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A comment on the idea "Attach Privacy Level to Location" in Brightkite:

Yes, that's true. It's not the most ideal, given that both services support varying degrees of precision and should be able to work out a way to share them more accurately and transparently, but it's not a bad work-around and isn't without its own benefits. I'll definitely try it out (while waiting for a better solution down the road) :-) . – Thom Watson, on August 16, 2008 00:04

A comment on the idea "Attach Privacy Level to Location" in Brightkite:

One thing you can try, which is actually what I do, is to set the accuracy level of your location yourself when you check in. I'm always in public mode, so whenever I need to check in to a sensitive location, I simply don't check into an exact address. I will check in at street level or using an intersection, then I placemark these locations. I am always in control of what information is shared with FE and Twitter and don't have to rely on the privacy controls. I realize that this is not a desirable option for everyone, so it is only a suggestion, but it could help keep the Brightkite/FE combination useful for you. :) – Lesley, on August 15, 2008 23:59

Thom Watson replied on August 15, 2008 23:41 to the idea "Attach Privacy Level to Location" in Brightkite:

Lesley, I'm glad at least that you're going to make what you do clearer, but it actually means that Brightkite and FE together just isn't useful for me. If I need to go into FE and change my privacy setting there each time I check into an always-private location in Brightkite, when otherwise I want my location in FE to be public, then why should I even use Brightkite? The alternative is that I set FE to show everything at an imprecise level, which also is less than desirable.

Lesley replied on August 15, 2008 23:16 to the idea "Attach Privacy Level to Location" in Brightkite:

We apologize for any confusion. If you have FE sharing enabled, we will send your exact location to them and then within FE you can modify your privacy settings for what information gets sent out to any other sites. We realize that this is not made very clear in Brightkite, so we will go in and revise it so people know their exact location will be shared when they update.

cruciformity replied on August 15, 2008 18:44 to the idea "Attach Privacy Level to Location" in Brightkite:

This is back to there simply not being enough options. And maybe its an issue of options on Fire Eagle's end, but the two options it gives when syncing with Fire Eagle are exact location or zipcode (there are more options, but less specific). On the one hand, for Fire Eagle to be useful, they need my exact location, but on the other hand, since I have told BrightKite not to give that information out, they shouldn't give it out. It should look as if I checked in at a zip code or city, not an address. It doesn't seem like that should be to hard.

thomwatson replied on August 15, 2008 17:40 to the idea "Attach Privacy Level to Location" in Brightkite:

I've noticed that when checking into a location that's marked "Always Private," like my home address, Bkite appears to send the exact location to Fire Eagle, not the inexact one that it's providing to other Bkite users. FE then displays information about my exact location, and provides it to other apps that poll FE. When I twittered about this last night:

@brightkite If I have a place set to always be private, what info does it provide to Fire Eagle? Looks like it's sending the full location.

Bkite's response was:

@thomwatson FE does not have the granularity of privacy controls available in Bkite. We share the publicly available location with FE.

Wouldn't the "publicly available location" for a location marked as always private be the inexact version? This seems to be what they say they're sending in response to my inquiry. However, my personal experience suggests the opposite, that they are sending -- at least as recently as last night -- my exact location even for a private location.

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A comment on the idea "Attach Privacy Level to Location" in Brightkite:

That sounds awesome! – Chris J, on July 30, 2008 03:00

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A comment on the question "Twitter functionality failing!" in Brightkite:

Great! Glad we figured it out. Please let us know if you encounter any other issues. :) – Lesley, on July 21, 2008 23:37

A comment on the question "Twitter functionality failing!" in Brightkite:

Not silly at all! I thought I had done it right (even doublechecked) but I went and logged out of twitter and sure enough, the pass i thought I was using wasn't correct. then i remembered i changed it a week ago (on mobile) and forgot. duh. the "your Twitter credentials are invalid" thing was on in Brightkite but I was just ignoring it thinking it was something wrong with Bright kite :) – bodhi, on July 21, 2008 23:33

A comment on the question "Twitter functionality failing!" in Brightkite:

With your posts set to "Hidden" these will not show up on Twitter. This would need to be set to "City" or "Exact" to share properly. I know this next part may sound silly, but have you double checked your Twitter username and password you have entered on Brightkite to make sure that those are correct? If they're not and you go into the Sharing tab, you'll see a message like "your Twitter credentials are invalid". – Lesley, on July 21, 2008 23:21

A comment on the question "Twitter functionality failing!" in Brightkite:

it is check-ins and all posts that are not sharing to twitter. i have checkins at "city" and posts "hidden" for "Everyone else". It has been a problem for a week or so now, but had not seen it before. you're welcome – bodhi, on July 21, 2008 19:26

A comment on the question "Twitter functionality failing!" in Brightkite:

Bodhi, is it just your checkins that are not sharing to Twitter or is it all posts? Do you have both checkins and posts set to "City" for Everyone else? Is this a constant problem or do you experience it sporadically? Thanks. – Lesley, on July 21, 2008 19:19

bodhi replied on July 21, 2008 18:44 to the question "Twitter functionality failing!" in Brightkite:

my twitter is public, my brightkite privacy is private, but i let "everyone else" see city. no dice with twitter showing my city. fail?

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