The world's most popular social media platform,
Facebook tracks its users' location. However
there is a way you can stop it.
Snap Map –bva Snapchat feature — allows users
to see their friends’ location on a map. Many
people regard it as a large invasion of privacy.
However, Facebook now has a similar feature, but
instead of mapping locations with map-like
accuracy, it will tell you when friends are in the
nearby area.
It’s only accessible through the mobile app and
displays the neighbourhood your Facebook friends
are in when nearby.
The feature is called “Nearby Friends” and many
people are not entirely sure of its purpose.
Surely, if you want to let someone know you’re in
the area, you’ll just text them, right? Or Facebook
message them if you want to stay attached to the
app in some respect.
Here’s how to turn it off, anyway:
Menu button > Explore > Nearby Friends (it may
already be disabled, in which case no changes are
necessary).
From here, go to gear button/settings and swipe
the ‘Nearby Friends’ button at the top to disable
the function, or customise it for certain friends’
groups, indy100 advises.
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