Real-time location sharing service Glassmap gets clear about online privacy

GigaOM :: Software services and applications are becoming increasingly intertwined with users’ lives. And this connection is leading to increasing concerns about privacy. We have already seen service-to-user dissonance with the recent privacy controversies at Google, Apple and Path. As the co-founders of Glassmap, a real-time location sharing service, we have first hand experience with trying to resolve this dissonance. Robert Scoble recently criticized Glassmap’s registration process as a severe violation of user privacy.

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