Streaming Video On Periscope Just Got Way Less Creepy

With its first-ever update, the live-streaming app Periscope fixes a feature that revealed users' home addresses.

Last weekend, I discovered that Twitter's new live-video app, Periscope, had a rather scary privacy flaw: If a broadcaster did not turn off location sharing, a zoomable map accompanying the video stream pinpointed his or her location down to the intersection. Because many people use the app at home, this meant that Periscope was potentially revealing the home addresses of thousands of users. In an article published on Monday, I suggested that Periscope's developers remedy the problem by limiting the map's zoom function, so that only a user's city could be seen, and not their pinpointed location. Today, with the release of its first app update, Periscope has done exactly that, disabling zoom on the map. That means people can now more securely stream videos of their pets and refrigerators.

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