Comments on: Foursquare – fun game or impending privacy nightmare?

By: Facebook App Developer

Facebook App Developer — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 07:56:00 +0000

How many half way decent apps have you seen that only work in California or generate the same old kerfuffle because your city, neighbourhood or boring little UK market town isn’t included?

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As Rummble’s CEO is ousted, the story of a European startup unravels — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 18:26:36 +0000

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By: Facebook Places and Serendipity - Open Creative Communications

Facebook Places and Serendipity - Open Creative Communications — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:50:19 +0000

[...] discussion of these location-sharing services is generally dominated by privacy and the dos-and-don’ts of trumpeting one’s every movement (bowel included), it was actually the [...]

By: Did Mark Zuckerberg leave a Facebook Places trail in London?

Did Mark Zuckerberg leave a Facebook Places trail in London? — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 11:42:31 +0000

[...] we pointed out when Foursquare launched in London, plenty of people still have no idea how to use location check-ins wisely. Tweet ThisTipSHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Did Mark [...]

By: General Proximity | BootStrap

General Proximity | BootStrap — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 06:28:54 +0000

[...] ONLY on strict proximity controls, where your precise location is never advertized. The potential scare that LBS social privacy may instill in users has caused much ado about a lot when it comes to an [...]

By: Foursquare Attempts to Cross the Chasm… « Echoecho blog

Foursquare Attempts to Cross the Chasm… « Echoecho blog — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 06:59:47 +0000

[...] than North America, they are notoriously private people – even the social media folks in Europe expressed concern early [...]

By: Foursquare or Not, Game-Based Locamedia is In « Ducks ‘n Flags

Foursquare or Not, Game-Based Locamedia is In « Ducks ‘n Flags — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 20:58:08 +0000

[...] alerting you every block about how to get a free drink? The fact that the Locamedia providers have very vague privacy controls doesn’t [...]

By: Technology blog » Stalqer Peers Into Your iPhone For A New Level Of Location-Based Creepiness

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 10:12:43 +0000

[...] where I am at all times, even if I have not started up the app on my phone. Privacy has been an issue with Foursquare and I suspect that it will become an issue for [...]

By: Techno Information » Blog Archive » Stalqer Peers Into Your iPhone For A New Level Of Location-Based Creepiness

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:57:02 +0000

[...] where I am at all times, even if I have not started up the app on my phone. Privacy has been an issue with Foursquare and I suspect that it will become an issue for [...]

By: Stalqer Peers Into Your iPhone For A New Level Of Location-Based Creepiness | Tech stuff center

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:04:28 +0000

[...] not started up the app on my phone. Privacy has been an issue with Foursquare and I suspect that it will become an [...]

By: Mash123 » Stalqer Peers Into Your iPhone For A New Level Of Location-Based Creepiness

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 05:28:14 +0000

[...] even if I have not started up the app on my phone. Privacy has been an issue with Foursquare and I suspect that it will become an issue for [...]

By: what consumes me, bud caddell » Stalqer Peers Into Your iPhone For A New Level Of Location-Based Creepiness

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 05:20:40 +0000

[...] where I am at all times, even if I have not started up the app on my phone. Privacy has been an issue with Foursquare and I suspect that it will become an issue for [...]

By: Stalqer Peers Into Your iPhone For A New Level Of Location-Based Creepiness

Stalqer Peers Into Your iPhone For A New Level Of Location-Based Creepiness — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 03:46:48 +0000

[...] where I am at all times, even if I have not started up the app on my phone. Privacy has been an issue with Foursquare and I suspect that it will become an issue for [...]

By: StevieB’s Shared Items – October 9, 2009 | LostInCyberspace

StevieB’s Shared Items – October 9, 2009 | LostInCyberspace — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 10:01:14 +0000

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By: Matthew Anderson

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 09:04:40 +0000

The spam (sorry email) settings on Forsquare are annoying and need to be sorted. If I activated all my emails from the various networks I am sure that I would take my email server down.

Privacy is a big issue with social networks and I am surprised that Forsquare gives out such information so easily. You say that you were not her friend?

Personal info on any network is not new (just look at what info Facebook asks you for).

We must be careful about what we give away online, even a Tweet such as – “I am going on holiday for two weeks” could end up with your house being burgled!

By: Niall Harbison

Niall Harbison — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 07:16:47 +0000

Really interested to get my hands on this and hope they roll it out past London soon. From what people are saying in the USA it is the cool kids using it rather than the more geeky middle aged element using Twitter so the adoption will be a lot quicker and kids should also get into it as there is a game factor to it. The privacy issue would be a real worry with kids and I would also be pretty wary of updating it when at home as I wouldn’t really want people knowing where I lived

By: Julian Bond

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 12:22:35 +0000

Oy vey. Why can’t somebody (anybody) do for “Where am I” what Twitter did for “what am I doing/thinking”. I keep looking at these geolocation apps and they all suck. The most annoying is when they aren’t global by design from day one. Or when they use the Craigslist-esque, city paradigm. How many half way decent apps have you seen that only work in California or generate the same old kerfuffle because your city, neighbourhood or boring little UK market town isn’t included?

Our good friends at Fireeagle thought long and hard about all the privacy aspects but I’m still waiting for some solid app that uses it. Then we have all that browser and mobile geolocation , GPS, cell triangulation, wifi hotspot goodness just waiting to be used.

I know this stuff isn’t easy but come on, somebody, anybody, please work it out.

By: roningirl

roningirl — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 09:59:18 +0000

We are still Foursquare- (and Rummble)-bereft in Brussels, and I had been eager to try it out. Thanks for the heads-up, and mostly for using the word “kerfuffle”!

By: London says welcome to Foursquare!

London says welcome to Foursquare! — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 09:23:56 +0000

[...] spotted an interesting article over on TechCrunch UK that explores the privacy issues around Foursquare, partucilarly how it can’t control [...]

By: davidjwbailey

davidjwbailey — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 09:18:39 +0000

not going to take long before “adult services” spam this to death, is it.

why do designers always assume “good” on the part of users? spending just a week thinking of what “evil” might use your application for is a reasonable use of a design teams time.

if they can’t, ask me, I can be evil on demand