10 iPhone apps that could get you into trouble

iPhone applications are proliferating like rabbits, but not all of them are great. In fact some can get you into hot water.

Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley created an iPhone app that lets the device control a squadron of unmanned aircraft. Thing is, its illegal, according the Wired blog and the iPhone Software Developer Kit agreement: "...applications may not be designed or marketed for real-time route guidance; automatic or autonomous control of vehicles, aircraft, or other mechanical devices..."

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