Saturday, August 3, 2013

Tile - The Newest Way To Get Stalked

Don't get me wrong I see the usefulness of this little gadget and accompanying app but I always see the spooky side of things, I guess. According to the FAQs at http://www.thetileapp.com the tile uses Bluetooth 4.0 and has a range of 50-150 ft. but as you can see from the video, if the app becomes ubiquitous you will be able to find your tile almost anywhere. Imagine this scenario: Stalker Sam has a crush on Lovely Linda but Linda doesn't want anything to do with Sam. Sam doesn't know how to take no for an answer and slips one of his Tiles in Linda's backpack. For good measure he slips several Tiles in other items belonging to Linda as well. One day Sam can't seem to locate Linda by the usual means so he activates his tiles and finds that she is at the local college campus and he goes hunting her there. After following her around for a while she notices she's being tailed and tries to lose him. Eventually thinking she has lost him she heads through the wooded area around the school on her way home but he's on her again. It's getting dark and she hides in the thick brush, luckily, she thinks, he keeps looking at his phone and the light gives away his location so she can keep just out of sight. That is until she starts hearing this loud beeping noise, and it's coming from her...

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