The app designed to provide alerts on kidnapped kids in the US is now available, gratis, on iTunes.
As we reported last month, Jonathan Zdziarski, creator of the first iPhone forensics toolkit, developed the AMBER alert. These alerts are issued when missing child cases are granted Amber status –œ kidnappings of children under age 17 who police believe to be in danger of bodily harm or death.
The iPhone Amber app provides a real-time feed of recent alerts including victim photos, suspect photos and descriptions, vehicle photos and descriptions and a reporting mechanism allowing users to report sightings.
The Amber Alert program was created in 1996 after the kidnapping and killing of nine-year-old Amber Hagerman.
The application was approved just two days after Zdziarski emailed Steve Jobs pleading for him to help expedite the app’s approval after waiting over a month, though Apple has not said if his letter had any effect on the approval.
Via ars technica
