Apple recently pulled the app called "Driver's License" by DriversEd.com through the urging of Senator Bob Casey, a Democrat from Pennsylvania.

The "Drivers License" app enable users to create fake driver's licenses through high-quality and authentic templates based from all 50 states from their Apple devices such iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch. Here is the official description from the company's Web site:

Download our Drivers License App and find out how you or your friends would look with a "license" from New York or even sunny California!

Take pictures with your iPhone or use pictures you already have and paste them into 'Drivers License.' We've got every single state so make a face, take a picture with friends, and go crazy! You can change all the personal info too, so the possibilities are endless. When you're done, just email your licenses or send them to Facebook for easy sharing!

The images that were created through this app could not be used as official IDs but as soon as this app was launched, there were already negative comments about this app. One of these negative comments mentioned that this app give users an accurate model for creating fake IDs through other ways. The Coalition for a Secure Driver's License was one of the groups that filed an earlier complaint against this app and demanded that it should be pulled out from the app store. Here is an excerpt of the statement released by the said group earlier this year:

"The user is then able to send the high quality digital image of the completed template to an email account. From the email attachment, the image can then be printed and laminated, creating a high quality counterfeit driver's license difficult to discern from one that's genuine."

Apple apparently did not do anything about this since the app is still available for download to users. This issue came into light once again when Senator Bob Casey apparently shared the same sentiment as it recently wrote a letter to Apple to make the same request. Here is what the senator said in his letter:

"I believe this application poses a threat to public safety and national security," Casey wrote. "[I]t can be used in a way that allows criminals to create a new identity, steal someone else's identity, or permit underage youth to purchase alcohol or tobacco illegally. National security systems depend on the trustworthiness of driver's licenses, yet with a counterfeit license created by the app, a terrorist could bypass identity verification by the Transportation Security Administration, or even apply for a passport."

In contrast to the first request, Apple instantly reacted to this statement and the app was quickly removed from the App store. In response to this accusation, the developer behind the said app also issued this official statement:

"In response to a letter from Senator Bob Casey (D-PA), Apple has pre-emptively pulled DriversEd.com's free "Driver License" application from the Apple Store. Senator Casey's concern is that the DriversEd.com "Driver License" app might "facilitate lawbreaking," by giving users access to a "...high quality image resembling an actual drivers' license." The DriversEd.com "Driver License" app's output is only 72 dpi, which is in fact the same resolution as the $10,000 Mitt Romney Bill released today by the Democratic National Committee."