Apple bans WiFi scanning applications from App Store

A few weeks after purging thousands of adult-themed iPhone and iPod touch applications from its App Store, Apple is again cleaning house, this time yanking a series of apps developed to identify WiFi hotspots. According to 3 Jacks Software, developer of the WiFi-Where application, Apple lowered the boom on Wednesday: "We received a very unfortunate email today from Apple stating that WiFi-Where has been removed from sale on the App Store for using private frameworks to access wireless information," the firm states on its blog. "It also appears that all other competing WiFi enabled apps have been removed as well."

Softpedia reports that the developers behind the rival WiFiFoFum and yFy apps confirmed that Apple removed their software. While the computing giant has not yet commented on its decision, it appears that the company is targeting only applications that scan for nearby WiFi access, not those that enable users to search for hotspots based on database information and their GPS-specific location.

For more on the latest App Store crackdown:
- read this Softpedia article

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