Google Warns Latitude Users That They Might Be Sharing Their Location

February 18 2010, 12:27pm

Google appears to be getting a tad paranoid about its own privacy policies on the heels of the whole Google Buzz debacle. The company apparently sent out an e-mail to some Latitude users this morning, warning them that the service might be giving away their location – which is kind of the whole point of the app – and asking them to check their settings. Update: commenters tell us Google started sending out said e-mails a while ago, not today. As a reminder, Google Latitude is a location-aware application that was specifically designed to let mobile phone users broadcast their location to certain people. This is the e-mail, forwarded to us by Andrés Catalán: ———- Forwarded message ———- From: Date: Feb 18, 2010 3:22 AM Subject: You are using Google Latitude and reporting your location To: Hi, To protect your privacy we would like you to know that Google Latitude is running on your Android-powered device and reporting your location. If you didn’t enable this or want to stop reporting your location please open the Maps app on your device. Go to ‘Menu’ > ‘Latitude’ > ‘Privacy’ and change your privacy settings. Thanks, Google Latitude Team (c) 2009 Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Terms of Service | Privacy Policy CrunchBase InformationGoogle LatitudeInformation provided by CrunchBase

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