Sex Offender Locator App Pulled from App Store

The iPhone application Offender Locator, designed to locate sexual offenders, has been deleted from the App Store and the reasons for its disappearance are uncertain, reports The San Francisco Chronicle. For some reason, it's still available from the app store this morning that you access from Switzerland.

Some have it that Apple is merely complying with California state laws prohibiting the sale of criminal information for a profit.

Offender Locator sat on the top 10 paid apps list for many weeks before succumbing to a fate that has befallen many controversial iPhone apps. The lite version, "Offender Locator Lite", still exists and is available for download in the App Store.

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emily | 9:31 AM | Cell Phone Apps Related Articles |
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