rawles
commented
7 years ago Another bullet point for this list: Devise games with privacy built in. That is, how can we limit the information returned from the server such that no absolute location is reported, nor can any absolute location be deduced from a user's history (or set of users' histories), but a fun and meaningful game can still be played?
timhutton
Location is a privacy issue, especially for when at home, and especially for kids.
At the very least, consider an EULA with warnings about what the game shares. Same landing page could let them choose a username.
Ensure nothing logged for long, so no activity trail can be established that could be used to deanonymize users.
Be clear to user about username cookie, and expire after e.g. one day. If user chooses to use a username, and chooses to play a location-based game away from home, with knowledge of what they're sharing publicly then we think it's all ok?
Take advice on this issue. If necessary, drop the features of seeing exact location of anyone, though that will be a shame.
Perhaps default map is less revealing, and you have to be specific about joining a game mode where your location is public.