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   silverwizard (silverwizard@convenient.email)'s status on Monday, 18-Nov-2024 09:34:38 JST silverwizard

   Built an F-Droid repo for my kids inside our local network. Added games and basic apps, let the kid tablets work without unfettered internet.

   F Droid wont let me use a self signed cert because, I guess, the CA system is good

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     Alonely0 🦀 (alonely0@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 18-Nov-2024 21:50:30 JST Alonely0 🦀

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     @silverwizard I mean, a self-signed cert is just encryption in transit, without any verification of authenticity. You can set up your own CA tho ;)

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     silverwizard (silverwizard@convenient.email)'s status on Monday, 18-Nov-2024 21:50:30 JST silverwizard

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     • Alonely0 🦀
     @Alonely0 Well no, I can verify the identity with my eyes. I can read a fingerprint. But it means I need to deploy a trusted CA to devices like my unrooted tablets that wont let me choose the trustroot, or my babysitter's iPhone. Not being able to verify myself is bad.
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     Julian Foad (julian@fed.foad.me.uk)'s status on Monday, 18-Nov-2024 22:46:41 JST Julian Foad

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     @silverwizard Bravo! Curating one's own app store is a great example of how Open Technology enables people to take control of our tech life. I yearn to see this sort of thing included as basic, default, built-in functionality in modern libre personal computer systems like Linux, Yunohost, and mobile OS's.
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     silverwizard (silverwizard@convenient.email)'s status on Monday, 18-Nov-2024 22:50:31 JST silverwizard

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     • Julian Foad

     @julian It was a little thorny to setup, but it probably would be pretty simple! F-Droid is pretty friendly.

     apt-get install fdroid server
     fdroid init
     fdroid update --create-keys
     put apks in the repo folder
     fdroid update -c
     fdroid update

     then point a webserver at the repo dir.

     not saying that *anyone* can do that - but it's well within the ability to make an ansible playbook for!

     But yeah - letting my 5yo install and remove apps gives him power without exposing him to the wider internet

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     silverwizard (silverwizard@convenient.email)'s status on Wednesday, 20-Nov-2024 06:10:14 JST silverwizard

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     My 3 year old is sick and would normally be watching TV and trying to sleep. But right now he's on a tablet, exploring freely. All the games, the shows, and the audiobooks are safe, some are old, some are new. But he's able to be safe and happy.