microG will get funded by Prototypefund
https://prototypefund.de/project/microg/
microg
Marvin Wißfeld
#Infrastructure #round 5
What problem do you want to solve with your project?
microG is a project that allows Android apps that actually use Google Play services to run without them. The Google Play services are a non-open extension of the Android operating system, which is preinstalled on most modern Android smartphones. Many apps use these services and work without them or worse. With microG it is possible to fully use these apps even if you remove Google Play services from your smartphone. In doing so, the user can select exactly which services Google wants to use, while private data is in any case disguised.As part of this project, microG will be expanded to include support for smartwatches with Android Wear and the card function will be completely redesigned.
How does your project solve the problem?
microG currently consists of a number of modules whose technical structure is defined by Google's given interfaces. These interfaces need to be reverse-engineered because Google has not publicly documented them. As soon as Google makes changes to the interfaces or adds functions, they must also be implemented accordingly in microG, which requires ongoing maintenance. Of course, it's not enough just to know the interfaces, because often behind them a complex function is hidden.
The function for displaying maps (originally with Google Maps) is to use a library of MapBox.
To support Android Wear, the logic and communication with the smartwatch must be completely self-developed. It is planned to work with GadgetBridge, whose app can already drive some simple smartwatches and is completely open source.
Who is your tool aimed at?
microG is for those who are unwilling to share their private data with Google or Apple, but still want to use any apps they need for social participation. Since the installation of microG on many smartphones is not readily possible, a person with technical know-how is required.After successful setup and introduction, however, everyone can use microG and keep it up to date.
https://prototypefund.de/project/microg/
microg
Marvin Wißfeld
#Infrastructure #round 5
What problem do you want to solve with your project?
microG is a project that allows Android apps that actually use Google Play services to run without them. The Google Play services are a non-open extension of the Android operating system, which is preinstalled on most modern Android smartphones. Many apps use these services and work without them or worse. With microG it is possible to fully use these apps even if you remove Google Play services from your smartphone. In doing so, the user can select exactly which services Google wants to use, while private data is in any case disguised.As part of this project, microG will be expanded to include support for smartwatches with Android Wear and the card function will be completely redesigned.
How does your project solve the problem?
microG currently consists of a number of modules whose technical structure is defined by Google's given interfaces. These interfaces need to be reverse-engineered because Google has not publicly documented them. As soon as Google makes changes to the interfaces or adds functions, they must also be implemented accordingly in microG, which requires ongoing maintenance. Of course, it's not enough just to know the interfaces, because often behind them a complex function is hidden.
The function for displaying maps (originally with Google Maps) is to use a library of MapBox.
To support Android Wear, the logic and communication with the smartwatch must be completely self-developed. It is planned to work with GadgetBridge, whose app can already drive some simple smartwatches and is completely open source.
Who is your tool aimed at?
microG is for those who are unwilling to share their private data with Google or Apple, but still want to use any apps they need for social participation. Since the installation of microG on many smartphones is not readily possible, a person with technical know-how is required.After successful setup and introduction, however, everyone can use microG and keep it up to date.
Prototype Fund
microG - Prototype Fund
Wir ermöglichen die Nutzung von Android-Apps ohne die Einbindung von Google-Play-Diensten.
The Prototypefund will also support the creation of an open push service for Android
https://prototypefund.de/project/open-source-push-service-fuer-android-apps/
Open source push service for Android apps
Markus Hoffmann
#Infrastructure #round 5
What problem do you want to solve with your project?
So far, the only way to easily send push notifications for mobile apps is to use
either Google's or Apple's push services. On the one hand, these require the use of proprietary system services and libraries, on the other hand, they allow the large platforms to collect all the metadata of all push messages. Even if the app encrypts the content of the sent message, the analysis of the metadata allows conclusions to be drawn on the communication behavior of users. In addition, they make all apps dependent on their own terms of use.
How does your project solve the problem?
Push notifications work, the smartphone establishes a long-lasting connection to a server and this is maintained by the occasional sending of "keepalive" packages. The (push) server assigns individual active connections to the clients and, if necessary, sends a notification to the recipient via the open connection. The client is awakened by the incoming data packets from the sleep mode.
As part of the project, an Android library will be developed together with a server component that can be integrated by app developers into existing apps. The Android library takes care of maintaining the connection and registering the client. The server component provides an interface for app developers to send push messages to mobile devices. The development of the interfaces (client lib and push server API) takes place
based on Google's FCM services.
Who is your tool aimed at?
The project consists of an Android library as an alternative to Google's proprietary FCM libraries and a server component and API. The target group are open source projects that want to integrate push notifications without having to develop another project-specific solution themselves.
https://prototypefund.de/project/open-source-push-service-fuer-android-apps/
Open source push service for Android apps
Markus Hoffmann
#Infrastructure #round 5
What problem do you want to solve with your project?
So far, the only way to easily send push notifications for mobile apps is to use
either Google's or Apple's push services. On the one hand, these require the use of proprietary system services and libraries, on the other hand, they allow the large platforms to collect all the metadata of all push messages. Even if the app encrypts the content of the sent message, the analysis of the metadata allows conclusions to be drawn on the communication behavior of users. In addition, they make all apps dependent on their own terms of use.
How does your project solve the problem?
Push notifications work, the smartphone establishes a long-lasting connection to a server and this is maintained by the occasional sending of "keepalive" packages. The (push) server assigns individual active connections to the clients and, if necessary, sends a notification to the recipient via the open connection. The client is awakened by the incoming data packets from the sleep mode.
As part of the project, an Android library will be developed together with a server component that can be integrated by app developers into existing apps. The Android library takes care of maintaining the connection and registering the client. The server component provides an interface for app developers to send push messages to mobile devices. The development of the interfaces (client lib and push server API) takes place
based on Google's FCM services.
Who is your tool aimed at?
The project consists of an Android library as an alternative to Google's proprietary FCM libraries and a server component and API. The target group are open source projects that want to integrate push notifications without having to develop another project-specific solution themselves.
Prototype Fund
Open Source Push-Service für Android-Apps - Prototype Fund
Wir bieten Push-Nachrichten für Apps von Anbietern, die nicht in großen App-Stores vertreten sind.
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— LibreCellular 21.04 documentation – https://librecellular.org/
The LibreCellular project aims to make it easier to create #4G cellular #networks with open source software and low cost software-defined radio (#SDR) hardware. Seeking to achieve this via validated hardware and software configurations that are subjected to rigorous testing, together with additional tooling and #documentation for repeatable deployment.
LibreCellular will build on the work of numerous existing open source software and hardware projects, related to both the #cellular platform itself and associated test #infrastructure. Where necessary additional components will be developed, with any software source code and #hardware designs published under #opensource licences. The focus is very much on integration, testing, packaging and documentation, reusing and building upon existing solutions..
#LibreCellular #CellulaireLibre
The LibreCellular project aims to make it easier to create #4G cellular #networks with open source software and low cost software-defined radio (#SDR) hardware. Seeking to achieve this via validated hardware and software configurations that are subjected to rigorous testing, together with additional tooling and #documentation for repeatable deployment.
LibreCellular will build on the work of numerous existing open source software and hardware projects, related to both the #cellular platform itself and associated test #infrastructure. Where necessary additional components will be developed, with any software source code and #hardware designs published under #opensource licences. The focus is very much on integration, testing, packaging and documentation, reusing and building upon existing solutions..
#LibreCellular #CellulaireLibre
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Was #Shinzo #Abe targetted because of his desire for strong #economic & business links between #Japan and #Russia?
Abe’s engagement was part of his new approach to Russia, one that sought to push forward peace-treaty negotiations using economic incentives.
In 2016, Abe offered Russia an eight-point economic cooperation plan, which included
• Joint development of Russian #oil and natural #gas fields,
•Japanese support for the #infrastructure improvement of a Russian city,
•and a Japanese #loan to Russia’s #Sberbank.
https://www.fpri.org/article/2022/06/japan-russia-relations-after-the-russian-ukrainian-war/“
Abe’s engagement was part of his new approach to Russia, one that sought to push forward peace-treaty negotiations using economic incentives.
In 2016, Abe offered Russia an eight-point economic cooperation plan, which included
• Joint development of Russian #oil and natural #gas fields,
•Japanese support for the #infrastructure improvement of a Russian city,
•and a Japanese #loan to Russia’s #Sberbank.
https://www.fpri.org/article/2022/06/japan-russia-relations-after-the-russian-ukrainian-war/“
Foreign Policy Research Institute
Japan-Russia Relations After the Russian-Ukrainian War
Technically, Japan and Russia are still at war. Although Japan surrendered to the Allies in September 1945, ending World War II, Moscow and Tokyo have never
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🇵🇸 Gaza’s health system is on the brink of total collapse | 972mag
Under Israel’s bombardment and intensified siege, over half of the Strip’s hospitals have completely shut down, with others unable to offer vital services.
The Israeli assault on the Gaza Strip has left the health sector in the besieged coastal enclave in a state of unprecedented, near-total collapse, More than half of the 30 hospitals in Gaza have closed completely, according to the Health Ministry. For others, the window of operation remains precariously short: the crisis has pushed many of the remaining health care centers to the brink of closure, rendering them incapable of providing vital medical services. Health care workers and hospital employees fear that, even as casualties rise daily, the health care system will soon be unable to accommodate new patients.
#Palestine #Gaza #Hospital #WarCrimes #HealthSystem #Infrastructure
08/11/2023
Under Israel’s bombardment and intensified siege, over half of the Strip’s hospitals have completely shut down, with others unable to offer vital services.
The Israeli assault on the Gaza Strip has left the health sector in the besieged coastal enclave in a state of unprecedented, near-total collapse, More than half of the 30 hospitals in Gaza have closed completely, according to the Health Ministry. For others, the window of operation remains precariously short: the crisis has pushed many of the remaining health care centers to the brink of closure, rendering them incapable of providing vital medical services. Health care workers and hospital employees fear that, even as casualties rise daily, the health care system will soon be unable to accommodate new patients.
#Palestine #Gaza #Hospital #WarCrimes #HealthSystem #Infrastructure
08/11/2023
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🇵🇸 Beit Hanoun, Gaza
Via @MuhammadSmiry
#Palestine #Gaza #BeitHanoun
#WarCrimes #Genocide #Destruction #Desolatior #Infrastructure
26/11/2023
Via @MuhammadSmiry
#Palestine #Gaza #BeitHanoun
#WarCrimes #Genocide #Destruction #Desolatior #Infrastructure
26/11/2023
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🇵🇸 Reminder : Who Profits - The Israeli Occupation Industry
Since its 1967 #occupation of Palestinian and Syrian land, Israel has developed an intricate system of #oppression, combining military force, technology, #infrastructure, and regulations to exert control over Palestinian and Syrian populations and further entrench its control over #land and #resources. Populations living under Israel’s military rule are denied basic civil liberties and are subject to arbitrary repressive violence by the Israeli military, police force, and private security personnel.
In the occupied #WestBank, around 3 million Palestinians live within a complex mosaic of administrative areas carved out through the 1993 #OsloAccords. Under the Accords the West Bank was divided into three administrative areas (A, B, and C). #AreaA comprises approximately 18% of the West Bank and is nominally under full Palestinian control. Area B, comprising approximately 22% of the West Bank, is under the full administrative control of the Palestinian Authority(#PA) but under the military control of Israel. #AreaC, which comprises 61% of the West Bank, is under the full control of Israel through the Civil (Military) Administration in the West Bank.
These areas are separated and surrounded by a system of #roadblocks, #fences, #walls, #barriers, and #checkpoints, as well as Israeli #settlements and roads designated for the exclusive use of Israelis. The movement of Palestinians between the separate areas is controlled by an elaborate #permit regime. Further, Palestinians from the West Bank and Gaza require special permits to enter into areas annexed to Jerusalem, and #Jerusalem itself. Permits are allocated by the Israeli authorities according to secret security and economic considerations. Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians are blacklisted and cannot pass through any of the checkpoints, not even to #travel inside their own enclave to the next town or the surrounding area.
In #Gaza, around two million people have been living under an Israeli-imposed land, air, and sea siege since 2007. The movement of people, goods, and services in or out of Gaza is almost completely blocked, and ongoing military attacks cause mounting casualties and infrastructure #destruction.
#Population control and arbitrary movement #restrictions separate families, severely limit access to #HealthCare, #education, and employment, and hinder economic development. Israel also utilizes its force and technologies to surveil and intimidate populations, as well as to quell any form of political activity and resistance, including the routine use of lethal crowd control weapons and live fire on civilian demonstrators.
Collective punishments in the form of military assaults, house #demolitions, curfews, closures, and mass arrests are common. Presently, there are approximately 5,000 Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli incarceration centers. About 1,000 are being held under administrative detention, i.e., without having been charged, tried, or sentenced.
Who Profits has identified three sub-categories of corporate involvement in Israel’s Population Control. Private Security and #Surveillance Technology refers to corporate involvement in Israel’s growing Private Security and Surveillance #Technology Industries. The Wall and Checkpoints refers to Israel’s intricate mechanisms of control, physical segregation, and restrictions on the movement of Palestinians in the #oPt. Specialized Equipment and Services, refers to corporate involvement in the provision of services and equipment to the
Israeli military and security apparatus.
#Palestine #Syria #WhoProfits #Apartheid #Colonisation #Occupation #PopulationControl #TheWall
Since its 1967 #occupation of Palestinian and Syrian land, Israel has developed an intricate system of #oppression, combining military force, technology, #infrastructure, and regulations to exert control over Palestinian and Syrian populations and further entrench its control over #land and #resources. Populations living under Israel’s military rule are denied basic civil liberties and are subject to arbitrary repressive violence by the Israeli military, police force, and private security personnel.
In the occupied #WestBank, around 3 million Palestinians live within a complex mosaic of administrative areas carved out through the 1993 #OsloAccords. Under the Accords the West Bank was divided into three administrative areas (A, B, and C). #AreaA comprises approximately 18% of the West Bank and is nominally under full Palestinian control. Area B, comprising approximately 22% of the West Bank, is under the full administrative control of the Palestinian Authority(#PA) but under the military control of Israel. #AreaC, which comprises 61% of the West Bank, is under the full control of Israel through the Civil (Military) Administration in the West Bank.
These areas are separated and surrounded by a system of #roadblocks, #fences, #walls, #barriers, and #checkpoints, as well as Israeli #settlements and roads designated for the exclusive use of Israelis. The movement of Palestinians between the separate areas is controlled by an elaborate #permit regime. Further, Palestinians from the West Bank and Gaza require special permits to enter into areas annexed to Jerusalem, and #Jerusalem itself. Permits are allocated by the Israeli authorities according to secret security and economic considerations. Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians are blacklisted and cannot pass through any of the checkpoints, not even to #travel inside their own enclave to the next town or the surrounding area.
In #Gaza, around two million people have been living under an Israeli-imposed land, air, and sea siege since 2007. The movement of people, goods, and services in or out of Gaza is almost completely blocked, and ongoing military attacks cause mounting casualties and infrastructure #destruction.
#Population control and arbitrary movement #restrictions separate families, severely limit access to #HealthCare, #education, and employment, and hinder economic development. Israel also utilizes its force and technologies to surveil and intimidate populations, as well as to quell any form of political activity and resistance, including the routine use of lethal crowd control weapons and live fire on civilian demonstrators.
Collective punishments in the form of military assaults, house #demolitions, curfews, closures, and mass arrests are common. Presently, there are approximately 5,000 Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli incarceration centers. About 1,000 are being held under administrative detention, i.e., without having been charged, tried, or sentenced.
Who Profits has identified three sub-categories of corporate involvement in Israel’s Population Control. Private Security and #Surveillance Technology refers to corporate involvement in Israel’s growing Private Security and Surveillance #Technology Industries. The Wall and Checkpoints refers to Israel’s intricate mechanisms of control, physical segregation, and restrictions on the movement of Palestinians in the #oPt. Specialized Equipment and Services, refers to corporate involvement in the provision of services and equipment to the
Israeli military and security apparatus.
#Palestine #Syria #WhoProfits #Apartheid #Colonisation #Occupation #PopulationControl #TheWall
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🇵🇸 Egypt's Gaza proposal : Redistribution, not displacement | The Cradle
#Egypt has drafted a proposal for the reconstruction of the #Gaza Strip, which serves as an alternative to #US President Donald #Trump’s scheme to take over the enclave and expel its #population.
The #plan is made up of two stages. The first is reconstruction without a displacement of Palestinians from their land, and the second is restricting the flow of weaponry throughout Gaza.
The first stage “extends over 10 years and includes large-scale #reconstruction operations, including #infrastructure and #housing, in addition to preliminary measures for a comprehensive solution to the Palestinian issue,” according to an Egyptian diplomat.
The #resistance’s #weapons will be dealt with in a way so that arrangements are made to impose “restrictions and controls” on weapons depots without complete disarmament.
The second stage of the deal would establish a time frame for the implementation of a #TwoStateSolution.
#Palestine #Diplomacy
#Egypt has drafted a proposal for the reconstruction of the #Gaza Strip, which serves as an alternative to #US President Donald #Trump’s scheme to take over the enclave and expel its #population.
The #plan is made up of two stages. The first is reconstruction without a displacement of Palestinians from their land, and the second is restricting the flow of weaponry throughout Gaza.
The first stage “extends over 10 years and includes large-scale #reconstruction operations, including #infrastructure and #housing, in addition to preliminary measures for a comprehensive solution to the Palestinian issue,” according to an Egyptian diplomat.
The #resistance’s #weapons will be dealt with in a way so that arrangements are made to impose “restrictions and controls” on weapons depots without complete disarmament.
The second stage of the deal would establish a time frame for the implementation of a #TwoStateSolution.
#Palestine #Diplomacy
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🇵🇸 Total Communications Blackout in Gaza as Israel Targets Infrastructure | Palestine Chronicle
#Internet and #phone services collapsed across the Gaza Strip on Thursday following Israeli strikes on telecommunications infrastructure, the Palestinian Telecommunications Regulatory Authority said.
In a statement cited by the Anadolu news agency, the authority said the digital isolation of #Gaza had deepened due to Israel’s “systematic targeting” of #telecom #infrastructure, despite repeated attempts to repair damaged and alternative routes over a prolonged period.
12/06/2025
#Palestine #Genocide #Communication
#Internet and #phone services collapsed across the Gaza Strip on Thursday following Israeli strikes on telecommunications infrastructure, the Palestinian Telecommunications Regulatory Authority said.
In a statement cited by the Anadolu news agency, the authority said the digital isolation of #Gaza had deepened due to Israel’s “systematic targeting” of #telecom #infrastructure, despite repeated attempts to repair damaged and alternative routes over a prolonged period.
12/06/2025
#Palestine #Genocide #Communication
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🇵🇸Gaza: Israel’s use of starvation evidence of genocide against Palestinians
Evidence gathered by Amnesty International demonstrates how over a month since the introduction of its militarized #aid distribution system, Israel has continued to use starvation of civilians as a weapon of war against Palestinians in the occupied #Gaza Strip and to deliberately impose conditions of life calculated to bring about their physical destruction as part of its ongoing #genocide.
Heartbreaking testimonies gathered from medical staff, parents of children hospitalized for malnutrition and displaced Palestinians struggling to survive paint a horrifying picture of acute levels of #starvation and desperation in Gaza. Their accounts provide further evidence of the catastrophic suffering caused by Israel’s ongoing restrictions on life-saving aid and its deadly militarized aid scheme coupled with mass #ForcedDisplacement, relentless bombardment and destruction of life-sustaining #infrastructure.
03/07/2025
#Palestine #Report
Evidence gathered by Amnesty International demonstrates how over a month since the introduction of its militarized #aid distribution system, Israel has continued to use starvation of civilians as a weapon of war against Palestinians in the occupied #Gaza Strip and to deliberately impose conditions of life calculated to bring about their physical destruction as part of its ongoing #genocide.
Heartbreaking testimonies gathered from medical staff, parents of children hospitalized for malnutrition and displaced Palestinians struggling to survive paint a horrifying picture of acute levels of #starvation and desperation in Gaza. Their accounts provide further evidence of the catastrophic suffering caused by Israel’s ongoing restrictions on life-saving aid and its deadly militarized aid scheme coupled with mass #ForcedDisplacement, relentless bombardment and destruction of life-sustaining #infrastructure.
03/07/2025
#Palestine #Report