This week Noah and Steve dig into the announcement that Google will verify the government identity of all Android developers, and not just those publishing on the Play Store. Google intends to verify developer identities no matter where they offer their content, and apps without verification won't work on most Android devices in the coming years.
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00:48 Steve's Idea
Pre-Show as a presentation
Honesty and Vulnerability
04:06 Android Developer Verification
Verifying all developers
First smartphone
We gave up administrative access
Mass adoption
Privilege escalation
Breaking things to make them work
Effect on self hosting
Large apps vs small apps
KYC - Know Your Customer
SSL
Government ID vs Screen Name
3 Glowing Stores
ArsTechnica.com (https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/08/google-will-block-sideloading-of-unverified-android-apps-starting-next-year/)
26:35 iPhone Trash
1.2 million kilograms of ewaste
Owning your tech
The Register (https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/02/apple_ios_26_waste/)
28:32 Smart Phone Addiction
Physical signs of addiction
Administrative access limits
30:20 NewPipe and Noah's Internet
Alternative front end to YouTube
Google and apps they don't like
Being annoying enough
Trying to block YouTube
YouTube at Noah's house
OpenWrt solution
VPN blocks
Mitigating double NAT
Hosting at home
43:29 News Wire
MAME 0.280 - mamedev.org (https://www.mamedev.org/?p=554)
OpenZFS 2.3.4 - github.com (https://github.com/openzfs/zfs/releases)
MIR 2.22 - github.com (https://github.com/canonical/mir/releases/tag/v2.22.0)
LLVM 21.1 - llvm.org (https://releases.llvm.org/21.1.0/docs/ReleaseNotes.html)
IceWM 3.9.0 - github.com (https://github.com/ice-wm/icewm/releases/tag/3.9.0)
Dbeaver 25.2 - dbeaver.io (https://dbeaver.io/2025/08/31/dbeaver-25-2)
QEMU 10.1 - qemu.org (https://www.qemu.org/2025/08/26/qemu-10-1-0)
DocumentDB - itsfoss.com (https://news.itsfoss.com/documentdb-moves-to-linux-foundation)
Garuda 250902 - sourceforge.net (https://sourceforge.net/projects/garuda-linux/files/garuda/)
Linux Lite 7.6 - linuxliteos.com (https://www.linuxliteos.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=9576)
Armbain 25.8.1 - phoronix.com (https://www.phoronix.com/news/Armbian-25.8.1-Released)
Roblinux Cinnamon 14.1 - robolinux.org (https://robolinux.org)
KylinOS v11 - theregister.com (https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/29/kylinos_11)
AerynOS 2025.08 - phoronix.com (https://www.phoronix.com/news/AerynOS-2025.08-Released)
Hardened Rocky Linux - ciq.com (https://ciq.com/press-release/rocky-linux-from-ciq-hardened-now-available-on-all-three-major-clouds)
Essedum 1.0 - networkworld.com (https://www.networkworld.com/article/4047010/linux-foundation-launches-essedum-1-0-to-simplify-ai-integration-in-network-operations.html)
Hermes 4 AI Models - venturebeat.com (https://venturebeat.com/ai/nous-research-drops-hermes-4-ai-models-that-outperform-chatgpt-without-content-restrictions)
Meituan AI Model - finance.yahoo.com (https://finance.yahoo.com/news/chinese-delivery-giant-meituan-unleashes-093000347.html)
LATAM-GPT - wired.com (https://www.wired.com/story/latam-gpt-the-free-open-source-and-collaborative-ai-of-latin-america)
Surya AI - science.nasa.gov (https://science.nasa.gov/science-research/artificial-intelligence-model-heliophysics)
45:15 Windows 10 EOL
Windows 10 EOL Oct 14th
Businesses & Planning
Paying MS for updates
MS Recall
Chance for Linux Adoption
Nich Gausling Article (https://www.nickgausling.com/2025/08/17/windows-10-eol-linux/)
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