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Re:Apple takes down ICE tracking apps after pressure from DOJ by moelf on Thursday October 02, 2025 @09:49PM (#45457924)
what if you want a push notification when ICE agents appear in your work area?
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Re:Apple takes down ICE tracking apps after pressure from DOJ by CharlesW on Thursday October 02, 2025 @09:56PM (#45457995)
https://web.dev/articles/push-notifications-web-push-protoco...
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Re:Apple takes down ICE tracking apps after pressure from DOJ by jeroenhd on Friday October 03, 2025 @10:41AM (#45463563)
Without a VAPID key identifiable by Apple, those notifications won't arrive.
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Re:Apple takes down ICE tracking apps after pressure from DOJ by adam_hn on Friday October 03, 2025 @12:00PM (#45464443)
Yes, but in that case, it will be less likely to be blocked because the people requesting the blocking are not competent enough to ask for it.

Don't get me wrong, I wish this were not the case, but why let the perfect be the enemy of the good enough?

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Re:Apple takes down ICE tracking apps after pressure from DOJ by softwaredoug on Thursday October 02, 2025 @10:08PM (#45458094)
Maybe an SMS based approach would be preferred over an app notification.
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Re:Apple takes down ICE tracking apps after pressure from DOJ by 01HNNWZ0MV43FF on Friday October 03, 2025 @03:19AM (#45460007)
Expensive for the host though
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