香港警暴問題越演越烈，不少香港市民驚警察多過驚賊。因此，有香港人開發了通報各區示威衝突及警察出沒位置的應用程式「HKmap.live」幫助市民了解最新狀況。不過這app甫上架就一波幾折：先是在app store申請上架被拒；到上星期終於成功上架供人下載，但不足一星期，Apple剛剛就宣佈要把「HKmap.live」下架，主要原因是「使用方式危害執法人員和市民」。
而「HKmap.live」在其Telegram頻道亦已證實消息，並把Apple通知的原文傳出，原文如下：「We created the App Store to be a safe and trusted place to discover apps. We have learned that your app has been used in ways that endanger law enforcement and residents in Hong Kong.
The app displays police locations and we have verified with the Hong Kong Cybersecurity and Technology Crime Bureau that the app has been used to target and ambush police, threaten public safety, and criminals have used it to victimize residents in areas where they know there is no law enforcement. This use of your app has resulted in serious harm to these citizens.
For these reasons, we have determined that this app violates our guidelines and local laws and we have removed it from the App Store.
- App Store Review Guideline 5: Legal - “Apps must comply with all legal requirements in any location where they are made available." And apps “that solicit, promote, or encourage criminal activity or clearly reckless behavior will be rejected.”
- Apple Developer Program License Agreement: Use of the Apple Software and Services Section 3.2 (b) - “You will not use the Apple Software or any Apple Services for any unlawful or illegal activity, nor to develop any Covered Product, which would commit or facilitate the commission of a crime, or other tortious, unlawful or illegal act.”」
主要大意是指「HKmap.live」會顯示警察位置，並會協助犯罪分子瞄準和伏擊警察，亦會利用在沒有警察的地區犯事，對市民造成了嚴重傷害。其中亦表明已向警隊的網絡安全及科技罪案調查科進行核實。
記者嘗試在app store搜尋「HKmap.live」，發現仍能找出，更有下載按鍵，不過到正式下載時就顯示「無法再使用此項目」。今次Apple下架「HKmap.live」究竟是警察篤灰、是真正考慮香港市民安全，又或是自行向黨下跪呢？各位自行判斷吧。
記者：韓繼聰
