MicroG Setup Guide

MicroG is an open source alternative to Gapps, with which you are almost guaranteed to get:
-Better Bettery Life
-Privacy
-Better performance
over Gapps.

Google services that are supported by MicroG are detailed here:
https://github.com/microg/android_packages_apps_GmsCore/wiki/Implementation-Status


⬇️How to get MicroG:
-Get MicroG individual APKs and manually put them into system (and granting all permissions to all of them manually):
--Website:
https://microg.org/download.html
--FDroid repository:
https://microg.org/fdroid/repo

-Through any of the packs that install the whole microg package, this is the easiest way https://t.me/NoGoolag/182

⚠️NOTE: You need Signature Spoofing for MicroG to work properly. Check #sigspoof
https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/general/index-list-custom-roms-offering-t3557047


📖Steps to setup MicroG are:

1. Do a clean flash of the ROM. That is, wipe Data, Cache and System, and flash your ROM again. (Otherwise you may have permission problems and battery drain.)

2. Install MicroG through your preferred medium.

3. Reboot to system.

4. Go to Settings > Accounts > Add Accounts > Google and login to your account (NOT REQUIRED)

5. Open app 'MicroG Settings' > Self-Check. If "System grants signature spoofing permission" isn't ticked, click on it and grant permission.

6. In MicroG settings, Go to "Google device registration", "Google Cloud Messaging", and "Google SafetyNet" and enable each of them.

7. Reboot.

8. In MicroG settings, go to UnifiedNLP settings, and enable everything in "Configure location backends" and "Configure address lookup backends".

9. Reboot.

Congrats! MicroG set up! You are now Google services free.

For Google Sync:
-Check https://t.me/NoGoolag/70

For accessing Play Store:
-Use Aurora which are open-source and directly access apps from play store
-Use a modded play store from any of the microg installers
https://t.me/NoGoolag/1792

To use a Google app:
-If a google app is not seeing your account, wipe its data and give it all permissions (not very privacy friendly, but you were the one who wanted to make them work). Then hope for the best.
-Open the app and it [should] see your account.

Troubleshooting:
Setup location like this https://t.me/NoGoolag/64

Report problems with the MicroG app here:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/app-microg-gmscore-floss-play-services-t3217616/


🧩 The main components of MicroG are:

-GmsCore (com.google.android.gms)
--The stuffing of the package resides here. All the major code.

-GsfProxy (com.google.android.gsf)
--Enables GCM (Google cloud messaging, which is basically a notification system most apps use)

-FakeStore (com.android.vending)
--A placeholder for PlayStore
--NOT AN APP STORE
--Just to prevent poorly coded apps from crashing

-MapsAPIv1 (com.google.android.maps)
--To make older apps with maps work

-DroidGuard (org.microg.gms.droidguard)
--Optional
--Used to try to pass safetynet
--Has proprietary components, but sandboxed

-Various NLP backends
--Optional
--For getting network location (different from GPS location)
--check #backends


#microg #guide #foss
Guide from @nogoolag

UnifiedNLP Backends

MicroG needs some backends to get network Location.

I should take these two paragraphs to clarify that Network location is NOT GPS. MicroG has nothing to do with your GPS. Network Location is that hugely approximated wide-circle that appears before you get a GPS Lock.

If you cannot get a location even on device only location mode, it's not MicroG. It's your app, your ROM, your device, or your cursed house. Change any of these.

So, there are various Location Backends available, whose pros and cons have been detailed in the UNLP readme, along with their FDroid download links if your installer did not include them.

Enable high accuracy location, enable the backends you want in microg unifiednlp section and click on the gears to configure them

Troubleshooting
-If location (NLP) is not working:
--download and install this: https://f-droid.org/app/com.vonglasow.michael.satstat
--Enable High Acccuracy Location and open SatStat. Wait for it to get your location.
--Don't close SatStat, minimize it and open MicroG Settings > Self-Check. All boxes shold be checked.


https://github.com/microg/android_packages_apps_UnifiedNlp/blob/master/README.md


Some links to location backends and their respective documentations.

Mozilla: https://mozilla.github.io/ichnaea/

Local GSM Backend: https://github.com/n76/Local-GSM-Backend

Local WiFi Backend: https://github.com/n76/wifi_backend

OpenBMap: https://github.com/openbmap/radiocells-nlp-android

Déjà Vu: https://github.com/n76/DejaVu

Please note that it is not necessary to install all of them, as most do almost the same.

Standalone installer for UNLP + backends, part of the MinMicroG project

The 'Backends' edition zip in the latest release:
github.com/friendlyneighborhoodshane/minmicrog_releases/releases


#microg #unifiednlp #location #gps #maps #backends #guide #foss
Guide on @nogoolag

Fennec F-Droid

♦What's Fennec?

Fennec is a fork of Firefox for Android that strips away all the proprietary bits (including mozilla and google analytics) and makes it completely FOSS. It's kept up to date with vanilla Firefox, so it also has the new Quantum engine and Photon UI.

This is a great browser for anybody looking for a open-source, privacy friendly alternative to chrome as it even comes with its own webview.

♦Get it from F-Droid:
https://f-droid.org/app/org.mozilla.fennec_fdroid

#fennec #browser #foss #fdroid

🔴 Spanish
Ante las noticias en las que se habla de posibles roturas de stock en respiradores comerciales de alta tecnología, hemos creado grupos para gestionar la información y el trabajo sobre material necesario en el tratamiento de la enfermedad

Ojalá ésto no sea necesario, pero si pasa, nos preguntábamos si es alta tecnología lo que se necesita o hay opciones mas sencillas que pudieran fabricarse rápido usando - por ejemplo- impresión 3D. Si eso fuera posible, nos gustaría ayudar en el reto. (Aquí hay expertos sanitarios y en diseño y fabricación en general -y en el mundo DIY si el dispositivo fuera fabricable-)

www.coronavirusmakers.org

🔴 English
In view of the news that talk about possible stock breaks in high-tech commercial respirators, we have created groups to manage the information and work on material needed in the treatment of the disease.

Hopefully this is not necessary, but if it happens, we wondered if high technology is what is needed or are there simpler options that could be manufactured quickly using - for example - 3D printing. If that were possible, we would like to help in the challenge. (Here are sanitary and design and manufacturing experts in general - and in the DIY world if the device was fabricable-)


#coronavirusmakers #coronavirus #diy #3d #how #foss #health

Best Open Source Voice/Video Chat Tools

(Technology has come so far, we can transmit video)

♦️Jitsi
~~ https://jitsi.org

♦️Linphone
~~ https://www.linphone.org

♦️Nextcloud Talk
~~ https://nextcloud.com/talk

♦️Jami
~~ https://jami.net

♦️Wire
~~ https://wire.com

♦️Matrix
~~ https://matrix.org

♦️Signal
~~ https://signal.org

♦️BigBlueButton
~~ https://docs.nixnet.services/BigBlueButton


📡 @NoGoolag 📡 @Libreware
#chat #video #videocall #alternatives #foss #not #skype

New release of NewPipe (19.0)

- Subscriptions are sorted chronologically (finally!!)
- Support for multiple subscription groups
- Mute button

Full release notes: https://newpipe.schabi.org/blog/release/pinned/newpipe-0.19.0-released/

APK Download (github): https://github.com/TeamNewPipe/NewPipe/releases (release should come out on f-droid soon)

If you don't know what NewPipe is: NewPipe is a FOSS and privacy respecting respecting android YouTube (and SoundCloud and peertube) client with support for subscriptions, background play, pop up player and downloads.


📡@NoGoolag
#youtube #newpipe #subscriptioms #soundcloud #opensource #foss

🎦 NewPipe podcast demo 📲
Tap 🎧Background & Listen to YouTube playlist on Android · This #YouTube #SoundCloud #PeerTube #FOSS app works without google #spyware and without google account.

— #NewPipe's Features —
Search videos
Display general info about videos
Watch YouTube videos
Listen to YouTube videos
Popup mode (floating player)
Select streaming player to watch video with
Download videos
Download audio only
Open a video in Kodi
Show next/related videos
Search YouTube in a specific language
Watch/Block age restricted material
Display general info about channels
Search channels
Watch videos from a channel
Orbot/Tor support (not yet directly)
1080p/2K/4K support
View history
Subscribe to channels
Search history
Search/watch playlists
Watch as enqueued playlists
Enqueue videos
Local playlists
Subtitles
Livestream support
Show comments
Coming Features
Cast to UPnP and Cast
& many more

ℹ️ wiki entry

APK⬇️ & beta⬇️ & old devices

contribute 🙏

find alternatives

@Libreware 👀 @NoGoolag @crypthon_infosec_en

Proton VPN is the only best FREE VPN you should use and this is why

Summary :

Pros

1. Open source.
2. Unlimited bandwidth.
3. No log policy
4. Custom DNS servers( windows only)-Set Adblocking DNS servers to block ads at DNS level.
5. Clients for all platforms.
6. Decent speeds.
7. Kill switch.
8. Split Tunneling.( Exclude apps or softwares from VPN)
9. Bypass Blocking.
10. Anonymous.

Cons

1. No torrenting.
2. Doesn't work with Netflix.

Read the full article here 👇

https://www.top10vpn.com/reviews/protonvpn-free/

Download Android app here

#vpn #foss

Fair Code vs Open Source, Which Wins The Future?

Fair code is a new software development model which aims to replace the long-ruling open source model. Fair code authors argue that open source software lack a critical point in terms of commercial usage of the software, and hence, introduced their initiative to fix it.

What is Fair Code?

When developers release their software as open source, they are also giving a by-definition right to every company in the world to commercially use their software without having to obtain a license or share some profits with them. And this caused some problems in the open source world few years ago. For example, Amazon took the MongoDB source code (An open source database system), changed its name and then provided it as a SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) on its AWS platform, and then charged people money to use it. MongoDB developers were angered since they literally got nothing back from Amazon although they are the original creators of 100% of the code.

👀 👉🏼 https://fosspost.org/fair-code-open-source/

#foss #faircode #OpenSource #future #thinkabout
📡@cRyPtHoN_INFOSEC_DE
📡@cRyPtHoN_INFOSEC_EN
📡@BlackBox_Archiv
📡@NoGoolag

Asking Microsoft to resign from the RIAA over youtube-dl takedown demand

We learned on Friday that GitHub removed youtube-dl's primary collaboration forum and code repository from their site, which had been hosted at https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl. The action was in response to a DMCA Section 512 notice that the RIAA sent demanding removal of youtube-dl, which was released and distributed via GitHub under a liberal FOSS license. In the notice, the RIAA cites DMCA Section 1201 (the removing digital restrictions section) as justification for youtube-dl's removal.

We believe that youtube-dl has substantial non-infringing uses. There are many, but to name a few, youtube-dl has the following important features:

— enable users to watch YouTube videos without installing any non-free software

— watch YouTube at different speeds (including speeds YouTube does not offer) — an important feature for accessibility!

— change the YouTube video quality setting manually when the user is more aware of bandwidth issues than YouTube's non-human algorithms

— ability to download (and then, with other software, modify and reuse) freely licensed videos, such as those licensed under CC-BY

We realize Microsoft, a paying member of the RIAA, has left themselves stuck between their industry association's abuses of the law and the needs of FOSS projects for which they provide infrastructure. While under current law (which we object to), complying with the takedown notice is admittedly the fastest way to limit Microsoft's liability, we view Microsoft's membership in the RIAA as a much bigger liability to our community, now that Microsoft controls GitHub. We call on Microsoft to resign from the RIAA and remove their conflict of interest in this matter. This is an important opportunity for Microsoft to stand up for the values of software freedom.

If you work at Microsoft (including for its GitHub subsidiary), we call on you to petition your employer to resign immediately from the RIAA. We suggest that you raise these concerns directly with your manager or other management, or (even better) by starting an internal email petition with other employees.

To build a strong community of FOSS developers, we need confidence that our software hosting platforms will fight for our rights. While we'd prefer that Microsoft would simply refuse to kowtow to institutions like the RIAA and reject their DMCA requests, we believe in the alternative Microsoft can take the easy first step of resigning from RIAA in protest. We similarly call on all RIAA members who value FOSS to also resign.

👀 👉🏼 https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2020/oct/26/microsoft-github-riaa-youtube-dl/

#youtubedl #foss #microsoft #riaa #dmca #takedown
📡@cRyPtHoN_INFOSEC_DE
📡@cRyPtHoN_INFOSEC_EN
📡@BlackBox_Archiv
📡@NoGoolag

Origins of the youtube-dl project

As you may know, as of the time this text is being written youtube-dl’s repository at GitHub is blocked due to a DMCA takedown letter received by GitHub on behalf of the RIAA. While I cannot comment on the current maintainers' plans or ongoing discussions, in light of the claims made in that letter I thought it would be valuable to put in writing the first years of youtube-dl as the project creator and initial maintainer.

Copper thieves

All good stories need at least a villain so I have arbitrarily chosen copper thieves as the villains of the story that set in motion what youtube-dl is today. Back in 2006 I was living in a town 5 to 10 kilometers away from Avilés, which is itself a small city or town in northern Spain. While people in Avilés enjoyed some nice infrastructures and services, including cable and ADSL Internet access, the area I lived in lacked those advantages. I was too far away from the telephone exchange to enjoy ADSL and copper thieves had been stealing copper wires along the way to it for years, causing telephone service outages from time to time and making the telephone company replace those wires with weaker and thinner wires, knowing they would likely be stolen again. This had been going on for several years at that point.

This meant my only choice for home Internet access so far had been a dial-up connection and a 56k V.90 modem. In fact, connection quality was so poor I had to limit the modem to 33.6 kbps mode so the connection would be at least stable. Actual download speeds rarely surpassed 4 KB/sec. YouTube was gaining popularity then to the point it was purchased by Google at the end of that year.

👀 👉🏼 https://rg3.name/202011071352.html

#youtubedl #foss #origins #riaa #dmca #takedown #thinkabout
📡@cRyPtHoN_INFOSEC_DE
📡@cRyPtHoN_INFOSEC_EN
📡@BlackBox_Archiv
📡@NoGoolag

The BEST FOSS iOS Apps

Finding FOSS apps for your Non-Open iOS is an tedious task. Here is an short list of open source apps for iOS which might meet your daily requirements.

📹 Watch it via:
YouTube || Invidious

📱Recommended FOSS apps for iOS:
• Messaging
Signal || Jami || Element || Threema
• Web Browser
DDG Browser || SnowHaze || Onion Browser
• Password Manager
Bitwarden || Keepassium || StrongBox
• Email
Tutanota || ProtonMail || SimpleLogin
• DNS/Firewall
LockDown || DNS Cloak
• 2FA Apps
Tofu || Authenticator
• Video/Audio conferencing
Jami || Element || Jitsi || Mumble

📡 @howtobeprivateonline
#iOS #Alternatives #Privacy #FOSS

IzzyOnDroid@mastodon.technology - For those who missed it, and those who want to repeat it: the recording of our first training session / talk on "F-Droid App Review" is online now

https://libre.video/videos/watch/5d32d19d-e012-4b6c-a962-14e670f1648b​

I've created a new channel for it, as hopefully more are to come (and hopefully also in better quality than this "quick cut", I'm out of training in video editing):

https://libre.video/video-channels/foss/videos​

#fdroid #foss #contribution #getInvolved #android #apps​

IzzyOnDroid@mastodon.technology - Drizzle in my repo today with 2 new apps. Most prominently:

Watomatic – to help those of you still stuck at WhatsApp to leave that s(t)inking ship without being afraid "nobody can find you": it sends auto-responses to everyone writing you, telling them you've left and where to look. So: no more excuses, here's your door! https://apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid/index/apk/com.parishod.watomatic​

Further running: SpaceXFollower (SpaceX events, facts, statistics) and Auxio, a nice music player, added yesterday.

Enjoy #foss #Android #apps with #fdroid!

Experiencing the /e/ OS: The Open Source De-Googled Android Version (updated April 29, 2021)

/e/ Android operating system is a privacy oriented, Google-free mobile operating system, fork of Lineage OS and was founded in mid-2018 by Gaël Duval, creator of Mandrake Linux (now Mandriva Linux).

Despite making Android an open source project in 2007, Google replaced some OS elements with proprietary software when Android gained popularity. /e/ Foundation has replaced the proprietary apps and services with MicroG, an open source alternative framework which minimizes tracking and device activity.

https://itsfoss.com/e-os-review/

#foss #eOS #opensource #degoogled #android #microg
📡 @nogoolag 📡 @blackbox_archiv

Save Open Source: The Impending Tragedy of the Cyber Resilience Act - The Apache Software Foundation Blog –

Software, including open source, is becoming regulated the world over. This lengthy blog post explains the background to the Cyber Resilience Act in the Europe Union, what is good, its flaws and the likely negative impact on open source. And it also explains the arcane process by which it moves through the EU system, to help understand the timeline and how to make a change.


https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/cyber-resilience-act

Cyber Resilience Act & Free Software: Parliament waters down its own position - FSFE – https://fsfe.org/news/2023/news-20230719-01.en.html

#CyberResilienceAct #CRA #EU #Regulation #OpenSource #FOSS