Apple Removes Drone Tracking App
Posted: October 1, 2015 Filed under: Mediasphere, Science & Technology, Space & Aviation | Tags: App Store (iOS), Apple Inc, Apps, Avast, iCloud, IOS, iPad, iPhone, Malware, Xcode Leave a comment
WASHINGTON – Apple is known for keeping a pretty tight leash on apps, often blocking or refusing to sell programs it deems too offensive or too sexually suggestive.
The creator of an app that tracks published reports of American drone strikes around the world probably figured his program was in no danger of running afoul of Apple’s strict rules.
But this week, Metadata+ was removed from the App Store for having “excessively rude or objectionable content,” reports CNet.
The app was designed by Josh Begley, one of the editors of The Intercept, to publish data on…(read more)
Source: CBS DC
