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Invasive or Indispensable: The Case of Permanent GPS

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

This isn’t a real post about social media strategy, but it’s an important issue that follows from our social media behavior online. These terrifying statistics make me wonder if it’s time to change given that our privacy is starting to diminish. More than 2,300 people a reported missing each day.

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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?

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Pure App Review

SocialFish

On your first login, Pure will request access to your data as well as your GPS location. Since Pure only allow connections with users nearby, the platform relies heavily on GPS data to function correctly. Pure uses your GPS information to ensure it only serves up potential matches that are closest to you. Location Issues.

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Intro to Foursquare, Brightkite & Location-Based Social Media

Socialized

The most widely understood method is through Global Positioning System (GPS) data obtained from navigational satellites in geosynchronous orbit. The National Space-Based PNT Executive Committee says GPS has “accuracy of 7.8 The National Space-Based PNT Executive Committee says GPS has “accuracy of 7.8 Brightkite.

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Location Tracking Ban on COVID-19 Contact Tracing Apps

Tweaklibrary

The system from Apple & Google will be using Bluetooth signals instead of storing GPS location data. The companies are quite certain about not allowing the use of GPS location data with contact tracing systems. Contact tracing can help slow the spread of COVID-19 and can be done without compromising user privacy.

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6 Reasons Social Media Sucks, But You Need to Use It Anyway

Webbiquity SMM

It means giving up one’s privacy. Facebook in particular is notorious for privacy issues. Not an unreasonable concern. Google settled a lawsuit last fall relating to its Google Buzz service. The solution?

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Why Is Wi-Fi So Slow On My Phone?

Tweaklibrary

If you are dealing with “phone Wi-Fi slow” or “Android Wi-Fi slow” kind of issues, then in this case, you might consider trying some of the suggestions below. So, let’s get started with the reasons why your phone’s Wi-Fi internet speed is slow and how you can fix the issue. Congested Wi-Fi Issue 3. Congested Wi-Fi Issue.