2 posts and columns on location sharing

As Location-Sharing Services Grow, Privacy Concerns Do Too

in News on March 10, 2010 at 2:11 pm PT

As the list of programs that collect users’ location information grows, concern about privacy risks is increasing along with it. Facebook is set to add location-sharing to its popular site next month. Meanwhile, services such as Foursquare and Loopt have been adding users, and a plethora of smaller tools have sprung up as well.

Sharing Where You Are When You Care to Share

in Personal Technology on May 20, 2009 at 6:02 pm PT

By Nick Wingfield

Cellphone location-sharing service Glympse is simple, useful and a non-creepy way to share your whereabouts when you want someone to know.