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Apple Bans DUI Checkpoint Apps

Posted by timothy on from the knuckling-under-to-the-man dept.

An anonymous reader writes "In late March, four US senators banded together and wrote a letter to Apple asking that they remove apps that alert users as to the whereabouts of DUI checkpoints. Now, Apple has revised its app store guidelines to ban those type of 'illegal' apps."

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  1. Aside from hype, Apple's real policy... by sonnejw0 · · Score: 3, Informative

    ... is merely to ban apps that contain checkpoint information that is not publicly available. A Checkpoint app that uses data from public police information is still acceptable, and nearly every police department in the nation not only publishes their checkpoint dates and locations, but ADVERTISES THEM on TV and the local news.

    Everybody wants so much drama where there actually isn't any. It's annoying.

    1. Re:Aside from hype, Apple's real policy... by Kenja · · Score: 4, Informative

      If you can look at something, and tell others about its existence, it is by definition public information.

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    2. Re:Aside from hype, Apple's real policy... by TheGratefulNet · · Score: 5, Informative

      obstruction of justice. that's what they'll get you on.

      there used to be a custom on the road: when you saw a speed trap, you blinked your lights to the oncoming traffic to warn them. this, in many states, can you get cited ;(

      citizens having power SCARES those in charge. (story at 11)

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    3. Re:Aside from hype, Apple's real policy... by Rockoon · · Score: 5, Informative

      50 MPH zone transitioning into a short 35 MPH zone on a straight and level consistently wide road, is for no reason other than to allow the creation of a speed trap so that the town where that 35 MPH zone resides can stick it to people. Yes, I flash my high beams.

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  2. Re:No more apples by AngryDeuce · · Score: 4, Informative

    Umm Android allows you to use apps not approved by the Google High Command.

  3. Re:No more apples by sconeu · · Score: 4, Informative

    Nice try dude.

    The Tenth specifically states that the gov can't do stuff like this if it's not in the constitution.

    The Ninth says that just because they didn't say "you can use public roads without conditions", you still can do so.

    The Fourteenth (like it or hate it) extended these restrictions to the States as well.

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  4. Re:A-PPolice State. by secretcurse · · Score: 5, Informative

    Correction. It is a publicly traded business, owned by private citizens and collectives. A municipally held utility would be an example of a publicly owned business.

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