'Stalker' app pulled after 'tool for rapists' outcry Ben Grubb
An iPhone app that in effect allowed users to stalk women nearby using location-based social networking service Foursquare has been pulled from the iTunes app store by its developer after an outcry.
The "Girls Around Me" app used publicly available data from the check-in service Foursquare to show where women had checked in nearby. Foursquare then yanked the Girls Around Me app's access to its data. This, in turn, led to the app's developer removing it from iTunes as it did not work properly.
"This is a violation of our API [application programming interface] policy, so we've reached out to the developer and shut off their API access," Laura Covington, a Foursquare spokeswoman, said in statement to The New York Times.
In addition to showing on a map women who had checked in to locations nearby using Foursquare, the app also let users view Facebook information of those women if they had tied their Facebook accounts to their Foursquare accounts and if their Facebook account privacy settings were lax enough to allow any user to access it
On the girlsaround.me promotional website used for marketing the app, it states that the service "helps you see where nearby girls are checking in, and shows you what they look like and how to get in touch.
"You can also search for guys or see who's hanging out at a particular place," it says.
Another tag line states this: "In the mood for love, or just after a one-night stand? Girls Around Me puts you in control! Reveal the hottest nightspots, who's in them, and how to reach them."
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/consumer-security/stalker-app-pulled-after-tool-for-rapists-outcry-20120402-1w7p4.html#ixzz1r3cWrUkd
I know, Unbelievable!
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An iPhone app that in effect allowed users to stalk women nearby using location-based social networking service Foursquare has been pulled from the iTunes app store by its developer after an outcry.
The "Girls Around Me" app used publicly available data from the check-in service Foursquare to show where women had checked in nearby. Foursquare then yanked the Girls Around Me app's access to its data. This, in turn, led to the app's developer removing it from iTunes as it did not work properly.
"This is a violation of our API [application programming interface] policy, so we've reached out to the developer and shut off their API access," Laura Covington, a Foursquare spokeswoman, said in statement to The New York Times.
In addition to showing on a map women who had checked in to locations nearby using Foursquare, the app also let users view Facebook information of those women if they had tied their Facebook accounts to their Foursquare accounts and if their Facebook account privacy settings were lax enough to allow any user to access it
On the girlsaround.me promotional website used for marketing the app, it states that the service "helps you see where nearby girls are checking in, and shows you what they look like and how to get in touch.
"You can also search for guys or see who's hanging out at a particular place," it says.
Another tag line states this: "In the mood for love, or just after a one-night stand? Girls Around Me puts you in control! Reveal the hottest nightspots, who's in them, and how to reach them."
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/consumer-security/stalker-app-pulled-after-tool-for-rapists-outcry-20120402-1w7p4.html#ixzz1r3cWrUkd
I know, Unbelievable!
http://amansworldbook.com/
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