2026-07-31T17:35:52Z https://nostr.ae Keep Android Open https://nostr.ae/npub1ter5wyg2f8qyakfcjrzmjw5a303fff7wype5aaz3s6kcq3qsn8hq9x7hd9 https://files.techhub.social/accounts/avatars/116/014/319/165/316/410/original/19699cb3e62828b9.png https://files.techhub.social/accounts/avatars/116/014/319/165/316/410/original/19699cb3e62828b9.png https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqspf0g83s45anwhmh7upyujk70f50lyqtc36jwgkhadw5p7e2pce0gzyp0yw3c3pfyuqnke8zgvtwf6nk979998ecs8xnh52xr2mqzyzzv7uxkhs44 Thank you to the XMPP Standards Foundation (<span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1gw62zp3ar0xn2syl2565wnfz36nhpc2rqlrwakpv8rn3z6zxns8sc42up6" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>XSF: XMPP Standards Foundation</span> (<span class="italic">npub1gw6…2up6</span>)</a></span>) for supporting Keep Android Open at <a href="https://keepandroidopen.org/open-letter/#signatories">https://keepandroidopen.org/open-letter/#signatories</a> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ter5wyg2f8qyakfcjrzmjw5a303fff7wype5aaz3s6kcq3qsn8hq9x7hd9" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Keep Android Open</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ter…7hd9</span>)</a></span> #KeepAndroidOpen 2026-05-07T17:13:20Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsfpye7pgx2uz2s84sxw7c4vlyxenwfeavg84r0q6e0t49v6xsnvegzyp0yw3c3pfyuqnke8zgvtwf6nk979998ecs8xnh52xr2mqzyzzv7u7rh7sr RE: <a href="https://infosec.exchange/@muntashir/116372607911622394">https://infosec.exchange/@muntashir/116372607911622394</a><br/><br/>Google&#39;s assault on F-Droid has begun. They are permitting malicious actors to claim other people&#39;s apps and take them over. As we&#39;ve warned, this is going to destroy F-Droid and independent app distribution around the world. Speak out and help stop them at <a href="https://keepandroidopen.org">https://keepandroidopen.org</a>. #keepandroidOpen<blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/note1phkl08w8ngvs5545gpk8es0wcp78dzj05jrnv40gh6senw8ex57swdfhac" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">note1phk…fhac</a></span><br/> </div> It appears one or more impersonators have already registered some of the #Android applications that I maintained, including <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1p57lkq06jqlpmmtawptg8ethvj5y5lzwkkxxj37gfs7c3urq8xkslhhqer" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>App Manager</span> (<span class="italic">npub1p57…hqer</span>)</a></span>. I've reported this to #Google, but not sure what's going to happen. The Android developer verification is still in beta, and it doesn't have a lot of features now to deal with this kind of problems.<br/> <img src="https://media.infosec.exchange/infosec.exchange/media_attachments/files/116/372/596/591/487/743/original/c6665d4ed2ace35c.png"> <br/> </blockquote> 2026-04-14T17:22:11Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2902crlxk8n5rkuaqsgu0j7yaf5fv4apcral0vdtgq46qszeqkeczyp0yw3c3pfyuqnke8zgvtwf6nk979998ecs8xnh52xr2mqzyzzv7uermzyz Thank you to the GrapheneOS Foundation (<span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1kwarc5z9lwhen05uknd2nuwhhthd4ws0cku3t9j3rchm0fcd6luslse0nj" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>GrapheneOS</span> (<span class="italic">npub1kwa…e0nj</span>)</a></span>) for supporting Keep Android Open at <a href="https://keepandroidopen.org/open-letter/#signatories">https://keepandroidopen.org/open-letter/#signatories</a> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ter5wyg2f8qyakfcjrzmjw5a303fff7wype5aaz3s6kcq3qsn8hq9x7hd9" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Keep Android Open</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ter…7hd9</span>)</a></span> #KeepAndroidOpen #AndroidDev 2026-04-03T12:42:12Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqstly9vnmyx63vsjmx2l72lwkwev7e6u6zcp4cxjxnu0f0zvty56aczyp0yw3c3pfyuqnke8zgvtwf6nk979998ecs8xnh52xr2mqzyzzv7uwrpuug Thank you to the European Consumer Organisation (BEUC) (<span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1cxvghj5r8tflh33zvz2u0u7v4lfk48mlnkfsc3sxq7qql9paftesa7nd5m" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>The Consumer Voice</span> (<span class="italic">npub1cxv…nd5m</span>)</a></span>) for supporting Keep Android Open at <a href="https://keepandroidopen.org/open-letter/#signatories">https://keepandroidopen.org/open-letter/#signatories</a> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ter5wyg2f8qyakfcjrzmjw5a303fff7wype5aaz3s6kcq3qsn8hq9x7hd9" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Keep Android Open</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ter…7hd9</span>)</a></span> #KeepAndroidOpen 2026-03-31T14:39:05Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8vn8uy77zj39amzzp27cqwptav9jqv8utec6mpuck70yvymh8y3qzyp0yw3c3pfyuqnke8zgvtwf6nk979998ecs8xnh52xr2mqzyzzv7uawz8h4 Thank you to the Italian Linux Society (@mastodon.uno) for supporting Keep Android Open at <a href="https://keepandroidopen.org/open-letter/#signatories">https://keepandroidopen.org/open-letter/#signatories</a> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ter5wyg2f8qyakfcjrzmjw5a303fff7wype5aaz3s6kcq3qsn8hq9x7hd9" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Keep Android Open</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ter…7hd9</span>)</a></span> #KeepAndroidOpen 2026-03-30T14:19:53Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsw8df5dj7z5gkem8sgu49apd59raah3w43xvpqzpht8nvw039krdszyp0yw3c3pfyuqnke8zgvtwf6nk979998ecs8xnh52xr2mqzyzzv7uvn2ajg How do you feel about the impending lockdown of Android? 2026-03-18T19:45:02Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqszlkr95d5dlsg582hgjrlkv2hpaud358xnfku8xejgz6zekzuqsqszyp0yw3c3pfyuqnke8zgvtwf6nk979998ecs8xnh52xr2mqzyzzv7ud83t30 Thank you <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1dug5p7c3y6svstg23pc684plfpd3mp5fdnc2m5a8f3yvthpwnssq00kxeq" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>GNOME</span> (<span class="italic">npub1dug…kxeq</span>)</a></span> for supporting Keep Android Open at <a href="https://keepandroidopen.org/open-letter/#signatories">https://keepandroidopen.org/open-letter/#signatories</a> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ter5wyg2f8qyakfcjrzmjw5a303fff7wype5aaz3s6kcq3qsn8hq9x7hd9" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Keep Android Open</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ter…7hd9</span>)</a></span> #KeepAndroidOpen 2026-03-16T18:08:09Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsvq2ch9zjtww40yk59k5eumcwuph3yswullrxekun6wurrl8tqjcgzyp0yw3c3pfyuqnke8zgvtwf6nk979998ecs8xnh52xr2mqzyzzv7umhenws The first week of our Open Letter to Keep Android Open has been a resounding success! Our signatories list has grown to nearly 50 organizations from 20 countries around the world, including the <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1m24qfk8mead3xy9d3ctx9amt6f74ukepdqca9eey4mgn2502ynfsujd9a3" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Electronic Frontier Foundation</span> (<span class="italic">npub1m24…d9a3</span>)</a></span>, <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1e9qpctenp6kf394zdkwl8t5w36hjllh69nhy7z3q7ktwgnljwdrsn059es" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>OpenMedia</span> (<span class="italic">npub1e9q…59es</span>)</a></span>, <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1t4gtc4cyj3cznz83um3w2u45kwnyyg7w8kznvcqzhds2qldndwrq5lml9t" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Brave</span> (<span class="italic">npub1t4g…ml9t</span>)</a></span>, <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub19rt082e6rjeam5rrrky2jnkw9yrpz62c4c6uvg56cgg6cmg37atsfwadh9" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Vivaldi Browser</span> (<span class="italic">npub19rt…adh9</span>)</a></span>, and many more!<br/><br/><a href="https://keepandroidopen.org/open-letter/#signatories">https://keepandroidopen.org/open-letter/#signatories</a> 2026-03-05T17:20:02Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsphf6s7qss9nxrtlfg3n34q3eg2c2jvj2nvu9pc4raukaaeq5f3yszyp0yw3c3pfyuqnke8zgvtwf6nk979998ecs8xnh52xr2mqzyzzv7uzr28x3 Remember the long-since-expunged Android philosophy? &#34;We also wanted to make sure there was no central point of failure, where one industry player could restrict or control the innovations of any other.&#34; Because the Wayback Machine remembers (<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140702115900/https://source.android.com/source/index.html">https://web.archive.org/web/20140702115900/https://source.android.com/source/index.html</a>)…<br/> <img src="https://files.techhub.social/media_attachments/files/116/143/363/724/105/166/original/867d8f7eae6c0f0a.png"> <br/> 2026-02-27T15:44:53Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0k78kt47s0lkffugl6zmcevxa75gwrvgwhv2grcp8pjgh44a7alqzyp0yw3c3pfyuqnke8zgvtwf6nk979998ecs8xnh52xr2mqzyzzv7u3qlxue In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsf74vnc8k0p6d5dkxh9rgfs5tvzpdfj8wcscxqy0armczgt4753kq7ugu68'>nevent1q…gu68</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>See also the complementary blog post: <a href="https://f-droid.org/2026/02/24/open-letter-opposing-developer-verification.html">https://f-droid.org/2026/02/24/open-letter-opposing-developer-verification.html</a> 2026-02-24T17:36:53Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsf74vnc8k0p6d5dkxh9rgfs5tvzpdfj8wcscxqy0armczgt4753kqzyp0yw3c3pfyuqnke8zgvtwf6nk979998ecs8xnh52xr2mqzyzzv7uv9d6jw We have published an open letter to Google opposing the Android Developer Verification Program with over 30 organizations as signatories: <a href="https://keepandroidopen.org/open-letter/">https://keepandroidopen.org/open-letter/</a><br/> <img src="https://files.techhub.social/media_attachments/files/116/126/021/004/716/281/original/30969405f59e6104.png"> <br/> 2026-02-24T14:14:56Z