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Anti-social App Cloak Will Help You Avoid People

posted by LaminatorX on Friday March 21 2014, @12:33PM   Printer-friendly
from the first-rule-of-not-being-seen dept.

ancientt writes:

"Want to avoid someone and have iOS? With the app Cloak, you can. It will connect to Foursquare and Instagram (and soon others) to track people and alert you when they get too close.

The Washington Post quotes an email by the creator, "Personally, I think we've seen the crest of the big social network," Baker wrote in an e-mail. 'Things like Twitter and Facebook are packed elevators where we're all crammed in together ... I think anti-social stuff is on the rise. You'll be seeing more and more of these types of projects.'"

 
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  • (Score: 2, Insightful) by Silentknyght on Friday March 21 2014, @02:39PM

    by Silentknyght (1905) on Friday March 21 2014, @02:39PM (#19405)

    So, this app only works if the target uses Instagram / Foursquare, and has their cell phone on their person? Meaning... it's not going to work to hide you from people who don't use those services, or don't have a smartphone---or even aren't carrying it on them at the time.

    I understand that it's limited by technology, but this is more "tin foil hat" than "cloak."

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  • (Score: 2) by lx on Friday March 21 2014, @02:59PM

    by lx (1915) on Friday March 21 2014, @02:59PM (#19421)

    You mean like ninjas?

  • (Score: 1) by bob_super on Friday March 21 2014, @03:29PM

    by bob_super (1357) on Friday March 21 2014, @03:29PM (#19445)

    Don't worry, it's not going to be too long now before anyone is mandated to transmit their GPS position at all time.
    Most people already do it with their smarphones or for their car insurance "savings".
    "They" will soon find a way to make it too expensive to not comply.