> One of the other commenters here described this app as “snitching-as-a-service” but I think it’s more insidious than that. It isn't "snitching as a service";

> One of the other commenters here described this app as “snitching-as-a-service” but I think it’s more insidious than that. It isn't "snitching as a service"; it's fear as a service. The implicit premise of the app is that the world is a dangerous, terrifying place, and they're more than happy to validate that belief by (as another commenter mentioned) drip-feeding users with irrelevant notifications about emergency service dispatches in their area.