As a fat person, I like to occasionally make a clandestine visit to restaurants with good food, or even places with food that my personal physician regards as dangerous to my long term health.

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I like french fries and hope one day to convince my loving wife that a Bacon Explosion is a good idea. Right now, she’s training for a marathon relay or some distance race. She was less than enthusiastic about making the Bacon Explosion when I mentioned it.

She mumbled something about leaving me for the genius who invented it, which also was disconcerting.

Anyway, Google’s Latitude is basically a stalking utility…. okay, not rally. It allows other people to see your location and track you using Google maps. I prefer the old method where the Frau just asked me, “Honey…where you been?”

Google Latitude Social Geo Location or Creepy Stalking Utility?

In ancient times, a breath mint to cover the odor of a Wendy’s Double, large fries, and Mega Frosty and I was home free. What kind of hell is going to break loose when she goes to Google Maps and sees a little picture of me at Wendy’s?

Thankfully for tubby diet cheats, the service works only on a few wireless handsets and WIFI computers. There will be abundant privacy protections and user controlled levels of access to location info.

Yet, my heart is still troubled.

I think it won’t be long before some smart developer creates an APP called LEASH that sends the Frau a text message the instant I begin to move in the direction of a restaurant.

Some innovations just aren’t progress. Exotic car sharing clubs…good idea… climate controlled Dallas car storage…good idea. Google Latitude…..

Google Latitude: What say you?

Although you can shut off tracking, it still makes me uncomfortable.

It would be handy. Like today, for instance, I was tutoring IB European History in New Tampa and my wife was at the gym. Had I had the new Google Latitude activated, I would not have had to drive home and read a note on the counter.

It would be handy, but I am just not ready for it.

Is anyone else a little freaked out by Google Latitude?

I mean this is a lot worse than those Google maps guys spotting family pets on window sills… Being found isn’t always good. Soon I may be at my ideal weight thanks to Google Latitude.

I’m sure Google will find a way to serve ads based upon where you are, which would be neat, especially around lunch time.