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exu@feditown.com to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago

Google Calls ICE Agents a Vulnerable Group, Removes ICE-Spotting App ‘Red Dot’

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Google Calls ICE Agents a Vulnerable Group, Removes ICE-Spotting App ‘Red Dot’

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The move comes as Apple removed ICEBlock after direct pressure from U.S. Department of Justice officials and signals a broader crackdown on ICE-spotting apps.
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    side-loading

    You mean “installing normally.” “Sideloading” is fucking anti-property-rights loaded language.

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      Good point. Wild how these ghouls have normalized their bullshit language.

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      Do you have a better, simple word for what they’re banning?

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        installing?

        downloading and installing programs.

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          But they’re not banning downloading and installing programs. What are they blocking, specifically?

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            They’re banning programs from being installed unless the installation has their consent

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              Isn’t there somebody you forgot to ask?

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              They’re banning non google-drmed app installs

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        What do you call installing an application on a computer?

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          I say “I apt-get it”

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        Loading non-playstore apps?

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        “Ownership.”

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