Android
Android’s Default Setting Can Tie Separate Google Accounts Together
Google calls it verification; users may experience it as forced social geometry.
Google Android ID Rules Take Effect In Four Countries
Google’s identity checkpoint has arrived, and sideloading now comes with paperwork, warnings, and a waiting period.
MembersF-Droid Grew Up. Not Everything Came With It.
F-Droid is betting that an app store can be easier to use without becoming another machine for harvesting attention and data.
Signal Beta Lets Android Users Create Accounts Without Phone Numbers
Signal is finally cutting the cord between private messaging and the phone company.
MembersFairphone 6+ Is Repairable. Is It Private and Secure?
Americans have been buying the Fairphone for a reason Fairphone never advertised. It's time to see whether the phone agrees.
Google Starts Asking for Developers' Papers on September 30
The thing that made Android worth choosing is now a setting you have to search for.
Revolut Blocks GrapheneOS Users From Logging Into Its App
GrapheneOS accuses Revolut of enforcing Google Play licensing under a security label, blocking de-Googled phones.
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.