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Loopt Trips Over Privacy - Digital Life Blog - InformationWeek

Saturday, July 19, 2008

Loopt Trips Over Privacy - Digital Life Blog - InformationWeek "The location-based social networking service Loopt is trying to recover from a privacy fumble, as users accuse it of spewing text-message spam and disclosing user cell phone numbers and whereabouts without permission. The controversy is sure to be a forerunner of privacy battles to come, as GPS-enabled cell phones like the iPhone enable businesses to track -- and disclose -- where people are at any given moment. "

Source: informationweek

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