Hello #AskFedi 👋

I'm looking to purchase my first #NAS. The internet is recommending a Synology DS225+ but I'm also reading that they force you to buy #Synology drives and I'm not sure the lock-in is a positive sign?

So what other brands should I be looking for? I basically want to run my #Jellyfin server on it so the whole family can stream audio and video to our #Android + #iOS devices and listen to some banging tunes on the #Sonos speaker at home.

Got a recommendation? Shoot! 💥🔫

Podcasts, You Altered The Deal, So I Will Alter Your App https://lobste.rs/s/xywqtx #android
https://blog.matthewbrunelle.com/podcasts-you-altered-the-deal-so-i-will-alter-your-app/

@alexia introduced me to goguma, which looks alright. what are some other modern irc clients for android?

#IRC #goguma #android

@RosePuckey
Hmm...True! So I wonder if a side button or volume key could be setup for F9 / Reader mode... would save all the stuff loading with 100 questions...
A phone app to re-assign any key - sure it's possible.

If interested favourite this post and if I come across it I'll let you know a safe / minimal app for keys and setting shortcuts?
(I'm assuming you have #Android)

Inform your friends and family about these tools.

#Briar ... https://briarproject.org

"Censorship-resistant peer-to-peer messaging that bypasses centralized servers. Connect via Bluetooth, Wi-Fi or Tor, with privacy built-in."

#Retroshare ... https://retroshare.cc

"Retroshare establish encrypted connections between you and your friends to create a network of computers, and provides various distributed services on top of it: forums, channels, chat, mail... Retroshare is fully decentralized, and designed to provide maximum security and anonymity to its users beyond direct friends. Retroshare is entirely free and open-source software. It is available on #Android, #Linux, #MacOS and #Windows. There are no hidden costs, no ads and no terms of service."

#RicochetRefresh ... https://www.ricochetrefresh.net

"Ricochet Refresh is an open-source project to allow private and anonymous instant messaging."

#OnionShare ... https://onionshare.org

"OnionShare is an open-source tool that lets you securely and anonymously share files, host websites, and chat with friends using the Tor network."

#DeltaChat ... https://delta.chat

"Delta Chat is a decentralized and secure messenger app."

#Bitmessage ... https://bitmessage.org

"Bitmessage is a P2P communications protocol used to send encrypted messages to another person or to many subscribers. It is decentralized and trustless, meaning that you need-not inherently trust any entities like root certificate authorities. It uses strong authentication which means that the sender of a message cannot be spoofed, and it aims to hide "non-content" data, like the sender and receiver of messages, from passive eavesdroppers like those running warrantless wiretapping programs."

#TorBrowser ... https://www.torproject.org/download

"Protect yourself against tracking, surveillance, and censorship."

#I2P ... https://geti2p.net

"The Invisible Internet Project (I2P) is a fully encrypted private network layer. It protects your activity and location. Every day people use the network to connect with people without worry of being tracked or their data being collected. In some cases people rely on the network when they need to be discrete or are doing sensitive work."

#Hyphanet ... https://www.hyphanet.org/

"Hyphanet is peer-to-peer network for censorship-resistant and privacy-respecting publishing and communication. The original Freenet."

#BitChan ... https://github.com/813492291816/BitChan

"BitChan is a decentralized anonymous imageboard inspired by BitBoard and built on top of Bitmessage with Tor, I2P, and GnuPG."

#DarkMX ... https://darkmx.app

"DarkMX is a new decentralized communication app that utilizes Tor hidden services to allow you to easily have an anonymous, reliable, and censorship-resistant presence on the internet. You can chat. You can share files. You can search other people's files. You can keep a contact list and send private messages to your friends. You can create your own custom .onion site, available to anyone with a Tor Browser."

#Decentralized #TOR #AntiSurveillance #Anonymity #Anonymous #Privacy #Filesharing #Networking #Communication #P2P #F2F #PeerToPeer #Censorship #AntiCensorship #FreeSpeech

@krutonium Still thanks for your writeup.

The trick getting @OS1337 to be useable on it would likely be just a #uBoot config & drivers to spit out the terminal on the #eInk screen.

• Problem may just be to get a keyboard connected if it doesn't support #USB - #OTG and an accompaining USB-Hub.

Reminds me of @landley 's words re: #Android development that some impoverished person should be able to develop their apps with anything they can get get Android to boot spit out a screen and accept inputs from a keyboard and maybe mouse.

#OS1337

***** Google's plans to restrict sideloading on Android are an authoritarian wet dream come true *****

Let me be really clear about how horrifically dangerous #Google's plans are to restrict #Android sideloading to "verified developers" (that is, entities for which Google has full verified identity and associated information that they could hand over to authorities on demand).

This means that even though you own your Android device, you cannot install apps obtained from ANY source (except perhaps apps you build yourself that will only be permitted to run on your own device) unless Google knows pretty much everything about who created that app.

The ways that this could be abused are so numerous I won't even start listing them here, other than to note that it is absolutely horrific overreach by Google and at least appears to be Google bending over for abusive government demands, and could put already vulnerable individuals and groups at even more risk.

Absolutely disgusting.

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The situation with regards to Nova and Branch are mind blowing to me in a way.

What I'm referring to here is the fact that it's been 13 months(yesterday) since I got laid off from Branch/Nova after having spent the previous 9 years working for them.

When that huge layoff happening, and I was included with 220+ others who also lost their jobs, I was included in several news articles around the internet because of it. Mainly because I was the publicly facing person for Nova in a lot of ways for a lot of years, even though Kevin did all the work so to speak.

Now, again, 13 months later, Kevin leaves Branch and Nova, and yet I'm the one who gets included in several different news articles around the internet and have various news reporters reaching out to me to get my comments on the situation.

While it's cool and flattering, this is NOT about me in any way at all. This is about trying my hardest and my best to bring attention to the situation in hopes that Branch will do the right thing and open source Nova Launcher and give it back to the community, which is where it belongs!

#NovaLauncher #Nova #NL #Branch #OpenSource #FOSS #Apps #Android #Google #News #Tech

Great write up by Jay Peters of The Verge with regards to the Nova Launcher/Branch situation that I wrote about this morning.

Dominic reached out to me via LinkedIn this morning and asked some questions to get some insight.

You can read that here:

https://www.theverge.com/news/773937/nova-launcher-founder-left-kevin-barry-branch-open-source-android

#NovaLauncher #NL #Android #Apps #Google #Branch #BranchMetrics #News #Tech #TechNews

I'm writing this post here today in hopes to bring some attention to something that is near and dear to my heart, and that's an update to the current situation with Nova Launcher, that I worked for and with for nine years up until August of 2024.

For those that haven't seen the news, Kevin Barry, the founder and developer of Nova has left Branch which in turn means he's now no longer involved with Nova Launcher in any way going forward.

https://teslacoilapps.com/nova/solong.html

For the past year or so Kevin has stated that he was working on the open source version of Nova Launcher so that if/when this time came, it would be out in the open and the community could take it over and contribute to it and have it continue being developed.

However, it seems that Harish Thimmappa and others at Branch had told him to stop working on that effort as they didn't want him to continue doing that for unknown reasons. This is sad news because this was something that former CEO, Alex Austin, had promised both via a contract and publicly that if Kevin were to ever leave Branch, Nova Launcher would become open source. You can find that quote here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/w2q6al/comment/igzoniu/

and another very similar quote with similar conversation here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/w2q6al/comment/ih25ntz/

The reason for this post is to try and draw some attention to the folks at Branch, specifically folks like Harish Thimmappa to do the right thing and honor these promises and any writings in the contracts from 2022 and to fully focus on releasing Nova Launcher as an open source app.

The community deserves this more than anything, since that was something that Kevin was very adamant about when he allowed Branch to acquire Nova Launcher back in 2022. Plus, this is just something that Branch should do since it is something that has been promised.

There is currently a petition on Change.org to try and get Branch to do this as well. After only 3 days of it being posted to Change.org, it sits at almost 1,500 signatures, and that's with very little to no press coverage at this time, which is something that would be super useful to bring full attention to this situation. You can find the petition here:

https://www.change.org/p/make-nova-launcher-open-source-let-the-community-continue-its-development

I ask that everyone who sees this post can share it with their followers as I would love to see Branch do the right thing and follow through with their promises that were made back in 2022 when they acquired Nova Launcher and release it fully as an open source app now that Kevin is no longer working for Branch and not involved in Nova Launcher.

I'm going to tag some folks below that I worked with at Branch in hopes of getting this post seen by as many folks there as possible.

#NovaLauncher #Nova #Branch #BranchMetrics #OpenSource #OpenSourceNova #Petition #Android #Apps #Google

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A banner image for the Android app Nova Launcher.

@wyatt Someone should fucking #fork #Android already...

@colinstu that is kinda possible and the number is propably set so high because #iOS and #Android nowadays automatically randomize the #MAC each time they reconnect...

tfw a guy from israeli military intelligence wants you to plug a device into your phone that lets #AI control everything

https://x.com/adamcohenhillel/status/1962922020704027040

#israel #AIkey #AdamCohenHillel #AdamHillel #Netanyahu #palestine #android #ios #iphone

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screenshot of https://x.com/adamcohenhillel/status/1962922020704027040

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screenshot of Adam Cohen Hillel's linkedin showing 3 years in israeli military intelligence

@odd @octade One option for iOS or Android is my web interface to Usenet at https://newsgrouper.org .
#usenet #ios #android

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Screenshot of the Newsgrouper web interface to Usenet, showing one discussion thread within the group uk.d-i-y

Don't call it "#Sideloading", you #TechIlliterate!

• Instead say: "#Google wants to #monopolize #Android #App #Installations and prevent users from choosing where and how they can get #Apps!"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-R76VJtTDJ8

#LinusTechTips #WANshow #LMGclips #LTT #ConsumerRights #FLOSS