Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ MrSoup • 1 week ago • 99%

arstechnica.com

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/42024710 > Android apps are blocking sideloading and forcing Google Play versions instead > > You might sideload an Android app, or manually install its APK package, if you're using a custom version of Android that doesn't include Google's Play Store. Alternately, the app might be experimental, under development, or perhaps no longer maintained and offered by its developer. Until now, the existence of sideload-ready APKs on the web was something that seemed to be tolerated, if warned against, by Google. > > This quiet standstill is being shaken up by a new feature in Google's Play Integrity API. As reported by Android Authority, developer tools to push "remediation" dialogs during sideloading debuted at Google's I/O conference in May, have begun showing up on users' phones. Sideloaders of apps from the British shop Tesco, fandom app BeyBlade X, and ChatGPT have reported "Get this app from Play" prompts, which cannot be worked around. An Android gaming handheld user encountered a similarly worded prompt from Diablo Immortal on their device three months ago. > > Google's Play Integrity API is how apps have previously blocked access when loaded onto phones that are in some way modified from a stock OS with all Google Play integrations intact. Recently, a popular two-factor authentication app blocked access on rooted phones, including the security-minded GrapheneOS. Apps can call the Play Integrity API and get back an "integrity verdict," relaying if the phone has a "trustworthy" software environment, has Google Play Protect enabled, and passes other software checks. > > Graphene has questioned the veracity of Google's Integrity API and SafetyNet Attestation systems, recommending instead standard Android hardware attestation. Rahman notes that apps do not have to take an all-or-nothing approach to integrity checking. Rather than block installation entirely, apps could call on the API only during sensitive actions, issuing a warning there. But not having a Play Store connection can also deprive developers of metrics, allow for installation on incompatible devices (and resulting bad reviews), and, of course, open the door to paid app piracy.

Cybersecurity MrSoup • 4 weeks ago • 100%

arstechnica.com

cross-posted from: https://reddthat.com/post/24242195

Helldivers 2 MrSoup • 2 months ago • 95%

(Not mine) 

Linux MrSoup • 2 months ago • 95%

Greetings, I've installed Fedora Linux (with pipewire) on my friend's Alienware M17xR4 ([linux-hardware probe](https://linux-hardware.org/?probe=32183f94dc)). This incredible laptop got a Sound Blaster Recon3Di with a S/PDIF Digital Output which unfortunally does not work out of the box. I can see the vu meter moving inside gnome-control-center but no audio comes out and the port's red light (which on Windows lights up) does not turn on at all. By lookin up I've found this [thread](https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=341535&start=20) on Linux Mint Forums but I had no luck with it. Has anyone else got issues with similar hardware? Thanks in advance.

Android MrSoup • 3 months ago • 84%

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/17448811 > Android Intent Filter Verification Service > > I've seen on TrackerControl this system app (on my grapheneOS) contacting Amazon (amazon.com) and Google (android.clients.google.com, m.youtube.com, play.google.com and www.youtube.com). > > What does this app do? I've disabled internet access for the time being.

Privacy MrSoup • 3 months ago • 90%

I've seen on TrackerControl this system app (on my grapheneOS) contacting Amazon (amazon.com) and Google (android.clients.google.com, m.youtube.com, play.google.com and www.youtube.com). What does this app do? I've disabled internet access for the time being.

Android MrSoup • 4 months ago • 83%

As you can see in the screenshot, inside the [Photo Picker](https://developer.android.com/training/data-storage/shared/photopicker) in the Albums view only "Screenshots" is shown while in Photos view all the pictures are available in chronological order. By looking it up, I [found](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/77280010/pickvisualmedia-contract-not-showing-all-albums) [people](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/76912615/jetpack-photo-picker-missing-folder-in-album) [complaining](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/76557577/pickvisualmediarequest-does-not-show-3rd-party-app-folders) [the](https://discuss.grapheneos.org/d/9098-new-media-picker-doesnt-show-all-folders-and-updates-very-slowly) [same](https://discuss.grapheneos.org/d/9369-photo-picker-issue) [issue](https://old.reddit.com/r/AndroidQuestions/comments/15hxt1n/this_app_can_only_access_the_photos_you_select/) and one suggesting adding them with Google Photos (which I don't have and I don't want to install). Just wanted to know if someone else here got the same issue or if there is a workaround/fix for this. (I'm on GrapheneOS) Thanks

Fediverse MrSoup • 4 months ago • 99%

I've introduced two of my friends (not into tech) to Lemmy. Since they're not into tech this is their first web forum. I've explained the federation thru the usual email metaphore and that's ok, but to lookup for communities is not quite there on client side. Let me explain. He wanted to see all the communities on an instance because that instance is in his native language but he's registered on another instance. So to see all those communities you must go on instance.domain/communities, copy the name of the community you are interessed in and paste it inside the app/web client to look it up. And to see all the communities all over the fediverse you must use lemmyverse.net which is a cool site, but still you got to copy paste back and forth to the app. This could be implementend inside app itself by listing all communities and add ability to filter by things like instance. Obviously open to discussion about the issue itself and how that could be improved. Feel free to tag apps/clients devs to ear their opinion too.

Helldivers 2 MrSoup • 4 months ago • 93%

Dualsense player here, I would like to know what button do you use as push-to-talk or if you use dualsense built-in mute button. Have a nice democracy ✊

A Boring Dystopia MrSoup • 4 months ago • 99%

www.ibtimes.co.uk

cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/19999900 > UK Woman Mistaken As Shoplifter By Facewatch, Now She's Banned From All Stores With Facial Recognition Tech > > A big biometric security company in the UK, Facewatch, is in hot water after their facial recognition system caused a major snafu - the system wrongly identified a 19-year-old girl as a shoplifter.

Android MrSoup • 4 months ago • 88%

I would like to know if there is something like iPhone "True Tone" or Samsung "Adaptive Color Tone" in AOSP or if there are alternatives to install. (I'm on GrapheneOS)

Privacy MrSoup • 4 months ago • 100%

www.infoterkiniviral.com

cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/13793778 > Fake WhatsApp and Instagram apps that can steal personal data

Data Is Beautiful MrSoup • 4 months ago • 100%

> What to do, if you need to visualize a large network graph but all tools you try can only draw a hairball or eat all your RAM and hang… Just wanted to share this article that I came across (tho it's from 2019).

Helldivers 2 MrSoup • 5 months ago • 78%

Happened to anyone else?

Privacy MrSoup • 5 months ago • 89%

Is it even possible on android? Is there a FOSS dialer to optionally encrypt some phone calls (non voip) using a pre-shared key with other party?

Fediverse MrSoup • 6 months ago • 100%

Does every PeerTube instance store all other instances' content metadata (title, description, comments)? Would federating *virtually* with YouTube (through a YouTube frontend like Piped) give a too high ammount of data to store on other instances?

Android MrSoup • 6 months ago • 93%

I can't find any GrapheneOS changelog on their site. Are these just AOSP updates?