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We all love our iPhones for the variety of tasks it can perform. Besides the standard calling and texting, Apple and its App Store enable us to do many different things with our phones. There are games, social networking apps, weather and sports score updates, RSS feeds, and a plethora of productivity applications. But what about background checks? With BeenVerified, the iPhone has you covered (literally).
With an app that will both anger and intrigue many people, BeenVerified lets iPhone users perform background checks on, well, anyone. You can pull people from your contact list or type in a name or e-mail address. It couldn ‘t be easier. For some, that ‘s the problem.
Should getting anyone ‘s address, residential and criminal history, and social networking links be as easy to find as with a few finger taps?
The question on many people ‘s minds is whether this app is an invasion of privacy. The creators of the app do not think so. They argue that all of the information gathered by BeenVerified is publicly available and accessible by anyone, and that all BeenVerified does is condense all of it into one, easy-to-search phone application.
Employers and parents searching for a babysitter will surely find this app useful. But given the popularity of the app – over 400,000 downloads and one-million-plus background checks performed so far – it ‘s obvious that not all background checks are being conducted for safety reasons. How many of those million-plus searches were conducted as a result of someone ‘s curiosity getting the better of them or, worse yet, by would-be stalkers?
Whatever the case may be, and where ever you may stand on the issue, it ‘s interesting to see such a controversial topic raised as a result of a mobile phone application. Technology has gone through evolution on steroids over the past decade. I remember freaking out when my newest flip phone had a screen on the inside and outside. Now? It can run a background check on anyone in the world and is bringing the ever-so-sensitive issue of invasion of privacy to the forefront. There ‘s an app for that.
Who would have ever thought?
What do you guys think about this app? Does it go too far?
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