A new feature on Instagram called Instagram Map enables users to share their real-time physical location with selected friends, sparking concerns among privacy experts regarding potential safety risks. Introduced as part of an app update, users must opt in to activate the location-sharing tool, which is set to ‘off’ by default. Instagram assures that only approved users can view a user’s location. Despite this, experts warn that many users may not fully understand the extent of the information they are sharing, highlighting the ongoing concerns of social media privacy.
Instagram Map allows users to share their real-time location with selected friends while raising serious concerns about privacy and the potential for safety risks. Users must opt-in to use this feature, and it is not automatically activated upon updating the app.
Privacy experts express concerns that social media users often underestimate how much personal information is being shared, even when there are options to limit visibility.
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