Location Services Raise Privacy Concerns

Location-based services are becoming more common and the features they add to mobile devices can be useful and even fun. But they also bring concerns about privacy and safety. Several sites take a social networking approach such as Foursquare.com Gowalla.com and Yelp. All three offer options where a user shares their location with friends. For example on Foursquare one can “check in” at a favorite restaurant and voice an opinion about the food. But the downside is that everyone who reads the posting will know the user isn t home. On top of that some services such as Foursquare can be linked to Twitter feeds.

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