privacy

Privacy is a big concern both online and in people's personal lives, but many people are still electing to have their position be tracked, and feel invulnerable. This same GPS technology has been used by the FBI to track people's cars.


The handy GPS that people access through their smartphones may also create a privacy problem without their knowledge. Photos taken with the smartphone's camera may be set to imbed the GPS coordinates of where the photo was taken, in the photo. When users upload their photos to sharing sites like Facebook, they're also releasing information about their location that most people tend to want to keep private.

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Original Technorati articles tagged “privacy”

• in IT
  What You Say Can and Will Be Used Against You in A …
  by a court of law, by your spouse, by the HR department, etc.
  by mdpeters67 / on May 25, 2012
• in Social Media
  Twitter Agrees to ”Do Not Track Privacy” Option
  Twitter agrees to acknowledge” Do Not Track Privacy” option
  by linus41 / on May 17, 2012
• in Technology
  Iran Forbids Institutions From Dealing with Gmail Users
  The Iranian government has banned citizens with foreign email accounts from accessing banks and other services.
  by cmimanagers / on May 14, 2012

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