ICEBlock, an app for people to report and be warned when ICE raids are occurring in a 5 mile radius, is now the top social networking app in the iOS App Store.
We are all living in a Black Mirror episode.
https://www.engadget.com/social-media/iceblock-climbs-to-the-top-of-the-app-store-charts-after-officials-slam-it-004319963.html?src=rss
Does it work though? 🤔🤷♂️
@carnage4life the GrapheneOS team takes them to task regarding their privacy claims. Notably on iOS the Feds can subpoena Apple to know who installed the app, and correlate that with cell tower records to identify users:
https://bsky.app/profile/iceblock.app/post/3lmzykc7rb42d Apple stores which devices/users install which apps. They have the device IDs. US government could obtain a list of people who installed the app if a court authorized it. Not clear what they mean by having to store device IDs. Those IDs aren't accessible to Android apps.
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