Wednesday, February 8, 2023
  • Login
Anonymous Wire
  • Home
  • Top News
  • adventure
  • Technology
  • Health
  • games
  • Privacy Policy
  • Website Terms of Use
  • Contact Us
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Top News
  • adventure
  • Technology
  • Health
  • games
  • Privacy Policy
  • Website Terms of Use
  • Contact Us
No Result
View All Result
Anonymous Wire
No Result
View All Result
Home News

Citizen’s volunteer ‘safety’ app accidentally doxxes singer Billie Eilish

January 7, 2023
in News
0
Citizen’s volunteer ‘safety’ app accidentally doxxes singer Billie Eilish
0
SHARES
0
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

Citizen’s volunteer ‘safety’ app accidentally doxxes singer Billie Eilish

Citizen, the provocative crime-reporting app formerly known as Vigilante, is in the news again for all the wrong reasons. On Thursday evening, it doxxed singer Billie Eilish, publishing her address to thousands of people after an alleged burglary at her home.

Shortly after the break-in, the app notified users of a break-in in Los Angeles’ Highland Park neighborhood — including the home’s address. As reported by Vice, Citizen’s message was updated at 9:41 PM to state that the house belonged to Eilish. According to Citizen’s metrics, the alert was sent to 178,000 people and viewed by nearly 78,000. On Friday morning, Citizen updated the app’s description of the incident, replacing the precise address with a nearby cross-street.

Although celebrity home addresses are often publicly available (usually on seedy websites specializing in such invasive nonsense), a popular app pushing the home address of one of pop music’s biggest stars to thousands of users is… new. Unfortunately, it’s also just the latest potentially destructive move from Citizen.

When Citizen launched as Vigilante in 2016, Apple quickly pulled the title from the App Store based on concerns about its encouraging users to thrust themselves into dangerous situations. So it rebranded as Citizen with a new focus on safety, and Apple re-opened its gates. The app began advising users to avoid incidents in progress while providing tools to help those caught in a dangerous situation. Although that sounds reasonable, at least one episode reveals an overzealousness company prioritizing attention and profit over social responsibility.

Visual of three phones showing screenshots from the Citizen app
Citizen

In May 2021, CEO Andrew Frame ordered the launch of a live stream, encouraging the app’s users to hunt down a suspected wildfire arsonist (based on a tip from an LAPD sergeant and emails from residents questioned by police). He offered a $10,000 bounty for finding the suspect, which grew to $30,000 later in the evening. As the hunt continued, the CEO reportedly grew more frantic, with one of his internal Slack conversations encouraging the team to “get this guy before midnight” in an ecstatic, all-caps message.

A staffer was ignored in a Slack chat when they warned the team about breaking the app’s terms of service, which prohibit “posting of specific information that could identify parties involved in an incident.” When police announced that night that they had made an arrest, the team celebrated, believing their feverish hunt for notability had led to the capture. The only problem? Citizen had the wrong guy. In Frame’s apparent eagerness to legitimize his app’s purpose with a high-profile citizen arrest, he placed a public bounty on a wrongfully accused suspect.

All products recommended by Engadget are selected by our editorial team, independent of our parent company. Some of our stories include affiliate links. If you buy something through one of these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. All prices are correct at the time of publishing.

Published at Fri, 06 Jan 2023 22:28:12 +0000

ShareTweetPinSendShareShareShareShareSend
Previous Post

Jen Shah Sentenced to 6.5 Years in Federal Prison in Wire Fraud Case

Next Post

iHeart: Music, Radio, Podcasts 10.23.0 Apk for Android

Next Post
iHeart: Music, Radio, Podcasts 10.23.0 Apk for Android

iHeart: Music, Radio, Podcasts 10.23.0 Apk for Android

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Stay Connected

  • Trending
  • Comments
  • Latest
WEF Advisor: ‘Common People’ Should Live In Fear, ‘We Don’t Need The Vast Majority of You’

WEF Advisor: ‘Common People’ Should Live In Fear, ‘We Don’t Need The Vast Majority of You’

August 12, 2022
ANOTHER Clinton Associate, Who Vowed to Expose Elite Pedophile Ring, Found Dead

ANOTHER Clinton Associate, Who Vowed to Expose Elite Pedophile Ring, Found Dead

May 29, 2022
3,200 Megapixels: The World’s Largest Camera will be Complete in 2023

3,200 Megapixels: The World’s Largest Camera will be Complete in 2023

October 11, 2022
Father Launches Billboard Campaign to Tell the World His Son Was Killed by the Pfizer Vaccine

Father Launches Billboard Campaign to Tell the World His Son Was Killed by the Pfizer Vaccine

April 16, 2022
Vaccine Epidemic: Young European politicians drop dead ‘suddenly and unexpectedly’

Vaccine Epidemic: Young European politicians drop dead ‘suddenly and unexpectedly’

0
Multiple Vaccinated “#vaxxedtothemax” Lawyer Suddenly Collapses During Hearing

Multiple Vaccinated “#vaxxedtothemax” Lawyer Suddenly Collapses During Hearing

0
Alpha V2ray MOD APK 3.2 (Ads Free)

Alpha V2ray MOD APK 3.2 (Ads Free)

0
Tesla is getting a new batch of Giga Press deliveries in Gigafactory Texas

Tesla is getting a new batch of Giga Press deliveries in Gigafactory Texas

0
Is Little People, Big World Over? Fans Beg Amy Roloff for Good News

Is Little People, Big World Over? Fans Beg Amy Roloff for Good News

February 8, 2023
The best Super Bowl 2023 TV deals we found

The best Super Bowl 2023 TV deals we found

February 8, 2023
Niffelheim: Vikings Survival

Niffelheim: Vikings Survival

February 8, 2023
BREAKING NEWS: Video bewijst dat Oekraïne chemische wapens gebruikt tegen Russische troepen

BREAKING NEWS: Video bewijst dat Oekraïne chemische wapens gebruikt tegen Russische troepen

February 8, 2023

Recent News

Is Little People, Big World Over? Fans Beg Amy Roloff for Good News

Is Little People, Big World Over? Fans Beg Amy Roloff for Good News

February 8, 2023
The best Super Bowl 2023 TV deals we found

The best Super Bowl 2023 TV deals we found

February 8, 2023
Niffelheim: Vikings Survival

Niffelheim: Vikings Survival

February 8, 2023
BREAKING NEWS: Video bewijst dat Oekraïne chemische wapens gebruikt tegen Russische troepen

BREAKING NEWS: Video bewijst dat Oekraïne chemische wapens gebruikt tegen Russische troepen

February 8, 2023

ABOUT US

Anonymous Wire is the best news website to get every updates you need.

Follow Us

Browse by Category

  • Adventure (27)
  • An Adventure (1)
  • Business (3)
  • Entertainment (88)
  • Games (5)
  • Health (70)
  • News (145)
  • Science & Space (2)
  • Technology (128)
  • Top News (169)
  • Uncategorized (16)
  • Web Stories (1)
  • World Sport (26)

Recent News

Is Little People, Big World Over? Fans Beg Amy Roloff for Good News

Is Little People, Big World Over? Fans Beg Amy Roloff for Good News

February 8, 2023
The best Super Bowl 2023 TV deals we found

The best Super Bowl 2023 TV deals we found

February 8, 2023
  • Home
  • Top News
  • adventure
  • Technology
  • Health
  • games
  • Privacy Policy
  • Website Terms of Use
  • Contact Us

© 2022 Anonymous Wire - Design & Developed by IndeedFeed Media.

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Top News
  • adventure
  • Technology
  • Health
  • games
  • Privacy Policy
  • Website Terms of Use
  • Contact Us

© 2022 Anonymous Wire - Design & Developed by IndeedFeed Media.

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In