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Some developers have created smartphone apps which allow 🇺🇸 users to track the movements of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
agents -- you know, the ones who are rounding up people in the US whom
they think shouldn’t be in the country, whether they are there legally
or not <https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2lxwxnnx2zo>.

Naturally the Trump regime is not keen on this, and is looking for
ways to shut the apps down. But are they that different from the use
of, say, police radio scanners, which allow ordinary citizens to keep
track of the movements of law enforcement? That has already been ruled
legal.
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Lawrence D'Oliveiro <[email protected]d> wrote:

Some developers have created smartphone apps which allow ?? users to
track the movements of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
agents -- you know, the ones who are rounding up people in the US whom
they think shouldn't be in the country, whether they are there legally
or not <https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2lxwxnnx2zo>.

Naturally the Trump regime is not keen on this, and is looking for
ways to shut the apps down. But are they that different from the use
of, say, police radio scanners, which allow ordinary citizens to keep
track of the movements of law enforcement? That has already been ruled
legal.

I think I've read that in some jurisdictions decrypting police
radio (now it's all gone digital) can be illegal. Hence some SDR
software deliberately omits that ability. My hobby of listening to
the cops died when they went digital. :(

Anyway the cops were aware that the radio transmissions were public
and often shared mobile numbers in order to discuss matters
privately.
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On 3 Oct 2025 07:39:02 +1000, Computer Nerd Kev wrote:

I think I've read that in some jurisdictions decrypting police
radio (now it's all gone digital) can be illegal.

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On Thu, 2 Oct 2025 06:24:55 -0000 (UTC), I wrote:

Naturally the Trump regime is not keen on this, and is looking for
ways to shut the apps down.

Aaaand ... Apple has given in to US Government pressure, and banned
the app from its Store <https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10/3/apple-pulls-iceblock-from-app-store-following-us-government-pressure>.

This is the same Apple that is refusing UK Government demands to
weaken its encryption. Does “Internet law” mean “US law”?
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On Fri, 3 Oct 2025 20:39:02 -0000 (UTC), I wrote:

Aaaand ... Apple has given in to US Government pressure, and banned
the app from its Store

Et tu, Google? <https://www.theverge.com/news/791533/google-apple-ice-tracking-app-store-red-dot-iceblock>
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Lawrence D?Oliveiro <[email protected]d> wrote:

On Thu, 2 Oct 2025 06:24:55 -0000 (UTC), I wrote:

Naturally the Trump regime is not keen on this, and is looking for
ways to shut the apps down.

Aaaand ... Apple has given in to US Government pressure, and banned
the app from its Store <https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10/3/apple-pulls-iceblock-from-app-store-following-us-government-pressure>.

This is the same Apple that is refusing UK Government demands to
weaken its encryption. Does ?Internet law? mean ?US law??

Apple (and google) are US based Companies, so they are very
afraid of opposing Trump. Plus Cook and Pichai (probably)
are BFFs with Trump. Also Google is trying to avoid a split
up, so they need to pay somehow.

Since the are not based in the UK, Apple told "UK where to
go". The most UK can do to Apple and Google is ban them.
In the US, Trump can drag them into court and cost them lots
of $. We all know corporations only care about $.
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