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Jul 11, 2013 |

Be Open or be insecure – Hemlis must choose

Today Hemlis, a proposal for a new encrypted mobile messaging app, received $125,000 in crowdfunding. It’s wonderful to see ambitious new software projects get support from the community, especially when they are Free Software which can be used, studied, shared, and improved by everyone.… Read the rest

Mar 7, 2013 |

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Use Twidere Twitter client with identi.ca

Twidere is a great Free Software Twitter client for Android that also works with identi.ca. The identi.ca server must be configured manually however in order to do this. The below instructions work with Twidere 0.2.1.

Tap the accounts tab (fourth icon from left with multiple human silhouettes)
Tap the ‘+’ button top right to add a new account
Tap the server icon top right next to the spanner icon to configure the server
Change the REST Base URL to https://identi.ca/api

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Dec 25, 2012 |

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Enable USB debugging mode on CyanogenMod 10

To enable the developer options settings in CyanogenMod 10 you need to do something quite obscure:

Go to Settings -> About Phone -> click “Build Number” six times in a row.

This information is available elsewhere, including where I found it, but hopefully reposting here will make it easier to find.

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