{"id":2491184,"date":"2025-09-25T17:36:02","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T21:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/apple-google-wont-suspend-ice-tracking-apps-used-by-shooter\/"},"modified":"2025-09-25T17:38:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T21:38:09","slug":"apple-google-wont-suspend-ice-tracking-apps-used-by-shooter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/apple-google-wont-suspend-ice-tracking-apps-used-by-shooter\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple, Google Won&#8217;t Suspend ICE-Tracking Apps Used By Shooter"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fapple-google-wont-suspend-ice-tracking-apps-used-by-shooter%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2491184&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article reports on a sniper attack at a Dallas ICE facility, where the shooter, joshua Jahn, used mobile apps that track ICE agents to plan the ambush. FBI Director Kash Patel revealed that Jahn downloaded documents listing Dallas DHS locations and searched apps to monitor ICE agent presence. Jahn left a note expressing intent to terrorize ICE agents. Despite the violent misuse of these apps,Apple and Google have refused to suspend or remove ICE-tracking apps from their app stores. The article criticizes the companies for allowing such apps, highlighting the contradiction that radar detectors are illegal in some states while apps perhaps aiding criminals and attackers remain available. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mandating-ivf-coverage-will-exploit-vulnerable-women\/\" title=\"Mandating IVF Coverage Will Exploit Vulnerable Women\">article calls attention<\/a> to the dangers posed by these tracking apps and the need for tech companies to take responsibility.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-body body-md bdr-top-black pt-30\">\n<div class=\"row justify-content-center\">\n<div class=\"col-12\">\n<figure class=\"article-thumbnail mb-30 mb-sm-60\">\n<div class=\"article-thumbnail-caption d-flex align-items-center justify-content-md-end label-xs mt-15\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-camera me-10\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Image Credit<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=twGIdyjkkH0\">Fox Dallas-Fort Worth\/YouTube<\/a>         <\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-share text-center article-share-simple\">\n<h5 class=\"label-sm mb-10\">Share<\/h5>\n<ul class=\"article-share-list list-unstyled m-0 p-0\">\n<li class=\"article-share-facebook m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/09\/25\/apple-google-refuse-to-suspend-ice-tracking-apps-used-by-dallas-shooter\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-facebook\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Facebook<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-twitter m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Apple,%20Google%20Refuse%20To%20Suspend%20ICE-Tracking%20Apps%20Used%20By%20Dallas%20Shooter&amp;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/09\/25\/apple-google-refuse-to-suspend-ice-tracking-apps-used-by-dallas-shooter\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-twitter\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Twitter<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-truth-social m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/share?title=Apple,%20Google%20Refuse%20To%20Suspend%20ICE-Tracking%20Apps%20Used%20By%20Dallas%20Shooter&amp;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/09\/25\/apple-google-refuse-to-suspend-ice-tracking-apps-used-by-dallas-shooter\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"currentColor\" style=\"width:36px;height:auto;\" viewbox=\"0 0 92 93\"><path d=\"M69.444 55.716H56.772v10.37h12.672zM64.487 37.795V27.32H38.666v38.664h13.18v-28.19zM21.05 27.321h12.653v10.471H21.051z\" https:><\/path><\/svg>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Truth Social<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-link m-0\">       <button data-clipboard-text=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/09\/25\/apple-google-refuse-to-suspend-ice-tracking-apps-used-by-dallas-shooter\/\" data-tooltip-content=\"Copied!\" class=\"clip tooltip\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-link-variant\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Copy Article Link<\/span>       <\/button>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\">       <a href=\"mailto:?subject=Apple,%20Google%20Refuse%20To%20Suspend%20ICE-Tracking%20Apps%20Used%20By%20Dallas%20Shooter&amp;body=%20https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/09\/25\/apple-google-refuse-to-suspend-ice-tracking-apps-used-by-dallas-shooter\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-email\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article via Email<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\"><span class=\"printfriendly pf-button  pf-alignleft\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\" rel=\"nofollow\" onclick=\"window.print(); return false;\" title=\"Printer Friendly, PDF &amp; Email\"><span id=\"printfriendly-text2\" class=\"pf-button-text\"><i class=\"mdi mdi-printer\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/las-vegas-police-fbi-foil-isis-terrorist-attack-against-zionists\/\" title=\"Las Vegas Police and ... thwart ISIS plot targeting &#039;Zionists\">chilling social media post<\/a>, FBI Director Kash Patel described how Wednesday&rsquo;s sniper at a Dallas ICE facility gathered intelligence online for the ambush that left one ICE detainee dead and two seriously injured. Authorities say suspected killer Joshua Jahn, 29, committed suicide after the ambush.<\/p>\n<p>While retracing Jahn&rsquo;s movements and writings, the FBI found he reviewed a document that listed Dallas DHS locations, and he &ldquo;searched apps that tracked the presence of ICE agents.&rdquo; Marcos Charles, the ICE executive associate director for enforcement and removal operations, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/texas\/news\/dallas-ice-shooting-suspect-acted-alone-fbi-investigation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">confirmed<\/a> the gunman utilized these apps to carry out the attack. In some cases, illegal immigrants use the apps so they can give ICE the slip. But in this new use, a left-wing radical employed the apps for the even more nefarious purpose of violence and terror, a reality underscored in a letter the FBI says Jahn left.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2 d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-1299660914\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1463670073398-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&ldquo;Hopefully this will give ICE agents real terror, to think, &lsquo;is there a sniper with [armor piercing] rounds on that roof?&rdquo; a handwritten note read. The wording of Patel&rsquo;s post indicated there could be more notes.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"> <span class=\"Vb9DPgpc07tyMCduYLXNZlrmsvkSjT\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FBIDallas?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FBIDallas<\/a> and FBI HQ have been working 24\/7 to seize devices, exploit data, and process writings obtained on location and in the subject&#8217;s person\/residence\/bedroom. This <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FBI?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FBI<\/a> is committed to providing timely updates, as promised:<\/p>\n<p>&ndash; The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-publishes-note-from-suspected-ice-shooter-that-seems-to-reveal-motive\/\" title=\"... Publishes Note from Suspected ICE ... That Seems to Reveal Motive\">perp downloaded<\/a> a document titled &#8220;Dallas&hellip;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; FBI Director Kash Patel (@FBIDirectorKash) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FBIDirectorKash\/status\/1971213954123751822?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 25, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The Federalist sent emails to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/multiple-women-beat-lia-thomas-in-womens-200-freestyle\/\" title=\"Multiple Women Beat Lia Thomas In Women\u2019s 200 Freestyle\">media relations teams<\/a> at the Google and Apple app stores. These teams are made up of people who are paid full-time wages to answer questions from the media. And the question The Federalist asked seemed like a real softball: Will the app store remove apps that track ICE or law enforcement?<\/p>\n<p>The answer should be an automatic, &ldquo;Yes, we are removing them. We should have never allowed such apps.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>But at the time of publication both companies had refused to commit to suspending ICE-tracking apps. Perhaps their silence means they are working on filtering a carefully crafted statement through layers of staff that could take hours or days to emerge.<\/p>\n<p>Shamefully, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/06\/30\/tech\/iceblock-app-trump-immigration-crackdown\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CNN promoted<\/a> an ICE-tracking app in June, prominently featuring the creator, whom it quoted in a headline: &ldquo;I wanted to do something to fight back&rdquo; &mdash; against ICE agents who were deporting criminal illegal aliens. The app intentionally does not track the user, so law enforcement can not investigate its use. How convenient. &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In our upside-down world, radar detectors that tell speeding drivers to slow down when a cop is near are outlawed in Virginia and Washington, D.C. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.escortradar.com\/blogs\/news\/what-states-are-radar-detectors-illegal?srsltid=AfmBOopaKFqtKkBw4DOcT5dl5l19717vVSrPeUd8ldxF5nTmhSf3uxyM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">rules vary in other states<\/a>), but apps that allow criminals to avoid arrest, or worse, help killers stalk and shoot ICE agents, are freely available for downloading.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">      Beth Brelje is an elections correspondent for The Federalist. 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