Not only are there multiple agendas at play, given that hardware
needs one thing, operating systems something else, app
developers something different again. On top of that we have
multiple platforms to think about, besides the fact that
technology is changing fast: new apps are coming out on
different platforms on a daily basis and we’re rapidly moving
towards a location-aware world where everything around us is
coming to life not just in front of our eyes, but on our devices
too. So what to do or can be done? Making use of location
datatouches upon delicate privacy issues, since it enables
verifying someone‘s location without the person's consent.
Strict ethics and security measures are strongly recommended for
services that employ positioning, and the user should be giving
an informed, explicit consent to a service provider before
positioning data from the user's mobile phone can be computed.
In Europe, where most countries have a constitutional guarantee
on the secrecy of correspondence, location data obt