Pierre-Yves Lapersonne
Software crafter and digital punker keen on open source, iOS and Android apps. Interested in software ecodesign, privacy and accessibility too. pylapersonne.info
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It is complicated. He says true. And maybe your need to use GrapheneOS is relevant. If you have a smartphone without cellular connection, for a daily usage, FMPOV it is a non-sense in case of emergency. It is a risk you will have to take, I can’t disagree your dad. And what about your solution but with a SIM card with very few data and SMS available, through a SIM card you can keep aside your phone and insert when needed?
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Android@lemmy.world•What is the best way to create an android app in 2025?English
5·7 months agoAnticipate technical debt and follow what Google recommends. In few words, use Kotlin and Compose.
However you should really have a look on Google guidelines. In more worlds:
- by default Kotlin and Compose
- if some logic to share between other projects in other environments: Kotlin Multi Platform (KMP)
- if shared UI: Flutter (but Google reduced Flutter teams and KMP is being better and better, so we can suppose Flutter will join the Google Graveyard
Did you have a look on Cake Wallet app? Open source under MIT license and available on F-Droid.
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Android@lemmy.world•What Keepass client do you use?English
1·8 months agoYep, it seems it is, but it can manage KDBX files. Just wanted to share 😄
Edit: sorry, didn’t see this thread is in Android community, my comment is not relevant for this platform.
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Android@lemmy.world•What Keepass client do you use?English
11·8 months agoYou can use also for example Strongbox (https://github.com/strongbox-password-safe)
Edit: sorry, didn’t see this thread is in Android community, my comment is not relevant for this platform. For Android I am used to Keepass2Android (https://github.com/PhilippC/keepass2android). Simple, still maintained, under libre licence GPL 3.0.
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Privacy@lemmy.ml•Is Signal safe and still private on an IPhone?
31·8 months agoIt is always the same issues in fact. You should consider your threat model before all. Then, consider the Signal app, then your iPhone supposed to be updated, trusted, with ADP enabled, biometric lock with erasure after 10 failures, etc. Then consider your ISP, then your country. Etc, etc. You should also compare the contexts. Is an iPhone “better” than a low or middle ranges Android-powered smartphones? For sure, yes. Is it better than high-range expansive smartphones with Android ? Or Pixel ones? Not that sure. And compared to GrapheneOS or /e/? Pretty sure not that much. You can also compare messaging solutions. Is Signal better than WhatApp? Of course yes. But what about XMPP and Matrix for example?
And what are your use cases? Remember your threat model. If you are an activist, a journalist or a whistleblower your needs may be different than a “commons citizen worried about its privacy.
In few words, the only pain point I see is the fact than iOS is proprietary and runs non libre source code and Apple devices than APN. But Android devices are not so much different. It does not mean the solution is not private or efficient, if we succeed in defining a definition of “private or efficient”.
In a nutshell, it could be considered as good. But not perfect.
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Privacy@lemmy.ml•Apple Removes iCloud E2EE in UK: What You Need to Know
6·10 months agoAny ideas for E2E encrypted storage alternatives?
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Privacy@lemmy.ml•Looking for a FOSS maps app. (iOS)
8·1 year agoHave a look on Organic Maps (https://organicmaps.app) or OSMAnd for example (https://osmand.net/).
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Fediverse@lemmy.world•Blogger Alternative for the FediverseEnglish
3·2 years agoInteresting. Thank you for sharing, didn’t know openhub!
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Fediverse@lemmy.world•Blogger Alternative for the FediverseEnglish
11·2 years agoWhy did you say Write Freely seems to be dead? According to their GitHub organisation repositories, the backend has a release tagged 4 months ago and the iOS app 3 months ago.
Interesting! Do you remember where you got this chart?
You can for example have a look on the online resource below:
https://www.securemessagingapps.com/
It is very interesting with a big comparison grid between plenty of messaging solutions.
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Privacy@lemmy.ml•Help me choose my mobile browser
44·2 years agoWhy not using Firefox, Firefox Focus or Brave?











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