#Tag · bonfire.cafe

Today I learned that:
• F-Droid faced controversy in October 2025 when it was revealed that the Open Technology Fund (OTF), a U.S. government-funded organization, provided financial support to F-Droid. By the way, OTF is an organization that supports global internet freedom, particularly in regions with censorship and surveillance.
• And apparently there was a policy change of F-Droid before, that labeled app related to religious texts like the Bible and Quran as NSFW (Not Safe for Work). They made changes to that policy later after community backlash though.

Well, we all learn something new everyday! 🙂 What do you think?

#FDroid #F_Droid #F_Droid_Apps #fdroidstore #fdroidapp #OTF

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Federation Bot

@Federation_Bot · 2 months ago

#NoScript 13.5 is out, with many user experience improvements!

The most visible:
- new "cascade permissions" mode
- the onboarding / site classification behavior panel (in the picture)
- many #usability and #security enhancements regarding blocked content and click-to-play

The greatest thanks(giving) to the Open Technology Fund #otf for strenuously supporting NoScript during the past 2 years, especially through the Manifest V3 compatibility ordeal.

https://noscript.net/

A screenshot of the new NoScript Onboarding / Site Classification Behavior page.

Text:

**Site Classification Behavior**

Please select the way NoScript behaves when encountering unclassified sites. You can revisit this choice from the NoScript Options page and whenever you reset NoScript.

- STRICT / Default Deny

The traditional and most secure NoScript behavior: unclassified sites, marked as "DEFAULT", are NOT considered trusted. Potentially harmful capabilities, including scripts, are disabled. You can manually enable the sites you trust by opening the NoScript interface and marking them as "TRUSTED", or further customize their capabilities by selecting "CUSTOM". Cross-site protections are always enforced.

- EASIER / Auto

A compromise between security and convenience: the top level site, whose address is shown in the navigation bar, is automatically promoted to "Temporarily TRUSTED" unless already manually classified. 3d party sites still need to be classified manually. Cross-site protections are always enforced.

- EASIEST / Default allow

The most relaxed behavior: unclassified top-level sites are promoted to "Temporarily TRUSTED", and capabilities enabled for the top-level site are automatically cascaded to all its 3rd party unclassified sub-resources. Sites already classified as "UNTRUSTED" and "CUSTOM" are not affected. Cross-site protections are always enforced. — A screenshot of the new NoScript Onboarding / Site Classification Behavior page. Text: **Site Classification Behavior** Please select the way NoScript behaves when encountering unclassified sites. You can revisit this choice from the NoScript Options page and whenever you reset NoScript. - STRICT / Default Deny The traditional and most secure NoScript behavior: unclassified sites, marked as "DEFAULT", are NOT considered trusted. Potentially harmful capabilities, including scripts, are disabled. You can manually enable the sites you trust by opening the NoScript interface and marking them as "TRUSTED", or further customize their capabilities by selecting "CUSTOM". Cross-site protections are always enforced. - EASIER / Auto A compromise between security and convenience: the top level site, whose address is shown in the navigation bar, is automatically promoted to "Temporarily TRUSTED" unless already manually classified. 3d party sites still need to be classified manually. Cross-site protections are always enforced. - EASIEST / Default allow The most relaxed behavior: unclassified top-level sites are promoted to "Temporarily TRUSTED", and capabilities enabled for the top-level site are automatically cascaded to all its 3rd party unclassified sub-resources. Sites already classified as "UNTRUSTED" and "CUSTOM" are not affected. Cross-site protections are always enforced.

Federation Bot

@Federation_Bot · 2 months ago

#NoScript 13.5 is out, with many user experience improvements!

The greatest thanks(giving) to the Open Technology Fund #otf for strenuously supporting NoScript during the past 2 years, especially through the Manifest V3 compatibility ordeal.

https://noscript.net/

deutrino and 3 others boosted

F-Droid

@fdroidorg@floss.social · 5 months ago

As part of #FDroid announced #OTF funded work, we are doing a little research into #FLOSS #FOSS donations management best practices and preferences and want to hear from you!

If you have time, check out our 5 minute survey: https://framaforms.org/foss-developer-and-project-maintainer-survey-on-donations-campaigns-and-fund-management-1753633511

Thanks

F-Droid

@fdroidorg@floss.social · 5 months ago

As part of #FDroid announced #OTF funded work, we are doing a little research into #FLOSS #FOSS donations management best practices and preferences and want to hear from you!

If you have time, check out our 5 minute survey: https://framaforms.org/foss-developer-and-project-maintainer-survey-on-donations-campaigns-and-fund-management-1753633511

Thanks

Farooq | فاروق

@farooqkz@cr8r.gg · 8 months ago

Considering that both #XMPP and #Matrix re-invented #decentralized communication while #email was already there, makes #deltachat more interesting.

The fact that DC didn't invent a new protocol for #InstantMessaging and just used the protocol which was already there, and also that how far has it gone, is mind blowing.

At first when I was chatting with @treefit, I already was developing a Matrix client( #chooj) for #KaiOS and it was the only decentralized IM which I was using and investing resources into. I was skeptical but then I thought it would be a good idea to invest into DeltaChat, as well as Matrix. His argument, of course, wasn't good. He was arguing that we need multiple options in the case one of decentralized IMs fail. However this convinced me to give DC a try.

But now, I see that DC has very unique advantages no other messenger has. Their moto is "playing the long term" game. Unlike Matrix which suddenly exploded, DC moves very slowly. As an advantage, DC is much more consistent, hassle free, has less bugs(in my experience) and has better UI/UX than many Matrix clients. But it has got several disadvantages. Matrix has tons more features which DC hasn't got or has added them just recently such as editing messages and reactions. And it is not yet suitable for public groups, like the ones we've got in the Matrix network.

Overall, if you want secure chat with friends or family or other people you trust, DeltaChat is a very good option and the experience is very good. And I haven't seen something like #webxdc in any other IM. However if you want something like #Discord guilds for a community, Matrix is the way to go.

BTW, DC currently lacks funding, thanks to what #Trump did with #OpenTechnologyFund(#OTF). If you can help in anyway, financial or otherwise, it will be extra valuable at this point.

Edit:

BTW, here are websites of webxdc and DC:

https://delta.chat
https://webxdc.org/

Edit2: Make sure to check WebXDC, apps shared in #P2P deltachat groups or DMs.

#IM #FOSS #Messenger #MessagingApp #opensource #opensourceIM #freesoftware