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Subscribe to commentsP CostSep 21st 2010 7:04PM
I think this is an overall bad idea. Imagine what could be done with that.
ROC123Sep 22nd 2010 10:13AM
@PeteC1 I'm curious to know what exactly you think could be done with this information? As far as I am concerned, absolutely nothing. What exactly do you find 'bad' about this?
If a terrorist wishes to gain information about what aircraft is overhead at a given time, this information was ALREADY freely available to the general public.
It's easy to be sensationalist about new developments in technology (in this case information already available for years is being portrayed now in a different way - as part of an iPhone app) but there is nothing 'bad', 'dangerous' or 'new' about this.
If someone wants to do damage, an app for the iPhone isn't going to be the tool that allows them to carry it out.