I only partially agree. Overblown stories like this can also cause the issues in question to be taken less seriously, because the stories are inaccurate and, we

I only partially agree. Overblown stories like this can also cause the issues in question to be taken less seriously, because the stories are inaccurate and, well, overblown. For instance, the author complains: "But did any of those apps get shut down by a barrage of vitriol from concerned citizens? Did young women stop checking in and sharing their location with anyone with a 3G connection? Hardly." But the fact is, creepy apps like this are shut down all the time, including the Girls Around Me app referenced in the article. Already gone. I also think it's hilarious to see any kind of threat in an app which supposedly tells you the age and gender of people you are in a bar with, using face recognition. Um, I can usually tell the age and gender of people I am looking at by, uh, LOOKING AT THEM. So I fail to see the heinous threat here.