Facebook rolled out its Places feature this week to much fanfare — so much, in fact, that the official Facebook Blog has an update note posted that users who are unable to access the service should try back soon to see if they can check in. The app, available on the iPhone as part of Facebook for iPhone and available to all other mobile users through the touch.facebook.com website, allows people to indicate their location in the physical world to all their Facebook friends in the virtual world.
This is dicey for FB and all social network sites are facing questionable privacy protection issues as they strive to out-pace each other in personalization. How long until an x-wife claims that her husband was stalking her via FB places? Or someone has a home burglary and claims the bad guy knew they weren't home due to geo locating services? It will be interesting too see how the networks approach the evolving issue of privacy.
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Mastering Places Privacy Can Be Tricky, Facebook Critics Charge
Posted by: Kimberly Hill August 20, 2010 09:13 AMFacebook rolled out its Places feature this week to much fanfare — so much, in fact, that the official Facebook Blog has an update note posted that users who are unable to access the service should try back soon to see if they can check in. The app, available on the iPhone as part of Facebook for iPhone and available to all other mobile users through the touch.facebook.com website, allows people to indicate their location in the physical world to all their Facebook friends in the virtual world.