Please . I'm going to stop short of saying you should not install the #ICEBlock app, but you should know that you're painting a giant target on your back if you use it, and it does not protect your information adequately. The Trump administration is not being coy about how they see this app and it's users, citing charges of obstruction of justice and general threats of prosecution.

The developer ignorantly insists the only way to safely use it is through iOS app store. That ignores the fact that Apple collects data on what users are installing what apps. It also ignores that the gov has been intercepting push notifications for several years now, so it would be as simple as comparing that data against those who receive push notifications at specific times to determine who is using the app.

The app is also closed-source, so the community cannot inspect it for vulnerabilities.

If they distributed through a 3rd party app store on Android, such as #fdroid (which you cannot do on iOS), they could allow users to run their own notification system using #unifiedpush. Google would not be involved at any stage.

Yes, this would be a high barrier to entry for use, but I think the usecase demands it. Almost certainly we will soon see prosecution for the apps' users and probably also removal from the App Store. Apple most certainly does not care enough to fight the government over this.

That is, unless, as I suspect, this app is actually a #honeypot.

Further reading:
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/12/apple-admits-to-secretly-giving-governments-push-notification-data/

https://www.iceblock.app/android

https://www.newsweek.com/kirsti-noem-iceblock-deportation-immigration-app-2092878

#privacy #security #foss #fossdroid #ice #infosec #boostsappreciated

FOSS nerds, i request assistance.

i'm degoogling a new phone, and have trouble finding a decent note taking FOSS app.

what i need is an app that essentially acts as post-it notes. i don't want to make an account, sync, or anything less of the sort. you don't care when you lose some post-it notes, so why would i care about a note app?

only real feature i want (aside from writing plaintext) is the ability to make a checklist, and check said checklist.

#TIL about #FOSSDroid;

"... the project’s aim is to promote free and open source apps on the Android platform. Fossdroid takes its data from F-Droid and organizes the apps in an attractive Google Play-like arrangement, with the ability to view apps by what’s new / trending / most popular."

https://fossdroid.com/blog/about

Teste gerade #Futo als #Keyboard auf dem #Smartphone und bisher macht die #App einen guten Eindruck.

https://keyboard.futo.org/

Does anyone know if there is a way to only show apps in F-Droid that are signed by the upstream developer and filter out all apps that are signed by F-Droid?

With Flathub you can do something like this, e. g. you can choose to only show "verified" apps: https://docs.flathub.org/docs/for-users/installation#subsets

This kind of apps that respect user privacy are the ones that we need.

If you need a simple To-Do app or location based reminders definetly give Tasks a try.

https://tasks.org/