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Invasive or Indispensable: The Case of Permanent GPS

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

A member of my religious community disappeared. Today, primarily thanks to Facebook and other online community services, we live a more public lifestyle, marrying our personal and professional selves (whether or not we want to) in our online presences. The comments are yours. He had a large family who cared deeply about him.

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Stop Your Smartphone From Telling Burglars Where You Live

Ari Herzog

Because today’s smartphones are preinstalled with GPS technology (that power your maps and Foursquare apps so you always know where you are), that technology is also added in the form of metadata that is attached to every photo or video your device records. Comments I am astonished at the naiveté of people who leave clues to.

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Find Twitter followers by location 2011

Laurel Papworth

Someone asked in comments on my blog – this one – “how to find followers or users on Twitter by location?&# Or based on the phone GPS co-ordinates that are sent with the tweet to Twitter. Doesn’t work if they are on a computer or they block GPS location on their phone. Self proclaimed. Copy that link.

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Approaching Strangers Through Foursquare

Ari Herzog

Using GPS chips embedded in your smartphone and latitude/longitude addresses, it is fairly easy for me to log into an app such as Foursquare , Loopt , or Google Latitude and (if your privacy settings allow me to) see who is proximate to my location. This privacy intrusion is why I deleted my Foursquare account two years ago.

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Why Facebook and Twitter are Old News

Ari Herzog

As long as you have a mobile device with GPS identification and the ability to visit a website, you can play. If you are inspired to add a comment with your thoughts, please visit Why Facebook and Twitter are Old News in your browser. Recent comments I really like the idea of the game/GPS, custom apps, etc.,

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Has Social Media Killed Off Privacy?

Laurel Papworth

What with Tom Tom selling our GPS data to the police that then book us for speeding, and facial recognition connecting our faces to our social networks and the privacy implications that entails, are we thinking enough about the big issues in our rush to upload, tag and share content in online communities? Can we hold back progress?

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New Photo-sharing App Called “Color”. The Next Big Thing?

Mindjumpers

Using something the company calls a “multi-lens,&# the app identifies nearby smartphones and instantly shares photos, videos, comments and likes with them. In this relation, the founder, Bill Bguyen, has also stated that the core goal with Color is to make small communities of friends and strangers.

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