No girls around: Female-tracking app taken down
Controversial iPhone application "Girls Around Me", which allowed users to track all females in the area by collecting their information from social networks, has been taken down by the developer in the wake of a public outcry over privacy.
"Girls Around Me" used information from location-based social network Foursquare to find women on a map and view their publicly-available pictures from Facebook. The women had no idea they were being tracked by strangers and had no chance to opt out..... MORE
Source: RT.com
URL: http://rt.com/news/girls-around-me-privacy-083/
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