Comments on: Yahoo knows where you are

By: Spencer, Annapolis, MD

Spencer, Annapolis, MD — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:45:01 +0000

When did Yahoo hire George Orwell?

By: Cali

Cali — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 11:21:20 +0000

I know my wife isnt going to Starbucks in the mourning! I cant wait to bust her.

By: maddawg, Wash. DC

maddawg, Wash. DC — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 12:08:24 +0000

why stoop to such a low level that you have to spy on your girlfriend??

if you think she’s cheating, ask her. if you feel so insecure about such a thing, dump her and learn to live alone because you can’t handle the ‘thoughts’ such as infidelity.

the problem here is not her, it is YOU.

if she wants to be with someone else, let her…move on…get your life moving the way you want it to.

don’t make excuses and continue down that road….pick a new path and make the best of it.

but to put a final nail in this conversation coffin….

if you think she’s cheating on you, she probably is!

it’s only your fault that you stay in a relationship like that.

By: Boise, ID

Boise, ID — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 01:58:32 +0000

I’m right here.

By: ned kearns, irving texas

ned kearns, irving texas — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 14:35:35 +0000

im gonna use this to spy on my girlfirend. i think shes cheating on me.

By: Brian LaClair, Essex Vermont

Brian LaClair, Essex Vermont — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:44:09 +0000

This is nothing new. As long as the internet is based on IP addresses, anyone can tell where anyone else is.

Also, Fire Eagle and IP address tracing only can get acurate to about a block or so away.

By: North east, MD

North east, MD — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:22:42 +0000

Wow, people get excited over the silliest things. If you want to get upset, check out GPS trackers. You crazy exboyfriend can buy this tiny little black box and tuck it under your car. It sends back the GPS signal regularly to the subscriber. Available to the public, and the advertisement is now a common pop-up ad when I use google.

By: HAHAHA in NYC

HAHAHA in NYC — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:18:34 +0000

I know where you are and so does the government… Nice butt….

By: Hiding Under a Rock n D.C.

Hiding Under a Rock n D.C. — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:16:59 +0000

Go to Zabasearch.com and type in your name….More than likely it will give you your entire history with links to personal information and where you have live for the last 20 years phone numbers and all..

By: Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 (The Lesbo Story)

Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 (The Lesbo Story) — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:14:36 +0000

If you have a cell phone some already knows where you are….

By: TeeGee, Linden, New Jersey

TeeGee, Linden, New Jersey — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:10:15 +0000

this is just another way for the gov’t and feds to ease-drop on what the populous is doing.. there is no privacy anymore..

By: Anthony, wilmington, NC

Anthony, wilmington, NC — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:09:44 +0000

For those of you who walk around with
cell phones glued to your head, I can
only imagine how cool this will look
on some Pentagon monitor………..

By: Mike, Butte, Montana

Mike, Butte, Montana — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 12:28:27 +0000

Hello.., just a comment. I “don’t” want anyone to know where I live. What happened to privacy ? Mike, Butte, Montana

By: Jake, Seattle WA

Jake, Seattle WA — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 06:42:30 +0000

Makes me think maybe Yahoo should have sold to Microsoft – this is pretty lamo!

By: Sean Wilson

Sean Wilson — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 05:43:48 +0000

Time to cancel my Yahoo! account I suppose. Like any online service it can and will be abused, can and will be hacked. Just one more way to get yourself in hot water as the victim of hacking. No thanks. I want more privacy, not less.

By: Morgan Painter, madison, wi

Morgan Painter, madison, wi — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 04:32:37 +0000

“We think it’s a good idea that users can lie about where they are,” says Tom Coates, head of product at Yahoo’s Brickhouse.

By: Mjill, San Diego CA

Mjill, San Diego CA — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 04:29:40 +0000

Or this could be a GREAT tool for a Pshyco girlfriend trying to track you down. Maybe Big Bro could find a couple good uses…. Yahoo, you suck.

By: web developer, IL

web developer, IL — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 04:22:36 +0000

this is not going to broadcast your location. it is simply going to customize the site based on your location. i.e. show news from your area, restaurants, etc. get a grip people.

By: Jim, Anytown, World

Jim, Anytown, World — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 03:46:12 +0000

Bah… use anonymous proxy…

By: Juliana Jaeger, Seattle, Washington

Juliana Jaeger, Seattle, Washington — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 03:00:04 +0000

Google and Yahoo are both becoming or already are bloated, redundant, unfocused companies. Yahoo’s worse if you ask me. Google’s developments are more apt and streamlined, with all-around better interfaces and far less intrusive software. Yahoo hasn’t really got much going for it other than Flickr. I guess it’s instant messenger is still much more preferable to MSN, but that isn’t saying much. Yahoo’s Answers concept probably looked very good on paper; but in practice, it’s completely useless. I shudder to think of how much Answers has cost them.

Ultimately it would benefit either company, or any company really, to pick a direction and stick with it. Google has done a far better job of “branching out” in terms of developing web applications and new contexts for metadata and networking, etc, but a loss of focus and direction will only result with lots of money wasted on useless developments and applications nobody cares about.

Ultimately Fire Eagle is just going to be one more “service” I don’t use, along with every application mentioned in the article.

I just don’t see it catching on.