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Re:Typeview – see what your users type before they press ‘en... by fomojola on Monday June 03, 2013 @01:23PM (#5814514)
This is Femi with Hipmob: there ARE some privacy concerns we have over this, and as it evolves we expect to add additional notifications and controls. The human operator element does make it more privacy-sensitive, but we looked at it more like a real-time search query submission: most modern search boxes will send the query details as you type in, and show prospective results in real time. Obviously, there isn't a person staring at your search query in real time so it is more anonymous, but that was the thought process that guided this.
Re:Typeview – see what your users type before they press ‘en... by benatkin on Monday June 03, 2013 @01:57PM (#5814710)
I think a more important part of the thought process was hubris and a lack of concern for privacy. I think you've lost a lot of potential users today.