Software Can Pinpoint Where You Live Based On Your Tweets, Even If You Don't Disclose Your Location
You might think you’re being smart with your privacy by leaving the “location” field blank, but think again. New software has been developed that can discover your location based purely on the words you tweet.
Technology Review reports that researchers from Northwestern University and PARC have created an algorithm to detect where a Twitter user is from based purely on the tweets they send out – not based on the (lack of) location data they directly provide [PDF].
When you sign up for Twitter, you’re encouraged to fill in the “location” field.
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