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

• SMillerNL@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    There are other stores besides the playstore…

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    • SirQuack@feddit.nl ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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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      • brygphilomena@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Ntfy.sh

        There are ways around that

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      • NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        You don’t need a user account or password to receive a push notification.

        You just need to have the app installed and it can then be configured to receive push notifications.

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      • tfowinder@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Its totally possible to send notification without having user account, see firebase.

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      • wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Good old firebase. Notifications are not entirely device local on android, or something lime that.

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    • SMillerNL@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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

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      • Quill7513@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        i don’t think this other commenter was calling you out. i think they were just bringing up a point of discussion that’s relevant to the point you brought up

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  • ThePantser@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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

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    • ayyy@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      That’s not how push notifications on android work.

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      • Ghoelian@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        That doesn’t have anything to do with how you install the app.

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  • vala@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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

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    • SMillerNL@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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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      • vala@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        It’s really hard for me to understand how iOS is better in this sense. The only way to get this app is via the app store and the ONLY way to use the app store is be registering yourself with apple. Seems to me that you are tracked either way.

        IMHO the devs probably wrote this is Swift and just don’t have experience working with android. Whole thing/story is just off IMO.

        I’m really just sceptical about the whole thing being closed source really.

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  • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    fdroid?

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• Penguin_1024@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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

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• ayyy@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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

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