Your open-source custom ROM has a dirty secret, and Librephone wants to fix it

The Free Software Foundation's new Librephone project wants to reverse engineer the binary blobs our phones rely on.
Cybernews

Librephone project announced: Free Software Foundation aims for complete Android freedom

The Free Software Foundation has launched the “Librephone" project to reverse-engineer and replace proprietary mobile phone ...

LineageOS releases Android 16 update despite challenges with Android source code

LineageOS 23.0 based on Android 16 is now available for over 100 Android devices. Here's what's new and how to install it!
How-To Geek on MSN

LineageOS 23, Based on Android 16, Is Finally Here

LineageOS 23 drops on Android 16 but uses QPR0; QPR1 features are missing due to delayed Google source releases. Google ...

LineageOS 23 keeps the custom ROM spirit alive with Android 16

Of all the custom ROMs still around, LineageOS remains the most popular. The hard work of the team behind the ROM lays the ...
PC Magazine

F-Droid Warns Google’s New Rules Could Kill Third-Party Android App Stores

Google's upcoming requirements to verify app developers threaten to 'end the F-Droid project and other free/open-source app distribution,' F-Droid says in a post. When he's not battling bugs and ...
Android

ERMAC Exposed: The Android Malware Targeting 700+ Apps

The source code for the ERMAC 3.0 Android banking trojan has been leaked online, exposing the malware’s full infrastructure and its ability to target over 700 apps. While this is a win for ...