ICEBlock, a new iPhone app designed for anonymously reporting sightings of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, has surged to the top of Apple’s U.S. App Store rankings. Ironically, the app’s sudden popularity was fueled by public criticism from U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi.
According to CNN, most of ICEBlock’s roughly 20,000 users are in Los Angeles, where ICE raids have increased in recent weeks. After Bondi’s remarks late Monday denouncing the app, it went viral almost overnight. By Tuesday afternoon, ICEBlock had become one of the most downloaded free iPhone apps in the country.
The app lets people share alerts about ICE activity within a 5-mile radius and sends notifications when ICE agents are nearby. TechCrunch tested the app’s network traffic and confirmed that ICEBlock doesn’t collect or store any user data, preserving user anonymity.
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