GPS cell phone tracking meets social networking November 17, 2006
Posted by Rich in : GPS tracking and privacy, GPS tracking cell phones , trackback
Earlier this week, Loopt announced a partnership with Sprint Nextel’s Boost Mobile to offer a social networking service on GPS cell phones. According to the companies, this is:
…the first-of-a-kind location-based social mapping service that enables young mobile phone users to share their location, status messages, photos and other on-the-go experiences with friends from their Boost Mobile phone. Unlike other social location services, Boost loopt, available to all Boost users on November 20, automatically updates the location of everyone in a private network of Boost customers and displays that information directly on a map on the phone. Boost loopt even sends an alert when a friend in the network is near, putting an end to missed connections in the mall, at the movies or around town.
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it invades my privacy