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We know where you are: Google lets you track friends and family through their mobiles
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| Contributor | kal |
| Last Edited | kal Feb 05, 2009 03:23am |
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| Category | General |
| Media | Newspaper - Daily Mail |
| News Date | Thursday, February 5, 2009 09:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Google has launched a tracking service that lets parents keep an eye on their children - and wives keep tabs on their husbands - round the clock.
The software allows owners of mobile phones or BlackBerry hand-held computers to have their whereabouts followed by family and friends anywhere around the world.
Once the service is activated, the location of a person's phone appears as a blue dot on a map on the screen of whoever is allowed to monitor them.
The Latitude feature is being promoted by Google as a 'fun' way to 'keep tabs on someone special'.
However, it will raise concerns about privacy - and whether it is encouraging a Big Brother culture.
The software is included in the latest version of Google maps for mobiles - software that allows mobile phone owners to browse maps on the go.
'This adds a social flavour to Google maps and makes it more fun,' said Steve Lee, a Google product manager.
Google insisted there was no threat to privacy.
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