Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Use your oyster card to play Chromaroma
I have absolutely no idea how this works but for those of you who have to travel around London a lot and like playing games this may appeal: Chromaroma
Chromaroma from Mudlark on Vimeo.
Does you already play this? Tell us about it
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Permalink Reply by Mr Growbag on
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I saw a feature on this on BBC News the other day. It involves TFL sharing the Oystercard data they hold on where you touch in and out with a third party (the game company). The aim of the game (as far as I remember) was to run around London, or travel between stations on the Tube within a certain time in order to meet certain objectives. Hopefully it won't lead to people using public transport in London in a more anti-social manner (I have visions of people sprinting down corridors to try and get a new record time).
People signing up should also consider that by doing so (assuming they've registered their Oystercards) they're voting in favour of TFL sharing their location information with third parties. I think it's a bit sneaky because it seems like a way to get people to use a service which broadcasts their location (such as Facebook Check-In/Google Latitude) by disguising it as a game.
EDIT 1: London blogger Diamond Geezer is also unimpressed, for much the same reason
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Toby Barnes, managing director of Mudlark, which developed Chromaroma, a real-world game using data from Oyster Cards, said: “Locations will start talking to people. They will want to advertise themselves. People are getting used to it as companies come up with new business models.”
http://www.iol.co.za/scitech/technology/security/why-location-is-th...
OK, done on privacy now...
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Permalink Reply by Liz on
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Judging by the popularity of location based services like Foursquare/Gowalla etc, people don't seem to be that bothered about broadcasting their whereabouts to the world, despite some experts calling these services a stalkers dream or a gift to burglars...and when I realised that my local newsagent can see where I've been on my Oyster card when I renew it, I realised that all hopes of privacy around how I travel were a delusion.
However, as with any location based service or anything that asks for passwords, I agree that it is wise to think carefully before signing up for these things.
Personally, this sort of thing doesn't appeal at all to me but I thought the FourSquare generation might be interested.
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