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Google Latitude Is Now Only 99% Creepy

TechCrunch has retweeted (oops, got my social media all confused there) posted a link to a video from CBS5 in San Francisco. Thieves stole a young woman’s purse. Unbeknownst to them, she had Google Latitude installed on her phone — as a “joke” so she and her sisters could stalk each other. A quick call to her sister in LA using another phone confirmed the location of her purse half a mile away. The police went there and it was “Book ‘em, Dano” all the way.

A great story. But it doesn’t take away from the fact that services such as Google Latitude and Google Voice give Google way too much personal info about ourselves.

Full post as published by Jenkins Webblits on April 15, 2009 (boomark / email).