Three Reasons Why I Won’t Be Using Google Latitude - PC World

Wed, Feb 4th, 2009

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Google unveiled its new mobile location tracking service, Google Latitude, on Wednesday -- and it took me only a matter of minutes to determine it’s one service I won’t be using.

Google Latitude, if you haven’t heard, lets you have your location monitored and shared in real-time with your friends, family, or whomever you choose. Once you sign up, GPS satellites and cell towers watch your whereabouts. They pull location data from your laptop or smartphone, then pinpoint you on a pretty little Google Map as you go about your day.

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