The Danger of Facebook Places

Facebook places is a fairly new application that allows members of Facebook to post their locations on everyone's news feeds. It's gaining popularity in the Facebook community, and you can access it from your phone. I read an article about how they're advising military personnel not to use Facebook Places, as it is extremely easy for anyone to locate them. This puts them in unnecessary danger. Although Places is a fun, probably harmless add on to Facebook, its probably best for people that could be potential targets (military, political figures) to not bother with it. Its important to note that you can choose to not allow people to tag you when they're with you and they're using Places. When technology allows for these new types of community interaction to take place, there are always going to be careless mistakes that may put people in danger.