Starting today, apps made by state and federal governments are getting a new government badge to help users better identify official apps.

Starting today, apps made by state and federal governments are getting a new government badge to help users better identify official apps.

The badge will first appear on over 3,000 apps for 12 different countries.

  • @[email protected]English
    -18•8 months ago

    This makes no sense. In my entire software development career, no government agency ever built an app in-house. It’s always contracted, to random individuals or companies. So this badge is garbage.

    • @GreenEngineering3475OPEnglish
      43•8 months ago

      The badge is to help people identify official apps.

      I think it’s not about that development but whom the data is being sent to, the state or some third party that provides same services.

      Like a National Emergency Broadcast app or app for vehicle and driver’s license registration service, that need sensitive info like your Govt ID and other details.

    • Simon MüllerEnglish
      15•8 months ago

      The title is a bit misleading, the badge says affiliated, not made

    • @helpImTrappedOnlineEnglish
      10•8 months ago

      The point is you know its an official app and not some scam or independently ran group posing as an official government app

      Who cares if they outsourced the development? The point is they have an app, and the badge tells you its legit (assuming we can trust the badge and its not trivial to trick google into giving any app the badge).