What again, @Apple? (And yes, @qz coverage of Hong Kong protests has been great!) https://twitter.com/jkeefe/status/1182023843725971457 …
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Victimizing individuals when police aren't present? It's pretty clear if the police aren't there if you're already there. Anyone using this app (which has a lag) to do anything "fine-tuned" is an idiot and HK police will be faster. For a family trying to avoid tear gas? Useful.
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Someone (Hong Kong authorities? It's unclear because even they aren't making these claims) is giving Apple wrong information, and rather than believing Hong Kong legislators, Apple is choosing to believe nonsensical claims. Seriously, the app is useless for the described goals.
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Also, the protesters police has trouble with (so-called frontliners) don't use this. They scatter ["be water"] as soon as police is spotted, the app *lags* any police attempt at ambush by a good deal. They see the police, yell and blow whistles. 30 seconds later, they're gone.
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I lost count of the number of times I've seen families with kids trying to run away because the police came to a place, sat around a bit and then used an excessive amount of tear gas. For that kind of info on what to avoid (area with protest/police activity), the app is useful.
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So, this is a public, crowd-sourced map with no granular reporting plus lag; no known incidents of police being "ambushed"; and protesters have other methods for info. But this is how a person trying to avoid protest/tear gas can look at a map and make a reasonable decision.
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@tim_cook should stop listening to secret claims by Hong Kong authorities that even the HK police aren't willing to repeat in public (because they're ridiculous and would be laughed out of the room there) and listen to Hong Kong's pro-democracy legislators and civic society.Show this thread
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Many making false claims about how the app was used did not even know how it works.....
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Not a single such report and why would it be an open app then??)