By: Aseem Gaurav on April 1, 2012
The mobile app ‘Girls Around Me’ which uses geo-location to stalk and find personal information such as full name, photos, and send them messages, has been pulled out of Apple’s iTunes store. The app merged Facebook and Foursquare information with real-time GPS location data, and crossed the line from desperate to downright creepy and scary.
The app, built by the Russian firm i-Free Innovations, has already been yanked out by Foursquare as the company said it violates Foursquare's API (application program interface) policy.
The app’s working was simple: launch the app and link up your Facebook account and then it will find those nearby “girls” whose Facebook profiles are publicly visible and who have checked into locations using Foursquare. In turn it will return their Facebook profiles.
The app was out for several months already, but after recent online outage, Foursquare took the decision to shut off ‘Girls Around Me’ API access.
The mobile app ‘Girls Around Me’ which uses geo-location to stalk and find personal information such as full name, photos, and send them messages, has been pulled out of Apple’s iTunes store. The app merged Facebook and Foursquare information with real-time GPS location data, and crossed the line from desperate to downright creepy and scary.
The app, built by the Russian firm i-Free Innovations, has already been yanked out by Foursquare as the company said it violates Foursquare's API (application program interface) policy.
The app’s working was simple: launch the app and link up your Facebook account and then it will find those nearby “girls” whose Facebook profiles are publicly visible and who have checked into locations using Foursquare. In turn it will return their Facebook profiles.
The app was out for several months already, but after recent online outage, Foursquare took the decision to shut off ‘Girls Around Me’ API access.
