Remember the 80s when all we used to worry about was razorblade filled candy, black-hearted madmen poisoning Halloween candy, and oddly karmic violent retribution for morally ambiguous acts?

Thousands of American parents, fearful that their children will be abused by paedophiles while trick-or-treating on Halloween, have downloaded software to identify the homes of sex offenders in their neighbourhoods.

The past always feels more innocent does it not?

More info on the iPhone app in question, the Offender Locator, can be found at Tech Crunch and Gizmodo.

(via telegraph)