Three Reasons Why I Won't Be Using Google Latitude. Targeted advertising -- not to mention an intangible creepy feeling -- will keep me under the radar.
JR Raphael, PC World. Google unveiled its new mobile location tracking service, Google Latitude, on Wednesday -- and it took me only a matter of minutes to determine it’s one service I won’t be using. Google Latitude, if you haven’t heard, lets you have your location monitored and shared in real time with your friends, family, or whomever you choose. Once you sign up, GPS satellites and cell towers watch your whereabouts. They pull location data from your laptop or smartphone, then pinpoint you on a pretty little Google Map as you go about your day. While Google Latitude isn’t the first mobile location tracking service to hit the market, it may be the first with the potential for mainstream and widespread adoption. Here are three reasons why I won’t be hopping on the bandwagon. more... http://www.pcworld.com/article/158953/three_reasons_why_i_wont_be_using_google_latitude.html _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
