Comments on: Attitudes ’bout Latitude http://www.timpeter.com/blog/2009/02/06/attitudes-bout-latitude/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=attitudes-bout-latitude Interactive marketing and e-commerce strategy blog for the local, mobile, social web Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:08:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Tim http://www.timpeter.com/blog/2009/02/06/attitudes-bout-latitude/comment-page-1/#comment-2729 Tim Tue, 10 Feb 2009 22:47:41 +0000 http://www.timpeter.com/blog/?p=627#comment-2729 Hi Jake, I'm going to be self-referential and reuse my comment on FriendFeed, in which I agree with your point: "Scoble’s comments about Latitude’s privacy controls are valid.Facebook, Google and the like are not the big threats to privacy. <b>Mobile phone carriers, credit card companies and local governments are. The data trail we leave unconsciously (i.e., credit card purchases, phone calls, security camera images) are far more troubling than those we leave consciously on social networks</b>. Social networks allow you to limit whether your friends can see your location. Of course, as true privacy advocates will tell you, your friends aren’t the ones you should worry about." If Google added further privacy controls, that's a Good Thing. But, is it Latitude's most pressing problem? I don't think so. Still, a biometric hip-hop dance scanner would be bad ass. ;) Hi Jake,
I’m going to be self-referential and reuse my comment on FriendFeed, in which I agree with your point: “Scoble’s comments about Latitude’s privacy controls are valid.Facebook, Google and the like are not the big threats to privacy. Mobile phone carriers, credit card companies and local governments are. The data trail we leave unconsciously (i.e., credit card purchases, phone calls, security camera images) are far more troubling than those we leave consciously on social networks. Social networks allow you to limit whether your friends can see your location. Of course, as true privacy advocates will tell you, your friends aren’t the ones you should worry about.”

If Google added further privacy controls, that’s a Good Thing. But, is it Latitude’s most pressing problem? I don’t think so.

Still, a biometric hip-hop dance scanner would be bad ass. ;)

]]> By: Jake http://www.timpeter.com/blog/2009/02/06/attitudes-bout-latitude/comment-page-1/#comment-2727 Jake Tue, 10 Feb 2009 18:10:15 +0000 http://www.timpeter.com/blog/?p=627#comment-2727 Tim, I think Greg has it right and the privacy concerns are way overblown. Of course Google could always add more safeguards, checks, or require constant validation that you want to use the service. But that's like saying my bank's website could always add another password requirement, iris scan, facial recognition, thumbprint, voice test or hip hop dance routine to make me log in. At some point we all sacrifice a small risk of privacy invasion or security breech for a big usability and convenience benefit. Tim, I think Greg has it right and the privacy concerns are way overblown. Of course Google could always add more safeguards, checks, or require constant validation that you want to use the service. But that’s like saying my bank’s website could always add another password requirement, iris scan, facial recognition, thumbprint, voice test or hip hop dance routine to make me log in. At some point we all sacrifice a small risk of privacy invasion or security breech for a big usability and convenience benefit.

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