<p>Keep Android Open!</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/5MZfGq5F1NU" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>youtu.be/5MZfGq5F1NU</a></p><p><a href="/tags/android/" rel="tag">#Android</a> <a href="/tags/google/" rel="tag">#Google</a> <a href="/tags/campaign/" rel="tag">#Campaign</a> <a href="/tags/petition/" rel="tag">#Petition</a></p>
<p>🤣 Google 剛通知我要把帳戶從巴拿馬「遷移」到德國，因為這破公司判定我「常年居住德國」<br>現實：我只是一直開著 Proton VPN 連德國節點保護隱私而已，根本沒去過德國 😅<br>更搞笑的是我基本上不怎麼用 Google 服務，我用 Startpage、Disroot、Proton Drive、CoMaps 等替代品，Google 花大力氣分析一個幾乎不存在的使用者，然後得出完全錯誤的結論，還要正式發郵件通知我這個「重大發現」😂<br>最離譜的是這次「遷移」還會把我的賬號換成愛爾蘭的公司，讓我享受到 GDPR 和 BDSG？所以 Google 的錯誤判斷實際上給了我更強的隱私權利，這就像小偷闖你家結果幫你修門鎖一樣逆天 🤡<br>世界上最先進的數據分析公司被一個簡單的 VPN 完全耍了，還以為自己很牛逼然後幫我提升了隱私保護等級，媽的笑死我了哈哈哈哈，感謝 Google 證明我的隱私策略有多成功，這大概就是傳說中的「人工智障」吧 🙃<br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://ovo.st/club/board" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>board</span></a></span> <a href="/tags/google/" rel="tag">#Google</a> <a href="/tags/privacy/" rel="tag">#Privacy</a> <a href="/tags/gdpr/" rel="tag">#GDPR</a> <a href="/tags/bigtech/" rel="tag">#BigTech</a> <a href="/tags/datacollection/" rel="tag">#DataCollection</a> <a href="/tags/techfail/" rel="tag">#TechFail</a> <a href="/tags/irony/" rel="tag">#Irony</a></p>
F-droid was the first thing I thought of when I saw the news come by of Google's plan to turn Android more into iOS. Custom roms are already a dying breed due to all the crap that Google has been pulling, and now this.<br><br>It's such a shame we've ended up with a smartphone OS duopoly. It could've been so much better, sigh.<br><br><a href="https://f-droid.org/en/2025/09/29/google-developer-registration-decree.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="f-droid.org/en/2025/09/29/google-developer-registration-decree.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">f-droid.org/en/2025/09/29/goog</span><span class="invisible">le-developer-registration-decree.html</span></a><br><br><a href="/tags/android/" rel="tag">#Android</a> <a href="/tags/fdroid/" rel="tag">#Fdroid</a> <a href="/tags/google/" rel="tag">#Google</a> <a href="/tags/foss/" rel="tag">#FOSS</a> <a href="/tags/enshittification/" rel="tag">#Enshittification</a><br>
<p>There’s no need to depend on Google as your default search engine. Qwant and Ecosia are already viable alternatives, and together they’re building the European Search Index (Staan). It’s currently implemented in France and will roll out to additional European countries in 2026.</p><p><a href="/tags/buyfromeu/" rel="tag">#BuyFromEU</a> <a href="/tags/europe/" rel="tag">#Europe</a> <a href="/tags/eu/" rel="tag">#EU</a> <a href="/tags/google/" rel="tag">#Google</a></p>
<p>AI generated (bad) content aka aislop is killing reality, truth, information, internet, search engines like google, ... We are all fucked... 😮🤔 (Accept we use reputable media/platforms like public broadcast.)</p><p>With the new Sora 2 app by openai you just need to enter some text to generate realistic looking videos and publish them online.</p><p>Half of worldwide internet traffic is bot generated. internet is becoming ainternet. 💩</p><p>4 current analyses:</p><p>Fake Protest Videos Are the Latest AI Slop to Go Viral in MAGA World by gizmodo<br><a href="https://gizmodo.com/fake-protest-videos-are-the-latest-ai-slop-to-go-viral-in-maga-world-2000669656" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="gizmodo.com/fake-protest-videos-are-the-latest-ai-slop-to-go-viral-in-maga-world-2000669656"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">gizmodo.com/fake-protest-video</span><span class="invisible">s-are-the-latest-ai-slop-to-go-viral-in-maga-world-2000669656</span></a><br>text</p><p>AI Slop Is Destroying The Internet by kurzgesagt <br><a href="https://youtu.be/_zfN9wnPvU0?si=ohQnrkJTYURYILkk" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="youtu.be/_zfN9wnPvU0?si=ohQnrkJTYURYILkk"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtu.be/_zfN9wnPvU0?si=ohQnrk</span><span class="invisible">JTYURYILkk</span></a><br>video, 12 minutes</p><p>SORA: the all Ai TikTok Clone. will slop end creativity? by CaseyNeistat<br><a href="https://youtu.be/I1dW-nZqhew?si=B6eS0zLmxGWMstIb" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="youtu.be/I1dW-nZqhew?si=B6eS0zLmxGWMstIb"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtu.be/I1dW-nZqhew?si=B6eS0z</span><span class="invisible">LmxGWMstIb</span></a><br>video, 7 minutes</p><p>german/french: <br>KI: Der Tod des Internets by <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@sixtus" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>sixtus</span></a></span> <a href="https://www.arte.tv/de/videos/122187-000-A/ki-der-tod-des-internets/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.arte.tv/de/videos/122187-000-A/ki-der-tod-des-internets/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.arte.tv/de/videos/122187-0</span><span class="invisible">00-A/ki-der-tod-des-internets/</span></a> <br>video, 51 minutes</p><p><a href="/tags/sora2/" rel="tag">#sora2</a> <a href="/tags/sora/" rel="tag">#sora</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#ai</a> <a href="/tags/fakenews/" rel="tag">#fakenews</a> <a href="/tags/misinformation/" rel="tag">#misinformation</a> <a href="/tags/debunking/" rel="tag">#debunking</a> <a href="/tags/openai/" rel="tag">#openai</a> <a href="/tags/maga/" rel="tag">#maga</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#trump</a> <a href="/tags/aislop/" rel="tag">#aislop</a> <a href="/tags/kurzgesagt/" rel="tag">#kurzgesagt</a> <a href="/tags/gizmodo/" rel="tag">#gizmodo</a> <a href="/tags/internet/" rel="tag">#internet</a> <a href="/tags/truth/" rel="tag">#truth</a> <a href="/tags/reality/" rel="tag">#reality</a> <a href="/tags/google/" rel="tag">#google</a> <a href="/tags/chatgpt/" rel="tag">#chatgpt</a> <a href="/tags/ainternet/" rel="tag">#ainternet</a></p>
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<p>AI slop is threatening journalism by churning out clickbaity versions of original stories, capturing web traffic, and destroying readers' trust in media. NiemanLab's Ben Paviour takes a look at how it's proliferating, with the help of Google.</p><p><a href="https://flip.it/6VypfN" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>flip.it/6VypfN</a></p><p><a href="/tags/artificialintelligence/" rel="tag">#ArtificialIntelligence</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#AI</a> <a href="/tags/slop/" rel="tag">#Slop</a> <a href="/tags/journalism/" rel="tag">#Journalism</a> <a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#Media</a> <a href="/tags/mediaindustry/" rel="tag">#MediaIndustry</a> <a href="/tags/google/" rel="tag">#Google</a> <a href="/tags/technology/" rel="tag">#Technology</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#Tech</a></p>
<p>> For example, Google reduced our headline “I used the ‘cheat on everything’ AI tool and it didn’t help me cheat on anything” to just five words: “‘Cheat on everything’ AI tool.” It almost sounds like we’re endorsing a product we do not recommend at all.</p><p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/896490/google-replace-news-headlines-in-search-canary-coal-mine-experiment" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.theverge.com/tech/896490/google-replace-news-headlines-in-search-canary-coal-mine-experiment"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.theverge.com/tech/896490/g</span><span class="invisible">oogle-replace-news-headlines-in-search-canary-coal-mine-experiment</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/technews/" rel="tag">#TechNews</a> <a href="/tags/technology/" rel="tag">#technology</a> <a href="/tags/google/" rel="tag">#google</a> <a href="/tags/search/" rel="tag">#search</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#AI</a> <a href="/tags/llms/" rel="tag">#LLMs</a> <a href="/tags/enshittification/" rel="tag">#enshittification</a></p>
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<p>Have you ever noticed <a href="/tags/bigtech/" rel="tag">#BigTech</a> "shadow banning" open and free platforms like <a href="/tags/mastodon/" rel="tag">#mastodon</a>? Billionaires and Oppressive Governments benefit from 3 rich dudes controlling the narrative. Corporate powers will never willingly move to the <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#fediverse</a>.</p><p>If a single Mastodon instance had wide spread <a href="/tags/csam/" rel="tag">#CSAM</a> and non-consensual <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#AI</a> slop porn like the recent <a href="/tags/twitter/" rel="tag">#twitter</a> scandal <a href="/tags/apple/" rel="tag">#Apple</a> and <a href="/tags/google/" rel="tag">#Google</a> would disable downloads instantly.</p>
<p>NEW: The Transportation Department, which oversees the safety of airplanes, cars and pipelines, plans to use Google Gemini to draft new regulations. </p><p>“We don’t need the perfect rule,” said DOT’s top lawyer. “We want good enough.”</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-artificial-intelligence-google-gemini-transportation-regulations" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-artificial-intelligence-google-gemini-transportation-regulations"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tru</span><span class="invisible">mp-artificial-intelligence-google-gemini-transportation-regulations</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#trump</a> <a href="/tags/transportation/" rel="tag">#transportation</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#government</a> <a href="/tags/safety/" rel="tag">#safety</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#ai</a> <a href="/tags/artificialintelligence/" rel="tag">#artificialintelligence</a> <a href="/tags/googleai/" rel="tag">#GoogleAI</a> <a href="/tags/google/" rel="tag">#google</a></p>
<p>New, from me: Who Operates the Badbox 2.0 Botnet?</p><p>The cybercriminals in control of Kimwolf -- a disruptive botnet that has infected more than 2 million devices -- recently shared a screenshot indicating they'd compromised the control panel for Badbox 2.0, a vast China-based botnet powered by malicious software that comes pre-installed on many Android TV streaming boxes. Both the FBI and Google say they are hunting for the people behind Badbox 2.0, and thanks to bragging by the Kimwolf botmasters we may now have a much clearer idea about that.</p><p><a href="https://krebsonsecurity.com/2026/01/who-operates-the-badbox-2-0-botnet/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="krebsonsecurity.com/2026/01/who-operates-the-badbox-2-0-botnet/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">krebsonsecurity.com/2026/01/wh</span><span class="invisible">o-operates-the-badbox-2-0-botnet/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/infosec/" rel="tag">#infosec</a> <a href="/tags/botnet/" rel="tag">#botnet</a> <a href="/tags/iot/" rel="tag">#IoT</a> <a href="/tags/android/" rel="tag">#Android</a> <a href="/tags/google/" rel="tag">#Google</a> <a href="/tags/threatresearch/" rel="tag">#threatresearch</a></p>
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<p>I urge all developers of <a href="/tags/android/" rel="tag">#Android</a> apps to NOT pre-emptively obey the new terms of <a href="/tags/google/" rel="tag">#Google</a> requiring you to sign up for the Android Developer Console.</p><p>It looks like Google is attempting a power grab and wants to prevent ALL installations of Android apps without official Google approval; even those installed outside Google Play.</p><p>This is an attack on both developer and user freedom and unacceptable.</p><p><a href="https://keepandroidopen.org/" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>keepandroidopen.org/</a></p><p><a href="/tags/keepandroidopen/" rel="tag">#KeepAndroidOpen</a> <a href="/tags/vendorlockin/" rel="tag">#VendorLockIn</a> <a href="/tags/software/" rel="tag">#software</a> <a href="/tags/development/" rel="tag">#development</a> <a href="/tags/freesoftware/" rel="tag">#FreeSoftware</a></p>
<p>The <a href="/tags/fdroid/" rel="tag">#FDroid</a> website has a new banner on top to remind visitors that <a href="/tags/google/" rel="tag">#Google</a> did not change course and <a href="/tags/android/" rel="tag">#Android</a> will be locked-down in under 200 days.</p><p>If you care about the freedom to control your devices and care about the privacy of you data, please contact your representative and make your voice heard.</p><p><a href="https://keepandroidopen.org/" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>keepandroidopen.org/</a> (thanks <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@marcprux" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>marcprux</span></a></span>) has the resources to guide you.</p><p>We know users will rarely visit the site so the Client(s) will get a banner soon too.</p><p>Thank you for your support!</p>
<p>Not sure where <a href="/tags/google/" rel="tag">#Google</a> asked for feedback about their developer verification program, but they surely didn't talk with <a href="/tags/floss/" rel="tag">#FLOSS</a> devs, civil society, privacy organisations or their <a href="/tags/android/" rel="tag">#Android</a> users</p><p><a href="/tags/fdroid/" rel="tag">#FDroid</a> did since September, and interacted with folks in the Fediverse, forum, email and in person</p><p>They all voiced one opinion: "developer verification must be stopped"</p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@marcprux" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>marcprux</span></a></span> has written an open letter, signed by likeminded organisations who want to <a href="/tags/keepandroidopen/" rel="tag">#keepandroidopen</a></p><p>Click: <a href="https://f-droid.org/2026/02/24/open-letter-opposing-developer-verification.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="f-droid.org/2026/02/24/open-letter-opposing-developer-verification.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">f-droid.org/2026/02/24/open-le</span><span class="invisible">tter-opposing-developer-verification.html</span></a></p>
<p>RE: <a href="https://techhub.social/@keepandroidopen/116126023448256005" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="techhub.social/@keepandroidopen/116126023448256005"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">techhub.social/@keepandroidope</span><span class="invisible">n/116126023448256005</span></a></p><p>The OpenStreetMap Foundation has signed the open letter to Google to Keep Android Open.</p><p><a href="/tags/openstreetmap/" rel="tag">#OpenStreetMap</a> <a href="/tags/osm/" rel="tag">#OSM</a> <a href="/tags/osmf/" rel="tag">#OSMF</a> <a href="/tags/android/" rel="tag">#Android</a> <a href="/tags/keepandroidopen/" rel="tag">#KeepAndroidOpen</a> <a href="/tags/google/" rel="tag">#Google</a></p>
<p>That's just fscking great, ffs:</p><p>When Google Changes Brand Websites To AI Pages In Dynamic Takeover<br><a href="https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/413133/when-google-changes-brand-websites-to-ai-page-in-d.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.mediapost.com/publications/article/413133/when-google-changes-brand-websites-to-ai-page-in-d.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.mediapost.com/publications</span><span class="invisible">/article/413133/when-google-changes-brand-websites-to-ai-page-in-d.html</span></a></p><p>> This patent allows Google to evaluate a brand's landing page -- and if it predicts the page will underperform for a specific user, generate a machine-learning-generated alternative page in real-time. It's described in the background of a “conventional system."</p><p><a href="/tags/google/" rel="tag">#Google</a>'s getting into the business of "improving" your website landing page, without your permission. 🤡</p>
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<p>🚨Google wants to kill Android freedom</p><p>We've signed an Open Letter to urge <a href="/tags/google/" rel="tag">#Google</a> to keep <a href="/tags/android/" rel="tag">#Android</a> <a href="/tags/free/" rel="tag">#free</a> & <a href="/tags/open/" rel="tag">#open</a>!</p><p>Otherwise Google’s Android is becoming Apple: Your device, their rules.</p><p>Here's more info: 👉 <a href="https://tuta.com/blog/google-wants-to-kill-android-freedom" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="tuta.com/blog/google-wants-to-kill-android-freedom"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">tuta.com/blog/google-wants-to-</span><span class="invisible">kill-android-freedom</span></a></p><p>Read the full open letter here: 👉 <a href="https://keepandroidopen.org/open-letter/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="keepandroidopen.org/open-letter/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">keepandroidopen.org/open-lette</span><span class="invisible">r/</span></a></p>
<p>Google 将要求用户等待 24 小时以安装未经其验证之开发者的 App。<br><br>- 目前在 Android 安装第三方来源的 App 需要启用一个「未知来源」的开关。<br>- 这个设计在将来会只适用于向 Google 提交身份信息并支付 $25 验证费的开发者发布的 App。<br>- 对于未被 Google 验证的开发者的 App，用户需启用开发者模式、重启手机并等待 24 小时方可继续安装。<br>- Google 亦提供面向学生等软件开发爱好者的免费及非实名开发者账号，但只允许至多 20 名用户安装其 APp。<br><br><a href="https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2026/03/android-developer-verification.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="android-developers.googleblog.com/2026/03/android-developer-verification.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">android-developers.googleblog.</span><span class="invisible">com/2026/03/android-developer-verification.html</span></a><br><br>linksrc: <a href="https://t.me/billchenla/21852" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>t.me/billchenla/21852</a><br>thread: <a href="https://t.me/outvivid/4768" rel="nofollow">/4768</a><br><br><a href="/tags/google/" rel="tag">#Google</a> <a href="/tags/android/" rel="tag">#Android</a><br><br><a href="https://t.me/outvivid/4830" rel="nofollow">Telegram 原文</a></p>
<p>Welllllll this isn't great.</p><p>Google Just Patented The End Of Your Website</p><p>"...a system that evaluates your company’s landing page in real time and, if it decides the page won’t perform well enough for a specific user, replaces it with an AI-generated version assembled on the fly. The user never sees what your team built, they see what Google's machine learning model thinks they should see instead."</p><p><a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/joetoscano1/2026/03/06/google-just-patented-the-end-of-your-website" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.forbes.com/sites/joetoscano1/2026/03/06/google-just-patented-the-end-of-your-website"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.forbes.com/sites/joetoscan</span><span class="invisible">o1/2026/03/06/google-just-patented-the-end-of-your-website</span></a><br> <br><a href="/tags/seo/" rel="tag">#SEO</a> <a href="/tags/google/" rel="tag">#Google</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#AI</a> <a href="/tags/enshittification/" rel="tag">#enshittification</a></p>
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<p>If you haven't heard, data centers are LOUD.</p><p>That's the thing though, they are mostly LOUD in frequencies inaudible to the human ear.</p><p>Low frequencies also travel much further have high penetration so putting walls between the data center doesn't help much.</p><p>With data centers cropping up all over the US, they sometimes get plopped down near neighborhoods.</p><p>What could POSSIBLY go wrong?</p><p><a href="/tags/datacenter/" rel="tag">#datacenter</a> <a href="/tags/datacenters/" rel="tag">#datacenters</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#ai</a> <a href="/tags/openai/" rel="tag">#openai</a> <a href="/tags/anthropic/" rel="tag">#anthropic</a> <a href="/tags/google/" rel="tag">#google</a> <a href="/tags/amazon/" rel="tag">#amazon</a> <a href="/tags/facebook/" rel="tag">#facebook</a> <a href="/tags/microsoft/" rel="tag">#microsoft</a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bP80DEAbuo" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bP80DEAbuo"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bP80D</span><span class="invisible">EAbuo</span></a></p>
<p>RE: <a href="https://mastodon.social/@noybeu/114262003439129906" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="mastodon.social/@noybeu/114262003439129906"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@noybeu/114262</span><span class="invisible">003439129906</span></a></p><p>Ready for another joke? 🥁</p><p>The Irish Data Protection Commission, which is responsible for most major technology companies ( <a href="/tags/meta/" rel="tag">#Meta</a>, <a href="/tags/google/" rel="tag">#Google</a>, <a href="/tags/apple/" rel="tag">#Apple</a>, <a href="/tags/openai/" rel="tag">#OpenAI</a>, <a href="/tags/microsoft/" rel="tag">#Microsoft</a>,...) actually imposes fines in just 0.26% of the cases it handles. And even when a fine is imposed, the money is almost never collected. 🤡</p><p><a href="/tags/happyaprilfools/" rel="tag">#HappyAprilFools</a></p>
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