Article Title
"Privacy Backlash Over Girls Around Me Mobile App"
Article Author
BBC News Technology (no listed author)
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Article Summary
An app that originally used check-in information from Facebook and Foursquare to pin point local women is viewed in a negative light because of it's "misunderstood" purpose, according to its company representative. (214cc)
Relevance to the Class
Class relevance was not so much the actual topic, but the functionality of the app. By keeping track of check-ins from different social networks, ones privacy went from being found via innocent social networking to having random people locate you via check-in, a physical place of being. (287cc)
Key Quote
"This is an app you should download to teach the people you care about that privacy issues are real, that social networks like Facebook and Foursquare exposes you and the ones you love, and that if you do not know exactly how much you are sharing." (248cc)
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