{"id":685693,"date":"2010-03-08T10:45:45","date_gmt":"2010-03-08T15:45:45","guid":{"rendered":"Gizmodo-5488227"},"modified":"2010-03-08T10:45:45","modified_gmt":"2010-03-08T15:45:45","slug":"btw-wi-fi-scanner-apps-were-begging-to-get-banned-by-apple-app-store","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/685693","title":{"rendered":"BTW, Wi-Fi Scanner Apps Were Begging to Get Banned by Apple [App Store]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Also shitcanned by Apple in the Great <a class=\"autolink\" title=\"Click here to read more posts tagged #appstore\" title=\"Click here to read more posts tagged #appstore\" href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/tag\/appstore\/\">App Store<\/a> Purge of 2010: Wi-Fi scanning apps. The reason being that they used private frameworks to access wireless info. While some of these apps might&#8217;ve been useful, especially the ones with GPS functionality to locate hotspots, using private frameworks is kinda like painting a big &#8220;ban me&#8221; target on your back, even if you do slip through the approval process. 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The reason being that they used private frameworks to access wireless info. 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