Girls Around Me App Voluntarily Pulled After Privacy Backlash | Communications Major | Scoop.it

A controversial geo-location iPhone app has voluntarily removed the application from the App Store. The developer of the Girls Around Me app defends the app as misunderstood, since it drew from data the subjects posted and couldn't search for specific individuals. Yet a user reports that based on one woman's check-in he was able to discover the woman's full name, age and birthday, current location (based on a recent Foursquare check-in), marital status, where she went to school, political views, her favorite drink (based on Facebook photos), recent travels, her parents' and her brother's full names.