Are there any legal risks for signing up to this?
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A dumb question.
What is ICE?
It's not a dumb question. Asking questions to gain knowledge is a good thing. Here you go.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Immigration_and_Customs_Enforcement
I've been wanting to sign up just in case there are some around me that need assistance with people blocking ice, but I don't want to give my number and have been thinking of getting a burner.
Why aren't any raids being reported in Texas?
Because Texas is firmly R. Trump has been deploying ICE in D states as a victory for his base. If Trump deployed ICE in rural R places, then his base would start to feel the effects of what no immigrant workforce looks like. And they'll get rightfully pissed (more than they already are).
I'm not white and live in a red area, would love to sign up but also concerned it puts me on a list.
Yeah, PSTN is wiretapped. Don't use this.
Also do grassroots notification with locals. Not everyone has a phone, or a cellphone carrier.
My experience, I have never received a single alert send to me. Seems broke. On my end. Always have to look at the website.
send and receive mobile alerts via text message
I hope this database of phone numbers, and all programs that connect to it, are secure.
(Not that text messages are even secure, but a database is much easier to extract a complete list from.)
For those on iPhone and at any risk, ICEBlock app is potentially better, as it maintains more privacy.
The reason they don't do android:
At ICEBlock, user privacy and security are paramount. Our application is designed to provide as much anonymity as possible without storing any user data or creating accounts. While we understand the desire for an Android version of ICEBlock, achieving this level of anonymity on Android is not feasible due to the inherent requirements of push notification services.
Keep in mind their claims about Android have been clearly refuted and their claims in general are dubious.
https://grapheneos.social/@GrapheneOS/114789276549546469
Given this, they're either dangerously ignorant or intentionally malicious.
Apple stores those unique IDs and absolutely will send them upon a legal warrant.
You can use https://fiftyfiftyonearizona.org/reports/ to receive StopICE alerts via NTFY.
Was just wondering how I could get the OP link into ntfy somehow. Glad I read the comments. Thanks for the link.
This isn't run by the same entity. Its someone else. Don't know how they get the data but there's a link to source code.
ICEBlock is very suspicious, no claims they make about privacy can be verified and Apple has access to all the userdata. As it is centrally run, there is also a good chance of the dev being threatened into handing over data to the feds.
i don’t trust IceBlock. they don’t allow you to use the app at all without sharing your live location. it’s true iOS has better security and privacy, but whatever information any app collects from its users (like location data) will be sent to their own servers and cannot be confirmed by apple what they do with that data you willfully provided them
And these claims are largely BS....
Especially given that they can implement notifications, and bypass this system they are concerned about
@ravenaspiring@sh.itjust.works or in other words we only want to help rich immigrants
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