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sniff out your friend's locations on Sprint handsets
jkOnTheRun — ... While a handset providing your exact location might border on the side of creepy, it's apparently pretty popular in the U.K. and Scandinavia. And it's coming to the U.S. on Sprint's network. "sniff", which stands for Social Network Integrated Friend Finder, can tell you where your friends are in real-time. ...

Sniff lets you find your friends in real-time
Webware.com — ... , a mobile location firm that has been operating in the U.K. and Scandinavia, announced Monday that it has brought its mobile and Facebook-integrated friend finder, sniff, to the U.S. through the Sprint Network. ...

Sniff: Tracking Technology Taken Too Far?
The Inquisitr » Technology — I love high-tech stuff as much as the next guy. Every now and then, though, a new development comes along that makes me think, “Is that really necessary?” Such is the case with Sniff. The mobile- and Facebook-based tracking system, which becomes available for U.S. use via Sprint’s network today, lets you monitor and map your friends’ location coordinates in real-time. You can get regular updates either via text messaging or via a Sniff Facebook application. The monitoree, if you will, does have to approve the snooping before ...

With Latitude, Google Fires Another Shot at Mobile Operators [GigaOM]
GigaOM Network — ... , which is available on Sprint. In order to be effective on a larger scale, Sniff would have to do cross-carrier location information aggregation. They plan to announce more deals and trials at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona later this month. ...