Gadgets

Secretly Track Anyone With This GPS Unit

By all accounts the LiveWire NavGenius is your typical grey-market GPS navigation device, with touchscreen functionality and basic mapping software. But tucked away inside is an extra bit of hardware that lets the unit remotely tattle on its location.


August 25, 2011
Mobile

Do You Know This Creepy Sydney Mobile Phone Stalker?

Gizmodo AU

Mobile phones allow us to do all sorts of cool things on the go. Sadly, they also allow some really creepy stuff, like the case that the NSW Police are publicising regarding a camera phone stalker.


June 17, 2011
Online

Things You Can Tell Just By Looking At Someone’s Facebook

This girl is happy. Oh wow, she just went skiing in Colorado. Who is she making out with on the slopes? Oh, it’s her boyfriend. Wow, it looks serious. I remember lurking her last boyfriend on Facebook.


February 26, 2011
Software

Facebook ‘Waiting Room’ App Helps You Break Up Couples

Facebook has disabled Breakup Notifier, the controversial app that automatically informed you when a girl or guy you fancied changed their relationship status to single. Into the void steps WaitingRoom, which represents a massive leap in Facebook-stalking technology.


February 22, 2011
Online

Facebook ‘Breakup Notifier’ Makes Facebook Stalking Easy

The big problem with Facebook stalking is that it takes so much work. Which is why we’re so excited for “Breakup Notifier”, programmer Dan Loewenherz’s new Facebook app for the lazy stalker. Just sign into the app with your Facebook account and choose a group of “taken” friends.


August 31, 2010
Online

Mapping Your Pals With Nearby Friends: Creepy Or Fair Game?

Is Facebook Places not sufficiently immersing you in the mundanity of your friends’ lives? Try Nearby Friends, an app that plots their check-ins – past and present – on Google Maps. Just don’t let any of them catch you using it.


July 28, 2010
Online

When Foursquare Gets Creepy

“I saw that you checked in there on Foursquare,” said the stranger calling the restaurant where Shea Sylvia was dining. He suggested they “hang out”, adding, “You probably shouldn’t be telling people where you are on Foursquare, should you?”


July 16, 2010
Online

So This Hipster Tech Douche Stalks A Sexy Black Woman On Twitter…

To say my post “Why I Stalk a Sexy Black Woman on Twitter (And Why You Should Too)” provoked a response would be putting it lightly.


January 3, 2010
Software

Apple Lets You Get Stalky With Google Latitude-esque Patent

While it was initially suggested that Google Latitude was rejected from the app store to keep iPhone users from confusing it with Maps, this new patent shows that Apple might be working on their own friend- and ex-girlfriend-tracking app.