Technology Gone Bad – Allow Sex Offenders To Determine Your Location

One of the iPhone’s many cool features is Location Services … using a combination of cell towers, Wi-Fi and GPS to determine your location. This functionality comes is handy for navigation on the iPhone’s map – using a weather app to determine your local weather – locating the nearest Starbucks … or a host of other geolocation functions.

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But sometimes Location Services isn’t all that … like when it allows Sex Offenders to determine your location … HUH? – OUCH!

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[st3phanielee via FAIL Blog]

April 12, 2010 | Filed Under Lifestyle, News 

Comments

  • No_Tie

    “I'm Chris Hansen. Why don't you have a seat over here.”

    http://www.motifake.com/demotivational-poster/0…

  • Here are a few more app names that would work well:

    The FBI
    Your Wife
    Your Husband
    Your Psycho Ex
    Tiger Woods
    The Kraken

  • LMAO … agreed, these apps would be very scarey use of technology.

  • Nova

    Uh… wouldn't that be allowing the app to determine which offenders are near u? Not let offenders find where u are? xD Anyways, the popup does look kinda threatening… 😐

  • indeed that's what it should imply, however with the given wording it makes
    for some “interesting” interpretations 🙂

  • “Allow Bill Clinton to determine your location” – Dinied Via @Monica.
    hahaha this would be funny for an app.

  • LOL … that reference never gets old 🙂

  • Here are a few more app names that would work well:

    The FBI
    Your Wife
    Your Husband
    Your Psycho Ex
    Tiger Woods
    The Kraken

  • LMAO … agreed, these apps would be very scarey use of technology.

  • Nova

    Uh… wouldn't that be allowing the app to determine which offenders are near u? Not let offenders find where u are? xD Anyways, the popup does look kinda threatening… 😐

  • indeed that's what it should imply, however with the given wording it makes
    for some “interesting” interpretations 🙂

  • “Allow Bill Clinton to determine your location” – Dinied Via @Monica.
    hahaha this would be funny for an app.

  • LOL … that reference never gets old 🙂