Comment on Unfortunately, the ICEBlock app is activism theater
Ulrich@feddit.org 1 day agoThat should require a warrant
Pretty meaningless in the context of our current dictatorship.
they could also just get cell tower or direct GPS info. I’m not sure this really opens up a new attack vector.
Cell towers and GPS info don’t provide any information about what the user is doing on the device.
Zaktor@sopuli.xyz 1 day ago
“They received an ICE block push” isn’t a meaningful piece of information compared to location. It’s already a targeted search. What do you think the government will do with that information?
Ulrich@feddit.org 1 day ago
Quite the opposite. Getting notifications from ICEBlock shows that they are potentially “fugitives” or “aiding and abetting criminals” or “targeting law enforcement”. These are not my words, these are words from the current federal administration. A random location tells them nothing about any of that activity.
We’ve reached the inevitable future where the govt is using any and all information they can get to target “criminals” and feeding them into databases and processing them with shitty AI in order to decide who they’re going to harass that day.
Zaktor@sopuli.xyz 1 day ago
It’s still a targeted search, which may be bullshit but isn’t a trawling operation. If they’re targeting you, a demerit for simply having ICEBlock installed is the least of your worries. And if Apple goes full collaboration, then any “improper” app install is going to be a danger regardless of whether it’s pushing.
Ulrich@feddit.org 1 day ago
I’m telling you it’s not a “targeted search”, It’s an AI-generated output from a bullshit generator.
You don’t know that.
Also correct. But some apps are more sensitive than others.