ICEBlock climbs to the top of the App Store charts after officials slam it
ICEBlock climbs to the top of the App Store charts after officials slam it
The application, which allows users to add a pin on a map to show where ICE agents have recently been spotted, has climbed to the to the top of the App Store charts.
The creator says its not on android because it would put users at risk because they will be identifiable, but how is this not the case on iOS? You have to sign in to your apple id to use the app store, and I would presume that apple logs app downloads by ID.
Since apple maps has a "gulf of america" I would presume they are more than willing to work with the current regime to share user data.
I'm not saying android is any better, but you can sideload it without a google account or run it in a private app space that is not associated with your google Id. There are plenty of apps on android that dont bake in tracking stuff, they're on F-droid.
Why is Device Identifier collected as Data Linked to You for some Apple apps but not others?
Whether the device ID is linked to you or not linked to you depends on the nature of the ID and whether Apple can link it to user identity. If it can be linked to your identity we have listed it as Data Linked to You, and if it cannot be linked to your identity, then it is listed as Data Not Linked to you. For example, Contacts shares a device identifier with Apple, but it is not linked to your identity, so Device Identifier is listed as Data Not Linked to You.
https://support.apple.com/en-us/102399
Here is a screenshot of the data this app tracks based on the nutritional label from the app store:
As a comparison, here is the nutrition label for Apple's own Contacts app
