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
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ICEBlock climbs to the top of the App Store charts after officials slam it
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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.
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
Sure, that appears to represent app data itself, I'm talking about app download/install. It would be fantastic if there was no logging of app install, but I have a hard time believing that would be the case.