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The Fairphone 4 will be launching across the pond. It will sport the /e/OS "deGoogled" ROM.

The past few days, I've seen more and more users mentioning flashing their devices or changing ROMs because they may have fallen down the rabbit hole.

Here is a quick list of different custom ROMs for Android phones. I don't use any, so don't take anything written here as endorsement or suggestion.

Alternative/Custom ROMS

In no particular order, these ROMs usually change the UX/UI and maybe add some security enhancements.

• LineageOS – LineageOS Android Distribution: successor to CyanogenMod, a good place to start

• BlissRoms: Close to stock with "some" added privacy

• OmniROM: Android with custom enhancements

• ArrowOS: An AOSP project that is light and promises longer battery life

• Evolution X: Android 13 with the Pixel UI

• Paranoid Android: Android with custom enhancements

• PixelExperience: Another Android 13 with the Pixel UI

Privacy|Hardened ROMS

Security-wise, LineageOS is a start but (correct me if I am wrong) you need to unlock the bootloader, which is not great. These ROMs purport heightened privacy or "hardened" security.

• iodéOS: "deGoogled" LineageOS fork, uses lots of blacklists for ad- and tracker-blocking. Sells pre-installed devices.

• CalyxOS: Provides a fair amount of privacy. Limited device support. microG is optional. Uses F-Droid and Aurora Store.

• DivestOS: Soft fork of LineageOS. "Hardened" with things like the Mulch WebView, uses F-Droid repositories for updates. Comes loaded with a tracker blocker, Mull browser, removal of proprietary blobs to reduce attack surface. ROMs available for many devices.

• /e/OS: A "deGoogled" Android experience. Uses microG, no telemetry sent to Google, modified NTP and DNS servers, modified GPS service. Uses the "App Lounge" which combines the Aurora Store with F-Droid and PWAs. Has a tracker blocker. Requires you to have an @murena.io account for some functionalities.

• Replicant: Android distribution with an emphasis on freedom and privacy/security.

• GrapheneOS: Private, secure, hardened... has a long list of features. Updates are fast, exploitations are quickly mitigated, non-profit. Probably the most recommended, but Pixel-only.

(this is probably a topic that would fit better in the Chat community, of so I will cross-post there and remove this post)

Right now I am very content with the content I am seeing on Beehaw. I do subscribe to a few non-local communities. But, I used Reddit a lot, without an account, for many years for a handful of communities. One of those with the Documentaries sub. So, have you seen any interesting and recent documentaries that you would recommend?

Leclerc, Carrefour, G20, Système U, Biocoop, Kiabi ou encore la Fnac ont tous des magasins clients d’une même société : Veesion

Le site web de Veesion est un peu flippant: https://veesion.io/

Things got very out of hand last night. Tonight will likely be worse.

I stayed up part of the night following this, and did hear some sirens from my house. I don't live near any of the places mentioned in the article.

The TL;DR here is that protest that started in Nanterre has spread out to other cities. Police headquarters, libraries, bus shelters, stores, etc. have been burned or looted. Even mayor's offices were firebombed with mortars or fireworks. Vehicles have been burned out, construction vehicles are being used to destroy things. Chainsaws are being used to cut down streetlights in order to destroy cameras. There are some extremely chaotic videos.

Over 600 people were arrested during the night, Macron is in meetings now to find a solution...^1

The police officer has been taken into custody. For the moment, it looks like his career is toast. Despite what appears to be a spotless career, with some commendations, investigators have decided it was a bad shooting. His family was doxxed and moved to safety. His photo was shared on the web (later scrubbed, someone already jailed for sharing it[^2]). Many users commented on the officers tattoo of a cross pattée which is a right-wing symbol in France[^wing]. I have found no source confirming that the photo was of that police officer in question.

The bodycams were not on during the incident. It appears that this was not intentional. They bought very poor quality cameras.

[^2]: citation needed [^wing]: https://indextreme.fr/croix/pattee.html

Yesterday while browsing the front page of that other site I came across a video of a TikTok user who finds people based on short videos.

Their TikTok page can be viewed here: https://proxitok.privacy.com.de/@the_josemonkey

(and they also have a webpage https://josemonkey.wordpress.com/)

I find it amazing, geeky, fascinating, and creepy that a single person with a computer — not a government organisation — is able to do this.

It all reminds me of that Wired article from 2009 about the man who tried to go off grid and was eventually found by internet sleuths.

TL;DR doxxing has never been easier, don't say or share anything on the web that you wouldn't want printed on the front page of a newspaper.

An official FBI document dated January 2021, obtained by the American association "Property of People" through the Freedom of Information Act.

This document summarizes the possibilities for legal access to data from nine instant messaging services: iMessage, Line, Signal, Telegram, Threema, Viber, WeChat, WhatsApp and Wickr. For each software, different judicial methods are explored, such as subpoena, search warrant, active collection of communications metadata ("Pen Register") or connection data retention law ("18 USC§2703"). Here, in essence, is the information the FBI says it can retrieve:

• Apple iMessage: basic subscriber data; in the case of an iPhone user, investigators may be able to get their hands on message content if the user uses iCloud to synchronize iMessage messages or to back up data on their phone.

• Line: account data (image, username, e-mail address, phone number, Line ID, creation date, usage data, etc.); if the user has not activated end-to-end encryption, investigators can retrieve the texts of exchanges over a seven-day period, but not other data (audio, video, images, location).

• Signal: date and time of account creation and date of last connection.

• Telegram: IP address and phone number for investigations into confirmed terrorists, otherwise nothing.

• Threema: cryptographic fingerprint of phone number and e-mail address, push service tokens if used, public key, account creation date, last connection date.

• Viber: account data and IP address used to create the account; investigators can also access message history (date, time, source, destination).

• WeChat: basic data such as name, phone number, e-mail and IP address, but only for non-Chinese users.

• WhatsApp: the targeted person's basic data, address book and contacts who have the targeted person in their address book; it is possible to collect message metadata in real time ("Pen Register"); message content can be retrieved via iCloud backups.

• Wickr: Date and time of account creation, types of terminal on which the application is installed, date of last connection, number of messages exchanged, external identifiers associated with the account (e-mail addresses, telephone numbers), avatar image, data linked to adding or deleting.

TL;DR Signal is the messaging system that provides the least information to investigators.