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[–] Aljernon@lemmy.today 32 points 10 hours ago (9 children)

Fuck Apple but honestly this app is like trying to stay warm with matches in Antarctica.

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 31 points 9 hours ago (5 children)

Fuck Apple and I'd prefer matches in Antarctica to no matches in Antarctica.

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[–] Salvo@aussie.zone 81 points 12 hours ago (4 children)

I’m gonna play devils advocate here (and probably be monstrously downvoted);

ICEBlock stored the location data of all its users on Apples iCloud Servers. This the perfect target for ICE; a complete database of locations of every person who doesn’t want ICE to know where they are.

One assumption is that that Apple realised how tempting this data is to the current demonstrative administration and purged it before ICE could get their civil-liberty-abusing mitts on it.

[–] ErmahgherdDavid@lemmy.dbzer0.com 66 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (7 children)

You're giving apple too much credit. Tim Apple literally gifted trump a golden statue. The press are reporting that this is directly in response to a request from the DOJ. This isn't apple having a moral epiphany and thinking they're doing ice targets a favour. Corporations don't do that sort of thing unless it will make them $$$

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[–] simplejack@lemmy.world 26 points 11 hours ago (3 children)

Something worth noting, if you are using iCloud, advanced data protection is your friend. Apple doesn’t have the encryption keys, you do.

This is not on by default.

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[–] sircac@lemmy.world 5 points 7 hours ago

ICE is objectionable... did they got "confused"?

[–] sudoer777@lemmy.ml 92 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

"Good thing I got revenge though on Google's sideloading ban by buying a phone that never allowed it to begin with"

[–] baguettefish@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

there are technically alternative marketplaces on iOS in the EU, but they do the exact thing google is now copying off apple: apple still has to give the green light. apple "notarizes" every app, even if it goes through a third party app store. this changes the app irreversibly, and ios/ipados devices can only install notarized apps.

[–] webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 65 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (4 children)

We should make webapps for everything. When done properly they are as fast as native apps, can work on any device and do not require a dev license or account.

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 8 points 8 hours ago (6 children)

They're now supported on Firefox on Android, so good news!

[–] Dentzy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 hours ago

About time!

Thanks for the great news!

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