How Periscope Can Fix Its Creepiest Feature

Location tagging is one of Periscope's best features, but many people are unknowingly revealing their home addresses. Here's one solution.

While using the new live-streaming app Periscope this weekend to broadcast video of my pet rabbit to 30 strangers around the world, I realized something rather alarming: The location of my apartment was viewable on a map accompanying my stream. I knew that Periscope showed my general position—Brooklyn, New York—but I did not know until then that one could zoom in to see the exact location, with street names labeled. I imagine that other many Periscope users are not aware that their locations are pinpointed and viewable in this way.

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