8 Great Libertarian Apps!
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GoogleHere are 8 great apps that make your world a little freer—and a whole lot easier to navigate.
Waze is a real-time, crowd-sourced map that not only tells you about traffic jams and finds the cheapest nearby gas station for you but also warns you of speed traps, police checkpoints, and ticket cams. Get this: The info is so good that the National Sheriffs Association is pressuring app stores to shut Waze down.
Open WhisperSystem’s Red Phone and Text Secure provide easy end-to-end encryption for phone calls, text messages, and chats. If you’re on Apple iOS, check out Signal.
Meerkat and Periscope allow you to livestream everything from your kids’ soccer games to police stops directly to Twitter. The only thing blocking these apps is that they’re only available on Apple’s iOS for now.
The Peacekeeper Emergency Response System app cultivates “benevolence” and independence in communities by allowing you to create your own personal emergency response network so that friends, family, and others can come to your aid at a moment’s notice—and you can come to theirs.
And then of course there’s Uber, the ride-sharing app that almost singlehandedly undermined taxi cab cartels all over the world. Uber is driving down a dark road by collaborating with state and local governments to keep out new competitors, but it’s also true that its ease of use and superiors product has brought safe, affordable rides to neighborhoods that never knew them before.
Here's a bonus app: Reason's mobile app is super-light and fast-loading—and constantly updated with our latest blog posts, videos, and articles about "Free Minds and Free Markets."
What are your favorite freedom-increasing apps? Let us know in the comments.
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Better end-to-end encryption for messaging: Wickr
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On what basis, infrequent (first-time?) commenter who happens to be plugging a (proprietary) app?
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Lyft is better than Uber.
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http://www.bizjournals.com/kan.....-uber.html
Fuck you, Kansas City.
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If you have a mustache fetish.
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What we really need, apparently, is the "Alt Text" app....
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Which one gets me on the NSA track list?
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Um, everyone is on that list.
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Ack!
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If it weren't for all the Rand Paul coverage, I'd think I was at Ars Technica.
All we need is a few more NN advocates lurking about.
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I can do a half-assed argument for it, if you want. Well, more of "it's not the end of the world" argument.
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Waze was purchased by Google a while ago. Not sure whether that would change its nature or its 'popularity' with police.
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i used Waze on new years eve to avoid checkpoints and where cops were sitting. I was told I am evil for using it by a few folks.
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We use it, too, but it didn't work with the FHiPS decided to put a speed trap with helicopters on I-75. It was massive, easily busting a hundred people. Waze said cops were ahead, but was referring to the cars, not the chopper.
And, yo, fuck the state for making money that way. Traffic was flowing quite nicely until they intervened.
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MN Highway Patrol made use of planes for the same bullshit, particularly north of the Cities. They were almost always out on busy summer travel weekends. I taught my son, when he was quite small, to always be scanning the skies. Damn if the little guy didn't save me a couple times.
But, yes. Fuck the state.
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I've been driving on Florida interstates for decades, and this is the first time I've seen the highway patrol do this. Local cops, sure--we've got little towns notorious for that--but not the FHiPs. Shows what's going to happen as states get increasingly hungry for revenue.
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In north Florida you'll actually see the road signs with a little picture of a plane and "Speed Enforced By Aircraft" or some such text. Never saw a plane though.
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Reminds me - once when I was hitch-hiking in college I was picked up by a guy in a pickup truck who had his side mirror angled very oddly.
I asked: "What's with the mirror?"
He: "Bear in the air."
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Shoutout to the Liberty.Me app! Lots of great articles there.
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And then of course there’s Uber
http://www.autoblog.com/2015/0.....ver-video/
The incident began when the unnamed Uber driver passed an unmarked car that was attempting to double-park without using its blinker, according to Seth's description of the event. The Uber driver gestured that he should use your blinker "casually and non-offensively,"
In the video above, police detective Patrick Cherry, a member of the FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force, is seen screaming at the Uber driver, banging on his door and using profane language, even as the contrite driver attempted to defuse the situation.
"Do you understand me? I don't know what (expletive) planet you think you're on right now," Cherry yells.
Later in the video, after asking the driver how long he's been in the country, the police officer says, "I got news for you and use this lesson – don't ever do that again. The only reason you're not in handcuffs and going to jail is that I've got things to do. ... This isn't important enough to me. You're not important enough." -
Reason's mobile app is super-light and fast-loading
bwahahaha!!
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I love the mobile app. For what it is worth. But I would read more there if A) it had comments, and B) it had better push notifications.
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It doesn't have comments? What's the point?
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Meerkat and Periscope allow you to livestream everything from your kids’ soccer games to police stops directly to Twitter. The only thing blocking these apps is that they’re only available on Apple’s iOS for now.
Bambuser and Ustream are available on Android.
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and hang w/
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I travel hundreds of people up and down the I-95 corridor for various projects, monthly. I brief every last one on WAZE. The more users the better and more current the app info. WAZE has already markedly decreased the amount of traffic stops for my travelers.
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Gas Buddy.
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Agree.
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ooooh, good point
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Tinder?
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Grindr?
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OrphanTrader?
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Google pay 97$ per hour my last pay check was $8500 working 1o hours a week online. My younger brother friend has been averaging 12k for months now and he works about 22 hours a week. I cant believe how easy it was once I tried it out.
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Gas buddy ! Nice for finding gas or diesel nearby, on the way someplace, by price or location.
