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davel [he/him] to [email protected]English • 9 days ago

The Best-Selling Apps Made By Israeli Spies

www.donotpanic.news

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The Best-Selling Apps Made By Israeli Spies

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davel [he/him] to [email protected]English • 9 days ago
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  • ZebraGoose
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    The article lists the following apps associated with Israeli developers or companies:

    1. ZipoApps (also known as Rounds.com):

      • Collage Maker Photo Editor
      • Instasquare Photo Editor: Neon
      • Simple Gallery
      • Various baby photo editing and retouching tools
    2. Bazaart (AI-powered photo editing app)

    3. Facetune (by Lightricks)

    4. Supersonic from Unity:

      • Build a Queen
      • Going Balls
      • Bridge Race
      • Trash Tycoon
      • Conquer Countries
    5. Playtika (gambling apps, specific titles not listed in the article)

    6. Crazy Labs:

      • Phone Case DIY
      • Miraculous Ladybug & Cat Noir
      • Sculpt People
    7. Moovit (urban transport app)

    8. Call App (call screening app)

    9. Gett (ride-hailing app)

    10. Waze (GPS navigation app)

    11. Fooducate (nutrition app)

    • @[email protected]
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      Simple* apps were great before they got bought by Israeli spies. The development continues in Fossify: https://www.fossify.org/

      • ses hat
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        So this fossy apps are safe? I have all apps from simple, but now i saw that israel owen them.

        • @[email protected]
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          4•8 days ago

          Yeah, the fossify apps are at least guaranteed to be safer than the simple ones from zipo. if you’re using simple apps, you ought to switch to the fossify forks.

    • @[email protected]
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      17•9 days ago

      Who else besides Waze can warn me if the police are nearby?!!!

      • @[email protected]
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        Google Maps in Android Auto does it, but I think they use Waze data.

        • @[email protected]
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          Google bought Waze, so at this point you’re probably not making any Israeli spies money if you make use of it. On the other hand, you’re making Google money, which is almost as bad.

          • @[email protected]
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            5•8 days ago

            google (along with most of tech) is lousy with isreali interests.

            • Maeve
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              https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/google-fires-workers-protest-israel-contract-project-nimbus-rcna148333, this wasn’t the first or worst

              Eta: https://brusselsmorning.com/does-google-support-israel-what-you-should-know/72332/

              • @[email protected]
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                i suspect it’ll be a forever thing

                • Maeve
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                  Yup.

          • Maeve
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            🤣

    • @[email protected]
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      14•9 days ago

      Except for Waze, I haven’t ever heard of any of these apps.

      • @[email protected]
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        And yet, if you look them up you’ll find many of them have tens of millions of downloads. It’s crazy the types of random shit people thoughtlessly download from the Play Store. The North Korean spy agency also had spyware apps on there until recently, targeting South Korean users.

        • @[email protected]
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          1•8 days ago

          What are these North Korean spy apps. For research…

      • @[email protected]
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        1•8 days ago

        Had to use gett when I visited Tel Aviv a few years back. That’s about it

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