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But if the user doesn't create an account and the deviceID rotates frequently, is there any way to tie those coordinates at a specific time to a specific person in a large enough geographical area and provide notifications (also provided via on device only services)? That's what it seems like the developer has said Apple facilitates better.
The also said they will have a more detailed post up July 2nd about android on their site.
See also: https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/01/iceblock-an-app-for-anonymously-reporting-ice-sightings-goes-viral-overnight-after-bondi-criticism/
The point they're trying to make is that while Apple location collects anonymized data, the app itself could collect that data and send it off with a unique identifier. Like Strava except it's spyware. It has location and internet permissions, and the App Store data privacy thing is self reported and not necessarily factual. We can't know unless we dissect the app because it's not open source. Right now it seems they're not doing that, but nothing is stopping them.
Android's Fused Location Provider, even though it's provided by Google Play Services, works in the same way and is just as private as Apple's location API. They are both on device with anonymized data sent back. So IDK what the devs are talking about. But I am interested in their blog post.
The post is up: https://www.iceblock.app/android
Turns out it's about the notifications not the location, though it still indirectly is about location since the notifications are geographically specific.