Description: ‘SinglesAroundMe’ has taken location privacy into consideration with their new feature allowing users to “shift” their location appearance to other unfamiliar users.

Source: Mashable

Date: January 16, 2014

 Privacy is a slippery slope — the more we engage with and utilize the technology at hand, the more we compromise our privacy. The dating app ‘SinglesAroundMe’ offers an answer to concerns about GPS location and user privacy with their new feature, Position-Shift.  Watch Video

Questions for discussion:

1. Will a feature like this entice you to use location tracking dating apps?

2. Have you ever felt your privacy is in any way compromised by location tracking dating apps in the past?