technocritICEBlock climbs to the top of the App Store charts after officials slam it
TropicalDingdongWe need a federated equivalent. Anything centralized can be stopped.
Max-PAt the very least I hope it’s hosted by someone outside the US so it’s out of reach to the authorities.
CorkyskogFor all we know the app might just be a honeypot itself
AndyThis is a genuine concern that we should recognize.
I’m about 99% confident it isn’t, but considering it is the kind of caution we should all be exercising these days.
How would we learn either way if it was or wasn't?
douglasg14bWhen the feds come for you for using it
jawa22Someone knowledgeable enough would be able to figure out where every upload is going, I’d wager. But that would take Someone that is knowledgeable enough, as well as willing to expose an app like that given the potential consequences.
- Is it open source? (No)
- Is it’s publishing and build pipeline open? (No)
- Can anyone audit it? (No)
- Does the author make unreliable claims of privacy? (Yes)
- Does the author detail how data privacy and security is implemented? (No)
It’sprobably not a honeypot. But it’s also likely to be negligent enough in implementation that it might as well be.