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Uncomfortable Questions About Android Developer Verification

Google announced a program that is proving to be unpopular among Android app development experts. I have questions.

ICEBlock “is an innovative, completely anonymous crowdsourced platform that allows users to report Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activity with just two taps on their phone.” Organizations such as these have a long track record of dealing with the balance of equities related to privacy and security. It seems unrealistic to have these all be registered on a Google-supplied Web site, and it seems hostile to require anyone who wants to learn Android app development to file “papers, please”.

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