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Age Verification boosted

[?]Pikapods » 🌐
@Pikapods@mastodon.social

Google's new reCAPTCHA requires Google Play Services on Android. Users running privacy-focused custom ROMs like GrapheneOS now automatically fail verification.

iOS users don't face this requirement to prove they're human. Gating web access behind proprietary software isn't about security, it's about ecosystem lock-in.

reclaimthenet.org/google-broke

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    [?]Gokul Das » 🌐
    @goku12@fosstodon.org

    Looks like managed to sneak into after all, after their insidious proposal was shot down by pubic outcry. They've tied the nextgen to the Android .

    Upon detection of suspicious activities, you'll be asked to scan a QR code with Play Services running. It implies that the users of Android like will no longer be able to solve it. You'll be restricted to devices blessed by Google.

    reclaimthenet.org/google-broke

      Privacy and Surveillance boosted

      [?]Cyrille Besson 🇨🇭 » 🌐
      @cyrillebesson@tooting.ch

      De-googled users locked out by design? 🤔

      might be breaking at least 3 laws with this new Captcha update:

      1. Antitrust & competition law
      2. Data protection & privacy ()
      3. Non-discrimination & accessibility

      reclaimthenet.org/google-broke

        Privacy and Surveillance boosted

        [?]Androidiani.net » 🌐
        @blog@androidiani.net

        Chrome per Android ora condivide solo la posizione approssimativa: più privacy nella navigazione web

        Google ha aggiunto a Chrome per Android una nuova funzione che rafforza la tutela della privacy degli utenti: d'ora in poi è possibile condividere con i siti web soltanto la posizione approssimativa, invece di quella precisa basata sul GPS. Un'opzione semplice ma con un impatto concreto sulla quantità di dati personali condivisi durante la navigazione quotidiana. Come funziona la nuova impostazione Con l'aggiornamento, Chrome su Android si allinea al comportamento già disponibile a […] [SENSITIVE CONTENT]

        Google ha aggiunto a Chrome per Android una nuova funzione che rafforza la tutela della privacy degli utenti: d’ora in poi è possibile condividere con i siti web soltanto la posizione approssimativa, invece di quella precisa basata sul GPS. Un’opzione semplice ma con un impatto concreto sulla quantità di dati personali condivisi durante la navigazione quotidiana.

        Come funziona la nuova impostazione

        Con l’aggiornamento, Chrome su Android si allinea al comportamento già disponibile a livello di sistema operativo: le app potevano già ricevere una posizione “a grandi linee” (a livello di città o quartiere), e ora lo stesso controllo è disponibile anche per i siti web visitati tramite browser. In pratica, quando un sito chiede l’accesso alla posizione, l’utente potrà scegliere se fornire le coordinate GPS precise oppure un’indicazione geografica generica. Per molti servizi — meteo, notizie locali, ricerca di negozi — questa seconda opzione è più che sufficiente.

        Un nuovo API per gli sviluppatori web

        Google ha annunciato anche un’API dedicata agli sviluppatori, che permetterà ai siti di dichiarare esplicitamente se necessitano della posizione precisa o se quella approssimativa è sufficiente. In questo modo si riduce il rischio che i portali richiedano sistematicamente più dati di quanti effettivamente ne abbiano bisogno, migliorando la trasparenza e la consapevolezza dell’utente.

        Android punta sempre più sulla privacy

        Questa novità è parte di una strategia più ampia di Google per rafforzare la privacy su Android e nei propri servizi. Negli ultimi anni il sistema operativo ha introdotto controlli sempre più granulari sui permessi delle app, e ora questo approccio si estende anche alla navigazione web. Non si tratta di un cambiamento rivoluzionario, ma di un passo concreto che rende l’esperienza mobile quotidiana più rispettosa dei dati personali.

        Chrome per Android ora condivide solo la posizione approssimativa: più privacy nella navigazione web

        Alt...Chrome per Android ora condivide solo la posizione approssimativa: più privacy nella navigazione web

        [?]Steve Hill 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇪🇺 » 🌐
        @steve@mastodon.nexusuk.org

        Oh well... started charging a monthly account fee on my "free business banking for life" bank account, so I'm switching to another bank. looked interesting, offered £100 credit for opening a business account for them. They fell at the first hurdle - in order to open an account with them you need to install an app which refuses to run on a phone. Time to find a different bank then.

          Privacy and Surveillance boosted

          [?]knoppix » 🌐
          @knoppix95@mastodon.social

          iOS 26.5 adds default E2EE for iPhone-Android RCS chats on supported carriers via RCS Universal Profile 3.0 and MLS 🔐
          Apple says encrypted cross-platform messaging remains in beta, with lock indicators, edits, deletes and inline replies rolling out 🔒

          🔗 macrumors.com/2026/05/04/ios-2

            [?]F-Droid » 🌐
            @fdroidorg@floss.social

            Last week in (LWIF) is live so we'll make this short:

            * is already out of beta and changed files storage location, read now!
            * update for 9 or later
            * is back on track
            * major features
            * how to help us to ease app inclusion
            + 46 new apps
            & 256 updates
            - 1 archived app

            Better late than more late: f-droid.org/2026/04/30/twif.ht

              [?]Lord Caramac the Clueless, KSC » 🌐
              @LordCaramac@discordian.social

              I wonder why nobody ever talks about when it comes to apps for . I have just discovered it while searching for a replacement for the official after the last update unnecessarily removed the ability to access bookmarks and favourites. Why did they even do that? Also, the official app had already shortened the search history to far too few entries for my taste a while ago, and Moshidon gave me back my huge search history.

              I don't know what the official app is trying to achieve with removing functionality. It's always been a minimalistic client, but why the short search history when you can just delete your history if it gets too long for your taste? Why no more bookmarks and favourites? I don't understand the motivation behind those changes.

              Taking away my 200 or so most recent searches also took a lot of convenience. I hope Moshidon keeps the long history forever, now I need to populate it.

                [?]The New Oil » 🤖 🌐
                @thenewoil@mastodon.thenewoil.org

                Milestone 1.0.0 Release of APK Downloader `` Powers Research on Apps

                eff.org/deeplinks/2026/05/mile

                  [?]F-Droid » 🌐
                  @fdroidorg@floss.social

                  While we wrestle with our website generation bugs, a new call for testers of and Basic.

                  2.0-alpha9 released over the weekend:
                  * a redesigned featured categories in Discover
                  * an useful search page, with categories, keyboard control & easter-egg (touch search twice) and keywords in categories descriptions
                  * more on-boarding overlays to explore
                  * updated translations
                  * fixes and tweaks

                  We need you all to test the clients on all sorts of devices, the more diverse the merrier!

                    [?]The New Oil » 🤖 🌐
                    @thenewoil@mastodon.thenewoil.org

                    on now supports approximate instead of precise location sharing

                    techcrunch.com/2026/05/06/chro

                      [?]Jesus Michał "Le Sigh" 🏔 (he) » 🌐
                      @mgorny@social.treehouse.systems

                      Alternatives (Fedi, GAFAM, Free Software, etc.), gloomy [SENSITIVE CONTENT]

                      Well, I used to really want to preach alternatives. In fact, I still do — but I find it harder and harder to convince myself that there's any point.

                      Firstly, people don't want changes. And I perfectly understand that, because I'm so tired myself. And if it weren't for a kind of stubbornness, combined with a sense of responsibility and lack of a better way to live, I would love to kill it all with fire and move to Gobi.

                      People are used to living in a cesspit and they're good. They don't want to go out into the clean air — at the best, if their cesspit starts stinking too much, they want to move into a neighboring swamp, the one with perfume in it. Perhaps they'll move from to , from to , from to . Some will try the , or , and they'll stay. Others will decide they're not for them, and perhaps become even more convinced that alternatives suck and mainstream's the only way.

                      Secondly, the world can hardly be described otherwise than a cesspit-in-a-cesspit. You can try convincing people to use more secure services, apps, and so on — but they'll still be using browsers and operating systems that invent even more imaginative ways of spying on them. The goalpost is moving away fast.

                      Thirdly, over and over it turns out you can't really trust the alternatives. You convince someone to switch from X to Y and a month later it turns out Y became evil as well. Out of the frying pan and into the fire. How many times can they be expected to switch? How many times can we suggest another alternative? Can you trust anyone anymore?

                      turned out to be run by an asshole, who on top of that keeps bragging about buyout offers. were sold. Successive websites and applications are either becoming enshittified or abandoned. I'm literally scared that if I can convince someone to use Linux, then the distribution in question will one day start spying on people…

                      and nazis are on full offensive. They make you dependent, they buy, they corrupt, they destroy. They suck the energy and life out of creative people — and that is killing the alternatives.

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                        [?]Androidiani.net » 🌐
                        @blog@androidiani.net

                        Google Chrome scarica in segreto un modello AI da 4 GB: nessuna notifica agli utenti

                        Google Chrome sta scaricando silenziosamente un file da circa 4 GB sui dispositivi degli utenti. A scoprirlo è stato un ricercatore di privacy, che ha notato la presenza di dati legati a un modello AI locale nelle cartelle interne del browser, senza che l'utente avesse ricevuto alcuna notifica o fornito il proprio consenso esplicito. Un modello AI che occupa spazio ma viene poco usato Il file in questione è collegato a un modello di intelligenza artificiale leggero di Google, pensato per […] [SENSITIVE CONTENT]

                        Google Chrome sta scaricando silenziosamente un file da circa 4 GB sui dispositivi degli utenti. A scoprirlo è stato un ricercatore di privacy, che ha notato la presenza di dati legati a un modello AI locale nelle cartelle interne del browser, senza che l’utente avesse ricevuto alcuna notifica o fornito il proprio consenso esplicito.

                        Un modello AI che occupa spazio ma viene poco usato

                        Il file in questione è collegato a un modello di intelligenza artificiale leggero di Google, pensato per funzionare in locale sul dispositivo. Il paradosso segnalato dai ricercatori è che le funzioni AI più visibili di Chrome continuano comunque a appoggiarsi ai server remoti di Google, rendendo l’utilità pratica del download locale tutt’altro che evidente a fronte dei 4 GB occupati.

                        Il problema riguarda Windows, Mac e Linux

                        Il comportamento è stato verificato su più piattaforme: Windows, macOS e Linux. Chi ha spazio limitato sul proprio disco o usa connessioni dati contingentate potrebbe subire conseguenze concrete senza nemmeno accorgersene. Tra le critiche più diffuse c’è anche il fatto che cancellare il file non basta: Chrome lo riscarica automaticamente.

                        Come disattivare il download (non è semplice)

                        Per impedire questo comportamento non basta andare nelle impostazioni standard del browser: è necessario modificare i flag di sviluppo, un’operazione fuori dalla portata della maggior parte degli utenti comuni. Alcuni esperti hanno già sollevato la questione della compatibilità con le normative sulla privacy, come il GDPR europeo. Google non ha ancora rilasciato dichiarazioni ufficiali in merito.

                        Google Chrome scarica in segreto un modello AI da 4 GB: nessuna notifica agli utenti

                        Alt...Google Chrome scarica in segreto un modello AI da 4 GB: nessuna notifica agli utenti

                        [?]The New Oil » 🤖 🌐
                        @thenewoil@mastodon.thenewoil.org

                        now offers up to $1.5 million for some exploits

                        bleepingcomputer.com/news/secu

                          [?]The New Oil » 🤖 🌐
                          @thenewoil@mastodon.thenewoil.org

                          hackers push via game platform

                          bleepingcomputer.com/news/secu

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                            [?]The New Oil » 🤖 🌐
                            @thenewoil@mastodon.thenewoil.org

                            progress report - our test build with is here

                            calyxos.org/news/2026/05/04/ca

                              [?]Alfred Chow - Maker of Things [He/Him They/Them] » 🌐
                              @Maker_of_Things@cupoftea.social

                              How difficult is it for a non techy person to change their phone's operating system from Android to one of the non Android OS options?

                              What is the general process without risk of losing all the contacts, messages, and apps that are already on the phone in use?

                              I currently have a Samsung A13.

                              Thank you.




                                Privacy and Surveillance boosted

                                [?]Zimer » 🌐
                                @Krishnamishra@mastodon.social

                                Just read the latest progress report from CalyxOS and I'm really glad they've finally released the Android 16 test build.

                                Very excited to try the new Material You design system once it stabilizes and big kudos to @calyxos for not backing down and continuing to deliver privacy focused android.

                                  Privacy and Surveillance boosted

                                  [?]knoppix » 🌐
                                  @knoppix95@mastodon.social

                                  iOS 26.5 adds default end-to-end encryption for RCS messages between Apple and Android, now in beta with supported carriers and a lock icon in chats 🔐
                                  The update follows GSMA changes, improving cross-platform privacy but remaining tied to proprietary apps and carrier support, limiting user control and transparency 📱

                                  🔗 engadget.com/2164303/ios-26-5-

                                    [?]The New Oil » 🤖 🌐
                                    @thenewoil@mastodon.thenewoil.org

                                    Mini Apps abused for scams, delivery

                                    bleepingcomputer.com/news/secu

                                      Alexis boosted

                                      [?]a.k.a. low-profile » 🌐
                                      @Nead@social.vivaldi.net

                                      Just a reminder: Starting September 2026, a silent update, nonconsensually pushed by Google, will block every app whose developer hasn't registered with , signed their contract, paid up, and handed over government ID.
                                      keepandroidopen.org/en/

                                        [?]F-Droid » 🌐
                                        @fdroidorg@floss.social

                                        @HennaVirkkunen But how would anyone install the apps if locks in September anyway? keepandroidopen.org

                                          [?]katzenberger [he/him, er/ihn] » 🌐
                                          @katzenberger@tldr.nettime.org

                                          @EUCommission

                                          While you're busy with spreading even more of the planet burners called "" to each and every corner, is attacking the very right to develop and deploy software freely, without their gatekeeping.

                                          What you should actually be worried about:

                                          keepandroidopen.org/

                                            [?]Jarjantifa » 🔓
                                            @jarjan@mederland.nl

                                            @EUCommission
                                            You focus on AI only? Really?
                                            Can you please hold Google accountable and ensure Android remains an open platform as a whole?

                                            keepandroidopen.com/

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                                              [?]F-Droid » 🌐
                                              @fdroidorg@floss.social

                                              Remember our call for board membership?

                                              We are glad so many want to help and stepped up to the challenge, specially in these troubled times. Unfortunately we can't have everyone join now, but we welcome your submission next year.

                                              Let's meet the new board: f-droid.org/2026/04/28/board-a

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                                                [?]Kent Pitman » 🌐
                                                @kentpitman@climatejustice.social

                                                Weird as it sounds, I think we need an actual law, like some kind of bill of rights, that says you can't notify me on my phone without offering me highly fine-tuned control of each kind of message.

                                                Notifications intrude into my life. Sometimes my phone is on waiting for emergencies or other high-priority issues while I sleep. If a friend wakes me, I can have them dialed up or down in priority.

                                                But Android is designed so Audible won't let me have control of my audiobooks in the lock screen without notifications turned on, yet once I've done that, Audible has no compunction against advertising new book releases in the middle of the night via notifications. I should be able to get cash compensation in court for that.

                                                And my USB-C cable, once I plug it into my Android phone insists on randomly popping up an utterly inscrutible notification saying "you need to log in if you want to see notifications", or some such, and then when I do there is no notification to see. It was just random.

                                                And Android Auto likes to give me two completely pointless notifications, one when I plug my phone into the car and one saying Android Auto is available. The first one I don't need a notification about because I just plugged in my phone. But more importantly, the second one is a lie. Android Auto MIGHT be available and it confirms nothing. The handshake may have been done wrong, so all it tells me is the thing I know already, which is that Android Auto is on the phone. But I might have to pull the plug and replug it to be properly connected. So the notification is worse than pointless and just floods my screen with stuff I don't care about that appears to need immediate attention. And then Android asks, as soon as I disconnect it, how my experience was. I always say "Bad" because part of my experience is getting asked that pesky message that I do not want and would happily say "never do this".

                                                These all seem like technical problems, but they are not. They are reminders that we no longer control our lives, that companies can, at a whim, intrude into our lives with pointless rituals that whittle away our existence. I'm not being metaphorical when I say we need laws on this. I absolutely mean that if we don't write strong law on this, it will only get worse. Or we need to enforce the 4th Amendment on a theory, like Larry Lessig has effectively said in the past, that programmatic code is effectively a kind of government that binds us and our choices in life as surely as legal code does.

                                                But what DO we get laws about? Having to login to use an operating system so they can track us better, know who we are and where we are at every moment. We need laws against such laws.

                                                  [?]The New Oil » 🤖 🌐
                                                  @thenewoil@mastodon.thenewoil.org

                                                  Another maker caught distributing fake snooping apps

                                                  techcrunch.com/2026/04/24/anot

                                                    Privacy and Surveillance boosted

                                                    [?]Regular Dude » 🌐
                                                    @tillbtc@mastodon.social

                                                    Update to Jarvis. Building out some features. Had an idea for a kill switch type of privacy. Still heavy WIP 🥱 but always open to feedback!

                                                    image/jpeg

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                                                      [?]The New Oil » 🤖 🌐
                                                      @thenewoil@mastodon.thenewoil.org

                                                      ’s unique button now available for , letting users enhance their by easily discarding tracking site data

                                                      brave.com/privacy-updates/37-s

                                                        [?]Profoundly Nerdy » 🌐
                                                        @profoundlynerdy@bitbang.social

                                                        Is there a guide for disabling all of the AI bullshit on stock Google Pixel 10's Android install that I can give to a nontechnical user?

                                                          [?]Maronno Winchester :antifa: » 🌐
                                                          @pierostrada@sociale.network

                                                          @thenewoil


                                                          Under a fucking paywall?
                                                          WTF.

                                                            [?]roman » 🌐
                                                            @hi@romanzolotarev.com

                                                            can you recommend any plain text editors for ?
                                                            something like ia writer, but open source...

                                                              [?]The New Oil » 🤖 🌐
                                                              @thenewoil@mastodon.thenewoil.org

                                                              They Built a Legendary Tool. Now They’re Sworn Enemies

                                                              wired.com/story/they-built-pri

                                                                [?]The New Oil » 🤖 🌐
                                                                @thenewoil@mastodon.thenewoil.org

                                                                uses app to steal card data

                                                                bleepingcomputer.com/news/secu

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                                                                  [?]F-Droid » 🌐
                                                                  @fdroidorg@floss.social

                                                                  gate-keeping is not only an issue, developers and users will be affected all over the world.

                                                                  Our own @eighthave gave an interview last month talking about the balance between security and freedom.

                                                                  Click here: aljazeera.net/tech/2026/3/14/%

                                                                  (Fennec has offline translation 😉)

                                                                  And remember, !

                                                                    Privacy and Surveillance boosted

                                                                    [?]WIRED - The Latest in Technology, Science, Culture and Business [Unofficial] » 🌐
                                                                    @wired.com@web.brid.gy

                                                                    They Built a Legendary Privacy Tool. Now They’re Sworn Enemies

                                                                    There’s a lot of love all over the world for GrapheneOS, the gold standard of mobile security. There’s very little love between the two guys at the center of its history.

                                                                    They Built a Legendary Privacy Tool. Now They’re Sworn Enemies

                                                                    Alt...They Built a Legendary Privacy Tool. Now They’re Sworn Enemies

                                                                    [?]Profoundly Nerdy » 🌐
                                                                    @profoundlynerdy@bitbang.social

                                                                    Can anyone recommend a solid encrypted plain text editor for Android with Markdown support. Open source options only, please. Thanks!

                                                                      Privacy and Surveillance boosted

                                                                      [?]klu9 » 🌐
                                                                      @klu9@ohai.social

                                                                      My privacy action for the day:

                                                                      Android > Settings > Security & privacy > Privacy controls > Ads, and tap “Delete advertising ID.”

                                                                      Thanks @eff !

                                                                      ssd.eff.org/module/how-to-get-

                                                                        Pseudo Nym boosted

                                                                        [?]The New Oil » 🤖 🌐
                                                                        @thenewoil@mastodon.thenewoil.org

                                                                        Using Without a Account in 2026

                                                                        theprivacydad.com/using-androi

                                                                          [?]Dualtronic [He/him or they/them] » 🌐
                                                                          @felix@wandering.shop

                                                                          More and more apps from are now broken on my aging tablet. By changing APIs all the time, Google forces even open source developers into planned obsolescence.

                                                                            Autonomie und Solidarität boosted

                                                                            [?]Autonomie und Solidarität » 🌐
                                                                            @autonomysolidarity@todon.eu

                                                                            In Anbetracht der Entwicklung von Überwachungsgesetzen und der digital-autoritären Transformation, kann davon ausgegangen werden, dass die einmal etablierten Praktiken auch in diesem Fall rasch über den ursprünglich kommunizierten Zweck hinaus erweitert werden sollen und ein Maximum an Kontrollmacht und Datenextraktion erreicht werden soll.

                                                                            tagesschau.de/ausland/europa/e

                                                                            [?]Autonomie und Solidarität » 🌐
                                                                            @autonomysolidarity@todon.eu

                                                                            Von der Leyen erklärt Alterskontroll-App für „fertig“
                                                                            Gesichtsscan und Handy-Zwang

                                                                            ‚Mit einer Handy-App für und sollen Menschen in der künftig ihr Alter gegenüber Plattformen nachweisen. Doch der Nutzen zum Schutz von Kindern und Jugendlichen ist fraglich. Nutzende sollen zudem ihr Gesicht scannen lassen….‘

                                                                            netzpolitik.org/2026/gesichtss

                                                                            Privacy and Surveillance boosted

                                                                            [?]Regular Dude » 🌐
                                                                            @tillbtc@mastodon.social

                                                                            What privacy and software development should be. First of all not everyone wants what I want. Turn if off. It really is that .

                                                                            And my new favorite addition i am codenaming privacy killswitch. As always open to feedback!

                                                                            Settings screen of ask Jarvis showcasing multiple different new settings options.

                                                                            Alt...Settings screen of ask Jarvis showcasing multiple different new settings options.

                                                                            Settings screen of ask Jarvis showcasing multiple different new settings options

                                                                            Alt...Settings screen of ask Jarvis showcasing multiple different new settings options

                                                                            Settings screen of ask Jarvis showcasing multiple different new settings options

                                                                            Alt...Settings screen of ask Jarvis showcasing multiple different new settings options

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