#blobs — Public Fediverse posts

Apple has once again graced us with a "revolutionary" discovery: their shiny new #M4 and #M5 #chips offer a stunningly #retro #experience by making your #4K #display look like it’s from 2005. 📺🔙 Who needs crystal-clear HiDPI when you can squint at #blurry #blobs or enjoy a cozy, cramped workspace? 🙃
https://smcleod.net/2026/03/new-apple-silicon-m4-m5-hidpi-limitation-on-4k-external-displays/ #Apple #Tech #Humor #HackerNews #ngated

Another #HowTo, this time how to use #Signal on #Android without giving it broad media permissions.

Signal does not use the 2 possible secure methods of accessint photos that Android offers, and clones #Whatsapp in that regard.

By insisting on needing access to read all your images, while being a complex app connected to the internet, and the only official versions containing proprietary #Google #blobs.

Links:
- https://community.signalusers.org/t/46828
- https://community.signalusers.org/t/55725

Other messengers like #SimpleX, #Element, #ElementX, #Fluffychat, #Conversations, #Threema and more save themselves the effort and just use the builtin options, improving security by design and unnecessary code bloat.

So, how can I use Signal without trusting it with all my images?

1. Use the "Share" Portal.

That is the obvious one, and a very nice feature on Android. It allows to share any media to an application and giving it access to only that.

This also works across the #WorkProfile or #PrivateSpace and can be used by Apps like #SaveTo to transfer files.

The workflow is often slower than just using the media chooser portal, but it works. It is what I use since years.

2. Android hacks

But this is not all. Setting a profile picture or group profile picture does not work through the share portal. So we use a Feature specific to Androids Sandbox:

- All apps can save files to various default directories like Pictures, Movies, Music, Downloads, Documents; without having read access to it.
- And all apps can access files they themself saved there.

Combining these two features, you can send a picture to Signal and use the "Save locally" button to save it from within the app.

The result is that this picture will be visible in Signals internal gallery and can be selected for profile and group pictures.

Obvious downsides are
- it is a stupid workflow
- it duplicates images that you need to delete manually afterwards
- pictures might be compressed twice, losing quality

But for this very limited purpose, it is kinda fine.

Still, @signalapp please solve this very old issue!

@[email protected] @[email protected]

Another #HowTo, this time how to use #Signal on #Android without giving it broad media permissions.

Signal does not use the 2 possible secure methods of accessint photos that Android offers, and clones #Whatsapp in that regard.

By insisting on needing access to read all your images, while being a complex app connected to the internet, and the only official versions containing proprietary #Google #blobs.

Links:
- https://community.signalusers.org/t/46828
- https://community.signalusers.org/t/55725

Other messengers like #SimpleX, #Element, #ElementX, #Fluffychat, #Conversations, #Threema and more save themselves the effort and just use the builtin options, improving security by design and unnecessary code bloat.

So, how can I use Signal without trusting it with all my images?

1. Use the "Share" Portal.

That is the obvious one, and a very nice feature on Android. It allows to share any media to an application and giving it access to only that.

This also works across the #WorkProfile or #PrivateSpace and can be used by Apps like #SaveTo to transfer files.

The workflow is often slower than just using the media chooser portal, but it works. It is what I use since years.

2. Android hacks

But this is not all. Setting a profile picture or group profile picture does not work through the share portal. So we use a Feature specific to Androids Sandbox:

- All apps can save files to various default directories like Pictures, Movies, Music, Downloads, Documents; without having read access to it.
- And all apps can access files they themself saved there.

Combining these two features, you can send a picture to Signal and use the "Save locally" button to save it from within the app.

The result is that this picture will be visible in Signals internal gallery and can be selected for profile and group pictures.

Obvious downsides are
- it is a stupid workflow
- it duplicates images that you need to delete manually afterwards
- pictures might be compressed twice, losing quality

But for this very limited purpose, it is kinda fine.

Still, @signalapp please solve this very old issue!

@[email protected] @[email protected]

Another #HowTo, this time how to use #Signal on #Android without giving it broad media permissions.

Signal does not use the 2 possible secure methods of accessint photos that Android offers, and clones #Whatsapp in that regard.

By insisting on needing access to read all your images, while being a complex app connected to the internet, and the only official versions containing proprietary #Google #blobs.

Links:
- https://community.signalusers.org/t/46828
- https://community.signalusers.org/t/55725

Other messengers like #SimpleX, #Element, #ElementX, #Fluffychat, #Conversations, #Threema and more save themselves the effort and just use the builtin options, improving security by design and unnecessary code bloat.

So, how can I use Signal without trusting it with all my images?

1. Use the "Share" Portal.

That is the obvious one, and a very nice feature on Android. It allows to share any media to an application and giving it access to only that.

This also works across the #WorkProfile or #PrivateSpace and can be used by Apps like #SaveTo to transfer files.

The workflow is often slower than just using the media chooser portal, but it works. It is what I use since years.

2. Android hacks

But this is not all. Setting a profile picture or group profile picture does not work through the share portal. So we use a Feature specific to Androids Sandbox:

- All apps can save files to various default directories like Pictures, Movies, Music, Downloads, Documents; without having read access to it.
- And all apps can access files they themself saved there.

Combining these two features, you can send a picture to Signal and use the "Save locally" button to save it from within the app.

The result is that this picture will be visible in Signals internal gallery and can be selected for profile and group pictures.

Obvious downsides are
- it is a stupid workflow
- it duplicates images that you need to delete manually afterwards
- pictures might be compressed twice, losing quality

But for this very limited purpose, it is kinda fine.

Still, @signalapp please solve this very old issue!

@[email protected] @[email protected]

Another #HowTo, this time how to use #Signal on #Android without giving it broad media permissions.

Signal does not use the 2 possible secure methods of accessint photos that Android offers, and clones #Whatsapp in that regard.

By insisting on needing access to read all your images, while being a complex app connected to the internet, and the only official versions containing proprietary #Google #blobs.

Links:
- https://community.signalusers.org/t/46828
- https://community.signalusers.org/t/55725

Other messengers like #SimpleX, #Element, #ElementX, #Fluffychat, #Conversations, #Threema and more save themselves the effort and just use the builtin options, improving security by design and unnecessary code bloat.

So, how can I use Signal without trusting it with all my images?

1. Use the "Share" Portal.

That is the obvious one, and a very nice feature on Android. It allows to share any media to an application and giving it access to only that.

This also works across the #WorkProfile or #PrivateSpace and can be used by Apps like #SaveTo to transfer files.

The workflow is often slower than just using the media chooser portal, but it works. It is what I use since years.

2. Android hacks

But this is not all. Setting a profile picture or group profile picture does not work through the share portal. So we use a Feature specific to Androids Sandbox:

- All apps can save files to various default directories like Pictures, Movies, Music, Downloads, Documents; without having read access to it.
- And all apps can access files they themself saved there.

Combining these two features, you can send a picture to Signal and use the "Save locally" button to save it from within the app.

The result is that this picture will be visible in Signals internal gallery and can be selected for profile and group pictures.

Obvious downsides are
- it is a stupid workflow
- it duplicates images that you need to delete manually afterwards
- pictures might be compressed twice, losing quality

But for this very limited purpose, it is kinda fine.

Still, @signalapp please solve this very old issue!

Sometimes, when I interview bacteria or animals, I ask myself if it's not too childish. But hey, the highly respected @cnrs lets #blobs talk!
In case you need some #goodNews: Blobs are sure to take over the world (well, my hypothesis). Thanks to the CNRS and a #citizenScience project, they are already living in countless children's bedrooms. 🤫 Listen to a blob: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dwcx6yCdDE8

#NatureMatchCuts #blob #PhysarumPolycephalum #slimeMould #learning #intelligence #moreThanHuman

https://rssfeed.media/@abcfeeds/114159609554763692
It’s gross right? I thought these #blobs were only a #UK phenomenon. But then I remembered the old urban legends about pommies and soap and quickly contered that with the fact that they like their fish and chips, hence the blobs (no not Dr Who’s alien nursery ship blobs). So now I guess #Australia has it’s fair share of blobs because not only do we love our chipies but we wash more often than the poms.

Gosh, Australia we have a problem.

Second thought: What happens to these blobs? Where do they go when discovered? A recycling plant? Uploaded to the. mothership? What? What happens to them?

#Concerned

Ethereum fees poised for rebound amid L2, blob uptick - In November, L2s have been posting some 3x more transaction data each da... - https://cointelegraph.com/news/ethereum-revenues-rebound-amid-l2-blob-uptick #ethereumtransactionfees #ethereumrevenue #ethereumprice #dencunupgrade #eigenlayer #ethereum #ethprice #celestia #staking #eigenda #vaneck #ether #blobs #avail #eth

Celestia unveils roadmap to 1-gigabyte blocks - The roadmap comes amid fierce competition in data availability among riv... - https://cointelegraph.com/news/celestia-unveils-roadmap-to-1-gigabyte-blocks #dataavailability #dencunupgrade #celestia #ethereum #eigenda #avail #blobs

Ethereum Blob Inscriptions Exceed 40%, Triggering Unprecedented ‘Blob Contention’ - Following the debut of the Dencun upgrade and Ethereum blobs, enthusiasts have dev... - https://news.bitcoin.com/ethereum-blob-inscriptions-exceed-40-triggering-unprecedented-blob-contention/ #proto-danksharding #cryptocurrency #dencunupgrade #technology #blobspace #blobfees #eip-4844 #ethereum #crypto #blobs

Kollision mit Theia: Klumpen im Erdinneren als mögliche Überreste des Planeten

Vor 4,4 Milliarden Jahren ist die Erde mit einem anderen Planeten kollidiert, entstanden ist dabei der Mond. Nun wurden womöglich weitere Überreste gefunden

https://www.heise.de/news/Simulationen-Klumpen-im-Erdinnern-koennten-Ueberreste-eines-anderen-Planeten-sein-9351354.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege

#Astronomie #Mond #Wissen #Wissenschaft #news #Theia #Blobs #Erdgeschichte #LLVP #LLSVP

What Is EIP-4844? A Look at Proto-Danksharding and Its Effect On Rollup Fees - Ethereum Improvement Proposal 4844 (EIP-4844), also known as Proto-Danksharding, i... - https://news.bitcoin.com/what-is-eip-4844-a-look-at-proto-danksharding-and-its-effect-on-rollup-fees/ #proto-danksharding #technology #eip-4844 #ethereum #optimism #sharding #arbitum #rollu;s #blobs #data #fees

Which is better?

(please boost so this poll can get a larger sample size)

#blobcat #blobfox #blob #blobs #poll #polls #askfedi

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#canal #river #narrowboat #barge #gongoozler #england #uk #flickr #blue #red #abstract #water #freeassociation #lines #ripple #line #undulation #blob #abstraction #staffordshire #blobs #trentandmerseycanal #trentandmersey #staffs #fradley #fradleyjunction #undulate #trentmerseycanal #trentmersey

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#canal #river #narrowboat #barge #gongoozler #england #uk #flickr #blue #red #abstract #water #freeassociation #lines #ripple #line #undulation #blob #abstraction #staffordshire #blobs #trentandmerseycanal #trentandmersey #staffs #fradley #fradleyjunction #undulate #trentmerseycanal #trentmersey

Super psyched to share the blankets I added to my shop today ٩( ᐛ )و

The fun part about designing prints is seeing how the colors turn out when they get translated from pixels to pigments/fibers.

🛍️ https://www.groovygallo.shop 🛍️

#shopupdate #homedecor #throwblankets #blankets #jacquard #woven #fedigiftshop #fediart #mastoart #abstract #organic #colorful #blobs #spring