GOOGLE Lattitude

Technological development is sometimes like a double-edged dagger. On the one hand can be useful, but on the other hand can also be detrimental. This proverb as appropriate if given to the facility called Google Latitude, Google's latest service is actually a development of the Google Map that we have known before.

With this service we can track the whereabouts of a person with the help of the handset / PC. Google Latitude mengidentifasi presence of someone with memanfaaatkan BTS / Tower from our nearest mobile phone network. Furthermore, Latitude will calculate the coordinates of the position of the handset holder. The facility is still not able to detect the position of someone with high accuracy as GPS. Although not as accurate as the device used by the military, but mentioned a 900m radius of the source in my opinion is enough 'accurate' and potential can be quickly scaled up easily.

To be able to use the facilities 'location sharing', users need to invite a friend or add the ID of gmail contact address. Users can also control who can see where we go through settings that claimed Google to protect users' privacy.

There was also the maker also features a status message and upload a photo that is automatically synchronized with our gmail account. There is also a feature to datap contact friends quickly by using SMS, IM or via telephone.

According to Google, this application can not be used for all phones. Just a few phones compatible with this application is as follows:

    BlackBerry
    Windows Mobile 5.0
    Symbian S60 devices (Some brands Smartphone)
    iPhone and iPod touch devices (soon circulated)
    Android-powered devices, such as T-Mobile G1 and some laptop models that will soon be available
    Some Java-enabled mobile phones (J2ME) like Sony Ericsson (soon circulated)

It seems lately privacy already ruled out by Google, or if interested parties arguably behind Google services. Looks like Google look at one eye to allegations of violations of privacy Britisher to the Google Map. Imagine how difficult if one day Google to easily detect someone with a detail to the information that Person A was in the restroom circulated widely on the Internet .. Then where the protection of our privacy?



when talking about location tracking someone through mobile phone network, I was reminded by the Sci-Fi IT smelling my attention titled "Eagle Eye". There illustrated that when humans depend on the particular communication medium telephone networks are not aware they had surrendered in order to be used almost for everything. There is described starting from trapping a person in an artificial plot that never imagined until the climax of the story when there is threat of a coup against the government. Exploitation of the lines of communication without limits can lead to catastrophe is far from that comes to mind when exploited by irresponsible parties.

At this writing, if you try to open Latitude in http://www.google.com/latitude, you will not find support for the Indonesian territory. Thank God ... (or just the opposite?). How do you think?