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See Something, Tap Something 💯 Free - 💯 Anonymous Install today to protect yourself and your community https://www.iceblock.app Available exclusively for the iPhone on the iOS App Store

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ICEBlock Official @iceblock.app · 2d

ICEBLOCK IS STILL OPERATIONAL!

If you have #ICEBlock installed, you and 1.14 million of your friends can still make and receive reports. DO NOT DELETE the app from your iPhone as you will lose access.

While we can no longer provide updates, we encourage everyone to continue the fight. #resist

ICEBlock Official @iceblock.app · 10h

Thank you Wiley for your inspiring and important words.

substack.com/inbox/post/1...

My Email to Tim Cook

It's once again time for Apple's CEO to deliver action as lofty as his language

ICEBlock Official @iceblock.app · 2d

ICEBLOCK IS STILL OPERATIONAL!

If you have #ICEBlock installed, you and 1.14 million of your friends can still make and receive reports. DO NOT DELETE the app from your iPhone as you will lose access.

While we can no longer provide updates, we encourage everyone to continue the fight. #resist

ICEBlock Official @iceblock.app · 2d

ICEBlock creator Joshua Aaron @joshua.stealingheather.com will be speaking with Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com tonight discussing Apple's removal of #ICEBlock.

ICEBlock Official @iceblock.app · 5d

Anyone who already has ICEBlock installed may continue to use it. Nothing has changed on that end. However, do not delete it from your device nor erase your iPhone as that would cause you to lose access as it is no longer available on the App Store.

ICEBlock Official @iceblock.app · 6d

We just received a message from Apple's App Review that #ICEBlock has been removed from the App Store due to "objectionable content". The only thing we can imagine is this is due to pressure from the Trump Admin.

We have responded and we'll fight this! #resist

ICEBlock Official @iceblock.app · Sep 8

No it is not

ICEBlock Official @iceblock.app · Aug 29

ICEBlock is designed as an early warning system not as a map of reported ICE sightings across the country. As such, a 5 mile radius is already a huge area to list any reported sightings. As you move the sightings list updates.

If you want to see sightings elsewhere just unlock the map.

ICEBlock Official @iceblock.app · Aug 29

We welcome anyone to verify that we are 💯 anonymous. Not only do we not store any user identifiable data, it literally never leaves your device. ICEBlock is security focused and safe for everyone to use. That is the core design principle of the app.

ICEBlock Official @iceblock.app · Aug 29

far greater than most could imagine. Just because it’s possible to do something doesn’t mean you’ve considered the security or cost implications for doing so.

There’s a lot to think about and with over a million users every move is carefully considered.

ICEBlock Official @iceblock.app · Aug 29

completely invalid.

Of course Apple knows which apps you’ve installed from the App Store. So does Google on Android. That has nothing to do with ICEBlock or any other app. It’s simply how they know which apps to update on your device.

And no, the issues with bringing it to Android are…

ICEBlock Official @iceblock.app · Aug 29

FYI, we have no idea who is running that account nor why they would say things like this, but they are 100% wrong. This is a settled matter and the fact that ICEBlock is 💯 anonymous has been independently verified multiple times by reputable sources.

Also, we don’t push data so their argument is… 🧵

ICEBlock Official @iceblock.app · Aug 18

Thank you!

ICEBlock Official @iceblock.app · Aug 18

So excited to announce that #ICEBlock has crossed the 1 million user mark and is growing by leaps and bounds every day. #resist

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kavid @kavid.bsky.social · Aug 17

Joshua Aaron is on fire - thank you, @iceblock.app for what you are doing to protect democracy and the rule of law! Here's the talk streaming on YouTube- WATCH IT!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pm4t...

ICEBlock Official @iceblock.app · Aug 17

ICEBlock creator, Joshua Aaron (@joshua.stealingheather.com) will be the closing speaker at the Hope Conference www.hope.net today at 4pm EST.

If you would like to tune in you can watch the stream live on their website.

[HOPE_16] Welcome to Hackers On Planet Earth!

HOPE_16 is an all-ages event with at least four speaker tracks, a whole bunch of workshops, awesome vendors, and fun activities throughout the entire weekend.

ICEBlock Official @iceblock.app · Aug 2

You must now keep the app open at all times. This was in the notes of the 1.4 update. If you close the app by swiping up to terminate, notifications will not be delivered.

Remember that you will only see sightings and receive notifications within a 5 mile radius of your location.

ICEBlock Official @iceblock.app · Aug 2

What do you mean? It’s working for almost 1 mil people every day.

ICEBlock Official @iceblock.app · Aug 2

We’re unable to dm them (they don’t allow it).

If you have a connection to them please put them in contact with us. Happy to speak with them, do a training, or whatever we can do to help.

ICEBlock Official @iceblock.app · Aug 1

Thank you for helping to protect children during these crazy times.

ICEBlock Official @iceblock.app · Aug 1

If you don’t see it yet, Apple is rolling it out as we speak. Might take a few.

ICEBlock Official @iceblock.app · Aug 1

We can’t stop making it better!

Version 1.44 is now available.

This update implements a fallback if Apple’s reverse geocoding fails, prevents empty notifications from being delivered, corrects a UI issue when centering on a sighting, improves bad language detection, and more.

Spread the word!

ICEBlock Official @iceblock.app · Jul 31

How do you update an app?

You can do it the same way you downloaded the app. Instead of install or “get” you’ll be able to update.

Sometimes your apps are also set to auto-update at regular intervals but it’s better to do it asap.

How to manually update apps from the App Store - Apple Support

You can turn off automatic updates and update apps manually. Or you can turn on automatic updates so that you don't need to manually update each app.

support.apple.com

ICEBlock Official @iceblock.app · Jul 31

Update 1.43 Released

This resolves a silent background crash and more reliably delivers notifications. It also resolves some smaller screen UI and scrolling issues.

Please update asap and spread the word!

ICEBlock Official @iceblock.app · Jul 30

There’s a nice new modifier in the code we are using that only enables scrolling if the content is too long for the screen. Our best guess is since you can see half of it scrolling is not enabled. If there more reports below it scrolling would be enabled.

Regardless, we’ll fix it. What device?

ICEBlock Official @iceblock.app · Jul 30

That’s what we’re saying. We also fixed the vertical scrolling issue and just tested it on an iPhone XR. Works perfectly for us.

Only the list itself is scrollable when the content exceeds the height of the screen. Perhaps the last row is still halfway on screen and scrolling isn’t becoming active?