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"Apple and Google accused of hosting Saudi gov't app that tracks women " is a weird phrasing. It's absolutely, 100% verifiably true they host it, as the article
by clubm8 8y ago
"Apple and Google accused of hosting Saudi gov't app that tracks women " is a weird phrasing. It's absolutely, 100% verifiably true they host it, as the article plainly states:
>Both Google Play and iTunes host Absher, a government web service that allows men to specify when and how women can cross Saudi borders, and to get close to real-time SMS updates when they travel.
- rdiddly 8y agoKind of beside the point, too. The bigger news and greater surprise is that the Saudis have an app to track & apprehend women who try to leave! Like "What an outrage that Google hosts this" isn't quiiite what I was thinking...
- sandworm101 8y agoIn saudi arabia, women are property. This is no different than an app to track a stolen car or lost pet. Compared to all the stuff men are allowed to do to/with their women... this app is probably the least outrageous wrong. We need to get mad at the countries who support the real physical harms, those that enable abuse or at least do very little to prevent it.
- natch 8y agoIn Saudi Arabia, women are erroneously considered property. ftfy.
- int_19h 8y ago> We need to get mad at the countries who support the real physical harms So, Saudi Arabia?
- sandworm101 8y agoAnd the UK. They have turned a blind eye several times when saudi women have asked for help while traveling in the uk. And all those countries who refuse saudi women refugee status.
- dang 8y agoWe changed the submitted title ("Apple and Google accused of hosting Saudi gov't app that tracks women") to the HTML doc title. Perhaps the submitter was attempting to follow the site guidelines ("Please use the original title, unless it is misleading or linkbait; don't editorialize."), but introduced some confusion in the process.