Facebook Places

Facebook rolled out a new mobile gadget today called Places. It can be used to check in wherever you are. You can also check in any friends that are with you. It is designed to try to, yet again, keep people connected to Facebook longer. There are some privacy issues with this gadget. What else can you expect from Facebook, right? The issue is, that you can post the status of your friends without their permission. People can also view the status of your friends without being friends with that person. These are not major issues but I am sure people will still complain. Also people have to be careful. If you are skipping work or sneaking around on your significant other and post you are somewhere your not supposed to be or the people you are with post that you are with them, this could lead to a lot of people getting into a lot of trouble! There are supposed to be incentives set up as well for checking into businesses. Like if you check into a restaurant or bar you may get a free drink. This being new it may be while before these are setup.