Will Smith's concert crowds are real, but AI is blurring the lines
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Will Smith is being accused of generating fake fans with AI, but it's complicated: the crowds are real, but the videos were manipulated by Smith's team and YouTube itself.Andy Baio (Waxy.org)
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Kick faces possible $49 M fine after French streamer Jean Pormanove dies on air
Kick faces possible $49M fine after French streamer Jean Pormanove dies on air
Kick could be hit with a $49M penalty after the death of French streamer Jean Pormanove, who died following “ten days and nights of torture.”Michael Gwilliam (Dexerto)
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A fine isnt enough. This platform needs to be permanently shutdown.
This place is breeding grounds for morons, bigots, predators, and other social rejects, and it lets all of them continue thriving. By no comprehensible measure should that be normal, but somehow it is.
But I don't understand why don't they go after the abusers, instead of imposing a fine to the platform. This looks like a criminal case, it's not just a matter that should be left in the hands of the platform to begin with.. so why focus on blaming the platform?
Someone got bullied so hard they died, and the response is to simply ban them and then punish the platform? It sounds like an approach designed by lawyers who just want to make money, instead of actually an attempt to fix/correct the problem.
It's like blaming the email provider for allowing the exchange of messages and video files in a mailing group that was organizing crime.. instead of actually investigating the people who committed the crime and enacting laws / setting precedent that could act as deterrent, independently of which channel was used while committing the crime. Then punish the platform if they are not collaborating or if they are found to be complicit (while investigating the criminals).
Kick faces possible $49 M fine after French streamer Jean Pormanove dies on air
Kick faces possible $49M fine after French streamer Jean Pormanove dies on air
Kick could be hit with a $49M penalty after the death of French streamer Jean Pormanove, who died following “ten days and nights of torture.”Michael Gwilliam (Dexerto)
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They kinda did. The dudes were taken in as part of an ongoing investigation but were then released. I can see why it’s fared for the cops when even the victims are saying it’s by their own choice. But it’s no excuse for kick.
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The investigation, opened in December, is looking into “deliberate violence against vulnerable persons” and “spreading recordings of images related to offences involving deliberate violations of physical integrity,” Martinelli’s statement said. It did not specify why Pormanove could be considered vulnerable.The statement said two co-streamers allegedly involved in the case were briefly taken into custody in January but were released pending further investigation.
In parallel, the Nice prosecutor said, investigators interviewed Pormanove and one of his co-streamers who both appeared to be victims of violence and humiliation. They “strongly denied being victims of violence, stating that the events were staged in order to `generate a buzz’ and make money.”
French streamer’s on-air death provokes outcry as authorities probe allegations of abuse
The death of a French streamer during an extended broadcast prompted soul-searching and controversy, as a government minister said he had been “humiliated and mistreated for months” on air and a judicial investigation delves into alleged abuse.The Associated Press (CTVNews)
execution of the law is always more complicated than we want it to be. They could have been let off as the investigation continued if the victim told the cops "i did everything with full consent and it was all an act for the entertainment of the stream.". Cops/W/e the french version of DA is would possibly need to continue the investigation to show that either he was unable to consent to the actions or it was a lie that there was consent.
I'm just a layperson and maybe it was more cut and dry and the cops really dropped the ball. It just doesn't seem so cut and dry legally to me. Will be interesting to see the outcome of the investigation from this.
- Algorithm shows a preview of a chaotic scene where the content isn't easily identified.
- You open / interact / linger on it to figure out what is happening before identifying it as something you don't want to look at.
- Algorithm detects increased interaction and happily serves up more.
I play a little game with Instagram sometimes. I click on one (1) thirst trap bikini girl post in the search reel. Then I see how many times I have to press the little 3 dot menu and pick "not interested" on allllll the other thirst trap bikini girl posts that immediately appear.
I generally have to press "not interested" about 15 times before my feed reverts to only having bikini girl thirst traps once every 20 or so posts.
Facebook goes wild if you don't really interact with it other than to browse.
Pause for a microsecond over something, welp I guess that's your hobby now. For some reason mine always shows me chess. I have never played chess. Hate it. A family member on my Facebook friends list likes chess. FB just goes "chess? how about chess?" like it's got nothing else to really offer other than flag waving racism.
It’s similar to fear factor—you can authorize quite a lot of things in a contract.
The medical examiner has said that they don’t think his death was caused directly by the treatment during the stream.
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“Salut maman, Comment tu vas ? Coincé pour un moment avec son jeu de mort, avait-il déclaré. Ça va trop loin. J’ai l’impression d’être séquestré avec leur concept de merde. J’en ai marre, je veux me barrer, l’autre il veut pas, il me séquestre”. (“Hey Mom, how are you? Stuck for a while with his death game,” he said. “This is going too far. I feel like I’m being held captive with their shitty concept. I’m fed up, I want to get out, the other guy doesn’t want me, he’s holding me captive.”)
"J’en ai marre je veux me barrer, il me séquestre" : les derniers mots glaçants de Jean Pormanove avant sa mort - Closer
Lundi 18 août 2025, le streamer Jean Pormanove est mort à 46 ans alors qu’il était en live sur une plateforme de streaming. Avant sa mort, il avait envoyé un message glaçant à sa mère.GR (Closer)
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He actively wanted out as seen by the desperate text sent to his mother saying how he "felt like a hostage" that was read aloud by one of his abusers on stream, but due to coersion both financially and socially. In one of the streams his abusers openly brag about how if he doesnt participate in their "game" they'll take the keys for his car and his apartment until he does.
There's generally a lot of factors that add up to staying in an abusive situation. From his point of view its likely that there didn't seem much of an option for him outside of this.
Can somebody explain to me why, emotions aside, the French guy is not responsible for his own choices? Unless it comes to light that he was coerced into staying on the show, why are other parties being held responsible instead of himself?
I'm not looking to be controversial, I'm honestly curious if there's some rational logic to it that I can understand, or this is all emotional.
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Because they profited from his torture and subsequent death?
To your point though, they aren't responsible in the moral sense that you're implying. However, they committed a crime when they platformed, promoted and profited from it.
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some stuff against said terms
Like mastercard and their ban of all purchases of items that could reflect negatively on their brand. Like porn.
I’d argue the main difference is that it involves a crime.
I’m not completely sure that torture itself constitutes a crime (though I’d be surprised if it wasn’t), but manslaughter/murder is. With few exceptions for medically assisted death, killing someone is a major crime. Presumably, we don’t want to promote people profiting from extreme suffering and death.
I also think there is a time and place for censorship (ex CSAM).
“Objectionable” is a subjective term, but “illegal“ is not.
There's 2 different parties under discussion here, the other streamers and the platform.
Regarding the streamers, I agree there might be room for a manslaughter charge. IANAL, much less in French law. Personally though, I don't see how it differs substantially from any other high risk group activity. If you're free-climbing (or maybe some other activity that involves more chance and less skill), and you're doing it voluntarily, knowing the risks, is it really fair to blame the survivors if somebody dies?
Regarding the platform, up until the point where a death actually occurred, what could they have reasonably done that would not have constituted some form of censorship? At that point, aren't we back to the censorship discussion of how much power platforms should have over the content we have access to?
I can kind of see what you are trying to say, but I don’t really agree with your conclusion.
I’d make the distinction that free climbing, while dangerous, is a recreational activity. I can reasonably conceive of people watching that for entertainment. There also isn’t anything morally questionable about it.
On the face of it, I don’t think you could reasonably argue that torture is a pastime.
All of that aside, torture is against international law. It is illegal in all circumstances.
From the United Nation Convention Against Torture:
“No exceptional circumstances whatsoever may be invoked as a justification for torture.”
For that reason, I would say the platform did have an obligation to de-platform it.
Arguably, the police should probably have put a stop to it as well.
They aren't deciding, they're being held to laws that they didn't create nor necessarily agree with.
I'd assume that, given the option, they'd like this kind of thing to be legal so they can continue making money from it legitimately
What? I think you've misread something.
The argument against them, as I understand it, is that they should not have allowed the streaming to happen. As this was pre-death, that would have required them to make a decision about what content they allowed that most people would consider censorship.
Yes, that is the law. You are required not to broadcast death and to create circumstances in which the likelihood of this is minimised.
That's not calling for censorship because it doesn't preclude a level of consensual harm that doesn't lead to high risk of death.
As I said earlier, your point stands: it is not for these platforms to act as moral compasses for viewers of consensual but provocative content.
However, that's irrelevant to the law which wants to avoid incentivising people dying / being killed on broadcast streams for a profit.
I think this is ratified by the fact that there will be less of a burden of blame on the service provider if this proves not to be the case
In those cases broadcasters take one of two roads:
- Don't broadcast it - many extreme sports are simply not broadcast by many, many broadcasters.
- Properly mitigate the risk to an acceptable level - this is done frequently for sports and other media. This is the reason you can watch Jackass and Dirty Sanchez even though the risk of death for many stunts is non-zero.
Once the death occurs though, they can only rely on their demonstration of #2 here to offset legal culpability. They are also then generally bound to remove the material and not re-air (in this case, Kick did make the content available again for whatever reason)
It seems like this is the road the defense will take in this particular case is to prove the death (illegal to air if preventable) was not caused by the preceding consensual torture (legal to air, seemingly).
Okay, you asked why others are held responsible and not the dead guy and what is the logic behind it.
I don't get what's not to get about that.
The platform didn't put a stop to torture on their platform. They are responsible for that.
The others streamers tortured a guy to death. They are responsible for that.
What exactly do you think the the dead guy is responsible for?
I don't get what's not to get about that.
No need to be a condescending jerk.
The platform didn't put a stop to torture on their platform. They are responsible for that.
Why are they responsible for a grown adult making his own choices? What about an audience who directly funded the activity? Are they not even more directly responsible for the event that occurred?
The others streamers tortured a guy to death. They are responsible for that.
Yes, there's probably some question about whether manslaughter laws might apply.
Given it was a voluntary participation, how is this different from any other activity that involves potential self-harm? If a bunch of people freeclimb a deadly mountain with a 20% chance of death and stream it, and one of them dies, is that illegal? Assuming not, what's the difference here?
What exactly do you think the the dead guy is responsible for?
His choice to participate in an activity that killed him.
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No need to be a condescending jerk.
I was serious. Sorry, didn't meant to come of this way.
Why are they responsible for a grown adult making his own choices? What about an audience who directly funded the activity? Are they not even more directly responsible for the event that occurred?
They aren't but they are responsible in the sense that they shouldn't give that shit a platform.
Yes the audience is responsible too.
Given it was a voluntary participation, how is this different from any other activity that involves potential self-harm? If a bunch of people freeclimb a deadly mountain with a 20% chance of death and stream it, and one of them dies, is that illegal? Assuming not, what's the difference here?
The question falls apart with the word self-harm. Other people did that to him.
And freeclimb metaphor doesn't work as well as harm is not the goal of free climbing. The goal is to reach the top. Dying is a risk you take. Besides if you would stream free climbing and egg the other person on to do stupid shit or make it more difficult to climb for the other person, and that person dies because of that, you would be partly responsible for that death.
His choice to participate in an activity that killed him.
Yes he is responsible for that.
But I think this is not a this-one-person-is-responsible-situation. Everybody in the chain of events that lead to this mans death is responsible in some way. Everybody who knew and did nothing.
There is a gradient of responsibility, of course. The person just watching isn't as responsible as the person who is acting, but everybody is guilty to some degree. And to that degree people should be punished.
They aren't but they are responsible in the sense that they shouldn't give that shit a platform.
This statement could be used about literally any topic that certain groups of people find objectionable. The US is currently providing a very clear example of what happens when you use that argument.
Other people did that to him.
Seeing as he was an active participant in it, this is the core of my questioning. Why is it considered 'something others did to him', and not 'something he did to himself'? He could have left at any time, but he chose to stay and remain in the activity.
freeclimb metaphor doesn't work as well as harm is not the goal of free climbing. The goal is to reach the top. Dying is a risk you take.
Harm was not the direct goal of this stream either. The goal was to see how long they could stay awake. Heck, take boxing. Boxers still die every year, and that's a much more obvious example of harm being the direct goal of the activity. Nobody is seriously suggesting that boxing should be criminalised, or that participants should be prosecuted.
But I think this is not a this-one-person-is-responsible-situation. Everybody in the chain of events that lead to this mans death is responsible in some way. Everybody who knew and did nothing.There is a gradient of responsibility, of course. The person just watching isn't as responsible as the person who is acting, but everybody is guilty to some degree. And to that degree people should be punished.
I agree that everybody involved is in some way indirectly responsible. However I'm unclear that it's actually illegal. Morally reprehensible, but morality is a very subjective opinion and one I'm very hesitant to let platforms start deciding on my behalf.
This statement could be used about literally any topic that certain groups of people find objectionable. The US is currently providing a very clear example of what happens when you use that argument.
Maybe but in what way my statement could be used has nothing todo with the conversation we are having.
I used it specifically in the context of torture.
Seeing as he was an active participant in it, this is the core of my questioning. Why is it considered 'something others did to him', and not 'something he did to himself'? He could have left at any time, but he chose to stay and remain in the activity.
Quoting the article:
On August 18, 46-year-old Raphaël Graven, better known as Jean Pormanove, died in his sleep while live on Kick. In the days and even months prior, he had reportedly endured extreme violence, sleep deprivation, and forced ingestion of toxic products at the hands of two fellow streamers known as Naruto and Safine.
Because letting someone do something to you is still another person doing something to you.
As long as we don't know why he stayed we can't be sure if it was because of trauma or greed.
Harm was not the direct goal of this stream either. The goal was to see how long they could stay awake. Heck, take boxing. Boxers still die every year, and that's a much more obvious example of harm being the direct goal of the activity. Nobody is seriously suggesting that boxing should be criminalised, or that participants should be prosecuted.
That's the stated goal but from context/article it is reasonable to assume that fucking with the guy was a goal too.
Well I don't think saying because one fucked up thing exists that makes it okay that we tolerate other fucked up things is a good point. There is certainly a discussion to be had about the morality of boxing. In my opinion at least.
I agree that everybody involved is in some way indirectly responsible. However I'm unclear that it's actually illegal. Morally reprehensible, but morality is a very subjective opinion and one I'm very hesitant to let platforms start deciding on my behalf.
Well I think there are some things we can all agree on are not okay. Torture for example.
Maybe but in what way my statement could be used has nothing todo with the conversation we are having.I used it specifically in the context of torture.
Yes, but was it illegal? The point being that our opinions of morality don't, and shouldn't, matter. The only thing that should matter is whether it breaks the law, and any ramifications of that.
Because letting someone do something to you is still another person doing something to you.
Consent is a thing. If you agree to something, and physical harm happens as a reasonably unexpected outcome, the other party is usually not held responsible.
That said, depending on circumstance I can see the other streamers having some responsibility for his death.
What I don't see is how the platform is reasonably expected to make judgement calls about this sort of content without descending into censorship. Prior to death, none of what had been done was illegal. Expecting them to cut off the stream would have been no different from other corps removing material they find morally objectionable.
There is certainly a discussion to be had about the morality of boxing. In my opinion at least.Well I think there are some things we can all agree on are not okay. Torture for example.
I agree with you about the morality. That's not the point. Censorship is a major problem in the world today, and encouraging more of it is something we need to be wary of. Self-censorship is especially insidious, and expecting companies to self-censor leads to all sort of undesirable outcomes. That's why we have laws, so that it's (mostly) clear and unambiguous where the line is.
In the EU platforms can be found guilty for what they publish though. It is the platform's responsibility and duty to check whether their content is violating the law or not.
If a German newspaper were to publish an ad advocating for the murder of an ethnic group, both the creator of the ad and the newspaper would face charges.
I can't say much more about the rest but there are certainly legal standards for boxing that need to be abided for a boxing event to be legal. This includes having medical staff on site, a referee which manages the match, gloves being mandated for the boxers etc. If these standards aren't held, you can charge a boxer for participating in an illegal fight and manslaughter should the other boxer die.
there are certainly legal standards for boxing that need to be abided for a boxing event to be legal. This includes having medical staff on site, a referee which manages the match, gloves being mandated for the boxers etc. If these standards aren't held, you can charge a boxer for participating in an illegal fight and manslaughter should the other boxer die.
Fair point. Given how quickly these trends can pop out of nowhere, countries probably need to start creating laws covering general physical stupidity.
Because they by running a business are responsible to ensure that they don't promote or willfully ignore harm brought about wholly or in part by their actions or negligence.
For actually moral folks the minimum the law requires is a starting point not the last word.
Eg moral folks ask is there anything I am doing that causes harm or anything I'm not doing that I reasonably ought to do to prevent it.
Smart people too as many governments take a dim view of dodging responsibly and will invent new laws to regulate you.
For actually moral folks the minimum the law requires is a starting point not the last word.Eg moral folks ask is there anything I am doing that causes harm or anything I'm not doing that I reasonably ought to do to prevent it.
So... Like the payment processors banning all immoral transactions from their network? Is that what we're supporting?
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It's a difficult situation to explain, and it will be even harder to judge.
What seems to be true is that they had a hold on him. They seemed to abuse his mental weaknesses, and regularly made themselves look like benefactor for "saving him from himself" and making him earn a lot of money.
Sure he could have technically walked out any day, but when you're under the influence of manipulative "friends", I'm not sure it's that easy.
Bear in mind that I'm not stating 100% proven facts.
Yeah, depending on circumstance I can definitely see a case being made for the streamers having some responsibility.
I don't see how the platform should be responsible without opening up a can of worms involving censorship. Mastercard has proven we do not want fucking corps having that power.
It depends. Do you consider Twitch's moderation to be to extreme? They definitely wouldn't have let this slide. I'm pretty sure they used to stream on twitch and got banned there.
Kick is currently very lax when it comes to moderation (it's their niche, their way of existing even with Twitch's dominance), and I don't think banning channels promoting group punching a dude would be a bad thing to censor.
Idk, I don't watch videos so I'm unfamiliar with it.
don't think banning channels promoting group punching a dude would be a bad thing to censor.
I don't think so either, but experience has taught me not to give companies any more power than necessary. If it needs to be done, pass a law for it.
Whenever you do something that results in the death of another human there needs to be an investigation. From what I can tell no culpability has been found yet, but there is at least some evidence that this person was being held against their will.
However, lots of European countries treat violence like the US treats porn so this could easily be something similar to the pearl clutching that would happen here if somebody was asphyxiated during a BDSM livestream.
From libé article:
Raphaël Graven, 46, known under the pseudonym Jean Pormanove, died near Nice during a live broadcast on August 18 on the Australian video platform Kick after more than 12 days of live streaming showing him and another man being assaulted and humiliated by two people. Followed by nearly 200,000 viewers, the “Jeanpormanove” channel had for months shown Raphaël Graven being insulted, beaten, having his hair pulled, threatened, and even being shot at without protection with paintball projectiles. According to the channel’s promoters, the content was staged.Deputy Minister for Digital Affairs Clara Chappaz on Tuesday announced her intention to sue the Kick platform for “breach.” She made the announcement after a meeting convened at Bercy with officials from several ministries (Justice, Interior, Economy) and two independent authorities, accusing Kick of violating the 2004 Digital Trust law.
I feel completely out of the loop when stuff like this happens.
I went looking around and found an article that expanded a lot on this topic, maxread.substack.com/p/who-kil…
Story of my life. Major story drops, article provides little to no context, and everyone in the comments already seems to know what's going on.
This happens constantly in my life, both online and offline; why does it seem like I'm always being left out? I've missed out on so many parties and events because of this issue.
courage the dog’s owner
Now I feel a little better Eustace he scared me as a kid
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What changed between the 'months of torture' and Naruto and Safine being arrested, and the '10 days ' leading up to his death?
It sounds sick that the French government would decide a man is being tortured yet they're not obligated to intervene... while at the same time they fine a company for not stepping in.
If this man was negligently killed, authorities and kick are to blame, but it's the authorities that should've been the failsafe, not the company. I guess it makes sense that French politicians are Very Mad™ and Seriously Considering Bigger Punishments™.
Exactly. Law enforcement investigated and found no wrongdoing. They’re the ones who dropped the ball here. Was there something else Kick was legally obligated to do? I agree that there was a moral fuck up here resulting in somebody dying. But torture between competent consenting adults is legal. Just like we’re saying BDSM is okay
Also someone else mentioned the TV show Jackass and I just wanna know how some are drawing the line here. So are some of the dangerous stunts on Jackass ok or not? Why?
Boxing ,MMA.etc ?
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Two Japanese boxers die from brain injuries suffered on same fight card - ESPN
Japanese boxers Shigetoshi Kotari and Hiromasa Urakawa have died following brain injuries sustained while competing on the same card, although in different fights, at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo on Aug. 2.Andreas Hale (ESPN)
Can someone point out the part where this wasn't voluntary or the guy was held captive & not free to leave or end the voluntary abuse at any time?
It looks like idiots kink-playing too hard with extra fines to some platform while the morons try to escape accountability.
Viral compilation threads have shown Pormanove being hit, strangled, and fired at with paintball guns while streaming with Naruto and Safine, whose lawyers claim they hold “no responsibility.”
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Violence is fine. What's not fine is the permanent disfigurement or death of participants and the lack of preventative controls against that.
In a cage match, a participant would never be ignored long enough to stop breathing, like they did here.
This comment might provide some insights:
lemmy.zip/comment/21080783
Also, IMO, voluntary or not, this goes over the edge, especially on the streaming part. If someone genuinely enjoys this, they can do it in private, and exactly as they like.
When money and popularity get involved, this prompts more extreme behavior, turning a willing masochist into a victim, and a game into a trap.
Besides, authorities could have at least checked up on him.
If I understood properly the guy was a kinda homeless person that the two fuckers "hosted" in their house in exchange for participating (being tortured) in their streams. He was disabled or mentally challenged too, and there was another victim of theirs that was handicapped in the flat too.The alarm has been raised for at least 8 months but neither the police nor the national agencies nor the minister contacted either did or decided to do anything. Every time the police came the victims were saying that all was good and they gave their consent to anything, but on stream they were often asking to call the cops, an ambulance or trying to leave and the two fuckers barred them the exit and threatened to beat them or throw them back to the streets. So they were basically held hostage.
The whole thing is a disgrace. It was the most viewed French language stream on Kick for months, two vulnerable people being tortured on stream and nobody did anything.
Kink playing is ultimately the responsibility of the top, if this was that.
It's not, because they disregarded that person's state of well-being in a continued way.
His streams were about self deprecation, humiliation and abuse. He let those two guys abuse him to the limit and apparently they went over the limit.
It was with consent but they still be charged with murder and probably get convicted too.
This went on for weeks, months, and nobody interfered. They just gave a platform for the abuse.
If I understood properly the guy was a kinda homeless person that the two fuckers "hosted" in their house in exchange for participating (being tortured) in their streams. He was disabled or mentally challenged too, and there was another victim of theirs that was handicapped in the flat too.
The alarm has been raised for at least 8 months but neither the police nor the national agencies nor the minister contacted either did or decided to do anything. Every time the police came the victims were saying that all was good and they gave their consent to anything, but on stream they were often asking to call the cops, an ambulance or trying to leave and the two fuckers barred them the exit and threatened to beat them or throw them back to the streets. So they were basically held hostage.
The whole thing is a disgrace. It was the most viewed French language stream on Kick for months, two vulnerable people being tortured on stream and nobody did anything.
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From what I understood the two fuckers will probably get a 25 to 30 years of jail sentence, and some of the people who donated money to them to encourage them in the torture also risk prison time. Which I fucking hope they get.
Someone took upon himself to save all the worst clips and try to raise the alarm, they have more than 300 hours of stream capture with evidence of torture and other wrongdoings.
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There is even a sequence where the two fuckers try to force him to say that "if he dies on stream, it won't be their fault" but the fault of his "shitty health situation". He flat out refused.
They perfectly knew they were in the process of killing him.
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Kinda homeless? The victim is the largest french gaming streamer and definitely not homeless. There's indications of mental health problems but it's only visible on camera. There are no documents verifying it unfortunately (though it seems evident). The two killers are people he's known and hung out with for years.
Edit: The apartment was rented specifically for this stream.
It's sort of an extension of lolcow culture. This is a vid I recommend to watch to understand it.
Revenue != profit
Depending on margins, it can make a company unprofitable pretty quick if they're hit by a fine of nearly 30% of their revenue.
I mean, Kick probably could be suspending people who stream for an unhealthily long time, maybe suspend his abusive friends, but they didn't force him to take any actions resulting in his death imo.
What exactly is the crime?
Yes. I saw a video on getting around Flock's AI cameras and he mentions the numerous million dollar lawsuits that regularly result from misuse of their data and the glitches that cause people to have guns pointed at their heads by police.
It is a cost of doing business. Saying 'I'll sue you!' To them is as threatening as charging someone a little extra for that order of coffee they made.
Sci-Hub Blocked in India, Founder Tells Plaintiffs to Expect Disappointment
Sci-Hub Blocked in India, Founder Tells Plaintiffs to Expect Disappointment * TorrentFreak
The High Court in Delhi has ordered the country's ISPs to block Sci-Hub as part of a copyright case filed in 2020 by major publishers.Andy Maxwell (TF Publishing)
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She was played. Now it's time to say "fuck it" and continue as normal. The system was rigged from the start.
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Perplexity's AI-powered Comet browser leaves users vulnerable to phishing scams and malicious code injection — Brave and Guardio's security audits call out paid AI browser
Perplexity's AI-powered Comet browser leaves users vulnerable to phishing scams and malicious code injection — Brave and Guardio's security audits call out paid AI browser
Brave and Guardio have revealed serious vulnerabilities in the AI-powered Comet browser.Nathaniel Mott (Tom's Hardware)
How are you "supposed" to download your treasures? Download managers? Or just let the 100GB file sit in firefox download list and potentially get cut off mid-download?
I can never seem to get a download manger to work. I remember I used to be able to do that on windows, but SteamOS is giving me a headache, I'm a noob in linux.
But then again, idk if pausing would even be possible with these 🏴☠️ sites.
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This thread seems to heavily recommend wget.
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A download manager for linux that actually works?
It’s the Java UI, and maybe you heard that it has ads in it. The AUR package has stripped out the popup style ads. Now it just has ONE unobtrusive ad that I forgot about until I started writing this. Very negligible.EndeavourOS
curl can also resume downloads stackoverflow.com/questions/19…
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Downlaod managers can work with most downloads. If a site is really badly coded it still wont work. Bittorrent is good for this. I recomend qbittorrent on linux/windows, or flud on android.
With bittorrent you want to configure your settings. Set you max upload to half of what your connections upload speed is, or lower, you might have to experiment with this to see what your router and connection can handle. Activate "exit on finish" limit your max connections to 50-100 if you dont have a router with a strong CPU. Enable "require encryption" or use encryption and dont allow non encrypted connections. (Keeps your isp from throttling and helps keep you safer) Disable automatic start when you device boots up (very important)
Then you are all set. Just remember to make sure you dont run it all the time, bittorrent is hard on your router, not that it will mess it up but it will load up the CPU, honestly not much worse then windows built in spyware these days, and try to place the files where you actually want them when creating a download, so that you can reupload to the world. If you move the files after downloading them, then the client cant reupload to other users. You could even consider setting your max upload slots to something reasonable like 24 with a max upload rate of 200 KB/s, and let it run all the time. Be careful when hosting copyrighted content unless you have a VPN always active. You really should these days, they are cheap. I think i payed $80 for a year of proton VPN, a swiss company that isnt as beholden to the giant global intelligence network. You should also support artists so dont pirate unless you dont have a good option for getting your content. Pirated content also has a risk of containing malware and getting you sued.
As someone who lives in the U.S and is always on the road for work, i constantly have to deal with terrible and 3rd world internet infastructure. I am very familiar. Half of my state has about a 40% packet loss rate or something. Idk. Its bad. It drops out completly multiple times per day, cell towers, ISPs, credit card machines, etc. Sometimes you might just need to download from a better connection in another part of your state or something.
I dont have any recomendations for a download manager for PC, but for android ADM, advanced download manager seems to work well. On PC i usually just use torrents. Using a VPN in exclusivly TCP mode can also help, UDP is a lower latency lossy connection, TCP will resend packets until all of them get through. Using a vpn with TCP can help if you have a crappy connection. It wont help much if you are getting multi second drop outs. For that you really need bittorrent, or a download manager. If the zite doesnt work with download managers, and you cant get a torrent, you can try to find a mirror of the download somewhere else. Tey searching for the file name in quotes, like "filename.zip" and then use -website name to remove results from spammy sites. A search might be like, ( "filename.zip" -website1.com -website2.com )
Enable “require encryption” or use encryption and dont allow non encrypted connections.
In my experience, that would just stop all traffic. I guess the other clients on the swarm don't support encryption.
I use Varia as my graphical download manager. It has download acceleration built in thanks to aria2. I get often double or triple the download speed (depending on the website). For example, when I downloaded the Fedora Workstation ISO from fedoraproject I got download speeds from 18mbs normal to 60mbs with Varia. Free and open source of course, available on Windows and Linux.
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There's also a link on the official website without all the crapware but it's very well hidden... I found JDownloader really bad and the UX/UI not very user friendly and looks shady...
Too bad there isn't any IDM alternative for linux, and that's also why I stopped DDL and wen't back to torrenting on private trackers... There isn't any simple download manager that looks sleek, feels good and doesn't put your system at risk !
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Only compatible with ASRock Taichi and Phantom Gaming power supplies, thoughZhiye Liu (Tom's Hardware)
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Hate Systemd? A New Init System(Nitro) Debuts as a Minimalist Process Supervisor for Linux
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Nitro is a tiny process supervisor that also can be used as pid 1 on Linux.There are four main applications it is designed for:
- As init for a Linux machine for embedded, desktop or server purposes
- As init for a Linux initramfs
- As init for a Linux container (Docker/Podman/LXC/Kubernetes)
- As unprivileged supervision daemon on POSIX systems
Nitro is configured by a directory of scripts, defaulting to /etc/nitro (or the first command line argument).
Hate Systemd? A New Init System(Nitro) Debuts as a Minimalist Process Supervisor for Linux
Nitro is a tiny process supervisor that also can be used as pid 1 on Linux.There are four main applications it is designed for:
- As init for a Linux machine for embedded, desktop or server purposes
- As init for a Linux initramfs
- As init for a Linux container (Docker/Podman/LXC/Kubernetes)
- As unprivileged supervision daemon on POSIX systems
Nitro is configured by a directory of scripts, defaulting to /etc/nitro (or the first command line argument).
GitHub - leahneukirchen/nitro: tiny but flexible init system and process supervisor
tiny but flexible init system and process supervisor - leahneukirchen/nitroGitHub
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Nitro is a simple, tiny but flexible init system. It is under heavy development currently.Sourav Rudra (It's FOSS News)
Hate Systemd? A New Init System(Nitro) Debuts as a Minimalist Process Supervisor for Linux
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Nitro is a tiny process supervisor that also can be used as pid 1 on Linux.There are four main applications it is designed for:
- As init for a Linux machine for embedded, desktop or server purposes
- As init for a Linux initramfs
- As init for a Linux container (Docker/Podman/LXC/Kubernetes)
- As unprivileged supervision daemon on POSIX systems
Nitro is configured by a directory of scripts, defaulting to /etc/nitro (or the first command line argument).
Hate Systemd? A New Init System(Nitro) Debuts as a Minimalist Process Supervisor for Linux
Nitro is a tiny process supervisor that also can be used as pid 1 on Linux.There are four main applications it is designed for:
- As init for a Linux machine for embedded, desktop or server purposes
- As init for a Linux initramfs
- As init for a Linux container (Docker/Podman/LXC/Kubernetes)
- As unprivileged supervision daemon on POSIX systems
Nitro is configured by a directory of scripts, defaulting to /etc/nitro (or the first command line argument).
GitHub - leahneukirchen/nitro: tiny but flexible init system and process supervisor
tiny but flexible init system and process supervisor - leahneukirchen/nitroGitHub
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No, but the weirdos who insist on spelling it "SystemD" always seem to hate systemd.
systemd is pretty great. I tend to start long-running processes as user services, and I've even taken to starting some apps that give an old laptop trouble with systemd-run and a slice with some memory restrictions. Easy peasy, works great, all declarative, no wibbly-wobbly shell scripts involved.
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No, but the weirdos who insist on spelling it "SystemD" always seem to hate systemd.
"SystemD"
Having given a shot to OpenRC on Alpine systems, I would say that I prefer systemd for creating and managing services.
I like its unified logging, which extends even beyond the host, integrating the logs of nspawn containers. I like its tmpfiles, which allows configuring temporary files, without writing scripts that create/cleanup them.
I have to admit, however, that I don't like all of its subsystems. For example, I don't want networkd and resolved anywhere near my configuration.
I wrote and maintained a lot of sysvinit scripts and I fucking hated them. I wrote Upstart scripts and I fucking hated them. I wrote OpenRC scripts and I fucking hated them. Any init system that relies on one of the worst languages in common use nowadays can fuck right off. Systemd units are well documented, consistent, and reliable.
From my 30 seconds of looking, I actually like nitro a bit more than OpenRC or Upstart. It does seem like it'd struggle with daemons the way sysvinit scripts used to. Like, you have to write a process supervisor to track when your daemonized process dies so that it can then die and tell nitro (which is, ofc, a process supervisor), and it looks like the logging might be trickier in that case too. I fucking hate services that background themselves, but they do exist and systemd does a great job at handling those. It also doesn't do any form of dependency management AFAICT, which is a more serious flaw.
Nitro seems like a good option for some use cases (although I cannot conceive why you'd want to run a service manager in a container when docker and k8s have robust service management built into them), but it's never touching the disk on any of the tens of thousands of boxes I help administrate. systemd is just too good.
execing the daemon, so that the daemon becomes the script, not a separate process.
It was highly contentious for a number of years - largely because it had a lot more functionality and touched more parts of the OS than the init systems it was designed to replace. It was seen as overzealous by the naysayers.
I was in the never system-d camp for a long time because I felt like my ability to choose was being removed. Even some distros that provided alternate init systems eventually went systemd-only.
But I’ve come around - it’s fine, good even - though ultimately I had no choice or say in it.
It’s very straightforward and easy to write one’s own units. It’s reasonably easy to debug and often helpful when something isn’t working as expected.
Like all things in the world of software, many folks are going to try (and eventually succeed) to make a better mousetrap.
This particular init system’s design goals seem (at least to me) to indicate a focus on small, embedded and/or more secure systems where the breadth of tools like systemd are a hindrance.
Totally fair and exactly part of my original disdain. I was happy with SysV and Upstart. But here we are and I’ve got things to do. ;)
I hated repackaging all my software for systemd. lol. We waited as long as we could before eating that pie.
It oversteps because the creators found it to be convenient.
Copacking default services for networking and time synchronization and other systems with the init make sense for a specific usecase but god bless you if you need to use a different service as you track down the various configuration options to disable functionality.
It works amazing as a service management tool but the prebaked services it provides generally cause more problems than they solve.
No, it's just something systemd proponents claim to shit on alternatives and their users.
Sure, I dislike systemd or at least some of its components and how they're designed, and I find the vocal systemd proponents (especially those that still find the need to be vocal about it in 2025) to be some of the most annoying people in the entire Linux community. But I use it on some systems and it works fine for the most part. Hate is a strong word for a software choice.
Because systemd replaced too many important components users still wanted to keep using... and politics. Not many people like Lennart (the guy who started the project).
Politics ruin everything.
For me the breaking point was systemd-journald. Corrupted journal when you desperatedly needed to know what went wrong was too much. Last time I gave systemd a try was several years ago... Something like 5 to 7 years, so things might have changed a lot.
Also I'm in the minority here. I like to custom my system components too. systemd just doesn't fit there. Also I administrate one lightweight, low power box, which uses musl libc. Last time I checked systemd needed glibc.
Enough ramblings. Here's some reading for you... note that there's most probably very biased technical writings here and there, so use common sense and verify the claims if you want the real truth. Then judge yourself, don't let anyone else judge for you.
Can't have it with any alternative init and rc in the same repo or do this and fiddle with wrappers and shims. Yees, OpenRC is the exception; because it was built as a drop-in and only does rc really.
In short, Systemd is a kraken that always grows arms. And they shit code like me after Taco Bells; it took years until we got seatd as alternative to way-too-big logind. Xorg is holy compared to their code quality.
On a modern system built around modern philosophies, its convenient. Doing stuff on systemd seems very intuitive to me and feels like a bit less work than the alternatives (atleast from my non-developer POV). If systemd hadn't become the standard maybe my opinion would be different, but most of the time it "just works".
On an older system, the alternatives are definitely lighter! If you're in the group of people who believes every megabyte counts, you care about systemd. There are also oldschool tech nerds who believe systemd is insecure (they might be right idk anything).
Two groups of people went to war over a difference of opinion.
- New! Different! Change! Bad!
- Hey, this works better than the old way. Let's use this instead.
Dude if you want to start a holy war with the Linux community over your first point, just mention Rust.
-dodges rotten fruit-
Everyone should support rust. It’s a good idea. It prevents an entire class of vulnerabilities. But the old guard says “just stop making mistakes and C is fine” which is an incredibly dumb thing to say but here we are.
Rust is encroaching on their territory and they don’t want to learn the new thing, and newbs don’t see many compelling reasons to learn the old thing, so they are fighting eachother.
You could equally mischaracterize it the other way around:
- Hey, this works worse for my workflow than before. I don't want to use it.
- New! Different! Change! Good! Put everywhere!
Fair, and representative of some opinions certainly.
But change, change is constant. Resist it and end up poorer and more bitter.
That can be true.. but it depends on the change... emptying your bank account is a change that would make you poorer, and having all those who love you die would be a change that is likely to make you bitter (or at least, sad).
Also, a lot of ancient software introduces change with relatively frequency.. the Linux kernel itself is in constant change, introducing new features, despite it having very strict rules concerning backwards compatibility.
The reason there was disagreement wasn't about whether the new thing is good/bad just because it's "New! Different!".. but about whether it was actually a good change or not.
In the same way, just because nitro is the new init system in town (a change from the current status Quo) does not mean it necessarily is better/worse, right?
Also, I remember that before systemd there was a lot of innovation when it comes to init systems... most distros had their own spin. And more diversity in components that now are part of systemd. I'd argue that ever since systemd became the de-facto standard, innovation in those areas has become niche. One could argue that there's less change now, distros are becoming more homogeneous and more change-adverse in that sense.
Two groups of people went to war over a difference of opinion.
- New! Different! Change! Bad!
'Change resistance' was the standard gaslighting. No one said 'different bad', in a time when enterprise linux had just switched from sysVinit to upStart. What they said was "this is built bad and wants to do too much, poorly. We don't like this."
And the response was "you're old, you hate change," and similar fallacies.
- Hey, this works better than the old way. Let’s use this instead.
I think you mean "I don't know how to do this in the normal way, so I'll try this other thing."
No one said ‘different bad’,
Plenty of people did. "What's the point of change?" "I'm happy with Sys-V" "I don't like Poettering", "Lennart is too powerfull" and a lot more irrelevant and personal attacks.
Please don't accuse me of gaslighting whilst gaslighting me in return. I was there, I lived through the worst of the Debian wars and saw some great people leave the project, and a side of some friends that I really didn't like. But that war is done and I have zero interest in continuing it so I'll leave this here.
Systemd is a very good chunk of code. It does the thing and it does it well. Nobody is arguing that systemd does a bad job at this point.
The problem is systemd does a LOT of things that used to be individual jobs handled by separate things. This is a potential security problem as it makes systemd a fantastic target. It’s in charge of so many things that if you pwn systemd, you can get that system to do anything you want.
Another concern are the ties to red hat. Red hat is not your friend. They are not to be trusted. Especially not right now. Remember who owns them, IBM, were quite friendly with the Nazis before and are looking like they are totally fine with being friendly with them again.
That last one is more of a tinfoil hat concern than a technical one, but at this point the tinfoil crowd have been proven right more often than wrong so it’s something to consider.
systemd does a LOT of things
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that used to be individual jobs handled by separate things.
I wonder what new does this bring into the table?
I mean we already have at least these in addition to systemd:
- OpenRC + openrc-init
- s6 + s6-rc
- runit
- Epoch
- dinit
- minit
- GNU Shepherd
- finit
The state being stored in RAM seems like a nifty feature. I like it.
Very quickly glanced... I think it lacks service supervision and user services. Although user services are missing in many others too. Except it looks like users can run Nitro by themselves (autostart via cron @boot maybe?).
Somebody correct me if I'm wrong.
Anyway, more choices leads to more ideas being implemented. 👍
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If I'd implement a new init system, the dependency system would be one of the first on my TODO list. So... That's strange. 🤔
Why do you have to have this xor that? Why can't I like both? I'm sure both have use cases where they work best.
Drop the hate already.
I'm a very mid-level Linux user. I use systemd because I'm just not familiar with how init systems actually work. I love that the choice is there, but I think systemd has it's place with users like me that get confused.
That being said, I did run Dracut on EndeavourOS because it was recommended for that distro. I never dived into it to see what the exact difference was, though I do remember running into some things I needed to do that Dracut did differently. There may come a day when I dive into inits, but for now I'm just happy if my system boots to desktop.
And I rest my case, lol. I don't even know the difference between init and initramfs. It's definitely a hole in my knowledge and I should know it going down the line, but I need the right time.
I'm here and there on what I want to learn at any moment. It's not like I can't learn, but it's all about what interests me at the time. I learn things in a scattered manner, which admittedly is a horrible way to learn but its just how my brain works.
Inits are simple. If you know gnu make, it's about as complicated as you can make an init.
SystemD is not just an init. That's the problem.
I got used typing "sudo service --status-all"
then got used to typing "sudo systemctl list-unit-files --type=service"
now a new one to learn "sudo nitroctl list"
looks simpler
That can only be a good thing for my gnarly arthritis fingers.
PoetteringD commands are too damn long
Also automatic paging can go fuck itself
sudo syc lsu-s. But yeah, on foreign systems (e.g. random VPS's) I can see your point.
Hate Systemd? A New Init System(Nitro) Debuts as a Minimalist Process Supervisor for Linux
Nitro is a tiny process supervisor that also can be used as pid 1 on Linux.There are four main applications it is designed for:
- As init for a Linux machine for embedded, desktop or server purposes
- As init for a Linux initramfs
- As init for a Linux container (Docker/Podman/LXC/Kubernetes)
- As unprivileged supervision daemon on POSIX systems
Nitro is configured by a directory of scripts, defaulting to /etc/nitro (or the first command line argument).
GitHub - leahneukirchen/nitro: tiny but flexible init system and process supervisor
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AI Is Eliminating Jobs for Younger Workers: New research from Stanford provides the clearest available evidence that AI is reshaping the workforce—but it’s complicated.
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These six facts provide early, large-scale evidence consistent with the hypothesis that the AI
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77 Malicious Android Apps With 19M Downloads Targeted 831 Banks Worldwide
- Anatsa malware first emerged in 2020 as an Android banking trojan capable of credential theft, keylogging, and enabling fraudulent transactions.
- The latest variant of Anatsa targets over 831 financial institutions worldwide, adding new countries like Germany and South Korea, as well as cryptocurrency platforms.
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- Many of the decoy Antasta applications have individually exceeded 50,000 downloads.
- Alongside Anatsa, ThreatLabz identified and reported 77 malicious apps from various malware families to Google, collectively accounting for over 19 million installs.
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This analysis explores the latest updates to the Anatsa Android malware family.Himanshu Sharma (Zscaler)
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Whatever the hell I do outside the playstore is none of Googles business and though this too is handwaved away by claiming improved security, we all know this has fuck all to do with security.
This is just again Google being a monopoly and wanting to stay that way by pushing out other developers
I guarantee you that newpipe devs will not be able to get verified, and now Google can block yet another app
Fuck. google. (Also apple and gicrosoft
What? Graphene OS only runs on Google Pixel devices.
Even ROMs with wider hardware support like Lineage OS only run on expensive devices too (Or very old discontinued ones that you can't find anywhere and have no firmware or kernel updates).
Run? Probably. Work flawlessly? Questionable. It needs to be built (as with every OS update) for every specific device. The developers only do builds for pixel devices (faq). You can take the source and build it for your device. I have no idea how you'd even begin to do that or what that would entail, but most probably, you'd to be able to add drivers for things like fingerprint sensors or cameras unless you are ok with losing access to some functionalities.
My understanding is that phones are hard to support with one "do all" operating system. Thats why all manufacturers take AOSP and modify it with their own code - specific to each device and make builds for each. A bit different mentality to what we do on PCs, where one build of an operating system will just work everywhere.
GrapheneOS Frequently Asked Questions
Answers to frequently asked questions about GrapheneOS.GrapheneOS
Then make sure your next device is capable of running linear joes without Google Play services before you purchase it.
These days I do not make a phone purchase without making sure it will run lineage OS first.
When I purchased my device in 2023, I purchased the OnePlus Nord N200 5G, which was released in 2021, brand new in the box, because it supported Lineage OS, and I'm still using it today.
It's because I only charge my phone between 30 and 80%. It still has less than 400 charge cycles on the battery. And so I'm basically using a 4-year-old device as a 2-year-old device and it still works fine with lineage OS.
I also paid $300 for it brand new in the box.
Unfortunately $300 is still the double if what I'm willing to pay for a phone, I paid 150 for my spyware phone, and while I hate the lack of privacy and freedom such device provides, it does everything I need it to do with the apps from f-droid. I just don't use it for anything that requires secrecy.
I guess I will just stop updating when the new "feature" rolls out and see what happens.
Yeah, I'm not sure just how low of a device you can get and get Lineage OS on it. I know that I generally don't pay less than about 300 for devices because otherwise they get too slow for my use case.
I definitely don't need a $700 device or above, but 300 to about 400 is my sweet spot.
This isn't about you.
Also this kind of liberal argument of, 'The gestapo cannot catch me because I bought skates!' is stupid and tiring.
If the gestapo outlaws skates and I can't get them on the black market and the society is fine with concentration camps that's also allright. I'm too old to care.
Should that help people who were unfortunate to install that malware before the dev is banned?
It doesn't say but it would make sense to check the certs periodically and not just on install.
Also how exactly do they hope to identify the dev as already banned if he tries to register again?
Scrivere a mano nell'epoca dell'algoritmo: un ritorno al passato o una proiezione al futuro?
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Bibliometrie: Wie sie uns alle unterstützen kann
Was ist Bibliometrie überhaupt? Das klingt erstmal nach etwas, das nur Spezialist:innen interessiert, aber das stimmt nicht. In diesem Blogbeitrag geben wir Einblick, Orientierung und Unterstützung durch die TIB zu diesem Thema und zeigen, welche Unterstützungsangebote es von der TIB gibt. Denn Bibliometrie begegnet uns in der Wissenschaft fast überall:
- Wie oft wird ein Artikel zitiert?
- Welche Journals sind besonders einflussreich?
- Wer forscht weltweit zu einem bestimmten Thema?
Bibliometrie umfasst das Forschungs- und Anwendungsfeld, das sich mit der quantitativen Analyse wissenschaftlichen Outputs und dessen Einfluss auseinandersetzt.
Bibliometrische Analysen wenden statistische Methoden auf die Ergebnisse der Forschung an. Sie ermöglichen damit nicht nur Analysen der Publikations- und Forschungsleistung (zum Beispiel Benchmarking und Rankings), sondern schaffen damit Einblicke in Forschungstrends, Netzwerke und den Einfluss des Forschungsoutputs – für Einzelne und für Institutionen.
Warum ist das Thema für alle relevant?
Für Studierende – Orientierung im Publikationsdschungel
Die wissenschaftliche Literatur wächst rasant, im Studium und auch gerade bei der ersten großen Abschlussarbeit stellt sich immer wieder die Frage: Welche Literatur ist in deinem Fachgebiet wichtig und welche Quellen sind wirklich relevant?
Bibliometrisches Wissen hilft,
- die Kernliteratur in einem Fachgebiet schnell zu finden,
- wichtige Autor:innen und Zeitschriften zu erkennen und
- eine fundierte Auswahl für Seminar-, Bachelor- oder Masterarbeiten zu treffen.
Für Forschende – strategisch forschen, vernetzen und belegen
Publizieren ist mehr als nur „fertig schreiben“. Forschende stehen vor der Aufgabe, ihre Arbeiten zielgerichtet in der wissenschaftlichen Landschaft zu platzieren. Bibliometrische Analysen helfen dabei weit über das Thema Sichtbarkeit hinaus:
- Relevanz prüfen: Erkennen, ob ein Forschungsthema im Trend liegt, wo es Lücken gibt oder welche Aspekte in der Literatur bislang unterrepräsentiert sind.
- Kooperationen aufbauen: Identifizieren von Forschenden und Institutionen, die ähnliche Fragestellungen bearbeiten – regional wie international.
- Publikationsstrategie entwickeln: Auswahl der Journals, die nicht nur Reichweite, sondern auch Passung zur Zielgruppe und zum Fachgebiet bieten.
Für Kolleg:innen in der Bibliothek – Forschung aktiv unterstützen
Bibliometrisches Know-how ist nicht nur für Beratungsgespräche zu Impact-Faktoren oder Journal-Auswahl relevant. Gerade beim Bestandsaufbau kann es zu einem wertvollen strategischen Werkzeug werden – besonders dann, wenn Budgets knapp sind und jede Erwerbungsentscheidung gut begründet sein muss.
Durch bibliometrische Analysen lassen sich:
- Forschungstendenzen frühzeitig erkennen – etwa, welche Themen an der Universität stark wachsen oder in welchen Disziplinen neue Publikationsschwerpunkte entstehen.[1]
- Kernjournals und Schlüsselpublikationen identifizieren, die für das Fachgebiet unverzichtbar sind.
- Prioritäten setzen, indem man erkennt, welche Literatur den größten Nutzen für Forschung und Lehre bringt.
So wird bibliometrisches Wissen zu einem der Tools, mit dem Bibliotheken trotz begrenzter Mittel präziser, zukunftsorientierter und bedarfsorientierter handeln können – und sich als strategische Partnerin im Wissenschaftsbetrieb positionieren.
Egal, ob Sie studieren, forschen oder in der Bibliothek arbeiten – bibliometrisches Wissen verschafft Durchblick, eröffnet neue Perspektiven und stärt die eigene wissenschaftliche Arbeit.
Unterstützungsangebote der TIB
In der TIB bieten wir individuelle Beratung im Rahmen von TIBgefragt und Workshops zu folgenden Themen an:
- Einführung in die Bibliometrie
- Zitationsdatenbanken verstehen und nutzen (zum Beispiel Scopus, Web of Science, Dimensions)
- Impact-Faktoren und alternative Metriken richtig interpretieren
- Journalauswahl und Open-Access-Strategien
- Visualisierung bibliometrischer Netzwerke (zum Beispiel mit VOSviewer)
Unsere Angebote richten sich an:
- Studierende (ab Bachelorarbeit aufwärts)
- Promovierende und Postdocs
- Forschende und Lehrende
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Du willst mehr erfahren oder brauchst Unterstützung bei einer konkreten Fragestellung? Dann schau dir unsere aktuellen Beratungsangebote an oder vereinbare direkt einen Beratungstermin.
Kontakt: linna.lu@tib.eu
Beratungstermine: nach Vereinbarung oder über unser Buchungssystem
Aktuell ist eine Webveranstaltung der TIB am 30. September zu den Zitationsdatenbanken Web of Science, Scopus und Dimensions für die Registrierung geöffnet. Hier geht es zum Event.
Fazit: Bibliometrie ist mehr als nur Zählen
Ob bei der Publikationsstrategie, in der Forschungsunterstützung oder bei der Studienarbeit – Bibliometrie liefert Orientierung in der wachsenden Publikationsflut. Und genau dabei helfen wir euch gerne weiter.
[1] Entdeckung von Forschungstrends durch bibliometrische Analyse mit der Dimensions API blog.tib.eu/2023/11/24/entdeck…
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In der schnelllebigen Welt der wissenschaftlichen Forschung ist es entscheidend, stets über Forschungstrends informiert zu sein.Linna Lu (TIB – Leibniz-Informationszentrum Technik und Naturwissenschaften und Universitätsbibliothek)
Google will block sideloading of unverified Android apps starting next year
Google will block sideloading of unverified Android apps starting next year
Google says it’s no different than checking IDs at the airport.Ryan Whitwam (Ars Technica)
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I daily drive a Pixel 8 Pro and it's never felt underpowered to me. I have no need or desire to look at benchmarks.
It's a fair point to make to say they're expensive, but that's not really relevant to their actual quality or performance, both of which are fine. And the used market seems pretty good for these things, too.
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I see it this way.
Google wants everyone using gapps to be identified but isn't outright saying you can't use Android without certification.
"Google says that only apps with verified identities will be installable on certified Android devices, which is virtually every Android-based device—if it has Google services on it, it's a certified device"
So LOS and Graphene may get off the hook on this and be able to install whatever non-google apps they need. By default, neither have google services.
Sucks for the gapps people, but, I mean. They knew it was coming, right?
Wait, what the hell?
I can't believe this, who the hell are they to decide what I should install?
They are welcome to curate their own store, but sideloading concerns only the user.
Hopefully, the EU and other jurisdictions block this.
Fucking corrupt American oligarchs.
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Hopefully, the EU and other jurisdictions block this.
This is very similar to the notarization process Apple introduced to comply with the EU requirement of allowing third-party stores, and yet the EU doesn't seem concerned (maybe because Apple did not allow third-party stores in the first place, will it be different for Google?)
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Not an Apple user, so I didn't know about this. Extremely disappointing.
It really does seem avoiding any and all American services/products (to the extent possible, with exceptions where reasonable) is the only way forward.
I am increasingly coming to the conclusion that the US is a ethical, cultural and even economic dead end. Yes even economic, only a fool would believe intense corruption and broad support of criminality and corruption among the population will not have any negative effects in the future.
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You think this wouldn't happen elsewhere?
It's not just an American thing, it's an asshoke thing, and those people are everywhere, and will always find a way.
Of course it can happen elsewhere.
Just US has a massive influence on tech platforms, and they are currently under-going an oligarch takeover (oligarch influence was already bad irrespective of whether the far right or centre right was in power).
Mind you I am not anti-American. I have largely always defended the US as a matter of pragmatism (it is the largest and most influential democracy-leaning country with a measure of respect for human right). US has done really bad things, but they have done good things as well. I can't say the same about say China or Russia.
I clarified what I meant by economic dead end. It's not going to happen tomorrow or even in ten years. But absolute corruption, rollback of democracy and a population where a large number of people support crime and corruption will have a caustic effect in the long term. It's a straw man to suggest that I was claiming an immense collapse in American economic might.
At one point the "sun never set on the British empire" and now the British empire is no more. There are also examples of economies that were once top end, but are now closer to middle income.
I don't think you understand the extent to which American "soft power" is being eroded right now. What countries have you lived in? What languages other than English do you speak? Do you have close friends in other countries?
Of course America is major economy, that doesn't mean the rest of the world doesn't exist. Just look at the state of Chinese products in the early 2000s and where they are now.
People don't like thugs and liars, especially ones who are constantly parroting polemics about "freedom for this and that" while engaging in criminality and opposing democracy.
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I just use my banking through the web UI. Why do you need an app for it? If it's for check deposits, try using an old phone as a dedicated banking device.
If you don't use apps that depend on Google services, consider deGoogling your phone.
Its 2050, you are waiting outside of the HR Office waiting for them to talk to you. You're certain that your job has just been replaced by a robot.
Fuck this shit, you thought, 90% of the people are unemployed anyways, fuck this 16 hour shift.
You pull out your hand terminal (yes a "hand terminal", as "smartphones" no longer have local storage now, almost all computing is done on cloud) and start typing in your journal app: "Down with the regime, Down with tyranny!". You tap "save".
"Action not authorized. This incident has been reported"
2 seconds later, you can hear sirens in the distance growing louder and louder.
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Google says it's no different than checking IDs at the airport
What, and Google is now the TSA? Fuck that shit. I've paid for my device, I get to do whatever the hell I want with it!
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I've paid for my device, I get to do whatever the hell I want with it!
You bought a phone but is leasing the software. It's not yours to do with as you please.
Have you considered using fully open source android versions?
No custom ROM on a recent smartphone technically gives you a fully open source Android system when they rely on vendor-provided proprietary blobs in order for basic hardware functionality to work at all. Unless you want to go without a modem, GPS, and likely more depending on your model, at which point it's functionally no longer a smartphone.
Open-source custom ROMs are at least far more open-source than the alternative in most of the ways that matter most, including the ability to change the code in order to remove app installation restrictions, to avoid Google's telemetry, etc.
Would the proprietary blobs in the baseband hardware stop the end user from installing software, which is the topic of concern?
If no, is this a irrelevant "achtually"-reply?
Okay, let’s check ids wherever you leave the house, since that’s the sane as checking them at the airport.
Papers please, right?
I can't say anything for the Reddit part of what you said but I agree with Google's unethical datamining. It's no secret what Google has been doing. I remember when the tinfoil-hat-wearers were warning people about those nifty little Google speakers people were generously inviting into their homes, telling them to watch what they were saying in the general vicinity of the speakers, that Google could be using them to listen to every conversation. The naysayers said "They wouldn't do that, that'd be illegal. The speaker only listens when I say 'Hey Google' and they wouldn't be saving what I say anyway!". Lo and behold, it finally got leaked that was wrong, that the speakers were listening 24/7 and Google was keeping everything. I could be wrong but I recall something going around that Google even admitted they were keeping the recordings. Suddenly the conversation died down, there was no lawsuit for espionage or any such thing and the naysayers suddenly converted to "I've got nothing to hide, I don't care if I'm being recorded". Ignorance remains forever blissful, it would seem.
Quick note for the pedantic: No, it's not just Google. Amazon, Apple and Microsoft are doing it too. If there's a microphone in your house, be mindful of what you're saying around it; you never know how an innocuous conversation might be used against you.
fuck google!
Who can I donate to that is working on making alternative OS accessible on android or iphones?
I know there are alternative OS already out there but they aren't as universally accessible compared to how Linux can run on any PC.
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The only way to bypass a forced bootloader lock is to find a bootrom exploit. It's basically like jailbreaking an iPhone or a console at that point.
Note, the iPhone hasn't had a working jailbreak in years. Samsung phones in the US also haven't been able to be unlocked in years.
Android would be even harder because of how fragmented the market is. There are many different phones from many different manufacturers.
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lineageos does support far more phone vendors; who knows what pixel phones will be like in the future
I'm hoping on fairphone to get graphene support 🤷
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They are actually very far removed from meeting them, compared to OEMs like Samsung.
GrapheneOS Frequently Asked Questions
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GrapheneOS has largely worked around this by automating creating device support themselves using "adevtool". The current Pixels' hardware supports installing third-party OSes and will continue to do so, they will support those Pixels until EOL. For future Pixels (Pixel 10 series has not yet launched, only available for pre-order), it remains to be seen whether they still fully support installing third-party OSes. If they do, GrapheneOS will also support them, but it might take much longer to implement device support because they need to make this by themselves and this is more difficult doing it from scratch than being able to use the old Android device support for it as a base, like they could do for the existing devices when Google did their rugpull.
They have not really vendor locked themselves for the future. They have hardware requirements listed in their FAQ: grapheneos.org/faq#device-supp…
Google just happened to be the only company meeting those requirements, which weren't even that strict, becuase other OEMs just didn't prioritize security.
But, there is good news. GrapheneOS is currently in active talks with a major Android OEM right now in order to help them meet the security requirements for a subset of their future devices. They are very optimistic about that.
GrapheneOS Frequently Asked Questions
Answers to frequently asked questions about GrapheneOS.GrapheneOS
Google just happened to be the only company meeting those requirements
I don't know. They designed the requirements in a way that only Google met them. It didn't "happen" to meet them after the fact.
It's like demanding yellow hard hats on a construction site. Sure, they are safe and highly visible. Would it make sense to allow black hard hats as well if it means not locking into a single vendor and try pushing for high vis while having a stronger base? And also working around the issue with a vest? I don't know the answer to that but it's clear that they have made a conscious decision to move into the situation that they now find themselves in.
I didn't say they need to rip something out. I didn't say their current efforts to open up weren't valid.
I specifically said that I don't know whether it would have made sense to start with reduced requirements.
I just stated that they didn't "happen" to only support Google. I simply acknowledged how they knew exactly that the standard they were writing would only be matched by one vendor as they were writing it.
The only proper solution is to focus fully on the new Linux Mobile ecosystem and become independent from Google-maintained shit (and hardware - Graphene is based on Google Pixels, they literally exist at the mercy of Google). Otherwise they will fuck you over again and again. Not saying getting Linux Mobile on par will be easy, but it's our only true, permanent option aside from rejecting smartphones altogether.
Only because Graphene is about using a security chip.
Lineage isn't, so runs on more devices. I'd argue most people don't have risks that require the security of Graphene.
But the moment another phone manufacturer decides to use a similar security chip, Graphene will be on it.
Chinese version of YouTube (bilibili (B站)) has built in sleep timer functionality.
That beats the hell out of the adverts and autoplay rubbish YouTube subjects people not using Invidious or Piped to.
“ but android is open source! You can do whatever you want with it!”
A 20 year-old lie, and I’m glad to see the android worshipers finally realize it was always a load of shit.
You can complain about iOS all you like, but android is no better. It’s about time people started to realize that.
I just upvoted a comment which is sure to get downvoted to hell.
You’re right though, the idea that you could “do whatever you want” with android was always a fantasy.
Me right now:
Can I install an independently compiled version of iOS an an iPhone, equivalent to Lineage or Graphene?
I'm currently running a fork of Lineage called DivestOS. That's 3 more versions of OS than available for iOS.
Stop acting like they're the same, because they're not. I use iOS for my work devices, and have since 2010.1 my personal devices are Android, because iOS won't allow me to do things as simple as move files the way I need to.
Watch out, we got a badass over here!
Sounds to me like you’re not using android, and this your condescending rhetorical question does not apply. Sure, you can put forks of forks on your device, but good luck running banking or travel or healthcare apps, among many others.
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There's a world of difference between iOS and Android.
Just look at Lineage and Graphene. Both independently compiled versions of Android. Show me the equivalent in iOS.
Google says that only apps with verified identities will be installable on certified Android devices, which is virtually every Android-based device—if it has Google services on it, it's a certified device.
Any chance you can just remove their shit via adb?
Looks like I'm gonna just carry a stock phone, give it nothing but the most basic information and tether it to a laptop over a VPN. They stop tethering? I'll use VOIP and a hotspot.
Welcome back to 2011. Maybe messenger bags will come back into fashion in foss culture.
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Run Lineage on your phone of choice.
Or if you're paranoid, a Pixel with Graphene.
...What about after September 2026?
Well, there's one teensy tiny caveat.
Google says that only apps with verified identities will be installable on certified Android devices, which is virtually every Android-based device—if it has Google services on it, it's a certified device.
So, in theory... no gapps, no approval necessary?
Open devs just have to have two versions, as many already do, one signed with Google's spyware and one on github/fdroid with nothing.
Seems about right, for as long as they can.
I'd even consider the possibility of "google-free" phones showing up on kickstarter in two or three years for the tinkerer market. That market exists. Raspberrypi didn't buy itself. We are here!
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As an iPhone guy, I always thought, what apps am I missing? It was mostly emulators. Then Apple allowed them, and I ask the question again.
Oh yeah, we have Delta, why doesn't Android have anything like that? So, in a nutshell, I can uninstall Delta right now. App gone, games gone, saves gone, it's all gone. No longer have any trace of it on my iPhone. Go to the App Store and download it. Empty library. Got to start over, right? Wrong. Go into Settings, connect Google Drive. It's now downloading my games, my saves, my settings. Everything back where I was. Would be so cool if it were on all the platforms, so a game started on one could be picked up and played on another. Not necessarily Android <==> iOS, but more like phone <==> computer/tablet.
Yeah, so anyway, what can't I get in the Play Store or the App Store that I actually want?
I get it's a slippery slope and future implications. I get that. I'm just not seeing the issue now.
Also, it seems like Google has taken away all the things that would convince you not to get an iPhone. They took your headphone jack (though an Android was the first to do so). They took your microSD card slot. The tech always sucked, no one tried to make it better; past 16 or maybe 32GB the write speeds were too low to be usable. Now they're coming for your sideloading? Honestly what is the argument for staying?
what can't I get in the Play Store or the App Store that I actually want?
For me, it's an independence from Google thing and a privacy thing. I am logged in to the Play Store on my phone, but I try to get whatever I can from F-Droid. On other devices like my TV, tablet and e-reader, I'm not even logged in and use F-Droid and the Aurora Store instead. Not having to rely on Google is great.
Honestly what is the argument for staying?
There are still Android phones with headphone jacks
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it's an independence from Google thing and a privacy thing. I am logged in to the Play Store on my phone
Uh.
I can try it though
Yes, my Android phone (Galaxy S10) has a headphone jack and a microSD card reader and a fingerprint reader. And it's a flaghship. But it's a 2019 flagship. (Still does things better than my iPhone 16 Pro Max, which is Apple's flagship from last year, and still their current flagship model. Most notably, the Android keyboard is better.)
Do any new flagship Android phones have headphone jacks? Not that I need one. I'm 100% on board with AirPods. Love them. I own headphones but it's a lesser experience. I have some decent (not great) over the ear Sennheisers (they were around $50, so not audiophile range, probably the brand's entry model) and they're good enough, but the AirPods are a better experience in many ways. But anyway, mid-range Android phones have headphone jacks, but they're underpowered compared to flagships, and Android flagships are underpowered next to iPhones of the same year. So while granted, a mid-range 2025 Android likely outperforms my S10 across the board, I have no reason to upgrade what is essentially my backup phone.
Do any new flagship Android phones have headphone jacks?
Less and less. Sony still does and Asus still does on their ROG Phones, but dropped it for the Zenfone 12 so not sure how long they'll last with it still (I love my Zenfone 9, so a bit sad about it).
But anyway, mid-range Android phones have headphone jack
Shockingly little nowadays. If I search between 300-500 euro, I can only find Sony, Poco and two Samsungs (A25 and Xcover 7).
Not actually true, there are still some scam apps on the App Store. As long as they have recurring subscriptions, Apple doesn't care too much. It's the free apps that are just as good, they will bury, even if they have users.
As far as music, I agree. I use Apple Music because it's the best streaming service for my needs and they pay artists better than the other big one. But on iOS you also have Marvis Pro and MusicHarbor. I couldn't get that experience on Android. The actual Apple Music app is great on Android, and it has gotten better, but on iOS I still prefer Marvis, which is a frontend to Music.app.
Yeah, so anyway, what can't I get in the Play Store or the App Store that I actually want?
When I upgraded my Samsung to a OnePlus13, Samsung's app that manages the tag device flat out had an error message telling me that it could only work on Samsung phones. 5 minutes later I found an open source app allowed me to use the Galaxy tag that I paid for on my new phone. Samsung has some of the best engineers in the world so they were 100% lying or intentionally trying to brick my tag device to either force me to buy their overpriced phones...
And that is just one example. I use tons of open source apps. For almost any useful app you can think of, there is a free open source version. Premium-YouTube? Newpipe is ad-free with all the premium features for free.
what can't I get in the Play Store or the App Store that I actually want?
On the Android world, there are various Firefox forks with privacy enhancements. Such an example is IronFox. These apps are not listed on Play Store, and are, instead, distributed through F-Droid.
Besides this, there is a big difference between the policies of Play Store and F-Droid. Play Store takes your compiled blob, runs some security tests, signs it and publishes it. F-Droid, on the other hand, requires that all the source code is public and compiles the app.
This allows the users to be sure that the apps cannot be tampered by their developers. While, on Play Store, devs can easily submit applications that aren't built based on the published source code.
what can't I get in the Play store that I actually want
Well, for starters, versions of apps without Google play store tracking. Or without GMS/Firebase so the apps aren't constantly being awakened whenever someone else decides.
Or old apps that Google has decided you don't need anymore because they "won't run" on current versions of Android, yet work fine.
Or, any app category that Google doesn't permit you to publish to play, like my system wide ad blockers.
Or apps that aren't malware, since Play store is the single greatest source of malware.
AdAway isn't in the Play Store? That was my ad blocker back in the day... on, like, Jellybean and KitKat.
Of course, I wouldn't be surprised if Google has since banned ad blockers. They threaten their business model after all.
So I guess my next phone will be a Chinese phone. Even if it spies on me, I'll have the freedom to install whatever I want from anywhere.
The Chinese have a golden window of opportunity. Let's hope they don't mess this up.
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LOL. Chinese phones are way worse, they simply block installations of "unsanctioned" apps with no workaround.
My wife is Chinese and I used to live there for 7 years, it's an absolute privacy nightmare.
Oppo = OnePlus
Huawei bootlaoders can't be unlocked, so absolutely no custom ROM there.
Honor bootlaoders can't be unlocked, so absolutely no custom ROM there.
Poco seems possible for now, never used one of their phones, but well good that there's something possible.
So I bought it from giztop, they take the Chinese version of the phone, get the Google play store on there and get it set to English, plus a couple other things, so that it's easier for you to get started with. I bought this because I had thought they'd make a global version and I could flash that rom when that happened, and only deal with some Chinese sections of the phone for a short while, but for some reason they didn't with this specific phone, they did for the 14 ultra.
I busted the phone out again to see the popup I was talking about, but actually one of the (semi) recent updates made it so the buttons are english. I am allowed to just install things with a few pop-up warnings and the phone does some kind of check. I wonder if it's because it's an "unlocked" phone (I don't know if it's the same in China where a carrier locks the phone to their network and has their own shit installed if you buy it from them) or what.
Either way, interesting.
As someone who uses a Xiaomi phone, that's not true.
It was a faff getting it to install any random apk I found of off the Internet, but it was possible. Did involve holding down a graphic for 10 seconds as part of the unlock procedure.
But for now at least, you can still install any unsigned apk without going through a store.
I guess if GrapheneOS finally gets spoken to by a manufacturer interested in filling this market gap, that would be awesome too.
Hell, maybe it could be a chinese manufacturer.
I believe disabling play protect turns this off
Edit: no it doesn't. This is play integrity API which can't be disabled and will be in the APK itself.... hopefully it can be patched out
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For the benefit of those reacting based on the headline and one-sentence summary, yes it's a pain, I agree with the mob that it should be the user's choice what they install, BUT, the headline is badly written, in that it implies that the app itself has to be verified, and also many commenters seem to have also inferred that it means an Apple walled-garden style Play Store lock-in which also isn't the case. (a better headline might have been "sideloading of Android apps from unverified publishers")
You can still publish and run apps from outside of the Play Store, but publishers will need to get a verified key from Google to sign them with. Google don't have any visibility of what the app actually is, they just issue you a key and you do whatever you want with it.
(EDIT: fuck me, don't shoot the messenger, just because you don't like what Google is doing. I even opened by saying I agreed that the user should be able to choose, knowing full well that the sort of person who doesn't read past the headline also would interpret correcting it as a defense of Google... guess I'd have been better off just quietly leaving y'all to get angry over things that didn't actually happen)
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All Google would have to do is check what key an app is using on a user's device and they can invalidate it. Someone made a youtube vanced 2 (not revanced)? Google can easily invalidate it for everyone using this process.
Even if I misunderstand how the key works and it's more of a signature, it would mean that if you try to download an older app then it could fail bc the signature expired and isn't maintained anymore. You also run into the same issue with not being renewed if Google chooses.
My point is it could effectively be a side loading killer, maybe not right away but the point of sideloading is the independence which this takes away
I'm making a statement about companies in general. People are just so willing to bend over and take it. In my mind people used to have more gumption, but I'm probably overestimating how much was individuals vs how the media portrayed things.
Feels like if Upton Sinclair released "the jungle" today we'd all collectively say "oh well, guess we're eating rats and formaldehyde."
I'm confused. I read an article about the new 3310 getting the ability to install apps, a long time ago. I found an article on how to do so, but it doesn't look like the 3310 screen in the screenshots but a general android OS. I thought it had a simplified OS, either their own or a stripped down android (unsure) as it has a tiny screen.
It's the Nokia 3310 4G model according to this article. But it might be a generic article in which they have the phone model automatically generated by the one you search for?
If you have a non-Google build of Android on your phone, none of this applies. However, that's a vanishingly small fraction of the Android ecosystem outside of China.
Linux-based Android build when?
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The current trends and direction of tech is making me want to become Amish...
I'm getting so fucking sick of everything turning into shit, what's even the point of fucking point anymore? This is borderline kernel level enshitification
The Amish that I grew up near were big into shunning, child marriage, sexual abuse, not talking to the cops, and lots of drugs.
I'm just saying it might be easier to switch to open source or something.
If postmarket gets the drivers under control, we can be running relatively vanilla distros on them. There's already a version of NixOS that leans on postmarkets work to run Nic right on a dozen different phones
You just need a window manager that can handle touch, small form factor, and just a couple of gigs of RAM. And there are already projects doing that.
I feel ya friend.
Those guys are getting really decent funding, then Gnome and Plasma-mobile are already serviceable. It's really just a matter of reverse engieering the cellular radio/voice/volte and the true hard part of the networks not pulling the rug on that work.
Jolla is definitely interesting, but search around, there are caveats.
One notable thing is that until pretty recently they were on a subscription model for OS updates, that turned a lot of people off. I get the need for continued funding, but definitely not something I'd want to deal with on my phone.
Also, for me personally, my phone is partially for work too so it needs to be compatible with that or else I honestly probably don't really even need a phone. Jolla has some preliminary support there, but there's no way it could pass our requirements for MDM compliance at my company and I doubt it would for most others. There are things that are non-optional there in relation to audit requirements that a lot of very different companies all have to comply with and it's just not compatible with the idea. That's probably going to be the major sticking point for any smaller players trying to break into the mobile market.
I might consider a Jolla tablet if they gave it another shot, but we do have a lot more options in the linux non-phone portable space.
Assuming you are in US, it seems dependent on ATT backbone. That is not a complete turnoff for me. I use ATT and the covereage is almost perfect. I cannot recall the last time I lost service.
I would be willing to call the company with questions and try it for everyone, assuming the pass the qusstions. Do you send ifo to AI like fairphone? Do you have any deals with Google? Are you open source?
Well, nevermind. They have nothing in stock that has a North American modem.
Google says it's no different than checking IDs at the airport.
You're not a fucking airport, Google!
It also becomes no different than iPhone, so.. what's keeping me to android if they do this? Or hey, maybe I'll commit to de-googling. I have CoMaps, I'm planning to setup nextcloud soon... Hell, I don't even buy anything on Google play anymore since it's so shit, i have no purchases tying me to the OS. Maybe I'll buy a cheap old iPhone so I can finally use imessage with everyone that's been bitching about me and use other tech for everything else.
(I'm not going to iPhone, but the point stands)
I left iphone because of a walled garden issue, was thinking about working with my parents off of iphone so I can actually assist with them because I've been off of it for decades.
Instead may be the other direction because at least iOS has a modicum of privacy by at least telling the US government to make their own back doors instead of just licking the boot like google does. I'm not a fan of apple by any stretch of the imagination, but at this point of the falling apart world fuck it, I gotta figure out what the least evil is, even if it's only marginal.
Whilst this is true, it's also a good reason to move to self hosting if possible.
I've been slowly removing my reliance on these ad filled services, even though the apks I use have ads removed, and this news just gives me more reason to ramp this up since these same APKs may no longer work without some trickery by 2027 (if they go with this plan).
Still, this all seems like constant patchwork as any and all effort is being taken to rid ourselves of control over our devices. It's an iffy situation and I just hope people smarter than myself will continue fighting, in some manner.
How about we abandon proprietary locked-down launcher sandboxes on our phones and just run regular old Linux on them like we do on the desktop?
Isn't that what PostmarketOS is? Is there some bullshit firmware issue in the way of that? What exactly is stopping us?
No one talking about how this could completely annihilate open source .apk development? First off the lead dev has to get identity verified to get a key, which will reduce the number of devs willing to push through friction to start a project. Then when the key is issued and it is posted to the repository, what keeps anyone from grabbing it and using it for another repo? We'll they have an official app registration of some kind, ok, what about version control? Does every new version have to be registered before it can be loaded and tested? Same for forks?
This is about to be a terrible mess, Google is assassinating FOSS with this.
You distribute the code without your key and a built package that is signed. This isn't exactly rocket science.
Anyone who forks the code will have to use their own key to install a package they built.
It's just unnecessary red tape.
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It's just unnecessary red tape.
Which will reduce the number of people using foss apks, which will in turn, reduce the motivation, and then the number, of foss apk developers.
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Fdroid itself and every package they host will have to be signed.
Maybe there are still workarounds, like enabling dev mode on your phone, but still tedious.
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Google has been been cracking down on installing .apk's on your phone for years and they're getting more and more aggressive about it. It's not a question of if they'll disallow it completely, but when.
It's already extremely tedious. Back in the Android 2.3 days (oh, good old Gingerbread) you could just get an APK and install it, but those times are long gone.
Years ago they threatened the developer of Total Commander to remove his app from the PlayStore unless he patched out an APK install feature, so he was forced to do that.
Now another example: Try to install eBay on a phone that is not passing device integrity. It is not listed on the PlayStore because your device doesn't pass safety checks. You can grab an APK and install it, but the OS will check if the app has been installed through the PlayStore and if it hasn't, it will complain and close itself.
GrapheneOS has patched that bullshit out, btw.
And this behaviour happens with all apps where the developer has enabled the "App Integrity" option, which is heavily pushed as a super-great security feature. So developers might just enable that feature, not being fully aware of the implications.
As you can see, it's one method at a time, slowly but surely, until Google fully controls the ecosystem. The intention behind that is pretty clear: They don't want people to have AdAway and Revanced, they want money and user data. And they also want you to login to the PlayStore, get hooked on their stupid daily points challenges and spend your hard-earned money on virtual crap.
This is textbook enshittification, it will only get worse from here on.
GrapheneOS releases
Official releases of GrapheneOS, a security and privacy focused mobile OS with Android app compatibility.GrapheneOS
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I'm probably going to spam this around a bit, since most people don't seem to know about it, but a reminder that FuriLabs has a (GNU+)Linux phone with decent spec.s and the ability to run Android app.s (from what I've heard) pretty decently: furilabs.com/
Biggest drawback is it's based on Halium. Usual growing pains of a new product/company apply but apparently the company is pretty responsive and their dev.s have worked with customers to get things like calling working with the carrier and bands of their country where it hasn't worked before so improvements move pretty quickly.
Collection of different experiences I've variously seen online over the last year or so:
* clehaxze.tw/gemlog/2025/07-20-…
* news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
* reddit.com/r/linux/comments/1f…
* reddit.com/r/linux/comments/1j…
* theregister.com/2025/02/03/fur…
I don't own one, myself, so I can't give any personal experience but I've seen it around for a few years now but most people don't seem to even know about it. Maybe there's a reason for that? But none I've ever seen anyone say.
FuriPhone FLX1: A Debian-powered brick that puts GNOME in your back pocket
: Fun with a FOSS-focused Phosh fondleslabLiam Proven (The Register)
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From what I can tell most of the roadblock is drivers for hardware support. Basically every price of hardware has to have a reverse engineered driver to work. We need hardware mfrs on board to really gain traction in this arena.
Still, I'm pretty sure my next phone is going to be a Linux phone. I know I'll lose functionality but if I can make calls, send texts, and browse the web I'll get by. Hopefully that space keeps gaining traction and it won't be long until it is a truly viable option to replace google/apple products.
Yes, and its pretty great on devices you can install it on.
Problem is? Its not possible to install on most phones.
Postmarket OS is getting there. It only runs at all on a couple dozen older phones. And they don't currently have receive voice. But 2 months ago they didn't have 4G data or send voice so...
Oh, and battery life is not good.
My next mobile device will likely be a small tablet running Linux and a Wi-Fi hotspot.
Oh, the problem isn't the OS's. You can hardly get a phone that can have its bootloader unlocked these days.
When they stop providing security for our flagship phones, if we could just install lineage or GOS on it, they wouldn't get a new purchase out of us, and they'd also stop receiving all our data that they can sell..
for the greater good
This good is gonna be so great after we lose everything to the worst of us.
This device looks really interesting, but I don't see anything on their site about how I can write software for Light Phone, or install anything except what they provide through their app.
How is that any different from what Google plans to do to Android?
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We would have plenty of Linux phones if drivers were open sauce or even just available closed sauce.
So Android is pointless now?
No, really. If I'm gonna be dragged kicking and screaming into the walled garden, why would I go with Google's joke of an ecosystem instead of much nicer and better integrated Apple garden?
I might as well start carrying one of those weird branded ultra-tiny laptops from AliExpress and some used, older iPhone for the 2 apps I need.
Fuck it. Throw out the baby, the bathwater, the bathtub, the whole damn thing. Fuuuuck it.
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Does anyone have try puri.sm/products/librem-5/ Or c2 shop.jolla.com/
Can we still load custom roms? It's been a while since my last install of Lineage OS.
If that's not an option either, well, Linux phones I'm coming!
What will be the point of android?
you can pack them on the magisk denylist and then they might work flawlessly.
this has never failed me but i would still not recommend it.
these banks and Google have no hesitation to cut your access to your money one day. they own your way of interacting with the web now and they don't like what you're attempting here
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Basically title; how long did it take you to get used to them?
For bonus info for me, how old were you when you started wearing them? How bad are your eyes?
I finally had to give in and get them. My eyes aren’t that bad (I think) but I’m almost 40. I’ve had them made a few times in the past because I have had a prescription all this time (since my mid 20s) but I never wore them. It was more work than my eyes were doing…… probably. Felt that way anyway..
But I can’t avoid it now and I got an additional pink tint added to maybe help with headaches (not directly related to my eyes, I’ve had the headaches most of my life; they run in the family, yay!).. and one eye has a stronger prescription than the other and it’s insanely nauseating. It’s my dominant eye no less. And maybe I shouldn’t have done all the vision changes at once.
How long am I gunna deal with this? I can’t just stop wearing them after a few days this time, because off is worse for reading and I know it and I notice it.
Edit: this is day one of wearing these. It sucks but it’s not like this is ongoing. This is new to me in that it’s physically uncomfortable, but my eyes are legit bad and I’ve known it and I think the prescription might be a bit off but they have been telling me for years if I just wear the damned things my eyes will relax and my prescription will probably change. I do not like the visual changes. They make me sick because I have neurological problems that both cause headaches and intense motion sickness. Like I can’t swing on swings without getting violently ill. -end edit
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I started wearing glasses at 17. I technically didn’t need to wear them all the time, but I just did because it was immediately much more comfortable on my eyes. I have a bent nose from a break and I got a little irritation from it, but the relief on my eyes was easily worth it.
My eyes aren’t super bad, I can actually be okay without them for most of the day. Neither eye is super bad, but I have a high astigmatism factor or whatever they call it. That makes my depth perception really funky and I can’t read anything at a distance.
I can’t really remember what difficulty I had at first besides the my nose hurting and getting used to the frames being in view. It definitely never made me nauseous though. You should probably talk to your eye dr about that.
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Global Ad giant(Interpublic Group "IPG") Broke 'Industry First' Climate Policy With Work for Saudi Aramco(world’s largest oil company) to influence government policymakers
The global advertising giant Interpublic Group (IPG) is facing allegations by staff that its rebrand of the world’s largest oil company violated a pledge to avoid work that could worsen the climate crisis.Documents obtained by DeSmog show that a group of IPG’s London-based agencies created campaigns designed in part to convince government policymakers that Saudi Aramco was developing climate solutions — even as it planned to invest hundreds of billions of dollars in new oil and gas.
A dozen current and former IPG employees said the strategy appeared to breach IPG’s commitment to avoid projects “aimed at influencing public policy that seeks to extend the life of fossil fuels.” CEO Philippe Krakowsky had announced IPG’s policy as “a first for the industry” in September 2022 amid growing internal calls for him to act on climate — including a letter signed by more than 800 staff urging the agency to drop polluting clients.
Scientists agree that the world must rapidly transition from oil, gas, and coal. Burning these fossil fuels is the main cause of climate change, which is fast creating an increasingly uninhabitable world of deadly droughts, floods, heatwaves and storms.
But the documents show that the underlying goal of IPG’s work for Aramco was to bolster the state-owned Saudi oil company’s “license to operate as part of the future energy landscape” — oil executive-speak for business as usual.
“This Aramco work was in direct contravention of [IPG’s climate] policy,” said one former employee who — like others quoted in this story — declined to be named for fear of professional repercussions. “Everything IPG does for its fossil fuel clients is aimed at influencing key decision-makers in corporate and political spheres, and making the fossil fuel revenue party last for as long as possible.”
IPG Takes New Steps in Considering Energy and Fuel Clients - IPG
In a first for the industry, IPG and its affiliates now proactively review the climate impacts of prospective clients that operate in the oil, energy and utility sectors before accepting new work.Emily Olin (Interpublic Group)
Rotaie abbandonate ci raccontano la storia poco nota del treno francese a reazione - Il blog di Jacopo Ranieri
Rotaie abbandonate ci raccontano la storia poco nota del treno francese a reazione - Il blog di Jacopo Ranieri
Successivamente alla metà del secolo, l’investimento significativo di menti e risorse nel miglioramento dei jet aeronautici portò gradualmente alla scoperta di cognizioni fisiche precedentemente inesplorate.Jacopo (Il blog di Jacopo Ranieri)
How ‘Human Rights’ became a Western weapon
How ‘Human Rights’ became a Western weapon
Kit Klarenberg exposes how the West weaponized “human rights” after the Helsinki Accords, turning a noble idea into a tool for regime change, sanctions, and imperial wars.Kit Klarenberg (How ‘Human Rights’ became a Western weapon)
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Fellow pirates, How to download all the liked videos/song from YT music.
I have tried using yt download but am not able to find any option for such a case.
So something like, a tool which allows YouTube login and then pull all the songs/video.
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All your liked videos are at youtube.com/playlist?list=LL, and all your liked songs are at music.youtube.com/playlist?lis… .
I would try using yt-dlp. First, download your cookies from YouTube into a file (e.g. youtubecookies.txt). I like the cookies.txt Firefox extension for downloading the cookies.
Then run:
yt-dlp --cookies youtubecookies.txt "https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=LM"There are a lot of options to yt-dlp, so you'll want to look into those.
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Usually I recommend using cobalt.tools for downloading either the video or the audio file. Unfortunately, cobalt.tools isn't able to download from Youtube at the moment due to restrictions from Youtubes side.
I found a workaround, albeit it is a bit complicated, but suitable for an occasional download:
I installed FreeTube. Each video offers download options. However, if you want a better quality than 360p, it offers to download video and audio separately. Look for the highest quality. Both video and audio file can be merged using VLC player after downloading.
After selecting the desired file(s) in FreeTube, you deternine where the files are to be saved, and then the download starts. There is no visual confirmation that the file is being downloaded. Eventually it appears on your computer. The download is slow, it takes almost the duration of the video that is to be downloaded.
After downloading both the video and the audio file, open them in VLC. Follow one of the guides when searching for video audio merge vlc. You can also save the merged file.
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Liked Videos and Liked Music are private playlists, they have a generic URL and you can only access them by being logged in. I have two methods to download Liked Videos:
- Install a desktop app video downloader, most of them have the option to download an entire playlist.
- They also have an option to add a cookies file so you can download private playlists, such as Liked Videos or Watch Later
- Log in to YouTube in your browser
- Export the cookies from the browser
- Import them to the desktop app
- Download Liked Videos
That's what you're supposed to do, however i never got that to work. If it doesn't work, you can transfer all your liked videos from the private playlist to a public playlist. Here's what i do:
- Create a new playlist called Downloads, and make it public; it now has its own specific URL, unlike the generic URL of Liked VIdeos
- Install the YouTube Multiselect browser extention
- Use Multiselect to select every video in Liked Videos and add it to Downloads
- Use the desktop app to download the Downloads playlist
This is how i download my private playlists like Watch Later or Liked Videos, i assume it also works for Liked Music
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Use yt-dlp with a cookies file and your liked videos playlist like @RinseChessBacked@lemmy.ml said.
Use yt-dlp with the -U flag to make sure it’s updated. The default settings are best audio and video quality. If you wanna get just the audio, install ffmpeg according to the instructions on the yt-dlp page (download ffmpeg and unpack it somewhere, tell yt-dlp where it is with the path-tp-ffmpeg flag) and tell yt-dlp what format you want.
You do not need to use a website or gui. They are all based on yt-dlp anyway and are often old, outdated and have wrong settings. Literally just use yt-dlp all other offered solutions are incorrect.
‘Out here all alone’: Texas health officials’ pleas for help were ignored by CDC as measles cases grew, report says
Public health officials in Texas were met with little to no response from CDC officials when they first reported a measles outbreak earlier this year, according to a new report
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Burner phones, wiped socials: the extreme precautions for visitors to Trump’s America
Horror stories about detainments at the border have also soured some from visiting during Trump’s second term
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Trump Order to Kill Cashless Bail Will Exacerbate Inequality While Doing Nothing to Fight Crime, Experts Say
"Cash bail is a system that preys on poor people," Wanda Bertram, of the Prison Policy Institute, told Common Dreams.
Iran demands concrete international action to end Israel’s genocide and occupation in Palestine
Iran claims the idea of “Greater Israel”, articulated by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recently, was not an empty threat but a real zionist ambition backed by the US and other Western powers.
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Brazil's government says it will buy some domestic products hit by Trump's tariffs
Brazil’s government says it will buy several domestic products that have been hit by the 50% higher U.S. tariffs on the country’s exports.
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