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Since it’s not clear without reading the article, ICE in this case stands for Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

• iAMkenough 3y ago
  Since it's not clear without reading the article, VPN stands for Virtual Private Network.
  • resizeitplz 3y ago
    It might be possible that on an international TECHNOLOGY forum, a significant percentage of users know what 'VPN' (a tech thing) stands for and don't know what 'ICE' (a government office (off topic) of a single nation (limited scope)) stands for. Context matters. ICE isn't within either the regional or topical domains of common conversation on this forum.
    • dividedbyzero 3y ago
      I'm from Europe, to me ICE refers to German high-velocity trains. I was not aware the US had an ICE office.
      • acka 3y ago
        Depending on one's technical background or interests, reading about ICE can refer to many things. in my case Internal Combustion Engine and In-Circuit Emulator.
      • GuB-42 3y ago
        There are so many things that are called ICE, several of them would make sense in sentence. https://www.acronymfinder.com/ICE.html https://www.acronymfinder.com/ICE.html My preferred one is "Intrusion Countermeasures Electronics", from cyberpunk literature.
    • coding123 3y ago
      > ICE faces heat after agents install apps, VPNS I thought this was another article about cars - engines overheating after bad security update and nation actors (agents) install apps and VPNs in cars.
  • ct0 3y ago
    apps stands for appetizers but not in this context. HN has officially become reddit.
• fknorangesite 3y ago
  > reading the article God forbid.