Google Latitude's personal privacy protection

Google launched the mobile positioning service "Google aspect" (Google
Latitude ). Although Google has made a lot of considerations in privacy protection, this service has caused many Internet users to worry about personal privacy. Here I will analyze and discuss some of my own tests.
Latitude is mainly used for personal privacy protection.

Open this address on your mobile phone or computer to use Google Latitude. Currently, Google
For use on maps, the simplified Chinese text is not available yet and will not overwrite the simplified Google map on the mobile phone. When Chinese users use IE to add Google Latitude to igoogle, they will prompt"
Latitude igoogle gadget is not currently available for your location ". In this case, you can use the English version of igoogle for normal display. Maybe Google will judge the user based on the language attribute.

Install Google 3.0 on your mobile phone
After maps, you can select "" to join the latitude service. You can select "" to stop displaying your position at any time.

In privacy, you can select "automatically update your location ", you can also select "manually select location on the map" or "your friends will not see your location. This controls the degree of personal privacy sharing.

In addition, you can set permissions for a single friend, you can select "share detailed location information" for a friend, "publish your city or city only", or "Do not let this friend see ".

After you exit the Google Maps mobile edition, you will be prompted to "continue to share your location". If you select "no", Google
Latitude will not update the user's geographic location. Even if the user's geographic location changes a lot, other friends will still see the original location on the map. Therefore, you only need to exit the Google
Maps.

In general, Google has done a lot of work on personal privacy protection in terms of the latitude service, but using this service will eventually reveal some of its own personal privacy, especially Chinese people also like to explore the privacy of others, so pay special attention when using this software.

Google Latitude currently supports Android, BlackBerry, s60, and Windows
Non-smartphone users (such as s40 mobile phones) cannot use the four types of mobile phones.