Eyes Up's purpose is to "preserve evidence until it can be used in court." But it has been swept up in Apple's crackdown on ICE-spotting apps.

Eyes Up’s purpose is to “preserve evidence until it can be used in court.” But it has been swept up in Apple’s attack on ICE-spotting apps.

  • muusemuuse@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    12 hours ago

    They actually did try the years ago. The idea was a signal could be sent to deactivate cameras and microphones on all phones in a vicinity. It was being pitched as a way to stop people from recording a live events like concerts but there was enormous outcry over the potential for abuse so it was dropped.

    • Dionysus@leminal.spaceEnglish
      2·
      12 hours ago

      Technically it’s in place and used for a lot of assistant applications, they just didn’t flip the $fascist bool yet.