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Democrats Will Launch a 'Master ICE Tracker' to Monitor Misconduct (gizmodo.com)

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It's a little bit unclear what the tracker will look like, but it'll apparently become available in the next few weeks.

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[–] Ascrod@midwest.social 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I do appreciate that they're trying to do something, but my fear is that they're going to make An App™ which has the exact same problems as ICEBlock: a) easily censored, b) violates user privacy (inadvertently or otherwise). I'd rather that they work with and offer protection to existing operators that have been successful, rather than spend money on expensive tech consultants just to reinvent ICEBlock.

Besides, even apps are tied to domain hosts and registrars. You can't run anything on the public internet without them. A bog standard website bypasses the App Store middleman, and your browser is able to better protect against data collection than a native app may be (depending on how the app is programmed and distributed).

[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 3 points 8 months ago

They are trying to resolve a) by having it be an official legislative function rather than an easily dismissable vigilante effort, and maybe b), but there aren't enough details yet for me to say one way or the other.

Congresspeople can't use their power effectively to coerce one private entity to do something to cover for another, that's why attorneys general, governors and congresspeople are all taking this into their own hands to help make robust cases against this administration.