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@apps
They'll probably tell you to use workmanager for that.

henryk, to random
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TIL that @homeassistant has its own local DNS resolver, that is configured to use Cloudflare as fallback, and sometimes performs a teeny tiny DoS attack on the Cloudflare resolvers. I found out by seeing my HA instance sending on the order of ~1500 SYN packets per second.

Here's how to disable:
https://github.com/home-assistant/supervisor/issues/4016#issuecomment-1326358275

grote,
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@henryk Is this only when using the @homeassistant OS or also their core/container deployment?

daniel, to random
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Google Play is refusing to let me update Quicksy. Apparently the "APK has a privacy policy​ but it is not adequate". I went through several iterations in the last couple of weeks trying to reword the disclosure on how Quicksy handles user data (especially the contact list) . Nothing seems good enough for Google. They are not letting me know what specifically isn’t "adequate" about my privacy policy. Each attempt to fix the situation takes ~3 days to receive feedback.

I can’t do this anymore.

grote,
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@daniel I guess you have a link to the privacy policy inside the app? Easy to find? That's something that got flagged for me once.

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