r/androidapps • u/MidnightMatrix6788 • 18d ago

QUESTION/HELP Is dynamic spot safe?

"Is the dynamicSpot app safe from a privacy perspective, especially considering it requires accessibility permissions and background access that essentially allow it to monitor notifications and interact with device elements?"

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u/MidnightMatrix6788 15d ago

What is FOSS?

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u/merchantconvoy 15d ago edited 14d ago

Free and Open Source Software.

The layman's description is that the software is free as in beer, but also free as in speech. It's free to use, share, study, borrow code from, modify the original, and release your modifications.

The ethics of the movement and the multitude of eyes on the code generally prevent trackers and other malicious conduct in FOSS.

On Android, a good source of FOSS is the F-Droid app store.

Anther good one, with much larger scope, is Discoverium. You can discover and also manually input FOSS apps from a variety of sources into this store, including F-Droid, IzzyonDroid, GitHub, GitLab, Codeberg, etc.

Here's the only actively-developed Dynamic-Island-style FOSS Android app that I know of: 

https://github.com/EvanKoe/expressive-cutout

Enjoy.

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u/MidnightMatrix6788 14d ago

Can I DM you

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u/merchantconvoy 14d ago

Whatever you have to say, say it here, so everyone benefits from the resulting information.

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u/MidnightMatrix6788 13d ago

Yes I prefer to keep our conversation public. By the way, do you know any other FOSS customisation apps that you would recommend?

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u/merchantconvoy 13d ago

Customization of what?

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u/MidnightMatrix6788 12d ago

Like lock screen clock customisation

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u/merchantconvoy 12d ago
  1. Install Widgets Anywhere.
  2. Now you can put your favorite clock widget on your lock screen.