Uncomfortable Questions About Android Developer Verification
Uncomfortable Questions About Android Developer Verification ICEBlock “is an innovative, completely anonymous crowdsourced platform that allows users to report Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activity with just two taps on their phone.” The developer of ICEBlock disclosed his identity. In addition to receiving threats of federal prosecution over the app, the developer has faced other backlash, including his wife being fired from a federal government job. This is one recent example demonstrating that app developer anonymity has impacts and that the lack of such anonymity can cause harm. With that example in mind, and in the spirit of a previous issue, I have some questions with regards to their proposed developer verification program. To Google, these questions might be…
