Man Creates "Creepy" Stalking App 142
An anonymous reader writes "Creepy, a package described as a 'geolocation information aggregator,' is turning heads in privacy circles, but should people be worried? Yiannis Kakavas explains why he developed his scary stalking application. Creepy is a software package for Linux or Windows — with a Mac OS X port in the works — that aims to gather public information on a targeted individual via social networking services in order to pinpoint their location. It's remarkably efficient at its job, even in its current early form, and certainly lives up to its name when you see it in use for the first time."
Re:Ummmm (Score:3, Interesting)
Yes, I would also like more people to make this distinction. However, I think anonymity is more important than privacy. Either one is enough. With privacy, I can do what I want and noone will know. With anonymity people will know, but it won't matter since they won't know who I am. So the question becomes which one we will be able to rely on in the future. How easy is it for one to have privacy or anonymity?
With email providers and facebook handing out user data left and right, it's easy to know what a person is doing. And while it's not exactly legal to spy on people, spy cameras and wiretaps certainly make it easy.
If I wanted to become anonymous, though, all I would need to do is leave my cellphone at home and only use cash. On the internet, use TOR. If I were to do this, it would be impossible for anyone to identify me, be it legal or not. And that is why I believe in anonymity more than privacy.
Granted, this could only be done occasionaly, and I'm not saying privacy shouldn't be defended. On the contrary, since anonymity is always possible, privacy is what needs defending most.
This is not a privacy issue. (Score:4, Interesting)
There are all ready existing applications out there that have all the features this software has and much much more.