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André Lemos is Associate Professor, Faculty of Communication, Federal University of Bahia, Brazil. PhD in Sociology, Sorbonne (1995), Visiting Scholar University of Alberta and McGill University, Canada (2007-2008). Coordinator of Cybercity Research Group (UFBa/CNPq) and Researcher level 1 at CNPq. Member of Prix Ars Electronica, Wi. Journal of Mobile Media and Canadian Journal of Communication Board. This Carnet is online since March 1st, 2001.


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wSaturday, February 07, 2009


Google Latitude



Como escrevi recentemente, o Google Latitude é um interessante instrumento para criação de redes sociais móveis, mas pode também servir como instrumento de vigilância. O Google parece estar atento para esse problema. Vejam que o sistema permite ajustar níveis de privacidade (quem você quer que te veja) e níveis de anonimato (graus de precisão da sua localização). O Google também não mantêm um log de suas localizações. Vejam o vídeo do YouTube acima.

Mesmo assim, possibilidades de controle, monitoramento e vigilância vão surgir. Vejam, por exemplo, a matéria da PC World, "Spy on Your Workers With Google Latitude", de David Coursey, mostrando como as empresas podem usá-lo para espionar funcionários. Trecho:

"It's easy to think of business uses for Latitude, such as tracking service people as they move from call-to-call. Delivery vehicles might also be tracked, and the service could also be used to make certain the closest resource is always sent to a customer's request. (...) The downside of Latitude is the amount of extremely personal information, such as the details of all a person's travels that is sent to Google. I know people who simply don't trust Google to not become evil, if the company hasn't already. They wonder why the company offers so many free applications unless it has some way to monetize them that isn't obvious to the user."

A organização "Privacy International", baseada em Londres, afirma em relatório que esse tipo de vigilância já está sendo usado por empresas com dispositivos móveis ?without the knowledge or consent of their users?. Assim como o Google Latitude tem possibilidades de criar privacidade e anonimato, como vimos acima, ?Privacy International? adverte que o mesmo sistema pode ser usado para que usuários não saibam que estão sendo seguidos. Segundo a organização:

"The only means of minimizing this threat might be a regular message sent to a phone advising that it has been Latitude-enabled. (...) However, according to Google, this function is available only in certain circumstances" and may only apply to "certain unspecified phone types."

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