Comments on: Can I Please Stalk You… Am I The Only One?

By: DavidK

DavidK — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 19:43:54 +0000

All new technologies can be misused and everyone eventually learns to gain benefit from it. I am sure that 10 years ago the concept of typing your name on your computer and getting back information such as employment history, birthdate, and even where you have lived seemed creepy yet you can easily do that now.
Check out http://www.trickertracker.com

By: Randy R.

Randy R. — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 11:04:55 +0000

Okay so maybe I’ll provide the stupid answer. This seems like fun, no need to paranoid man, Buy a metrocard, hop on the subway and let them have fun on trying to track you down.

By: Greg Myers

Greg Myers — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 07:26:53 +0000

Gary,
There is currently testing of a Beta Marketing application to track your current location live. You input all the things you like etc, and you are sent an email of when/where/how much. Stores near by your current location offering you deals on the things you have inputted that you like.
Direct marketing is the most cost effective way of marketing an item especially if you have the demographic of the person you are marketing to. At the end of the day, scary stuff but a one persons detailed information can be a great commodity to cutting edge marketing firms…

By: Ronen Halevy

Ronen Halevy — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 22:15:04 +0000

Who said the general public or the government? What about your ex-girl/boyfriend stalker? Or even worse your ex-husband/wife?

Or when will it become acceptable (common practice) for employers to give you GPS tracking devices to monitor your movements? Some companies already do this.

Or will it become acceptable for wireless companies to sell the location of their current subscribers?

I personally don’t care but it is enough to make you understand the paranoia…

By: Gary

Gary — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 22:06:32 +0000

Could it be that you think a little to much of yourself to think the general public (or the evil corporation) wants to know where you are 24/7?

By: Lee

Lee — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 20:29:33 +0000

I agree wholeheartedly. The entire trend is creepy and disturbing to me

By: Justin

Justin — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 19:06:44 +0000

There is an app out there for WinMo users called Tricker Tracker, which takes the last 5 GPS coordinates and uploads them to their server. You can then make your “map page” public so others can see them plotted on the map. I could see this being useful if your kid is on a road trip and you want to check on their progress, but overall…yeah, kind of scary.

By: Bla1ze

Bla1ze — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 18:16:30 +0000

@Luciano ES

Gotcha, sometimes I have a bad habit of digging deeper into things then I really need too lmao!!

By: Luciano ES

Luciano ES — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 17:02:04 +0000

Youi’re right, Bla1ze, but I didn’t mean that kind of tricky T&C agreements. I was referring to Twitter whereby people know they are advertising their current activities, or geolocation apps by means of which people know they are revealing their current location to all and sundry. Volunteering all the way.

By: Bla1ze

Bla1ze — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:48:04 +0000

I have long been concerned over who collects what data, with this applications people being able to track my location, even look at my billing and see all the numbers I have called so on and so forth, now while you are right Luciano, people volunteer this information, but how many of the people actually UNDERSTAND what they are doing when they agree to terms and conditions of services, I’m positive many, many people see the t&c page, check the little box that could really be saying they just signed over their house and car and never know it until someone came to collect the car and seize the house…this is the reason why I have no real connection to a great many “social networks” out there these days, I’m sure if you look back far enough into the investors you will find a good many data mining organizations behind their funding i.e Facebook…

But then again, maybe I’m the paranoid one…but I assure, my house and car wont be seized because I failed to read some t&c’s lmao!!

By: Luciano ES

Luciano ES — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:02:55 +0000

Well, Ronen, maybe you have a point, but maybe you miss the point that everyone is volunteering all that information. I guess people are bored, people are lonely, people want to show off. When you can blame no one but the users themselves, maybe you no longer have a point.
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I’m only sure you’re wrong about the cat stalking you. Cats don’t give a rat’s ass.

By: Harold J. Thomas

Harold J. Thomas — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:00:26 +0000

I think the coolness factor of these applications, gets the best of us sometimes.

I admit, I install apps on my BB just because I can , then I do an audit , and I delete multipe apps that I haven’t used in a month.

Now , as far as the real time Google people search thing is concernec , I wouldn’t put it past them. Probably in beta testing as we speak.