Apple and Google blocked downloads of phone apps that flag sightings of U.S. immigration agents, just hours after the Trump administration demanded that one particularly popular iPhone app be taken down.
Yep. Our payroll company didn’t have a mobile app, just our website, which worked just fine on mobile. When we signed up a new client, the employees didn’t know what to do without an app. Told a manager I’d be glad to show them how to put a shortcut on the home screen. “You, uh, don’t understand these people, that will just confuse them.”
Which was a polite way of saying, “They’re dumber than shit.” Which was true. A good portion of the staff couldn’t read and struggled with the online application forms. Best part? These illiterate folks were newspaper employees.
So that the company can access obscene amounts of data from your phone sensors, other installed apps, wifi networks, etc and sell that to data brokers… who then sell that info to ICE so ICE can find you easier 🤔. Wait…
People have been trained to ONLY use apps on their phones. “Websites are for computers.”
Yep. Our payroll company didn’t have a mobile app, just our website, which worked just fine on mobile. When we signed up a new client, the employees didn’t know what to do without an app. Told a manager I’d be glad to show them how to put a shortcut on the home screen. “You, uh, don’t understand these people, that will just confuse them.”
Which was a polite way of saying, “They’re dumber than shit.” Which was true. A good portion of the staff couldn’t read and struggled with the online application forms. Best part? These illiterate folks were newspaper employees.
I mean, websites are often shit on mobile on purpose to encourage people to download the app.
So that the company can access obscene amounts of data from your phone sensors, other installed apps, wifi networks, etc and sell that to data brokers… who then sell that info to ICE so ICE can find you easier 🤔. Wait…
People are idiots, but some are able to learn.