Android
MembersGoogle Messages Took Over Your Galaxy. You Have Options.
The encryption settings, the alternatives, and the trade-offs.
Google Opens the Play Store to Its Rivals
The company that turned sideloading into a chore is about to let you install its competitors with a single tap.
Google Broke reCAPTCHA for De-Googled Android Users
The company that decides whether you’re a bot now also requires you run its software to prove otherwise.
Google’s Android Sideloading Will Now Require 10 Steps and a 24-Hour Wait
The ten-step process includes a mandatory 24-hour waiting period for something Android users have done with a single toggle since the platform launched.
Samsung Bakes Perplexity AI Into Galaxy S26 OS, Raising Privacy Concerns
The AI era’s defining feature isn’t intelligence; it’s installation without asking.
Privacy Groups Revolt Against Google’s Demand to Register Every Android Developer
Google is turning sideloading from a right into a permission slip, and the open-source community has until September to convince it otherwise.
Google Softens Planned Android Sideloading Ban but Keeps Developer ID Verification
Google’s nod to openness feels more like a gated entrance than a genuine return to Android’s freewheeling past.
Google Dismisses Privacy Fears Over App ID Policy
Google shrugs off anonymity concerns with a smirk and a shrug, offering little more than vague reassurances.
Google’s New Developer ID Rule Could Harm F-Droid, Says Open-Source Advocate
A crackdown framed as security could erase one of the last open doors left in the Android world.
Proton Mail Rolls Out Offline Mode, Faster Navigation, and Unified Design in Major Mobile App Update
Proton Mail’s redesign swaps clutter for speed, giving privacy-first email its smoothest mobile experience yet.
Tor Project Releases Experimental Tor VPN Beta for Android with Per-App Routing and Privacy Tools
It’s a major step for Tor on mobile, even if the software is still rough around the edges.
Signal Introduces Encrypted Chat Backup with Paid Media Storage Option
Daily encrypted backups now give users peace of mind without punching holes in Signal’s no-compromise encryption model.