What Does Twitter’s Geo-Location Mean for Web Workers?

There is a lot of excitement about location this year, no doubt about it.  Between the growing number of location-based services in mobile apps, geo-targeting in advertising, and services like Foursquare and Gowalla– telling people where you are is the thing to do. But the recent hubbub over PleaseRobMe.com also gets you thinking about how much you want to reveal.

Personally, I don’t mind checking into Foursquare because that doesn’t necessarily mean my house is empty, and I don’t often make my home address public.  (yes, I’m sure some of you could find it if you really wanted to)  That is why the announcement that Twitter is turning on location made me start to think — what does this mean for those of us that work from home?

If I tweet from home, will that provide easy access to my personal information? Since the service has since been turned off, I guess I’ll have to wait a few more days to find out.   I’m assuming that adding your location to a tweet will be an option, as it is through other services using the API, rather than the default.  But, something to think about and be aware of as you are tweeting from home.  And I won’t even get into the ramifications of tweeting from places you aren’t supposed to be