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ICEBlock climbs to the top of the App Store charts after officials slam it (www.engadget.com)

submitted 2 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 39 points 2 days ago (2 children)

http://stopice.net/

[–] [email protected] 33 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Send & Receive alerts about ICE raids and activity in your area. Stop ICE Alerts Network works with technology already built into your phone without the need to download an app.

This is the way.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You’ve still got to connect to their servers and they can monitor who connects to what.

I wouldn’t trust it without a non-US based VPN. We should assume anything in the US is compromised by the fed, and that they are watching.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago (2 children)

they can monitor who connects to what.

They can also not do that.

We should assume anything in the US is compromised by the fed

International VPNs are not immune from US subpoena.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Stop lice!

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 days ago

Expected this after recent news articles criticizing it for hurting ICE officers.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 days ago

Clearly it's just safety minded individuals acquiring it. This app helps keep communities safe from unmarked armored vehicles filled with masked criminal cop impersonators.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Is there an android version?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (16 children)

There is not and it is due to privacy implications. You can read more on their site about it and ALSO, there are fake Android apps of this that they caution you to not install. As of now, there is no Android version and unlikely unless Android fixes the way notifications work to not have any account or privacy issues for such an app.

https://www.iceblock.app/android

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

Is it only available in the US App Store? I can imagine that some people who could make good use of it don’t have a US Apple ID.

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