Comment on Trump Team Has Full Meltdown Over CNN Story on ICE-Tracking App

• prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Is this only on Apple? Kind of lame.

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  • SMillerNL@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    This is IOS only owing to Android play store collecting a device identifier; the creator wanted complete anonymity

    Quote from some other place people were discussing it. Unfortunately no source on it.

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    • Goretantath@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      There are other stores besides the playstore…

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      • SirQuack@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        It’s not about the store, it’s about the notification.

        As mentioned in the Time article:

        the app is not available on Android because it “requires a device ID in order to send push notifications, which requires a user account and a password.”

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      • SMillerNL@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Thanks, but I’m not the developer of the app so that’s not really relevant for me.

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    • ThePantser@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      There is side loading, they can just release it on GitHub.

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      • ayyy@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        That’s not how push notifications on android work.

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    • vala@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      It’s 1000% possible to use android apps without involving Google in any way.

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      • SMillerNL@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Edited for further clarification. It’s not about Google, it’s about what Android needs to receive notifications: www.iceblock.app/android

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    • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      fdroid?

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  • Penguin_1024@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    It is only for iOS. I haven’t found a similar app for Android.

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  • ayyy@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    It’s important to buy devices that respect your privacy.

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