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Senators To Apple: Pull iPhone DUI-Check Alerts

Posted by timothy on from the tell-us-senator-your-opinion-on-net-neutrality dept.

CWmike writes "Four US senators on Tuesday called on Apple to yank iPhone and iPad apps that help drunken drivers evade police, saying the programs are 'harmful to public safety.' The CEO of the company that makes one such app said the senators' demand was 'a knee-jerk reaction.'" Hugh Pickens points out that "Similar apps are available for the iPhone and RIM. Apple released a set of App Store guidelines in September that spells out what apps are and are not allowed to do. Included on that list of 'don'ts' are 'apps that encourage excessive consumption of alcohol or illegal substances, or encourage minors to consume alcohol or smoke cigarettes.'"

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  1. Second thoughts by Chrisq · · Score: 3, Funny

    Maybe they're trying to move on from their traditional customer base.

  2. Re:Senators should STFU by Chrisq · · Score: 2, Funny

    While drinking and driving is horrible, what's worse are government actors who conduct searches without a warrant or probable cause.

    Yes, I'd complain to the actors' Union.

  3. Re:No boobs by gandhi_2 · · Score: 5, Funny

    It is the moral declination.

    Depending on where you are, the difference between grid moral and magnetic moral can be quite significant. In my area, the GM angle is like 13.5 degrees.... if I don't account for that, I can easily get morally lost.

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  4. Can I get this in a car analogy? by howardd21 · · Score: 4, Funny

    I just don't understand, can somebody make a car analogy for me?

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