Deebster

@Deebster@infosec.pub

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨F-Droid and Google's Developer Registration Decree⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, I was confused too. Perhaps they didn’t see any problem and instead of realising the page had been edited after I commented they just downvoted.

  Back to that article, I wonder if they were trying to add links into their footnotes and that broke stuff. They seemed to have fixed it by deleting them all, but that’s quite a lot of content gone.

  E.g. after pairing up the broken footnotes with their endings that stayed in the main text you can see these:

  How many F-Droid users are there, exactly? We don’t know, because we don’t track users or have any registration. “No user accounts, by design”: https://f-droid.org/2022/02/28/no-user-accounts-by-design.html

  ‘> “Sideload” is a weird euphemism that the mobile duopoly came up with; it means “installing software without our permission,” which we used to just call “installing software” (because you don’t need a manufacturer’s permission to install software on your computer).’ — Pluralistic: Darth Android: https://pluralistic.net/2025/09/01/fulu/

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨F-Droid and Google's Developer Registration Decree⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The author seemed to struggle with their CMS, but you can get the gist.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Guardian, in collaboration with the University of Cambridge, launches open-source Secure Messaging technology⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s more about things similar to Microsoft Recall, I don’t think whistleblowers are going to send their messages where other people can see their screen.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Facial recognition error sees woman accused of theft⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  innocent until proven guilty but when an algorithm, a camera and a facial recognition system gets involved, you are guilty

  Just the algorithm is needed for that, for example the Post Office Horizon scandal.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Guardian, in collaboration with the University of Cambridge, launches open-source Secure Messaging technology⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That was my first thought, but it’s actually a library for newsreader-type apps that lets a communication happen without exposing a whistleblower (it’s like a digital deaddrop).

  I had a quick look and they’re going the things they need to like certificate pinning, so even corporate-level MITM wouldn’t be seeing any unusual traffic. I assume they’re also blocking access to the screen like banking apps do, which is more secure but annoying for normal users.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨WhatsApp now lets you block people from exporting your entire chat history⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  “We think this feature is best used when talking with groups where you may not know everyone closely but are nevertheless sensitive in nature,”

  Sounds like Meta wants to be used for the next Houti strike coordination group chat.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Newer Kindles get a work-around for touchscreen page-turning in new software update⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Do the newer Kindles move the power button from the bottom of the device?

  It’s an infuriating design that means you’re forever resetting your Kindle if you rest it on something (like your stomach unless you carefully line up the power and belly buttons).