Securely erase empty space on Android
A free space eraser
Watch YouTube privately - Materialious
Materialious is a modern material design frontend for YouTube & Invidious, focused on a clean, privacy-friendly YouTube experience. It supports local video fallback when Invidious fails and is ...
Swiss messaging service Threema is being acquired by German investment company Comitis Capital
Der Schweizer Messenger Threema erhƤlt einen neuen EigentĆ¼mer aus Deutschland. Am Datenschutz soll sich nichts Ƥndern.
Is legal the same as legitimate: AI reimplementation and the erosion of copyleft
Last week, Dan Blanchard, the maintainer of chardetāa Python library for detecting text encodings used by roughly 130 million projects a monthā released a newā¦
UK eyes sweeping powers to regulate tech
The U.K. government has laid two amendments that would let it sidestep parliamentary debate so it can update online safety laws.
An open source repairable printer.
Finally, an open hardware printer you can actually understand, repair, and upgrade
Israeli Spyware Firm Exposes Paragon Spyware Control Panel on LinkedIn
An Israeli spyware firm, Paragon Solutions, accidentally exposed its secretive Graphite control panel in a LinkedIn post, drawing sharp criticism from cybersecurity experts.
volla, /e/, etc is a fucking shithole (or why simply renaming Google to volla will change nothing)
Here's a post where the @vollaficationist@mastodon.social clearly refers to themselves as being part of Volla and shares internal information which would only be known to someone working at Volla This account doesn't beā¦
Give Up GitHub - Software Freedom Conservancy
The Software Freedom Conservancy provides a non-profit home and services to Free, Libre and Open Source Software (FLOSS) projects.
Hate It Or Rate It | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository
Track and decide: Love it or leave it with every purchase.
How EU anti-money laundering rules threaten financial privacy
Privacy First is drawing attention to the risks to financial privacy and fundament rights arising from the European Unionās anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing (AML/CFT) framework.
OpenSplitDeck - An open source steam controller
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
Weāre pleased to announce the release of LibreOffice 26.2 š„³
Weāre pleased to announce the release of LibreOffice 26.2, the newest version of the free and open source office suite trusted by millions of users around the world. This release makes it easier than ever for users to cā¦
Official Announcement - A New Automation Utility - Automat
Tired of games that waste your time? AUTOMATE THEM šøš¦š„š ššš„ is a tool that knows how to use your š±ļø & āØļø! It's optimized for frame perfect input replay š¼, can recognize text š, is scriptable with machine code ā”ļø. Set ā¦
Linux in California is in deep trouble - The Bryant Review
This new "privacy" law will require that all operating system providers must start collecting your birth date every app you install will need to ask your OS provider for that information. It's whac...
LLM/"AI" Policies | Jellyfin
The rise of LLMs as a useful development tool over the last year or so has been significant. The power and flexibility of tools like Claude Code and ChatGPT have given a lot of functionality both to experienced developeā¦
GitHub - yjeanrenaud/yj_nearbyglasses: attempting to detect smart glasses nearby and warn you
attempting to detect smart glasses nearby and warn you - yjeanrenaud/yj_nearbyglasses
digiKam 9.0.0 is released
Dear digiKam fans and users, we are proud to announce the stable release of digiKam 9.0.0.
Godot Engine 4.6 has been officially released, bringing major upgrades š„³
With the stability gained over the past five Godot 4 releases, it's time for polish and quality-of-life improvements for everyday development.
You Are All On The Hobbyists Maintainersā Turf Now
For quite some time, I have felt some unease at the public discourse around OpenSource. In the past few years, we have seen a growing discourse around the sustainability and security of the large body of OpenSource softā¦
UK police to use AI facial recognition tech linked to Israelās war on Gaza
Concerns rise as UK partners with controversial facial recognition company used by Israel in Gaza.
Russia is restricting access to Telegram, one of its most popular social media apps.
Russian authorities have begun restricting access to Telegram, one of the countryĆ¢ĀĀs most popular social media apps, as the government continues to push everyday Russians toward its own tightly controlled alternatives ā¦
How the FBI managed access Nancy Guthrie's Google Nest camera even though it was turned off
Many are wondering how the FBI managed to access Nancy Guthrie's turned off Google Nest following her kidnapping, leaving them fearful for privacy
Page views for "Zulip" Wikipedia article skyrocket after Discord announces its age verification nonsense
Your settings will be remembered on the same browser and computer.
RED ALERT: The US house of reps is making a lot of progress toward their goal of mass surveillance with complete KYC
All of the bad internet bills. One website.
France dumps Zoom and Teams as Europe seeks digital autonomy from the US
European governments are moving away from U.S. tech giants, opting for domestic or open-source alternatives.
Inkscape needs help. The Inkscape team is hiring one issue administrator and two C++ developers for part time positions
Inkscape is hiring two C++ developers and one issue administrator to accelerate the release of the 1.5 mega release...
How to Maximize Your Privacy on iPhone - Privacy Guides
We've covered the basics, like adjusting settings on your device, intermediate changes such as switching to private alternatives, and now it's time to cover advanced tips to protect your Privacy &a...
Google Fulfilled ICE Subpoena Demanding Student Journalistās Bank and Credit Card Numbers
Amandla Thomas-Johnson didn't know how much information ICE requested in a subpoena now. Google never gave him a chance to fight it.
Open source Intercom & CCTV platform with Mobile apps, Face and LP Recognition, Media Server (GPLv3)
Open-source intercom & video surveillance software platform RBT Teledom
US Senator moves to file Section 230 repeal
Section 230, passed in 1996 as part of the Telecommunications Act, has become the centre of a intense political debate in the recent years.
PCjs Machines
PCjs offers a variety of online machine emulators written in JavaScript. Run DOS, Windows, OS/2 and other vintage PC applications in a web browser on your desktop computer, iPhone, or iPad. An assortment of microcomputeā¦
Offdem Browser Extension
Open-source browser extension that helps you stay focused by temporarily blocking distracting websites. Available for Chrome, Edge, and Firefox. 100% free and privacy-focused.
Ireland is updating it's laws to get more surveillance powers(including using spyware and intercepting communication encrypted or not encryā¦
From: Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
EDRi launches new resource to document abuses and support a full ban on spyware in Europe
EDRi is launching a document pool to centralise resources that tracks abuse and support the growing push for a full EU-wide ban of spyware.
ProtonMail provides information used to identify email owner...
A court record reviewed by 404 Media shows privacy-focused email provider Proton Mail handed over payment data related to a Stop Cop City email account to the Swiss government, which handed it to the FBI.
EmmabuntĆ¼s DE 6: A Linux to help those in need
: A distro aimed at helping people, reducing e-waste ā and helping a charity, too
Goodbye, Microsoft: Schleswig-Holstein relies on Open Source and saves millions
Schleswig-Holstein saves 15 million euros in license costs by migrating from Microsoft to free software. The conversion is significantly cheaper.
Inside Denmarkās struggle to break up with Silicon Valley
From a media blockade to ānationalizingā government software, Denmark has become a laboratory for resisting U.S. Big Tech. But is the price of sovereignty too high?
ClusterCut gives LocalSend some side
Because clipboard sharing shouldn't be a clusterf***. - keithvassallomt/ClusterCut
Bunnings Australia wins legal fight to use AI facial recognition in stores
Bunnings was reasonably entitled to use AI facial recognition technology to combat crime and staff abuse in its stores, the Administrative Review Tribunal finds.
"No right to relicense this project" - on changing the license of Mark Pilgrim's chardet from LGPL to MIT after a vibe-coded rewrite
Hi, I'm Mark Pilgrim. You may remember me from such classics as "Dive Into Python" and "Universal Character Encoding Detector." I am the original author of chardet. First off, I would like to thank...
SMS2Email: app that forwards SMS messages to SMTP Email serverāhas anyone tried this?
Android app that forwards SMS messages to SMTP (Email) server - SMS2Email/SMS2Email
A manifesto for open source, from Mercedes-Benz
by Dr. Wolfgang Gehring, August 02, 2021
Meta Workers Say They're Seeing Disturbing Things Through Users' Smart Glasses
Meta contractors in Kenya told two Swedish newspapers that they're being told to review highly sensitive footage recorded by smart glasses.
About open source and āwhale fallā, or when community restarts projects from forks.
What happens when a large open source project dies.
Transform your favorite cities into beautiful, minimalist designs. MapToPoster lets you create and export visually striking map posters witā¦
Transform your favorite cities into beautiful, minimalist designs. MapToPoster lets you create and export visually striking map posters with code. - originalankur/maptoposter
Boomers here?
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
The best cracked Minecraft launcher I know of, hope you are already aware. Have fun in any case!
UltimMC Launcher is a Minecraft launcher that helps to run and organise different versions of the game. You can create separate profiles for normal Minecraft,
Christiano Ronaldo and Messi Dancing Challenge š why they look too good
Nobody did it better than them so far š