Your open-source custom ROM has a dirty secret, and Librephone wants to fix it

The Free Software Foundation's new Librephone project wants to reverse engineer the binary blobs our phones rely on.
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Google’s New Developer Rules Threaten to End the F-Droid Open-Source App Store

If you’re the type of Android user who values privacy and open-source software, you’re probably familiar with F-Droid. It’s ...

F-Droid warns crackdown on Android app sideloading could kill open app stores

F-Droid is raising alarms over Google's recent decision to strictly limit app sideloading on Android. After 15 years on the ...
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F-Droid says Google’s new sideloading restrictions will kill the project

Google plans to begin testing its recently announced verification scheme for Android developers in the coming weeks, but there's still precious little information on how the process will work. F-Droid ...

Open-Source Android Apps at Risk Under Google’s New Decree

F-Droid says Google's developer registration rule could end its open-source app store and strand users. Google defends ...