Apple blocks app allowing Americans to report ICE agent sightings

https://www.themirror.com/news/politics/apple-blocks-app-allowing-americans-1425546

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/37030801

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13 Comments

kingofras@lemmy.world · 26 pts · 351d

Report ice agents in Apple Maps. Flood their staffed resources.

Stop buying their products. Unsubscribe from services.

N0t_5ure@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 351d (1 reply)

'Fascism should rightly be called Corporatism, as it is the merger of corporate and government power.'

Benito Mussolini

Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 350d

I've heard this quote is apocryphal. But in today's world that seems less and less relevant.

ccunning@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 351d

The app was never really fit for purpose; not that Apple should have pulled it…:

“Unfortunately, the ICEBlock app is activism theater”

WhyIHateTheInternet@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 351d (7 replies)

Fuck the apps anyway, there's a website that already does this just fine.

ICE Activity Tracker - Community Safety Alert System https://share.google/pEDuCDdZFEhAmxvLN

Edit - I'm sorry for the link, I was occupied. My intentions were good but the commenters below were gooder.

greenbelt@lemy.lol · 8 pts · 351d (5 replies)

what? why is this a google link lmao

pelespirit@sh.itjust.works · 14 pts · 351d
WhyIHateTheInternet@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 351d (2 replies)

Because I was making gravy and I'm a hypocrite.

AlecSadler@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 351d (1 reply)

I love this response.

sramder@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 350d

Gravy-hypocrite sounds like one of those weird congressisems like chicken hawk.

halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 351d

Pretty sure Android gives shortened Google links if you share from the search quick results as opposed to fully loading the browser to share the link.

AtariDump@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 350d

Thanks for that read; didn’t realize there were that many “issues” with the app.

DarthAstrius@slrpnk.net · 1 pts · 350d

I get the outrage, I really do, but the app broke many privacy rights and also the app did technically break ToS by definition being a “doxxing” app.

Regardless, there are websites out there that do it far better than the app, and have universal access Apple and Android devices.