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Girls Around Me app raises concerns about stalking

Posted on March 31, 2012 by pogowasright.org

Violet Blue reports that concerns over an app have led FourSquare to close API access to the app. Facebook does not seem to have responded yet:

The app Girls Around Me is being labeled “a wake-up call” for Facebook privacy.

It’s a sexual predator’s wet dream.

Girls Around Me is an app that merges Facebook and Foursquare data and layers it over Google Maps with real-time GPS location data to show the user where the nearest women are.

Read more on ZDNet.

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