Over the last few days hackers and trolls have targeted a slew of ICE spotting apps and their users in an apparent attempt to intimidate and stop them from reporting sightings of ICE. These hackers sent threatening text messages to users of StopICE, claiming their personal data has been sent to the authorities; attempted to wipe uploads on Eyes Up, which aims to document ICE abuses; and even sent push notifications to DEICER app users claiming their data has also been sent to various government agencies.
There is little evidence that hackers have actually provided data to the government. But it shows that apps like these, many of which Apple and Google have already kicked from their respective app stores, in some cases after direct government pressure, can be targeted by hackers or those looking to harass their users.
“Yes there is a targeted spike in attacks targeting similar [sites],” Sherman Austin, the developer of StopICE, told 404 Media in an email.
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be on the wrong side of history speedrun
Maybe if I lick the boot hard enough, it won’t be on my own neck? Just maybe, just this one time?
If a troll can send mass push notifications through your app you’re doing security wrong.
Most of these apps were probably put together in a massive rush in response to people suddenly becoming aware of the threat that ICE poses. My guess would be that the most egregious security flaws are a result of vibe-coded (i.e. AI generated) code where it really shouldn’t be.
As far as I’m concerned they deserve to die, only good Nazi is a dead Nazi.
No no we have to be the bigger people here; they deserve to be killed
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What open source projects are people using in this space?
And this is why I didn’t sign up due to security concerns. World of mouth or even blusky that doesn’t need your info beside email which can be a throwaway email would be best.
At a certain point, you’re fucked anyways - if the administration goes even further fascist eventually they’ll connect you to SOMETHING, even if it’s some asshole ex co-worker telling the Gestapo they once overheard you speaking critically about President Tucker Carlson. Opsec is important and should be taken seriously, but we need to always keep our security and safety in perspective, and always keep in mind that the security/safety we feel from the status quo is 99% illusory.
Give me the man and I will give you the case against him is a saying that was popularized in the Soviet Union and in Poland in the period of the People’s Republic of Poland, attributed to the Stalinist jurist Andrey Vyshinsky, or the Soviet secret police chief Lavrentiy Beria. It refers to the miscarriage of justice in the form of the abuse of power by the jurists, who could find any defendant guilty of “something”, if they so desired.
Deicer shown in the app doesn’t require a signup or that you install an app. They seem to have just compromised the notifications to scare people.
Haven’t tried that one but stop ice did have a registration so I had to skip it. Either way it wouldn’t matter as people take their electronics to protest so likely already identified by this administration.
