Comments on: Google Does Geolocation http://theappslab.com/2009/04/08/google-does-geolocation/ Driving Innovation Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:43:00 -0800 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jake http://theappslab.com/2009/04/08/google-does-geolocation/comment-page-1/#comment-6754 Jake Thu, 16 Apr 2009 03:37:20 +0000 http://theappslab.com/?p=2733#comment-6754 Not sure about Jive on <a href="http://forums.oracle.com" rel="nofollow">forums.oracle.com</a>, but that behavior here is definitely caused by the Social Bar, which you can see down there from home :)<br><br>I'm not sure how much longer I'll keep that around; I'm waiting for more features, but if you encounter iterative fails like I did. Let me know, and I'll go back to the widget or dump it entirely. Not sure about Jive on forums.oracle.com, but that behavior here is definitely caused by the Social Bar, which you can see down there from home :)

I'm not sure how much longer I'll keep that around; I'm waiting for more features, but if you encounter iterative fails like I did. Let me know, and I'll go back to the widget or dump it entirely.

]]> By: joel garry http://theappslab.com/2009/04/08/google-does-geolocation/comment-page-1/#comment-6743 joel garry Thu, 16 Apr 2009 01:05:33 +0000 http://theappslab.com/?p=2733#comment-6743 I dunno. It looks like it is reloading and reloading and reloading and reloading.... but only sometimes. Since I don't see that when outside the firewall, I assume that is what is doing it. It definitely slows down the crappy jive used on <a href="http://forums.oracle.com" rel="nofollow">forums.oracle.com</a> (which seems to send every page twice). Might be a proxy problem, I wouldn't know. Always blame the stuff out of your control. I dunno. It looks like it is reloading and reloading and reloading and reloading…. but only sometimes. Since I don't see that when outside the firewall, I assume that is what is doing it. It definitely slows down the crappy jive used on forums.oracle.com (which seems to send every page twice). Might be a proxy problem, I wouldn't know. Always blame the stuff out of your control.

]]> By: Jake http://theappslab.com/2009/04/08/google-does-geolocation/comment-page-1/#comment-6549 Jake Fri, 10 Apr 2009 03:46:36 +0000 http://theappslab.com/?p=2733#comment-6549 Heh, geo isn't for everyone :)<br><br>Why would a hardware firewall make this blog go bonkers? <br><br>As you say, security is only as good as the annoyed users it's trying to protect. Funny world. Heh, geo isn't for everyone :)

Why would a hardware firewall make this blog go bonkers?

As you say, security is only as good as the annoyed users it's trying to protect. Funny world.

]]> By: joel garry http://theappslab.com/2009/04/08/google-does-geolocation/comment-page-1/#comment-6546 joel garry Fri, 10 Apr 2009 01:14:53 +0000 http://theappslab.com/?p=2733#comment-6546 I was expecting the loki findme to be about 500 miles off based on my IP, but it just failed, icon going around and around and around. All hail corporate hardware firewalls. <br><br>They seem to make this blog go bonkers sometimes though.<br><br>Geolocation is cool until your SO turns into the pissed off Amazing Colossal 50 Foot Tall Woman and starts ripping the roofs off everywhere you've been. <br><br>Or someone clones your phone and kills a liquor store clerk they found using the "nearby" app.<br><br>"To protect user privacy, the Gears Geolocation API server does not record user location. However, third party sites may do so, and we recommend that users only allow web sites they trust to access their location. Gears will always tell a user when your site wants to access their location for the first time and the user can either allow or deny your site permission."<br><br>That sounds about like certain operating systems continuously and annoyingly asking for the admin password... people will want to turn it off. People are even worse evaluating trust than they are at evaluating risks in general. I was expecting the loki findme to be about 500 miles off based on my IP, but it just failed, icon going around and around and around. All hail corporate hardware firewalls.

They seem to make this blog go bonkers sometimes though.

Geolocation is cool until your SO turns into the pissed off Amazing Colossal 50 Foot Tall Woman and starts ripping the roofs off everywhere you've been.

Or someone clones your phone and kills a liquor store clerk they found using the “nearby” app.

“To protect user privacy, the Gears Geolocation API server does not record user location. However, third party sites may do so, and we recommend that users only allow web sites they trust to access their location. Gears will always tell a user when your site wants to access their location for the first time and the user can either allow or deny your site permission.”

That sounds about like certain operating systems continuously and annoyingly asking for the admin password… people will want to turn it off. People are even worse evaluating trust than they are at evaluating risks in general.

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