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Raccoon 4.24.0
Feature release:
- Added –gp-renew-gsfid commandline parameter.
The GSF ID is a supercookie that evolved from the Android ID, which was/is baked into the Android Framework itself. Originally, it was more or less guaranteed to be valid for life. Nowadays, it lives inside the Playstore app and may expire or become otherwise invalid. When that happens, Play forgets the associated hardware profile, resulting in empty search results.
Since not all causes for a breaking GSF ID are known, the new commandline argument just fixes the problem by simply registering a new GSF ID.
Twitter is no longer allowing you to link to your Mastodon profile? Let's bypass that!
A quick and dirty, err, I mean, fast and furious url forwarding service.
Raccoon 4.23.0
Bugfix release:
- Some versions of Android have a bug that will cause the packagemanager commandline tool to crash on the device, when called with packed flags (“-rtd”). Raccoon did not catch that and reported a finished install, even though it was actually just a finished transfer. This bug only affects traditional, single APK apps. App bundles (“split APK”) are not affected as they require the pm command to be called with different parameters. Fix is to call the pm command with unpacked flags (“-r -t -d”).
So, why is it so bad to teach Google/Twitter/Facebook… which things interests you, when they use that data to find you more of those things?
Think about it this way: when you see something that enrages you, you are pretty likely to check it out. Click on it and the system learns that this is of interest to you. So in order to keep you engaged (make you see one more ad), you get more and more of the things you hate. The door you just heard slamming shut? That’s your mental health, leaving the building.
This whole “privacy does not matter, just pay with your data” nonsense is pretty much the reason why corporate social media platforms turned into the shitholes, they are.
A reader wants to know: why is FIDO(2) crap?
Passwords are inherently insecure, so we are told (not they aren't). It would be better to BUY into FIDO (no, it wouldn't).
I just had a revolutionary idea for a new social media site: no accounts, no moderation, everyone can just write what he wants, when he wants, but nobody can read anything. No bubbles, no drama, no fake news. I call it Shreddit.