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My location 2.jpg
Smartphone screen with user's location
Issue Geolocation disclosure via Location Services software
Value Privacy, Disclosure
Intent Various
Stakeholders Users...
Status
Legal Legal
Social Questionable
L
ocation Services
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  • High stability and low entropy of human physical movement (detecting patterns)
  • Issues: default settings (opt-out rather than opt-in), user ignorance, permissions and security, excessive and unnecessary privileges between OS and apps

Background and History

Development of capable technology:

  • multilateration - location determination via cell phone signal triangulation; uses the variation in the reception of signal bounce-back to determine relative position[1]
  • When was the first smartphone manufactured with GPS facilities?[citation needed]

Stakeholders

  • Smartphone users
  • Mobile phone carriers
  • Software developers
  • Advertising/marketing firms and the businesses they serve

Notable Cases

From popular culture, etc.

Legislation

To protect consumers/minimize risk/for convenience (Apple's "Find My Friends" app)

Policy

How major brands vary (iOS, Android, Windows Phone)

Ethical Implications

  • In the workplace
  • Personal life (family, friends)

External Links

See Also

References

  1. Sample footnote

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