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Can’t get laid? Looking to get sexually assaulted? There was an App for that, but Apple pulled out

By: , IntoMobile
Friday, August 7th, 2009 at 2:37 AM

Exactly one month ago today I wrote about an application called “Sex Offender” for the Apple iPhone that would use the device’s built in GPS to show you where registered sex offenders are living. This application wasn’t free, which may have very well been the reason it was pulled. Under California law you’re not allowed to sell people’s personal information for private, even if that includes the location of sex offenders.

What could have been a fun little application for real estate agents to markup value property, lonely people looking have a little promiscuous fun, and parents looking for which school to send their children off to, has now been taken from the App Store. How is Phil going to get out of this one?

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Stefan Constantinescu

Stefan Constantinescu (@WhatTheBit on Twitter) has loved technology since as far back as he can remember. It started with computers, but in the past few years his passion has turned to mobile devices. As a mobile phone enthusiast who lives and breathes devices that connect to the internet, he knows he is not alone with this radical fascination of all things wireless. He is strongly opinionated and enjoys a good debate so leave comments in his posts and he’ll get back to you! Stefan began blogging as a hobby in the fall of 2006 and joined IntoMobile in the summer of 2007. Later he got a job at Nokia in March 2008, but as of June 2009 he has rejoined the IntoMobile team. He is currently based out of Helsinki, Finland.

  • perry valton

    Why show a picture of a black man for this story i find this to be very offensive and raceist at the same time, are you implying that all black man are rapist.

  • Stefan Constantinescu

    you’ve won comment of the year award.

  • Mariano

    I totally agree.

  • Shimmy

    ‘lol’ is all i have to say to this

  • xmangerm

    I am glad that the original photo of the black man was exchanged for the comment by the first poster Perry Valton is most correct–very offensive and raciest. Nevertheless, keep up the good work at intomobile.

    xmangerm