▲ 957 ▼ ICEBlock climbs to the top of the App Store charts after officials slam it (www.engadget.com) submitted 1 year ago by technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/technology@lemmy.world 88 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 58 points 1 year ago (2 children) For all we know the app might just be a honeypot itself permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] andrewrgross@slrpnk.net 38 points 1 year ago (2 children) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] douglasg14b@lemmy.world 40 points 1 year 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's probably not a honeypot. But it's also likely to be negligent enough in implementation that it might as well be. permalink fedilink source parent [–] TachyonTele@piefed.social 7 points 1 year ago (2 children) How would we learn either way if it was or wasn't? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] douglasg14b@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago When the feds come for you for using it permalink fedilink source parent [–] jawa22@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 year 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. permalink fedilink source parent [–] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago That's always worth considering. A phone app doesn't take a big operating budget to launch and maintain. Especially for state-actors. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] andrewrgross@slrpnk.net 38 points 1 year ago (2 children) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] douglasg14b@lemmy.world 40 points 1 year 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's probably not a honeypot. But it's also likely to be negligent enough in implementation that it might as well be. permalink fedilink source parent [–] TachyonTele@piefed.social 7 points 1 year ago (2 children) How would we learn either way if it was or wasn't? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] douglasg14b@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago When the feds come for you for using it permalink fedilink source parent [–] jawa22@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 year 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] douglasg14b@lemmy.world 40 points 1 year 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's probably not a honeypot. But it's also likely to be negligent enough in implementation that it might as well be. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TachyonTele@piefed.social 7 points 1 year ago (2 children) How would we learn either way if it was or wasn't? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] douglasg14b@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago When the feds come for you for using it permalink fedilink source parent [–] jawa22@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 year 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] douglasg14b@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago When the feds come for you for using it permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jawa22@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 year 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago That's always worth considering. A phone app doesn't take a big operating budget to launch and maintain. Especially for state-actors. permalink fedilink source parent