Obtainium overview | My favorite way to track Open Source apps

🎥 Video Link Links referenced in/for video https://github.com/ImranR98/Obtainium/issues/25 - Obtainium Issue 25 | Help wanted https://youtu.be/IzpVI4zaso0 - You should uninstall F-Droid - Part 1 https://youtu.be/lAbgeJau3eE - You should uninstall F-Droid - Part 2 https://youtu.be/FFz57zNR_M0 - You should use this instead of F-Droid | How to use app RSS feed https://github.com/ImranR98/Obtainium - Obtainium GitHub https://github.com/TeamNewPipe/NewPipe - NewPipe GitHub https://github.com/bitfireAT/davx5-ose - DAVx⁵ GitHub https://f-droid.org/ - F-Droid homepage https://github.com/adrcotfas/Goodtime - Goodtime Productivity GitHub Transcript Please excuse any grammatical errors. I used a tool to generate the transcript and haven’t had a chance to read through it yet. ✔️ ...

March 20, 2023 · 13 min · 2667 words · Josh

F-Droid - App not installed as package appears to be invalid

🎥 Video Link Links referenced for video https://f-droid.org/ - F-Droid homepaage https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.fdroid.fdroid/ - F-Droid package https://www.sisik.eu/apk-tool - Browser APK analyzer https://forum.f-droid.org/t/cannot-install-f-droid-invalid-package-using-profiles/16122 - F-Droid forum post 1 https://forum.f-droid.org/t/why-does-the-f-droid-website-nearly-always-host-an-outdated-f-droid-apk/6234 - F-Droid forum post 2 https://hub.libranet.de/wiki/and-priv-sec/wiki/apps - Android apps https://grapheneos.org/features#install-available-appss - GrapheneOS install available apps feature Transcript Please excuse any grammatical errors. I used a tool to generate the transcript and haven’t had a chance to read through it yet. ✔️ It’s good practice to document answers to frequently asked questions, as it allows other users to reference them. For example, I’ve been asked multiple times through email and video comments why a user is unable to install F-Droid in another user profile. To avoid answering these questions individually, I decided to make a video explaining the reason behind this issue. To demonstrate the process, a user can go to f-droid.org on their Android device and click the “Download” button on the home page to download F-Droid. Once the download is complete, they can install the APK. ...

February 6, 2023 · 7 min · 1328 words · Josh

You should use this instead of F-Droid

🎥 Video Link Mobile privacy guide https://sideofburritos.com/docs/setup-guides/mobile-privacy/ My previous two F-Droid videos https://youtu.be/IzpVI4zaso0 - You should uninstall F-Droid - Part 1 https://youtu.be/lAbgeJau3eE - You should uninstall F-Droid - Part 2 Links referenced for video https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSS - RSS Feeds https://github.com/Ashinch/ReadYou - Read You Github page https://discuss.grapheneos.org/d/16-f-droid-auto-updates/5 - Forum post about using RSS reader

July 10, 2022 · 1 min · 52 words · Josh

You should uninstall F-Droid - Part 1

🎥 Video Link Links referenced for video https://privsec.dev/posts/android/f-droid-security-issues/ - Main article referenced on F-Droid https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_version_history#Android_7.0_Nougat - Android version history https://developer.android.com/studio/releases/platforms - SDK Releases https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroidclient/-/blob/2a8b16683a2dbee16d624a58e7dd3ea1da772fbd/app/build.gradle#L33 - F-Droid code showing legacy SDK https://github.com/NeoApplications/Neo-Store - Droidi-fy https://f-droid.org - F-Droid homepage https://discuss.grapheneos.org/d/16-f-droid-auto-updates/4 - F-Droid discussion on auto-updates

June 19, 2022 · 1 min · 43 words · Josh

You should uninstall F-Droid - Part 2

🎥 Video Link Links referenced for video https://privsec.dev/posts/android/f-droid-security-issues/ - Main article referenced on F-Droid https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/issues/127 - GitHub issue regarding Signal/TextSecure https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moxie_Marlinspike - Moxie Marlinspike https://www.digicert.com/blog/certificate-pinning-what-is-certificate-pinning - Certificate Pinning https://f-droid.org/en/docs/Reproducible_Builds/ - F-Droid build process https://arxiv.org/pdf/1904.05572.pdf - Android Playform Security Model https://forum.f-droid.org/t/why-does-the-f-droid-website-nearly-always-host-an-outdated-f-droid-apk/6234 - f-droid.org hosting out of date APK

May 22, 2022 · 1 min · 47 words · Josh