Users can also share their location with the people they choose.

But is it really a good idea to share your exact location with people you don't know?

The geolocation API lets you share your location with trusted web sites.

If you don't want to share your location with advertising networks, you can turn off location services in your phone's settings.

Fixposit - Allows groups of users to share their location with each other in real-time on a Google map.

Users have to explicitly opt into Latitude, and may only see the location of those friends who have decided to share their location with them.

The site, which allows users to share their location with friends by 'checking-in' at bars, has hit 100 million 'check-ins'.

One route that we could take to educating these locals is to try and introduce them to the wildlife that share their location.

Lately, mobile device users seem to be more aware than ever of privacy issues tied to sharing their location.

Meanwhile, according to reports, Facebook will begin allowing its 400 million users to share their location in the next couple of months.