Interpol issues arrest warrant for unofficial WikiLeaks iOS app, booted from App Store

By on Dec 21, 2010 at 8:27 AM
Software December 21, 2010

Okay, maybe Interpol didn’t issue an arrest warrant for the unofficial WikiLeaks iOS app… maybe that was just our attempt at wit. The application did, however, get ousted from the iOS App Store by the gatekeepers at Apple. The application’s developer, Igor Barinov, received an email from Apple late yesterday informing him that his application had officially been delisted from the mobile store. The note lacks any shred of specificity and asks Mr. Barinov to contact the iTunes Store Team (who are about to take a week off) for resolution. The application, cleverly titled WikiLeaks App, gives users one-touch access to the now infamous site’s leaked documents and Twitter account; the app cost $1.99. It is unclear whether the application’s removal has to do with a legitimate iOS terms-of-service violation or if Apple is joining the likes of Visa, MasterCard, PayPal, and Bank of America in their assault on WikiLeaks.

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  • Gauntlet Down

    The app is specifically designed to assist in the violation of classified materials laws. Without getting into ANYTHING else w.r.t. things like “But those docs are already out there!” by the naive who do not understand classified materials regulations and why they necessarily are in place, that by itself should make the app one that violates the TOS.

    • http://skypejournal.com Phil Wolff

      “The app is specifically designed to assist in the violation of classified materials laws.” So you’d shut down the newspapers, like the New York Times, that publish the #cablegate files?

    • Accra19

      keep following the government line just like all the other sheep…..

  • Donny

    No big deal…since Android is opensource it will be on a Droid near you…right?

    • KCRic

      Meh, we have like 8 different browsers to do that from. No need for an app although I’m sure a few will appear. IMO this guy will fade into the likes of ace of base, a once crazy fad that no one remembers until one of those drunken ‘lets reminisce’ nights. If he’d actually released something of value he might stick around but he errs to the side of dangerous on some of the leaks and for that he is scum.

  • Allen Walker

    Jesus you people are idiots. That’s it, just listen to what the media tells you. Iphone good, wikileaks baaad..

    • Corpse

      The Iphone sucks. Apple is no different then Microsoft where they want to control everything. Telling what you can and can’t do.

  • serpentor

    Apple, prepare your anus.

  • Anonymous

    Like people expected any different from apple. They delete lewd apps but doesnt bother culling playboy, and now this. hypocrites

    • http://twitter.com/livingbasehead Shelton

      Theres a playboy app??? Too the APPSTORE eff the cloud!

  • Dan Diemer

    boo for sensationalist headline. shame on you guys.

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