Two years after its debut, a "Drivers License" app has been removed from the App Store. It's amazing it survived this long: the app had templates allowing users to create realistic-looking licenses from all 50 states.
Ostensibly a joke app, users could e-mail a resulting "joke" image, and then print and laminate the result to potentially make a decent-looking fake driver's license, all for gratis, as the app was free. The software was pulled after a letter from Sen. Bob Casey (D-Penn.) was sent to Apple CEO Tim Cook.
According to AppShopper, the app first hit the App Store on Nov. 4, 2009, and is / was described as follows:
Create your coolest license EVER. With Drivers License, you can make realistic, crazy, or hilarious drivers licenses for any state.*
Take pictures with your iPhone or use pictures you already have and paste them into to the app for endless hours of fun. Take pics alone or with friends, take mug shots or make faces, whatever you can think of, this app will support it.
Drivers License lets you change all the info on the licenses, too! Create a fake name, job, or title. The app stores everything you do so just hit “change state” to see what your license looks like in New York or sunny California.
Best of all, once your license is complete, you can email or share it with your friends on Facebook.
Unlimited access to realistic-looking licenses
Licenses for all 50 states
Use any picture you take or have stored on your device
Play with names, address, weight or any other category
Give your license an autograph
Send and share licenses whenever you want via email or Facebook!
This app is completely free for your entertainment! To get a REAL license check out DriversEd.com!
We can see that the app was designed to draw attention to a Drivers Education school. We can also see how it might be misused.
A blurb for the app still appears on DriversEd.com, but the app is no longer in the App Store.
Brian Zimmer, President of the Coalition for Secure Driver's License stated that he first brought the app to Apple's attention on April 4 of this yet, but the Calif.-based company didn't take action until a senator weighed in. Zimmer said,
"I applaud Senator Casey's efforts. Apple has a responsibility to its users to ensure that its technology does not facilitate crime. Counterfeit driver's licenses are not novelties. They present a very real risk to public safety and national security. Apple should have had measures in place to prevent the 'License' application from ever making it to the App Store. Apple Corporation's lack of action to pull this application when I first notified them in April, 2011, of its risk to public safety was dismaying. Apple should establish a careful policy of reviewing applications for the App Store that might lead to a child's injury through inappropriate use. The License App presents a clear risk to public safety."
In fact, Apple does have a careful review policy on apps in its App Store, so careful that some have called it draconian, overbearing and overreaching. While the app apparently managed to slip by the initial review, it's difficult to understand why they didn't pull it as soon as Zimmer brought it to their attention.
Of course, with scanners, printers, and laminators around, we know there's absolutely no other way folks could create a fake driver's license, right?
Snoop Dogg daughter Cori B. follow the footsteps of his father by going into the music industry. The 12-year-old girl has premiered a music video in support of her debut single "Do My Thang." In it she shares the screen with their brothers and famous father.
Snoop is a rapper, but the owner of an ice cream shop in this clip. One day, he suspects his daughter looking a little uneasy, so he tries to persuade her to tell him what the problem is. Cori B., daughter of Snoop Dogg, has released its first official music video. The video is the song "Do My Thang" and has a special appearance by her famous father.......
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Sonam Kapoor and Shahid Kapoor’s magnum opus ‘Mausam’ has hit the screen but a couple of of the industry pals were asked in the premiere from the film last evening and 2 seem to be all praises for that stars and also the film.
Hrithik Roshan after watching the film authored on his twitter page, “Mausam is really a film made frm d heart 4 d heart. @shahidkapoor requires a flaw!perfect mixture of strength n sensitivity.
Sonam looks ethereal n simply honest!wonderful moments...beautiful journey! Bravo!”
Bipasha Basu too was all significant concerning the film and authored, “Sonam looks picture perfect n Shahid’s performance was awesome n he does indeed justice towards the IAF uniform.Wish them the very best!”
Well, the duo certainly has quite an anticipation in the film and also the entire market is searching toward Pankaj Kapoor’s directorail debut to complete well in the box office.
Ram, who has walked out of Gautham Menon says that it was because of the clash of dates with his other film Endukante Premanta. Ram said that this film was initially planned to be a bilingual and later changed to trilingual, which has resulted in the dates clash. ‘It will take so much time and I couldn’t accommodate so many days,” he said.
Meanwhile there is a buzz that Ram is likely to do his next film under Trivikram direction. Sravanthi Ravi Kishore is in plans to bring this duo together. Ravi Kishore has been planning for so long to make a film with Ram again after Ready and Ganesh, but he didn’t find a better script.
Trivikram made his debut as director in Sravanthi banner with Nuvve Nuvve and is the script writer for Nuvve Kavali. So, he shares a good rapport with Ravi Kishore.
Illena D'Cruz has been finalised to play the other lead in Rajinikanth's much hyped movie Rana. Illena has got some good and big projects in her kitty; she is also all set to debut in Bollywood with Anurag Basu's Barfee.
Illena's movies have not done a great business down south, but that has not deterred the actress from charging a whopping amount for her role. Deepika Padukone signed the film for 2 crores for three months of shoot while Illena has reportedly charged more than 55 lakhs for 15- 20 days of shoot
Read more at: http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/illena-d%C3%A2%C2%80%C2%99cruz-rajinikanth-rana-anurag-basu/1/150357.html?cp
There photos are Sonam Kapoor.She looks Beautiful and Hot.She is Bollywood film actress.She wears nice dresses.She earned her a nomination for Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut.
The growing bond between Salman Khan and the so-known as ex-girlfriend Katrina Kaif is very apparent. The ex-couple in spite of an ugly split up this past year has hidden the hatchet in recent occasions and it has been quite vocal concerning the cordial and warm relation they share.
No surprise the restarted relationship demonstrated its strong signs once they signed the film ‘Ek Tha Tiger’ opposite one another. But aside from being part of Salman’s professional existence, Katrina can also be an eminent part of his personal existence too.
Katrina is apparently concerned about Salman’s ill health insurance and is simply too worried about his wellness. She’s willing to visit any extent to be able to bring relief to Salman in any manner she will.
It’s heard that Katrina is able to push her obligations on backburner to ensure that she will complete Salman’s debut Yash Raj film ‘Ek Tha Tiger’.
Katrina has apparently made the decision to provide producer open dates for that film to ensure that Salman can shoot together with her at their own convenience.
The growing bond between Salman Khan and the so-known as ex-girlfriend Katrina Kaif is very apparent. The ex-couple in spite of an ugly split up this past year has hidden the hatchet in recent occasions and it has been quite vocal concerning the cordial and warm relation they share.
No surprise the restarted relationship demonstrated its strong signs once they signed the film ‘Ek Tha Tiger’ opposite one another. But aside from being part of Salman’s professional existence, Katrina can also be an eminent part of his personal existence too.
Katrina is apparently concerned about Salman’s ill health insurance and is simply too worried about his wellness. She’s willing to visit any extent to be able to bring relief to Salman in any manner she will.
It’s heard that Katrina is able to push her obligations on backburner to ensure that she will complete Salman’s debut Yash Raj film ‘Ek Tha Tiger’.
Katrina has apparently made the decision to provide producer open dates for that film to ensure that Salman can shoot together with her at their own convenience.
British Madame Amy Jackson has landed the plump offer to showcase her skills in another Kollywood movie. Amy will play the lead in none other than Ulaganayagan Kamal Haasans upcoming project Viswaroopam. Amy made her thumping Tamil debut with director Vijays’ Madrasapattinam. The young lady has made quite a name for her Liverpool temperament as she earlier walked out of Gautham Menon’s Hindi remake of the well acclaimed flick ‘VinnaiThaandi Varuvya’ after which she has grabbed the Kamal movie in her kitty .
Kamal’s Viswaroopam went on floors recently at the Jeppiar College of Engineering and surprisingly Kamal was happy to find namma ‘Suriya’ shooting at the same college for KV Anand’s Matraan. Kamal seems to be more than content getting Amy on board, as he was in search of a foreign face as per the script demanded. His big budget trilingual (Tamil, Telugu and Hindi) will also have Rahul Bose playing the anti-hero with Bollywood trio Shankar, Ehsaan and Loy providing some delightful music.
Hope Kamal won’t have more problems dealing with Amy’s hot tempers. (KT)
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