#AnySoftKeyboard, installed from #FDroid, asks for access to Contacts. Was it compromised? (EDIT: Unlikely)

I don't remember it asking me for Contacts before (but @lnxw37a2 does). [EDIT: I was] worried it may have been subject to a supply chain attack, and to be on the safe side, I uninstalled it.

It seems to be a mostly unmaintained app that I never use, but hadn't uninstalled. This is the first new version since 2025/07/25, and before that, 2022/01/14 (the first version shipped by @fdroid).

BandCamp not working in NewPipe/ PipePipe

New versions of NewPipe and PipePipe deployed by @fdroid over the last couple of days have restored their ability to play YouTub videos, which is great. But they no longer seem to be able to play music from BandCamp, at least in the background player. Is this is known bug (or user error), or is it worth contacting them to report it?

@newpipe

#NewPipe #PipePipe #EthicalFrontEnds

Holy shitballs Batman! Half my F-Droid apps have updates tonight. Did something happen that required a bunch of critical updates, or it is just the @fdroid team getting a bunch of tasks ticked off all at once?

#Android #FDroid

Just tapped on a BandCamp link in a text message (1), and a popup offered to open it in PipePipe, either in the main app or a background player. I chose background player and it's working fine. This is awesome.

In theory this capability has been available for a while in @newpipe (of which PP is a fork), but I don't remember ever getting it to work.

(1) using Fossify Messages on an Android, via F-Droid

#BandCamp #PipePipe #NewPipe

I’ve noticed at least one app installed via F-Droid that asked me to opt-in to on-device “AI”. Which made me curious about whether the F-Droid team has formulated a policy on this.

I scratched this brain itch here, please consider weighing in!

https://forum.f-droid.org/t/f-droid-policy-on-libre-ai/33279

#SoftwareFreedom #FDroid #MOLE #AI #OnDeviceAI #OSAID

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Hey @rabble, would you and your team at Nos.social be willing to help us get a range of Nostr apps packaged for @fdroid?

https://forum.f-droid.org/t/f-droid-still-lacking-a-nostr-app-for-android/33016

Also, what's your take on the Zap Store as an app distribution method?

#FDroid #Nostr #ZapStore

@dull_mens_club Today I made toast. I spread it with peanut butter, English Marmite (marketed here as "OurMate"), and an everything butter with a Vogels bread theme. No wait, that was yesterday. And the day before. No toast today (yet). I'll keep you posted.

Some thoughts on the challenges of adding reliably-private social networking to the fediverse;

https://socialhub.activitypub.rocks/t/the-challenges-of-adding-reliably-private-social-networking-to-the-fediverse/5386

#privacy #SocialNetworking #fediverse

Composable moderation is one of the things ATProto/BlueSky gets right, along with account portability between data stores. I wonder how much of this can be added to fediverse software using the Zot creator's FEPs? Which I assume are being implemented in his new project called Forte;

https://codeberg.org/fortified/forte

#fediverse #ComposableModeration #ATProto #BlueSky #AccountPortability #Zot #FEP #Forte

I wonder if there's a @hamiltron yet?