Comment on ICEBlock climbs to the top of the App Store charts after officials slam it

• andrewrgross@slrpnk.net ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  This is a genuine concern that we should recognize.

  I’m about 99% confident it isn’t, but considering it is the kind of caution we should all be exercising these days.

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  • douglasg14b@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    • Is it open source? (No)
    • Is it’s publishing and build pipeline open? (No)
    • Can anyone audit it? (No)
    • Does the author make unreliable claims of privacy? (Yes)
    • Does the author detail how data privacy and security is implemented? (No)

    It’sprobably not a honeypot. But it’s also likely to be negligent enough in implementation that it might as well be.

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  • TachyonTele@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    How would we learn either way if it was or wasn't?

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    • douglasg14b@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      When the feds come for you for using it

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    • jawa22@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Someone knowledgeable enough would be able to figure out where every upload is going, I’d wager. But that would take Someone that is knowledgeable enough, as well as willing to expose an app like that given the potential consequences.

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• dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  That’s always worth considering. A phone app doesn’t take a big operating budget to launch and maintain. Especially for state-actors.

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