At a time when social networks are trying to connect more and more people people, a new service seeks to do the opposite: help its users avoid their "friends."
Cloak uses location data from social networks such as Foursquare and Instagram (followed by other networks) to determine the location of people the user may know (contacts on social networks). Then he informs him when he suspects that someone may be near. The user can check the map for areas where people may find themselves who might want to avoid and show them so that they are informed if they are going to come close.
Cloak defines itself as a method for avoiding former colleagues in the job, known and generally what the user would prefer not to meet. It was created by developer Bryan Moore and former Buzzfeed executive Chris Baker.
According to a Washington Post report, Baker seems to specialize in applications with slightly "misanthropic" tendencies, as he has created the browser extension «unbaby.me», που κρύβει τις publications baby photos from friends at Facebook feed, καθώς και την startup «Rather», η οποία απαλλάσσει τον χρήστη «από πράγματα που μισεί στο Facebook και το Twitter». Also, 'Hate With Friends' helps the user to ascertain if there is dislike between the user and a Facebook 'friend' - in fact, it informs the user when it 'senses' that a Facebook contact dislikes them a lot. "Personally, I think that we have seen the culmination of the great social network," he said in an email. “Things like Twitter and Facebook are crowded elevators, where we're all crammed together...I think these 'anti-social' apps are on the rise. You will see more and more projects of this kind".
Source: naftemporiki.gr