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ICEblock, which allows users to alert others to the location of ICE officers, is now the top social networking app in the US (www.engadget.com)

submitted 1 day ago by Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to c/usa@midwest.social

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[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

(Spitballing here) perhaps a Google Play Services location request necessarily returns a unique identifier that can be requested and seized by law enforcement?

[–] defaultusername@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 23 hours ago

CoMaps and plenty of other apps on F-Droid manage to use location services without relying on Google.