Twitter.com is a site born out of the social networking phenomenon that allows you to waste even more time updating everyone else about your favorite subject: you. How? It allows you to easily update everyone who 'follows' you to know what you are doing. You send an text message to a special number to let everyone know what you are doing and the 'followers' will get that update. Naturally it has the same purpose as all other social networking sites: to keep in touch with others.
Stalking is the first security problem that comes to my mind. "Who 'follows' my 16 year old?" - any sane father's first question.
Other nefarious purposes come to mind: drug dealers broadcasting out their locations for their clients. You can easily expand this to other avenues of criminal activity: pornography, scamming, even scalping tickets.
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I agree that it makes sense to think about the possible negative uses of Twitter. However, it seems to me that the potential uses for helping friends and colleagues stay in touch is a real bonus. One idea that occurs to me is looking at how Twitter can help coordinate with people in the aftermath of an emergency. You certainly wouldn't share 'sensitive' information but the service could be helpful to see if people are OK.
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