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Couldn't be more than the repercussions of being a "Border Angel" leaving water out there to help those who are going to do it anyway. The app developer can jus
by coderdude 17y ago
Couldn't be more than the repercussions of being a "Border Angel" leaving water out there to help those who are going to do it anyway. The app developer can just use their slogan: "Saving People's Lives" (yes, they put it in quotes too).
- Mz 17y agoHow much you wanna bet this app will be used to track those folks down by The Law?
- anigbrowl 17y agoHow is that going to work, unless they are putting out locate data? GPS is passive reception.
- Mz 17y agoThe article states: "We were also able to add other information, like where to find water left by the Border Angels, where to find Quaker help centers that will wrap your feet, how far you are from the highway—things to make the application really benefit individuals who are crossing the border." So it sounds to me like they are giving out information which could potentially lead you to the whereabouts of such helpful sorts of people.
- anigbrowl 17y agoOh, I see. That wasn't exactly a secret prior to this, though - I thought you meant some novel way of finding crossers by tracking the phone, as opposed to exploiting existing information available on paper maps or suchlike.
- Mz 17y agoI hadn't thought of that, but if people actually make phone calls, their location can be approximated based on the cell towers that picked up the call (or so I understand -- I imagine there are folks here who know way more about that process than I do).
- coderdude 17y agoThat's a good point. It could very well be just as easily used to rat these people out.