Third-party app stores coming to #GooglePlay next week as #Epic settlement withdrawn

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/07/third-party-app-stores-coming-to-google-play-next-week-as-epic-settlement-withdrawn/

#Google #Android

Phone Bad Book Good - accounting.apk

#mobilek #unix_surrealism #comic #phone_bad_book_good #art #android #ios #gaming #genshinimpact #netflix #doordash #spotify

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Mister Mobilek is counting piles of money. Mobilek: "Ok so - this covers what you owe netflix, this goes to spotify, doordash, and genshin impact." Chid: "That means-" Red: "We paid all our bills?" Mobilek: "Well, no." Chid: "How come?" Mobilek: "You still owe me $42,000 for cloud storage!"

#RedHook #Android #malware now uses Wireless #ADB for shell access

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/redhook-android-malware-now-uses-wireless-adb-for-shell-access/

#cybersecurity

If you’ve been looking for a messenger with no phone number, no account, and no server that can be scanned or subpoenaed, that’s exactly what Zerion is.

Everything runs over Tor. Post-quantum encryption on every message. Hidden profiles and anti-forensics for people who need them. Free and open source, so you can verify all of it yourself.

We’ve grown to here on word of mouth alone. If it sounds useful, try it and tell one person who’d need it.

zerion.chat

#privacy #tor #foss #android

Google's new remote attestation scheme is every bit as terrible as its old remote attestation scheme

#Google owes its existence to the open web, but today, its technological “innovations” have much to do with locking users into a “walled garden.” The latest of these is “reCAPTCHA Mobile Verification,” an experimental initiative that will let companies block users if they are running independent, "de-googled" versions of #Android. These “indie Android” versions are favored by people who want to protect their #privacy and their attention by blocking #trackers and #ads. Worse, this is just the latest in a line of similarly user-hostile measures.
#remoteAttestation #recaptcha #advertising

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/07/googles-new-remote-attestation-scheme-every-bit-terrible-its-old-remote

New Signal update for Android (8.19) 🎉

- Admins can now end a group for everyone
- A new member search option in group details lets you quickly find specific participants within a group

👉 https://aboutsignal.com/releases/signal-app-android-releases/

#signal #signalapp #signalmessenger #aboutsignal #news #android #tech

Signal lets admins end groups for everyone ✨

After ending a group, members will no longer be able to send messages or start calls in the group.

Read more + screenshots 👉️ https://aboutsignal.com/news/signal-lets-admins-end-groups-for-everyone/

#signal #signalapp #signalmessenger #aboutsignal #tech #news #android #ios

Back when I was diagnosed with #diabetes, I've found two apps to help me. Both were proprietary.

The first one came from the glucometer's manufacturer, and it featured the ability to copy its readings over Bluetooth. It also had a pretty useful bolus calculator. However, it was also annoying in a number of ways: it required an account with all the implied data sharing, was premiumware (though using their glucometer implied a free "pro" version), was quite childish in design, didn't respect disabled animations or dark theme.

The second one was an independent Polish app to compute carbs from meals. It wasn't perfect, but it had a rich database of products and quite a few convenient features (like copying meals or calculating carbs based on recipes). Unfortunately, the authors went full way into AI hype, and while I didn't use any of the "AI" features (they were premiumware anyway), the app itself was becoming increasingly crappy.

Eventually, this motivated me to look for a new app. I've settled for #Diaguard. It's just got the basics: meal composition and computing carbs, plus letting me log blood sugar and insulin doses manually. It used to have a bolus calculator before I used it, but it was removed over legal concerns. Still, it's open source, it's nice, it's got no crap and it respects the dark theme. And honestly, given that I've already reached the point of overriding bolus calculator, I've figured out it's enough for me.

In fact, it's so "enough" that I'm not even using it regularly. I mean, if my blood sugar is predictable and my meals are predictable, there's no reason to waste time logging them. The app is there to assist me when I need it, not force me to use it.

I still keep the two other apps installed. The first one in case I had doubts over insulin doses and wanted to use the bolus calculator. The second one over my database of meals; though I had already exported it, so I just need to figure out if the export is complete enough.

https://github.com/Faltenreich/Diaguard

#Android

AegisLink is live in Closed Testing on Android 🛡️

An E2EE messenger where the server learns as close to nothing as possible: no phone, email or name. Chats, calls, disappearing & view-once messages, sealed sender, panic mode. Open source.

Be an early tester — 2 steps:
1) Join the group: https://groups.google.com/g/aegislink-testers
2) Install: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.aegislink.app

Early build, no independent audit yet, needs arm64 + ~3GB RAM.

#buildinpublic #privacy #infosec #android

AegisLink — what I've been building, in motion. 🛡️

A messenger built so the server learns as close to nothing as possible: no phone, email or name. Everything E2EE — chats, voice & video calls, disappearing & view-once messages, panic mode with a decoy PIN. Sealed sender means the relay never sees who a message is from. Open source.

Now in Closed Testing on Android — join as a tester, I'll share the install link when it's live 👉 https://groups.google.com/g/aegislink-testers

#privacy #infosec #android #androiddev

#FSF Shares Update on '#LibrePhone' and New Automated Site Monitoring Tool

https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/07/04/0654252/fsf-shares-update-on-librephone-and-new-automated-site-monitoring-tool

#FOSS #privacy #Lineage #Android

Today I found out: The original #Android "Files" app is still there. Disable Google Files, install the Files stub https://droidwin.com/how-to-open-system-apps-when-they-are-not-shown-in-app-drawer/, open it, and the Files app reappears. You can then re-enable Google Files again if you want.

A newly disclosed Linux kernel vulnerability called Bad Epoll lets an unprivileged local user gain root access on affected Linux systems and Android devices.

The flaw is notable because it exists in the same kernel code where Anthropic's AI model Mythos previously found a different vulnerability, but missed this one. A patch is available, and affected systems should be updated.

Read more:
https://digitalescapetools.com/2026/07/bad-epoll-kernel-bug-anthropic-mythos-missed.html

#Linux #CyberSecurity #OpenSource #Android #Privacy #Infosec

#CalyxOS is back – download release 7.2.2.0 with full maintenance support

https://calyxos.org/news/2026/07/01/calyxos-official-release-is-back/

#Android #privacy #FOSS

What We Talk About When We Talk About #Malware

https://f-droid.org/en/2026/07/01/adv-malware.html

#Android #Google #KeepAndroidOpen #privacy #cybersecurity #FOSS #FDroid

How to remove #malware from #Android and prevent it getting back in

https://proton.me/blog/how-to-remove-malware-android

#cybersecurity #guide

#Cryptomator for #Android: Freemium Now Available

https://cryptomator.org/blog/2026/07/01/cryptomator-android-freemium/

#privacy #cybersecurity #FOSS

📱 Cryptomator for Android is now freemium! 🔐

Download it for free, try client-side encryption for yourself, and upgrade to the full version whenever you're ready. 🎉

🏢 Using Cryptomator Hub? Your team can now reach Hub vaults with the free app — no further app purchase or license key needed.

Already bought the app? Nothing changes — you keep full access. 💚

➡️ All the details: https://cryptomator.org/blog/2026/07/01/cryptomator-android-freemium/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=android-freemium

#Cryptomator #Android #Freemium #PrivacyFirst #Encryption #OpenSource