Facebook Launches Location Based Product

adeelarshad82 writes "Facebook officially launched its 'Places' location-based product, backed by seeming rivals Foursquare and Gowalla. Facebook had been expected to announce a location service ever since it announced the press conference earlier this week. The Places service officially goes live August 19, although an iPhone app will go live on the August 18. According to Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook Places has been in development for several months. It had three goals, he said: helping share where you are in a nice and social way, to see who's around you, and just discover new and cool places to visit in the future."

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I Can't Wait...

[cdoggyd]

...to ignore this. I am SO over Facebook.

Big brother anybody?

[houghi]

It just amazes me how much we are willing to give away everything that is related to our privacy.

Advertisement is one of the least things I am worried about. What I am worried about is that nobody really cares about privacy. Not really. Many people think that if you are in public, you do not have a right on privacy. Many people think that if you give it away, it is your right and not a big issue.

However I try to do my best to not only think about my privacy, but about others as well, just as I would think about other peoples freedom and not just my own.