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    Posted: 06-February-2009 at 20:17

Google Latitude

Quote Google's march into the location-aware services space attracted a considerable amount of concern over privacy when its latest project, Latitude, was unveiled.

Location-aware mobile services have been brewing gently for several years, with dozens of developers exploring ways of building entertainment, news and communication tools that provide more relevant information by recognising where you are.

Google Latitude: Is the public ready for mobile tracking? | Media | guardian.co.uk

… and we all smiled when that joke website saying it did this took you to a page showing two folk humping and thought ‘Nah! It’ll never happen.  Well here it is!

What some folk have said already ...

Knowing some folk this could put a lot of relationships in jeopardy 

This is madness!!

As a Dad with 3 wannabe wayward children

One factor that seems to be a concern according to what I've read so far is that of company mobile phones. Is it possible that companies will insist on it being enabled on their phones and therefore be able to track employees whereabouts?

There are many professions where it would be beneficial to track the employee - primarily for safety reasons.

There are a few companies that wouldn't use it appropriately.

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