Instagram’s new location-sharing update is raising privacy concerns, with users reporting their whereabouts were shared without their knowledge despite Meta saying the update is opt-in.
Experts warn that location-sharing features are linked to a higher risk of tech-based coercive control.
The controversy follows other recent privacy issues for Meta, including a lawsuit over the misuse of sensitive health data from a women’s health tracking app.
If they wanted to add some feature where you can see where people were located on a city scale then whatever, although I still don’t see the point. But taking it down to the literal building that the person is in is fucking bonkers.