Joan Lippincott

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Next Tuesday, July 27, EDUCAUSE Live! will explore privacy issues related to mobile computing.

“Location-Sharing Technologies: Privacy Risks and Controls”

http://www.educause.edu/live1020

1-2pm U.S. Eastern Time, Tuesday, July 27. No charge, but registration required. Archived for future (re)viewing.

Speaker: Lorrie Faith Cramor, Associate Professor of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University http://lorrie.cranor.org/

Summary:

Due to the ability of cell phone providers to use cell phone towers to pinpoint users¹ locations, the increasing popularity of GPS capabilities in cell phones, and the rise of cell phones for Internet use, a plethora of new applications have been developed that share users’ real-time location information online. Foursquare, Loopt, and Google Latitude are just a few examples. This talk will discuss users¹ risk and benefit perceptions related to the use of these technologies and the privacy controls of existing location-sharing applications. We’ll also discuss Locaccino, a location-sharing service we developed to provide a platform for experimenting with privacy controls for end users. Locaccino provides users with precision control over who can see their location. While most location-based systems only allow users to list which contacts should or shouldn¹t be able to see their location, Locaccino offers more granular privacy settings.

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