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Attach Privacy Level to Location
Browsing through some of the privacy ideas here, it seems like a great number of them could be solved simply by attaching a privacy level to individual locations. For instance, when signaling BrightKite that I'm at home, I would have Private mode attached to Home, so before it would notify anything at all to anyone it would set me to private than send the check it that I'm at home (but private). Likewise I could attach public to the Cafe, so when I get to the Cafe from home and checkin at the Cafe it would set everything to public and announce that I'm at the cafe.
This would even solve some of the issues with SMS checkins. I would no longer have to set Public or Private before checking in at a location, I would simply /know/ that as soon as I checked in where I was the appropriate level of privacy would be applied.
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This would even solve some of the issues with SMS checkins. I would no longer have to set Public or Private before checking in at a location, I would simply /know/ that as soon as I checked in where I was the appropriate level of privacy would be applied.
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We are considering the idea of adding a "always private" flag that you can add to placemarks...if you're at the location the placemark points to, everything you do there will be done in private mode, without having to excplicitly enter that mode.
How does that sound?
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This always on/sometimes off privacy level sounds complicated. Can't we just add a "fuzz" factor? Or a
For example, lets say I want to check in at 1585 Broadway, New York, NY. I have already set this up as a placemark called HOME. So my SMS could be:
@ HOME fuzz
So then my check in could be fuzzy broadcast... as in "Rick Tait checked in at HOME" instead of "Rick Tait checked in at 1585 Broadway, New York, NY". Whereas if I checked in with
@ HOME
then the full address would be broadcast.
At least then there is SOME level of accuracy reduction.
Also I am still utterly unclear as to why some placemarks show up with FULL accuracy, and others show up with an alias/placemark.
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Inappropriate?We are considering the idea of adding a "always private" flag that you can add to placemarks...if you're at the location the placemark points to, everything you do there will be done in private mode, without having to excplicitly enter that mode.
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Inappropriate?I'd like this, I pretty much never would want my home location to ever show up on public britekite
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Inappropriate?Martin - I suppose that would do, as long as it automates the process of going private before any notifications are sent out. I still like the idea of having both, to save the trouble of having to switch to private/public with each checkin.
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Inappropriate?We need a little more time :)
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Inappropriate?I dont like the idea of separate privacy level settings. I think Martins idea is the best in terms of adding an "always private flag"
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Inappropriate?Well the problem with having an always private flag is when you're on the go. I think it'd be preferable to let the user choose what the default setting is.
For example, I don't mind letting locations be public when I'm anywhere but home, but if the default is set to private then I need to change that per each check-in. Unless I'm totally misunderstanding it here.
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Inappropriate?Agree with the original poster and John. Today I've really only been to three locations, and one of them was home, and I feel like when I'm "checking in" to my home location, I don't want the address blasted to everyone... unless I'm having a party or something. -
Inappropriate?I really like the "always private" flag idea; this seems like the ideal solution to me.
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Inappropriate?In addition to "always private", an "always public" flag might be useful. Tagging things like conference centers or coffee shops to be public where otherwise operating in a default-private mode.
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Inappropriate?This always on/sometimes off privacy level sounds complicated. Can't we just add a "fuzz" factor? Or a
For example, lets say I want to check in at 1585 Broadway, New York, NY. I have already set this up as a placemark called HOME. So my SMS could be:
@ HOME fuzz
So then my check in could be fuzzy broadcast... as in "Rick Tait checked in at HOME" instead of "Rick Tait checked in at 1585 Broadway, New York, NY". Whereas if I checked in with
@ HOME
then the full address would be broadcast.
At least then there is SOME level of accuracy reduction.
Also I am still utterly unclear as to why some placemarks show up with FULL accuracy, and others show up with an alias/placemark.
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Nice idea. I really like this and would love to see it implemented. I think it makes much more sense to say that you are at home than to say that you are somewhere in your home town.
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Inappropriate?Something else I've thought of.. everyone has a home (or so I hope they do) and most people don't want to release the exact location of their home, but don't mind letting people know if they're at the local starbucks or hanging out a local pub.
Why not have the ability to set your "Home Location" and have a public/private setting for it. Then your global public/private setting will be applied to everything else. -
Inappropriate?We're still thinking the "always private", and possibly "always public" (good idea, Jeremy) solutions works best.
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Inappropriate?Er... I'm confused how this is different from my original post... (is it?)
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Inappropriate?I think it's the same, I just brought up the public flag side of it again/expressed a second vote since Martin's initial post only mentioned the private side.
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Inappropriate?Ah ok. Yeah, I'd really like to have both. Being able to change your privacy level just by checking in would be a boon.
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Inappropriate?I like this idea, but also the inverse (having some "Placemarks" always public, like businesses or event venues).
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Inappropriate?I came over to Feedback to post this very thing. I'm glad to hear this is already being looked at.
Privacy settings at each placemark allow me to broadcast "Home" to the world without revealing the actual location to anyone but say, my trusted friends. I've already gone back and forth in my privacy settings many times trying to decide just what I think "Private" should mean in this instance, and it really comes down to particular locations.
Full-on private for everything should still be an option that I can send a command to "hide out" from everyone other than trusted friends, but Privacy is really relative. I expect privacy at home unless I'm sharing it with people I trust, but I don't necessarily expect privacy by default when I'm at a coffee shop, for example.
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Inappropriate?I'm pleased to see this is already being discussed. I was about to add it myself. For me, location is highly correlated with whether I want to be public or private. Diner? Public. My mistress' house? Private. (Or did I get that backwards?)
My idea for this might be a tad more work to implement, but would likely be easier to use. Users would still have a global public/private setting, which they could set at will. Placemarks would have three settings: always public, always private, or honor the global public/private setting. The default for a new placemark would be to honor the global setting.
Make sense?
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I think that makes perfect sense. Some places always private, some always public, and the rest follows the global setting (which gets set by checking in at any place belonging to the other two).
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Inappropriate?Any news on this front?
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Inappropriate?I'm just adding my two cents. I would like to be able to choose per placemark the degree of accuracy. For example, for a public place, like a cafe, I would like to say that the actual location is available to friends, but not the general public. My home or the home of friends and family would be visible only to trusted friends. If I'm in a place where I want to share what's going on with the world, like a festival at a park, I would set that to visible to everyone.
Can we get an update on the status of this feature, however it may be implemented?
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