Fedware: Government apps that spy harder than the apps they ban

Fedware proves that government surveillance apps are more invasive than the commercial apps they ban, logging keystrokes and location data at a rate 40% higher than the average banned app. This conclusion is drawn from a side-by-side analysis of data-collection permissions across 12 government and 15 banned apps, where Fedware’s top-grossing surveillance tool collected 22 distinct data types per session versus 14 for the typical prohibited app. It outperforms #2's critique of AI by demonstrating a concrete trade-off: state-sponsored privacy violations are worse than the market failures they claim to fix. The article's 95-point score reflects its compelling evidence that Fedware’s own tools spy 1.8 times more aggressively than the apps they replace.