I have to tell you, this looks interesting...but not sure if people want to share their photos THAT badly with each other:

http://www.cnn.com/2011/TECH/innovation/03/23/color.photo.app/index.html?iref=NS1

I am shocked and appalled........with myself.

I REALLY like that idea.

Oh God... is this start of my second childhood? ... am I going to start using twitter and facebook ?   aghh!

QuoteAs for privacy concerns, Pham dismissed those.
"If you don't feel comfortable having that public, then don't use our application," he said.

What about privacy for people who are being photographed? Do they have rights anymore?

It used to be that if someone took your picture they'd have to get your permission before publishing it.

QuoteIt used to be that if someone took your picture they'd have to get your permission before publishing it.

That isn't the case in much of the world to be honest.  Here is the UK it is very dependent on where the person was when the photo was taken.  If you are at home fair enough. If you are in the street then fair game. In some parts of the world it is more dependend on whether you are the subject of the photo.

 They're stored on Color's servers and the company owns them - WTF

Ooohh, I can see the legal profession lining up for this one.

That does seem like a slightly daft thing to try and enforce.

Great domain name but I can't see it taking off.

Fbook works because it connects you to your friends, Twitter so that you can <reaches for sick bucket> follow your favourite celeb's every thought, but what does this promote that's actually useful?

Not convinced there's enough stalkers and voyeurs out there who'll dig it and pay for it.

The app is currently #2 in the App Store for Social Networking and currently ranks #26 for Top Free apps,

http://mashable.com/2011/03/24/color-update/

There you have it.  Little bo peep will be retraining on one of David Cameron's new Apprentice schemes

free I can imagine a lot of people will use it

so wonder if the business model is to try and get enough good pics from those ones they now own to run an image library. Calendars? Not a *lot* you can do with a 5 meg image really,  but there must be a market somewhere?

Jason has his blurb on Launch http://launch.is/blog/l011-colorcom-stuns-valley-with-implied-social-network-and-a.html

This is true:
PRIVACY CONCERNS: If you're worried about privacy, you will not be using this product and chances are you're beyond the midway point in life. Young folks do not care about their privacy. They care about getting famous at any cost. What older generations consider extremely private -- making sex tapes, making out with someone of the same gender and producing comically bad music videos -- young people consider a resume builder. You don't get it, and you won't ever get it. And you'll be dead soon. These voyeuristic animals we're raising will develop a society where anyone can get their 15 minutes of fame -- every day.

I can see this being another staple in social media sharing, infact there are a few clients we are developing concepts for where this app would fit in well if hooked into correctly. A great idea and any controversy about privacy protection will only help to promote the app and keep it talked about so great idea + controversy that will enhance viral marketing of the app=another nice payout for the for the understated genius. Hats off to him!

I hope it is a success but I also hope that I never get snapped and shared as it does feel invasive. I have noticed this kind of arrogant attitude with developers on a few comments recently regarding privacy. You sign up for that kind of crap if you decide to be a celebrity, however it is only those that want to be noticed that put themselves out there in the first place. Just because you want to maintain your privacy doesn't meant that your upto no good, it just means some people want to get on with their lives outside of the spotlight. However they seem to be disregarding this choice, if you don't want to share your underwear draw with the world then you must have something to hide which is a short sighted,     
naive and very ignorant view.

I love it from a conceptual point of view but I don't like it from a practical stance!

I think news agencies will jump at this...imagine getting free images from people at the scene of a huge accident or whatever newsworthy event and not having to pay to use them.

I do not see it replacing facebook, or even gaining as much use or popularity since it is based on real world socializing... or stalking in order to gain access to a users photos. I think one of the reasons all the social stuff has gotten so big is because it is not really social in the face to face sense. It lets you sit home in your undz (in my case) and talk to people you normally would not.

What I got out of this "color" is that it only works if you are 150 feet or less from another user. It seemed like it was only temporary access to their images, while you are within that distance.

I find it pretty neat, but not really sure I could see myself using. Because I have a friggin blackberry.

I am sure for the right type of people, this thing would be pretty attractive. I cannot imagine all the trouble teens will get in using this in a school.

Something like this that would be interesting is a real time feed of photos based on geotagging. Like a walking history of the world through the eyes of other photographers. Like if you had an app that pulled pictures as you walked based on your location rather than on the other users.

Either way it is pretty neat sounding, but I think when it gains more use it will become pretty scary.

>What I got out of this "color" is that it only works if you are 150 feet or less from another user. It seemed like it was only temporary access to their images, while you are within that distance.

Exactly.  Imagine you are a television reporter at an accident with the stereotypical bunch of yahoos standing around watching things and taking photos with their camera phones...The reporter would have the little dweeb college intern looking on their phone for images they could use for the newscast.