We're watching each other: citizens monitor the public

 

writes that this is hardly the solution. “Unfortunately you don't need a special-purpose tool like 'Girls Around Me' to do this, if you have a reasonably powerful Facebook query tool and know how to use it,” he explains. The problem lies with the amount of information we share on social networking sites. And similar applications could, in theory, be built to locate and target people based on religion, ethnicity or sexual orientation. 

 

This creepy app isn’t just stalking women without their knowledge, it’s a wake-up call about facebook privacy, Cult of Mac, 2012.

Gaydar: facebook friendships expose sexual orientation, First Monday, 2009.