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Great. Now I gotta start carrying two phones. My real phone, and a dummy for this dummy app.

[-] trevor 8 points 4 days ago

This kind of thing is an excellent way to bamboozle people into handing authority figures your phone, which is one of the worst things you can do.

[-] TurtleTourParty@midwest.social 3 points 3 days ago

The verge even wrote an article about why you shouldn't use these ID apps. I'm surprised they didn't mention it in this one.

Article: Don’t ever hand your phone to the cops

[-] lnxtx@feddit.nl 7 points 4 days ago

And ofc the app is closed source.

this post was submitted on 23 Jan 2025
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